Hello Rick and Hi to everybody! Very cool Mambo groove! I have been working on the lessons hard and honestly I so much in love with salsa NY as a dancer (it's modern Mambo dance...

Your 3 hole inhale bends are right on and you understand the difference in that hole between a I chord and a IV chord. Also, that early on V chord idea on the lower end was right...

Hello Rick and Hi to everybody! Very cool Mambo groove! I have been working on the lessons hard and honestly I so much in love with salsa NY as a dancer (it's modern Mambo dance...

Here is the backing track for my Windy City Shuffle. It sort of has a “march” shuffle feel to it, and you can really feel that downbeat/upbeat strong in the guitar track. This...

Honestly Doug, I can't remember how I began using my hands, but I can say that watching and paying close attention to how other people are doing it, can be real helpful. It's...

YOU RE SURE USING YOUR HANDS ALOT, WHERE DID YOU PICK THAT UP? WAS IT THE SOUND YOU HEARD OR SOMEONE YOU SAW?

Thanks Doug!

GET IT RICK ESTRIN ..........GET IT WHILE YOU CAN ALL NIGHT ALL RIGHT!!!!!!!! IN DA GROOOOVE                            

Hey Duke! I love the track, this is really going to be fun. One thing I'd like to ask if you could show some ideas for stuff to play during the stops. I'm more accustomed to having...

Hello Folks, This week we are moving out of first position and focus on 2nd position, double stops and melodic blues concepts building each chorus with several different ideas to...

We're re-issuing one of Corey's most popular lessons with new sheet music, re-mastered video and updated loop points. From Corey: In this first lesson I demonstrate the tune and...

Starting on a different beat, even if in time changes the whole feel of a phrase. It's good if it is in time of course, but it must be starting on the right beat to really work as...

Hi Dennis !! it is right to say ??  If I m not on the right time or beat , but the phrase is on the groove in the right chord ,is it still good ?? for instance , rather than start...

Hi Dennis !! it is right to say ??  If I m not on the right time or beat , but the phrase is on the groove in the right chord ,is it still good ?? for instance , rather than start...

Thank for the input, Dennis! Yes practising each lick and verse at lower speed is definately something I will do more of. It will help me figure out both rythmic stuff like...

Yeah !! I didn t have any answer before ... loll ... make sense !! thank s Dennis !!

When a song is counted off, this is usually the way, to get yourself and anyone else you play with coordinated with the groove and tempo before it even starts... You count to 4...

Hi Dennis !! why ?? when you start to count the beat at the begining of a song or a Chorus , you do "1- pause - 2 - pause again and 1-2-3-4 without pause and start ?? hope my...

Hi Dennis !! why ?? when you start to count the beat at the begining of a song or a Chorus , you do "1- pause - 2 - pause again and 1-2-3-4 without pause and start ?? hope my...

Thanks You!! It's all about learning the language and buildign a vocabulary...then it's easier to make music and be creayive in a musical way...thanks!

Hi Dennis !! I just been knocked down by you !! loll ... I ve been practicing the "blues Scale" on different keys ; G ,Aflat, A, ... till E  after the course you gave me , and now...

Hi Dennis !! I just been knocked down by you !! loll ... I ve been practicing the "blues Scale" on different keys ; G ,Aflat, A, ... till E  after the course you gave me , and now...

Nice job, thanks for uploading this! First of all, I appreciate your effort with this, I can tell you worked on piecing this together. Nice work!  For the timing with triplets and...

Hey Dennis! This is my take on "Buffle off to Shuffalo on a rainy sunday afternoon i Norway. I have had much struggle with the tripplets in second verse, and the timing in the...

Hi Folks, This week we start working on the solo section. We start by working on the low end working up in all the first position possibilities starting with major scale melodic...

Hey Sonic Students! For this last breakdown and chorus of "Windy City Shuffle” we utilize some long wailing notes, tremolo, trills, and glissandos, as well as some tongue-blocked...

I thinkmoving is GOOD to do while playing, as long as you are moving with the beat and the groove. It helps me connect to the groove more while I play. What is not good is to stomp...

Thank s Kosta !! I don t know what s happening in Belarus ?!! but stay put ... and whenever you put something on line ... l ll check it out !! and for now ... moving , to me it s...

Thank s Kosta !! I don t know what s happening in Belarus ?!! but stay put ... and whenever you put something on line ... l ll check it out !! and for now ... moving , to me it s...