As you will see from the photos, last month's Spanish Mando job turned out nicely. ...more

Jazz is the art of rhythm and the first priority is to swing. The left hand, left hand/bass drum or left hand/bass drum/hi-hat figures do not constitute a display of your co-ordination abilities, rather musical statements. ...more

There has been a lot of interest lately in acoustic-related guitar styles, and a large part of that style is playing with your fingers. All good guitarists should be able to play with a pick and fingers as it will increase your ability to be creative and perform different styles. ...more

With some fancy software, groovy instruments, vocals, plenty of Kiwi ingenuity and a healthy dollop of skill it has never been easier to produce a commercially viable recording at home. ...more

Hi y'all. Let's recap on what we've been up to in the last few lessons. Basically all we've been doing is working out which chords belong to which scales or modes. ...more

In the X-Factory this month we have Hawaii-born Jack Johnson with his song Flake (a story of living with lovable lies) from the album 'Brushfire Fairytales'. ...more