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Monday, August 23, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: The Fearless Modulations of "Good Vibrations"

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In the third installment of this series, we took a look under the hood, as it were, at The Beach Boys song "Surfer Girl" which, ha...
Monday, July 19, 2021

GUITAR GODS: Jon Butcher

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The year was 1983, the channel is MTV, and the camera pans right to left....bass player, drummer, and then settles on the guitarist for a mo...
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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Slide Guitar: A Guided Musical Tour

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Son House - blues legend For brevity, we'll do a VERY condensed origin & history of slide guitar, and then a short list of a handful...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"

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This beautiful song was written by the always stellar Carole King and her then songwriting partner & husband Gerry Goffin (for context, ...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: Exploring Sam Cooke's Classic "You Send Me"

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Here in our 4th piece in the series, we'll look at Sam Cooke's timeless classic, "You Send Me", which was written by Sam ...
Thursday, April 1, 2021

MoneyChords Lesson: "Moonlight Sonata"

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This lesson was written roughly 2005 and published at MoneyChords. Enjoy!

Zen Guitar #3: "The Sound Of...."

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(ed note: this is the third of three lessons in the series) The Sound of.... Level: Advanced David M. McLean (a brief word to advanced playe...

Zen Guitar #2: "One with the Music"

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(ed note: this is second of three lessons in the series) One With the Music Level: Advanced David M. McLean (a brief word to advanced player...

Zen Guitar #1: "Come What May"

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(ed note: this piece is one of three re-prints of lessons by David McLean written for Zen Guitar in the early 2000s - the other two are also...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Sonic Sorcery: The Shifting Foundation of "Surfer Girl"

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In our 3rd installment of the series, let's look at the Beach Boys classic "Surfer Girl" from 1963. Written by Brian Wilson (w...