CHECK IT OUT: MasterThatLick! with FREE sample licks from mastertheguitar!

I posted a couple of weeks ago that I had finally launched the new videolesson section to my mastertheguitar.co.uk website.

For the launch I have started up a new series of lessons for players of all levels called MasterThatLick!. In these lessons I show you how to play some cool new licks to add to your current lick bag!

Each lesson package contains:

• Full lesson with detailed closeups teaching you how to play the lick in 720p HD MP4 Video
• Tablature of the lick in PDF and Guitar Pro 6 Formats with performance notes
• 320 kb/s MP3s of the lick at full speed and slower speed
• 320 kb/s MP3 backing track for lick practice at full speed and slower speed
• 320 kb/s MP3 Jamtrack for trying out the lick when improvising
• HTML Page arranging all of the above in one easy reference point

To get a feel for what each pack contains the the first 4 lessons are available to download for FREE!

Here’s a little taste of the FREE licks:

COMPETITION: shredknowledge.com Play That Riff!

The splendid chaps over at shredknowledge.com are running a competition which should appeal to players of all levels.

Up for grabs is a chance to win some amazing instructional material (10 DVDs worth!) from fusion maestro Derryl Gabel.

PLAY THAT RIFF competition and win tons of stuff , heres what to do
1. record yourself playing a riff riff onto vid
2. say hello to shredknowledge.com in it
3 tab it out
4 post it in shredknowledge.com forum

(you can enter more than one riff so get loads in theres a prize for the most riffs too)

here are some ground rules
The riff can be anything both cover or original any style any genre and level , the more beginners level stuff the better , just say beginner level on your vid we have loads of stuff from rock house method for you

There will be loads of prize catagories made up so post your riff it will probably win , craziest riff , fastest , most feel , worst , longest , most hariy metal and other crazy catagoroes , best cover best original , but overall best riff will win deryl Gabel 10 DVD fusion pack worth a mint and very very sought after and the most awesome fusion pack on this planet . see http://www.derrylgabel.com/

Three $50 voucher to guitarplayback.com from http://www.youtube.com/user/Wallimann

prizes and info here

This will run until the 25th on january or keep running till we hit 50 riffs

MasterThatRiff! 66 – Pantera “Mouth For War”

Been busy getting the new videolessons site launched so it’s been a while since the last MasterThatRiff!

So here’s an absolute belter and favourite of mine. The awesome ‘Mouth For War’ by Pantera!

TAB available here.

NEWS: new mastertheguitar website launches with Video lessons!

I’m excited to announce that the new http://www.mastertheguitar.co.uk website is now live!

You can now keep up to date by subscribing to the mastertheguitar blog
or follow on twitter or if that wasn’t enough you can become a fan on facebook!

and one more thing…

mastertheguitar’s online Video Lessons are now available!

All the MasterThatRiff! and MasterThatMelody! lessons are available FREE and with TAB.

I have also started a new series of lessons entitled MasterThatLick!

These lessons will enhance your playing by teaching you licks in various styles and are for players of all levels. Each lesson is available as a downloadable package consisting of:

• Full lesson with detailed closeups teaching you how to play the lick in 720p HD MP4 Video.
• Tablature of the lick in PDF and Guitar Pro 6 Formats with performance notes
• 320 kb/s MP3s of the lick at full speed and slower speed
• 320 kb/s MP3 backing track for lick practice at full speed and slower speed
• 320 kb/s MP3 Jamtrack for trying out the lick when improvising
• HTML Page arranging all of the above in one easy reference point

For the site launch the first four MasterThatLick! lessons are free!

This way you can get an idea of what a lesson package contains.

I’m pretty excited about the possibilities of the new site and will be adding more and more lessons as time goes on, so stay tuned!

VIDEO: Crybaby: A Documentary Film trailer!

I’ve never been a big user of guitar pedals or effects but one pedal I think is ESSENTIAL is the wah.

Check out this cool trailer for the upcoming Crybaby Documentary film:

Guard House Pictures is proud to announce the trailer release of Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks the World, a definitive documentary that tells the story of the #1-selling effects pedal of all time, from its invention in 1966 through its evolution into the present day. The effect was an essential ingredient in the creation of classics like Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” and Guns ‘n’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine.”

This film looks at how engineer Brad Plunkett discovered and developed the legendary wah sound and how artists have used it to express themselves throughout its evolution. Guitar icons such as Eddie Van Halen, Kirk Hammett, Slash, Dweezil Zappa and Jerry Cantrell talk about how the wah has become a part of their signature sounds, while rock journalists such as Rolling Stone’s Ben Fong-Torres and Guitar Player’s Art Thompson explore the pedal’s cultural significance.

Learn how a simple effect became one of the most important tools of expression for guitarists everywhere.