Thanks, Jerry.  I see just what you mean.  I'll continue to work on this as I move on to your second "Mother in law Blues" lesson.

Thanks Guys!

Great Peter!!! I agree with you...The tune is really tough also for me for not talkin about the singin'....but these are the things that I like!!!  Talk to you soon! :))

nice series of lessons..thanks Duke!

Thanks Jerry for those explanations.  I'll check on compression some time (or maybe ask my friend Brian Lee who is doing all of his own album production).  I am not that concerned...

The tongueing technique involved is a useful thing to learn for adding rhythm beats under the melody

Glad you guys like it and that the demonstration and explanation are helpful.

Rich Go to the Forum/Ask Jerry for the answers to your questions regarding, compression, tongue blocking vs pursing, and cupping the mic.   Denis and Boyd, I'll have Rick lay down...

Hi Rich Compression is something they do in the recording studio to a track after it is initially recorded - usually during the mix. I do know that it is not about acheiving...

@Corey...the only thing I can do with my hands, and I do it well, is cooking...:DD Too difficoult to build an amply even if I'd like to be able to do this manual things. I'll look...

@Alex...yes I agree shipping too much.  You'll do fine with your guitar alone.  Or you can also build a small amplifier for your guitar or buy a cheaper one online somewhere.  Good...

@Corey...thsnks! :) I've heard al lot of his version of Devil Got my Woman but like you, I prefer the older ones...I think that in the old recordings he was even darker and obscure...

Thanks Douglas, sounds like your getting it. Duke

Hi Peter, Yes you have the right idea for the 1 change. You are a bit behoind the rhythm on the head so I would suggest slowing down the drum machine a bit. It was a little quick...

@Alex...I don't know about the Roland Street cube or the Pignose.  I never used an amp when I was playing on the street.  Way back when I was younger I used to want one but...

@Alex...Nice work.  Sounds good.  You have a nice light touch on the guitar and the tempo and rhythm are on point.  Remember that you can do it your own way and still be true to...

@Mike...It works with batteries right? It doesn't have a rechargable battery ..This is the main problem.I'd rather prefer to have it. I'd like to avoid spending too much money in...

Hi Alex .. I have a Roland Cube Street and love it.  I think Duke has one too.  Great amp for home.  I have never tried to perform with it You sound great !!  ... I need to go a...

@corey...here's my last attempt also one more question if you or anybody else could help me....I was lookin for a battery power amplifier...microphone and guitar...it's for buskin...

Duke, You are the best.

I think: What could I do to make the other person sound better than they already do And also I think about space - leaving space for the other cat playing Or at least I try to :-)...

Hi Friends, This weeks lesson is the final lesson for Chitlins Con Carne. Since I gave away most of my bag of tricks for this tune last week we Review the tune adding the correct 1...

The Land Where the Blues Began - www.Media-Generation.com Enjoy

Thanks Corey, for introducing us to the E minor tuning.  The album liner notes mention that, In France during World War One, Stuckey acquired open E minor tuning from soldiers he...

@Corey I was thinkin to play tune 1/2 or 1 tune lower....It's to high for me....I am also lookin for to find the key to play blues in Italian and I discovered that cut the words in...

This has been the best part of the concert....We were all sitting on the floor but in a certain moment everybody standed up when Habib started playin a think a traditional malian...

@Thanks Corey....I will upload soon a new video of catfish blues,too!!...I've met Habib Koitè (he played in duo with Eric Bibb)last sunday and listened to that wonderfull tune...

@Alex...keep up the good work.  I dig what you have done with the tune already.  You don't do it just like I do, but that is the point...to make the songs a way to express what YOU...

@WAngalik...I think he is just saying that Skip James and many other blues men used to finish the vocal lines with a guitar riff that sounds like the line he would have sung in the...