I like to think that my instrument making produces elegant and beautiful instruments - that's what people usually ask for. But luthiers also need to break out occasionally and make a crazy one. This is mine... ...more

The criteria and description from Part One (Dec/Jan '07) apply to these patterns also. Carmine Appice's quarter note odd metre concept was garnered from a drum clinic presented by my late father, Frank Snr, probably in the 1980s. ...more

One of the hardest things for human beings to do is to let go. We hold onto regrets, grudges, hurts, dependencies, and mostly unconsciously, we hold our breath. Notice the next time you're feeling wound-up or nervous - chances are you'll be holding your breath or breathing shallowly and high in the chest. ...more

Many guitar players use the minor pentatonic scale for solos by default, not realising that a whole new world of possibilities lie within the major pentatonic scale. ...more

In this lesson I thought we would carry on with the two-hand theme. So what I’ve done is taken some Latin piano progressions and applied them to the bass. ...more