Here's the backing track to for the Tremolo Picking, Part 2 video. The whole form repeats a few times, so play it as many times as you want. If you have the appropriate software (I tend to use some...
2019-07-26 17:33:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! More tremolo picking fun this week. I have a musical study for you designed to give your TP technique a real workout. Here's a link to the video:
Greetings patrons!
I've looked at a lot of songs recently involving tremolo picking, and I though it might be interesting to take a more detailed look at this essential guitar technique. It's...
2019-07-19 17:27:24 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon all! The YouTube channel reached 100,000 subscribers this week, so to mark the occasion I thought I'd have a bit of fun by looking at the Radiohead track after which my channel is named. ...
2019-07-12 12:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello beautiful patrons!
I get quite a lot of requests for Pixies songs but until now I've not got round to looking at any of their songs in a video. So here's my take on Debaser. It's anothe...
2019-07-05 18:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostI've made a little backing track for this week's video. It's not perfect, but I hope it'll be fun for you to play along to. The structure is exactly the same as the studio recording. Hope you all h...
2019-06-28 18:34:58 +0000 UTC View PostEvening all! This week's video continues the Les Paul theme with a look at a T.Rex classic. There's a lovely riff, some inventive rhythm playing and a surprisingly tasty solo. Here's the link...
2019-06-28 18:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! I have a psych rock classic for you today from The 13th Floor Elevators. I've been listening to quite a bit of Elevators music recently following the sad death of their singer Roky Erick...
2019-06-21 16:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all! I thought I'd posted the full backing track here last week, but it didn't seem to work. So I'm trying again. Enjoy playing along.
- Adrian
2019-06-15 08:30:57 +0000 UTC View PostLast week I posted the backing track for the entire song, but I thought it might be nice to a have another backing with just the solo chords so you can focus entirely on that if you want to. I've j...
2019-06-14 18:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello all. Moonage Daydream again, and this week it's solo time. I had a lot of fun doing this video - it's not often I get to cut loose and do a proper ROCK solo in my videos. Must do that a...
2019-06-14 17:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon all! Today I'm bringing you Part 1 of an epic look at the Bowie's Moonage Daydream. This one was lots of fun to put together. In the first video I'm looking at the rhythm guitar parts, th...
2019-06-07 14:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all! As a follow up to last week's video, today I'm looking at how Johnny Thunders plays Pipeline. Here's a link to the video:
Hi everyone. Here's my backing track. The arrangement is exactly like the original recording, so check that out if you're not sure how many verses/repeats etc. There's a two bar count in, then the ...
2019-05-24 13:08:43 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! In today's video I'm looking at Pipeline by 60s surf combo The Chantays. Once again this is a lesson prompted by a request from one of you lovely patrons (thanks for the idea Jeff!) It's...
2019-05-24 13:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostMorning everyone. A Nice Lick for you today. I was intending to make the video all about the lick, but then it turned into a more general discussion of playing over chord changes using triad shapes...
2019-05-17 11:25:56 +0000 UTC View PostMe again...whilst I'm here, I've had a request for the backing track to the Captain Beefheart lesson I did a while ago. I thought it was lost, but I've managed to retrieve it from an old hard drive...
2019-05-10 10:18:36 +0000 UTC View PostI've been wanting to look at more Graham Coxon for a while, and prompted by a request from one of you lovely patrons a couple of weeks ago, I thought I'd have a go at the title track from Blur's cl...
2019-05-10 10:10:33 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all! I have a classic bit of 90's indie for you today. Sheela-Na-Gig by PJ Harvey. If you're unfamiliar with her music do check it out - she's made many great records. This song is taken fr...
2019-05-03 10:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! It's Nice Lick time once again. This time it's a country-ish idea that uses double stops and hybrid picking. Here's a link to the video:
As promised, here's the backing track for this week's lesson. It's a bit rough and ready, but I hope it will be fun to play along to. There's a drum intro and then the bass and synth enter like at ...
2019-04-19 12:45:18 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all! I get quite a lot of requests to look at Cure songs, and I've finally gotten around to it. This is a classic early Cure track taken from their second album 17 Seconds. Some easy but in...
2019-04-19 10:16:35 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all! I thought I'd look at a classic today. I've long been a fan of r&b/soul-type rhythm playing, and Reggie Young is one of the finest exponents of that particular style. And Suspiciou...
2019-04-12 10:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostMorning everybody! This week I'm looking at a classic track from one of my favourite bands, The Fall. Watch here:
Morning all! It's been a while since I've done a blues-based video, so this week I thought I'd talk about some of my favourite ways to break out of that minor pentatonic soloing rut that many playe...
2019-03-29 10:33:53 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon all! I have one more Minutemen lesson for you today. This one is also taken from the marvellous Double Nickels on the Dime record. We a couple of great, funky riffs. Rhythmically, I think...
2019-03-22 16:38:38 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all. A concise, nice lick lesson for you today, involving some country-style bending. I've always found working on this kind of thing very good for the control and accuracy of my bends. So ...
2019-03-15 10:52:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello patrons! Bad news is I've been a bit unwell this week (some kind of virus, but nothing too serious) and I've not been in a fit state to make any new videos. Good news is I still have a couple...
2019-03-08 11:31:37 +0000 UTC View PostMorning everyone! Today I'm continuing my Nice Lick series and I have a nice little E blues lick for you. Like we need another E blues lick?! I hear you cry...Well this one is a bit different in th...
2019-03-01 11:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostMorning all. In today's video I'm looking at the song West Germany by the influential 80s punk band Minutemen. If you're unfamiliar with the band I recommend taking a listen to their epic 1984 albu...
2019-02-22 10:33:23 +0000 UTC View Post