Solo Like Carlos Santana Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of a guitar player who breached the gap between Latin music, blues and rock, Carlos Santana. Carlos Santana is celebrated as one of the most expressive guitar players in music history and has enjoyed a long and successful career [...]
Solo Like Mark Knopfler Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most musically versatile guitar players in rock, Mark Knopfler. Mark Knoplfer is celebrated as the lead guitarists and singer of the English rock band Dire Straits and is renowned for his inventive mixture of country, [...]
Album Review: Riffiti by Tempest Kings The words unapologetic, melodic, groovy and energetic are some of the first that come to mind when trying to describe the raunchy, riffomatic masterpiece that is the debut album Riffiti from Tempest Kings. The album was conceived in deepest, darkest Wales under the guidance of the second most recorded [...]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: Forklift Assassins If mean, loud and aggressive is your bag and thunderous drums, rattling bass and shredding guitars is your cup of tea, then run don’t walk to the next Forklift Assassins live show and experience the madness for yourself! […]
Solo Like Joe Walsh Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of a country rock legend, Joe Walsh. Joe Walsh is best known as one of the lead guitar players of The Eagles, but he also enjoyed a successful career with his previous band The James gang as well as a solo [...]
Solo Like Mick Taylor Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of a blues rock legend, Mick Taylor. Mick Taylor is celebrated as the most popular lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones, he is also renowned for his soulful blues and jazz based soloing. […]
Solo Like Ace Frehley Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of the rock worlds one and only space man, Ace Frehley. Ace Frehley is renowned for his ambient unison bends, blues based phrasing, rhythmic picking, wide vibrato and fast scale runs. His lead guitar prowess is celebrated in live performances of the [...]
Solo Like Eddie Van Halen Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most influential rock guitar virtuosos of all time, Eddie Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen is renowned for his signature two handed tapping, dive bombs, tremolo picking, natural and artificial harmonics, volume swells, palm muting, wild bends, confident vibrato, [...]
Are You A Guitar Player? Or A Talking Parrot? It might seem hard to imagine, but a lot of guitar players have more in common with parrots then they do musicians! Ok, I better explain myself before you call a mental institution and have me carted out of my studio on a stretcher in a [...]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: Stone Revival If you like your rock funky, your funk rocky, your psychedelic heavy and your heavy stoned, then Melbourne’s very own power trio Stone Revival serve up just the platter for your eclectic rock n’ roll appetite. […]
Solo Like Randy Rhoads Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of a true rock guitar virtuoso, Randy Rhoads. Randy Rhoads is renowned for his heavy riffs and virtuostic lead guitar characterised by fast picking and legato passages, minor, diminished and chromatic scales and confident vibrato. Being a student of classical guitar, Randy often integrated classical [...]
Pffft! I Don’t Need Guitar Lessons! … Or Do I? Are guitar lessons just for people who don’t know how to play? Are they only for people who would identify as beginners? Not at all! Just like there are guitar lessons that help beginners learn chords and songs in order to become intermediate players, there [...]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: Super Saloon Described as a mixture of Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd and good ‘ole fashioned rock n’ roll, Melbourne classic rock outfit Super Saloon are a loud, proud long haired celebration of all things cool about rock. […]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: Two Headed Dog Rock scientists recently took the DNA from members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors and Creedence Clearwater Revival, cooked it all together in the speaker cone from an amplifier cabinet and left it to set over night in an esky. The result of this demented concussion? [...]
Solo Like Jeff Beck Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most innovative guitar players of all time, Jeff Beck. Jeff Beck is renowned for his masterful mixture’s of major and minor pentatonic, charismatic use of modes, mastery of blues phrasing and technically pristine scale runs. Jeff Beck is also recognised as one of [...]
Solo Like David Gilmour Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most soulful guitar players in rock, David Gilmour. David Gilmour is renowned his blues influenced phrasing, wide bends, soulful vibrato, sustained notes and minimalistic lead guitar style that results in extremely emotionally expressive guitar solos. As well as [...]
Solo Like Eric Clapton Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of a guitar player so accomplished he earned the title “God”, Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton is renowned for his soulful phrasing, confident vibrato and fast blues rock runs. Eric’s speed was achieved a lot of the time from rapid hammer ons and pull offs. Another of Eric [...]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: The Dukes of Deliciousness If raunchy riffs, hooky choruses, bombastic live performances and general rock n’ roll hedonism wets your appetite, then Geetroit’s home grown exports The Dukes of Deliciousness have just what it takes to satisfy your hunger pangs. […]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: Seedy Jeezus Photo by Barry Douglas. Combining the spaced out progressions of Pink Floyd, the psychedelic grooves of The Jimi Hendrix Experience and the ominent and oppressive riffs of Black Sabbath, Seedy Jeezus are a stoner-psych acid tab guaranteed to have your mind tripping and ears ringing for days. [...]
Must See Melbourne Rock Band: Tequila Mockingbyrd Tequila: A potent alcohol made from the blue agave plant. Mockingbird: A small bird that sings loudly at night. If you are wondering what the musical result of a combination of these two components would sound like then flap your drunken tail feathers to the next Tequila Mockingbyrd [...]
Must See Melbourne Rock band: Waco Social Club If its solid, moody, and soulful blues rock you want, look no further then Waco Social Club. Led by the smokey vocals of Ashton Davy and Melanie Harrison, bound by the riffs of the Jimmy Page, Roy Buchanan, Buddy Guy channelling cat in the hat Don Ely [...]
Solo Like Jimmy Page Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of my favourite guitar player of all time, Jimmy Page. Jimmy Page was renowned for his heavy blues based rhythms and riff’s that utilised power chords and chugging rhythms on the low strings as well as his fast and intense, yet melodic and soulful [...]
Solo Like Jimi Hendrix Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix was renowned for his fusion of rhythm guitar and lead guitar, his use of octaves in both his lead and rhythm playing inspired by the jazz [...]
Solo Like Slash Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of an absolute rock legend, Slash. Slash was renowned for his largely blues based lead guitar style that is a fusion of soulful blues rock phrasing, mixtures of major and minor pentatonic and fast legato and picking scale runs. […]
Solo Like Angus Young Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of one of the most iconic rock guitar players of all time, Angus Young. Angus Young is renowned for his fiery and soulful blues rock phrasing, frantic vibrato, masterful mixtures of major and minor pentatonic, double stop bends and fast scale [...]
Solo Like Michael Schenker Today we are going to be learning a lick in the style of a genuine rock guitar God, Michael Schenker. Michael Schenker is renowned for his weird and wonderful mixtures of major and minor pentatonic and the dorian and mixolydian modes, fast and fluent scale runs with both picking and legato, confident wide vibrato, [...]
B.B. King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui21On1RWjA B.B. King was born Riley B. King on the 16th of September, 1925 on a cotton plantation near Itta Beana, Mississippi. At a young age B.B. King sang in a church gospel choir lead by a minister who played the guitar, this same minister taught B.B. King his first few chords [...]
Albert King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py37G9qsfY Albert King was born Albert King Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi on the 25th of April, 1923. One of 13 children, Albert spent his childhood singing with a family gospel group at a church where his father played guitar. Albert began his professional career with a band called The [...]
Freddie King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua3s1W7XF-8 Freddie King was born Fred King in Gilmer, Texas on the 3rd of September, 1934. Freddie began learning the guitar at the tender age of 6 from his Mother and Uncle. When Freddie was in his teens he and his family relocated from Texas to the South Side of Chicago. It’s here [...]
Pat Hare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqTrbuxCRI Pat Hare was born Auburn Hare in Cherry Valley, Arkansas on the 20th of December, 1930. Pat recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, playing as a sideman for James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Bobby Bland and other blues artists. In 1951 Pat Joined a blues band led by Junior Parker [...]