Recently, I was teaching composition to a student. He was making great progress and had finished his first song, and was ready to record it. He was thinking of uploading it to YouTube and was concerned over theft… not someone downloading it illegally, but someone copying the song and then uploading it to YouTube / …
Let’s talk about 7 different areas of neoclassical guitar playing, that you can study to improve your skill, musicianship and creativity. Neoclassical guitar is great fun to play. When most people think of neoclassical style, they’re probably thinking of guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo or others. For a lot of people, neoclassical guitar playing …
We are human beings. What distinguishes us from animals, is our ability to think. That fact that we have language, and thoughts, are a unique feature to the human race, which empowers our mind to accomplish great things – such as learning guitar! However, we are not taught how to use our mind -we also …
If you are feeling stuck with your songwriting, everything you write sounds the same, and you’re struggling to find some new creative ideas, try these 6 ideas to spice up your songs, and kickstart your songwriting creativity: 1) Take Structural and Arrangement Ideas From Songs Outside of Your Genre A big piece of songwriting is …
One of the best songwriting tools I ever learned was how to build chords from the major scale. This is sometimes called “the harmonised major scale”, because the scale has been harmonised with itself. The harmonised major scale is a must know topic for anyone wanting to start writing their own songs, improvising, or just …
Neoclassical guitar scales are really, really fun. By playing neoclassical scales on guitar, we can create some incredibly rich and interesting sounds in our playing an improvising. Lets take a look at some of these neoclassical scales and how we can use them in our guitar playing: The Harmonic Minor Scale The original king of …
