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I had a cool Interview with Charley from RadioOG.com - we talked about music and the swiss music scene and the way I see musc and how I developed my career as a musician. In this interview you hear a lot of background information about the start of my career, the way I see music and the way I see teaching guitar. Was really a fun experience this chat. See my blog entry in Radio OG's Friday Nite Underground show : LINK and listen to the radio - these guys really have some cool music there. If you want to listen to the interview you can download it here. It's our skpecall we had 1 week ago. << LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE >>

Creative Rock Guitar Chords Here you can learn several types of rock guitar chords which you can use in a creative way. I first show you the main chord progression with standard chords, then use variations of them and them give you much more creative ideas to get you more into creativity when if comes to rock guitar chords and rhythm guitar but also rock lead guitar in combination with chords. Creative Rock Guitar Chords.pdf Creative Rock Guitar Chords.gp creative rock guitar chords.mp3

Do you wanna show off with some really wild lead guitar in a heavy blues rock situation ? Then these 3 Pro guitar licks are for you. They are advanced guitar licks and they are challenging but still in the ballpark of challenging bluesrock guitar licks they are somehow playable. So don't hesitate to give it a try. On the parts which are legato playing and age played in stretching finger position please be careful to not push it too hard since there is a danger of getting an injury. Take your time and just enjoy the licks - the speed will come by itself. 3 Wild Pro Blues Rock Guitar Licks.pdf 3 Wild Pro Blues Rock Guitar Licks.gp blues rock finest.mp3

If you are a fan of really cool 80's till 90's rock like Judas Priest, Krokus, Accept, Scorpions or others or you just love rock guitar this tutorial is for you. Here I show you a really hard rocking guitar riff in the key of D and how you can develop your riff to another riff and to slightly get into soloing. Even the tracks is 120 bpm – meaning pretty fast the riff and the licks are quiet easy to play if you have your things a bit together. In this tutorial it's not about the riff and the licks I am showing. There are only suggestions – it's about creating this great music and waves of cool and hard rocking music. Thats why I call this tutorial " The Rocker " - because it rocks ! The Rocker.pdf The Rocker.gp dark hendrix rock riff.mp3

You want to play an expressive 80s rock ballad and style of Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Gary Moore or others this is the tutorial which might solve your questions. This tutorial I show you how you figure out which are the long notes you want to Target in your soloing and how to express them and how to move from one to the other to create a really great melody line. When it comes to slow rock ballads low notes are the really important part of the soloing and the melody creation. If you cannot match the long notes and the target notes the rest will not sounds really cool the runs So before you start your guitar solo you need to analyze the chords of a song and then proceed as I'm showing in tutorial. And this song the chords are like this : G / Em / C / D / G / Em / C / D / Em / C D / Em / C D / Em / C D / Am / D Expressive 80's Rock Balade.pdf Expressive 80's Rock Balade.gp pop rock balade G 80.mp3

Here you can learn a really easy blues rock riff played with a drop D tuning. The dropped D tuning has the big advantage of being very easy to play and to have a really powerful punch when it comes to blues rock riffs. Beside the riff which works with the chords D5 / Cadd9 / G5 I show you 3 very easy but very powerful licks which work great on any powerful blues rock situation. Below you find the chapters of this fine blues rock guitar tutorial. 0:00 Introduction 2:01 Riff 6:15 Licks blues rock finest.pdf blues rock finest.gp blues rock finest.mp3

The Jimi Hendrix chord was the E7#9 chord.Even Hendrix did not Invent this chord it was always related to him because he used very often. In this tutorial I am showing you a very cool rock riff using this chord but with a drop d tuning. With a drop D tuning you tune down the low E string to a D and then you have three open strings which create a really dark and strong powerchord which is very easy to grab and so very good for beginners or intermediate players. Since the left hand work is very easy you can fully concentrate on the right-hand which picks the strings and there I am showing you some tricks and tips which make you a very good rock guitar player. The 3 tricks which I'm showing you here ar the central part of any rock riff and it you pay close attention to my instructions you won't have any difficulties anymore to play a really tight rock rhythm guitar. Dark Hendrix Rock Riff.pdf Dark Hendrix Rock Riff.gp dark hendrix rock riff.mp3

The E7#9 chord got famous through Jimi Hendrix. He has to used this chord in songs like Foxy Lady, Voodoo Chile or other songs. That's why this chord got named the Jimi Hendrix chord. In this tutorial I am jamming with this chord and showing some ideas and some inspiration how to work with this chord and create the same vibe as Jimi Hendrix has done in his songs where he used this chord. It is a a cool guitar riff in combination with some single-note lines some improvisation concepts and some licks which really work great on this Jam. This will help you to get inspired to work out as a musical Vibe as Jimi Hendrix has done. Jimi Hendrix Chord Jam.pdf Jimi Hendrix Chord Jam.gp always on the run.mp3

Here I am showing the main parts of the song “ You Got Another Thing Coming “ by Judas Priest. There are two rhythm guitars which are playing together and creating this really great heavy metal groove. Rhythm guitar number one seems to be very easy but you have to be extremely precise and steady in your palm muted rhythm guitar playing. The anticipations which I am showing are played mainly on the 4+ and are extremely important for a very groovy heavy metal guitar. Even if you are an experienced guitar player don't underestimate this rhtyhm guitar. Rhythm guitar number 2 is the recognizable part of the song “ You got another thing coming “by Judas Priest and it's pretty cool to play. Literally all parts of this written guitar are played as anticipations on the 4+. So make sure you are pretty comfortable with counting your timing during playing guitar. If you play both written guitars very precise you really created stunning and wide sound which makes this song recognizable and cool to listen to. The lead guitar which I'm showing you are some ideas which are pretty easy to play since the tempo of this song is 130 BPM you might be happy that you have some easy ideas which you can play on the F sharp minor blues pentatonic. It is not the original solo but still is very cool and works a pretty fine and is not so demanding from the technical side. Play some study pentatonic lines on the three positions of the F sharp minor pentatonic and on the roof front you play some cool repeating patterns and by adding your Wahwah to the sounds and you create a really stunning lead guitar. It is worth to go through all chapters but he you found the four chapters which are included in this longer heavy metal guitar tutorial. Introduction 0:07 Rhythm Guitar 1 3:22 Rhythm Guitar 2 9:02 Lead Guitar 13:56 You Got Another Thing Coming.pdf You Got Another Thing Coming.gp heavy metal F#m 130.mp3

Here comes a cool rock riff a bit in the style of Joe Satriani. High Energy Rock Riff.pdf Rock Em 140.mp3