Beat Generals will help you uncover the super producer, teach all methods and techniques of the pros used to create the hottest bits to date. Content 1. Intro 2. Piano 3. Bass Synth 4. Pads5. Synth Gate Sweep 6. Lead 7. Export 8. Import 9. Drums 10. Snare 11. Snare Fill Pattern 12. Vocals 13. Verse Drums 14.… Read More »
Whatever your level of play, you will love how Verheyen steps you through his curriculum. You will work through six distinctive blues grooves ranging from low, down and dirty up-tempo shuffles to smooth and moody slow blues. Verheyen performs three solos over each groove, each solo demonstrating a distinctive approach. After each of these 18 solo/demonstrations, Carl breaks… Read More »
More than 2 hours of video tutorials showing how to get the most out of each patch, 7 completely new and innovative methods for creating darkest drops and wobs around, and extensive video lessons on handling external effects. The Bass Science course makes a significant contribution to your musical arsenal and your theoretical knowledge. With over 2 hours… Read More »
Beat Generals will help you uncover the super producer, teach all methods and techniques of the pros used to create the hottest bits to date. Content 1. Intro 2. Scale 3. Tremolo Strings 4. Tremolo Strings Low 5. Tremolo Strings High 6. Suspense Strings 7. Electic Piano 8. Pad 9. Tremolo Strings – Kontakt 10. Synths 11. Warm… Read More »
In order to help you gain a good grasp on Maschine 2, we have created this short list of posts to help you comprehend some of the fundamental concepts of Maschine 2. This page does not contain all tutorials we have created related to Maschine 2, however, it does contain a selection of tutorials in the major areas… Read More »
Jump Start Acoustic starts you off with a series of video guitar lessons showing you how to tune up, hold the guitar and position your hands. Next up, you’ll start learning the most common chords used in popular music – only 12 of them and they’re all easy! Strumming patterns come next followed by a series of lessons… Read More »
50 Right-Hand Techniques covers ALL of the essential right-hand techniques: Tone & Motion of Right Hand, Motion of the Thumb, Shaping Fingernails & Picks, Free Stroke, Rest Stroke, Twist & Slice, Flamenco Picado, Planting, Staccato, Arpeggio 4/4 Time, Lullaby Pattern in 3/4 & 4/4, Arpeggio Exercises, Thumb-index Roll, Bouncing the Arm, Fingerpicking Patterns, Alternating Bass with Melody, Scarborough… Read More »
Vignola’s approach is simple and highly effective. First he’ll teach you just three movable chords; a major 7th, minor 7th and a dominant 9th. These three chords alone will power you through hundreds of jazz standards and progressions. Rhythm guitar and comping is next; Frank demonstrates and walks you through just three jazz rhythms: a swing, the Charleston… Read More »
While a single-note line — a lick — is certainly fair game in here, the bread-and-butter of acoustic playing is covered in 50 lessons demonstrating fingerpicking patterns, open-string voicings, changes with bass lines, alternate tunings, Brit-pop strums, left-hand mutes, double-stops, funk patterns, alternating bass, movable chord-shapes, advanced voicings with open strings, barre chords concepts, Travis-picking, descending bass lines,… Read More »
A quick Google will reveal hundreds of books, courses and seminars for conquering the fear of public speaking, but you’ll find very little that prepares you or helps you overcome the fear of participating in a public blues jam. And that’s precisely why we asked Jeff Scheetz to research and author The Blues Jam Survival Guide for TrueFire… Read More »
Let’s get two things straight right off the bat; don’t use modes to play bebop (see the Bebop Improv Survival Guide if that’s your calling); and secondly, you won’t find any Greek references in Fareed’s teachings. “When’s the last time you saw or heard a toga-wearing ancient Greek jazz musician?” Throughout the Modal Improv Survival Guide, Fareed demonstrates… Read More »
Anthony organized the collection into five groups representing the five most common styles of slow blues tunes. You’ll not only learn the lick itself but also where it fits within a standard 12-bar progression. Anthony performs the lick over a rhythm track and then breaks it down for you note-by-note, move-by-move. You get all of the tracks, tab,… Read More »
Part 1: Virtual Instruments Akai MPC Renaissance working with Plugins Series. In Part 1 of DJ Hellfire’s Plugin Series Renaissance In the 1st part DJ Hellfire shows you how to work with virtual instruments in MPC Renaissance Part 2: Adding Pad Effects Akai MPC Renaissance working with Plugins Series. In Part 2 of Hellfire’s Plugin Series. In the… Read More »
In this accelerated introduction to bossa nova rhythm guitar for intermediate players and beyond, Fareed shows you the authentic bossa nova rhythms and chord voicings used by the Brazilian greats including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Luis Bonfa, Baden Powell and many others. Fareed breaks the style down into one versatile rhythm pattern that underlies almost every bossa… Read More »
Virtuoso acoustic wizard and fingerstyle master, Tim Sparks presents Fingerstyle Roots, Rags & Blues, an insightful exploration of Early Americana Roots music and intensive fingerstyle study program for intermediate and advanced students. Fingerstyle Roots, Rags & Blues covers Delta Blues, Country Gospel, New Orleans, Ragtime, Early Jazz and the most amazing version of “The Mississippi Blues” that we’ve… Read More »
Scales are the foundation of music and can be found in every known culture. With all styles of modern music, scales are the heartbeat, breath and soul of the guitar solo, the guitar riff and even the vocal melody! This video course includes every guitar scale you’ve ever wanted to learn – presented in a simple root to… Read More »
This Maschine course was designed to highlight some of the basic things you need to know when you start working with Maschine. The course consists of a video that we laid out for free for the Maschine community as a whole, as well as new lessons specially created to help you get down to work quickly. This maschine… Read More »
These lessons are for those who have a thorough understanding and knowledge of Maschine, and who are looking for more advanced ways of using this wonderful platform. The following Maschine 101 and Maschine 201 we wanted to provide an area to get quickly. As with the other courses, this outline does not contain every “advanced” video we have… Read More »
Design Your Own Drums In FM8 – Learn to design your own kick drums, claps and hats in under an hour Having the opportunity to see someone else’s workflow in song creation can be priceless! In this 4 part mini series, we see how to design drums in FM8. In this 4 part micro course, our resident expert… Read More »
Andy covers a diverse range of soloing styles and techniques within the context of eight different key centers (E, F, G, A, Bb, C and D). Each key center series of lessons features different forms, feels and progressions and includes performances and detailed breakdowns covering requisite techniques, solo development, improvisation and application of theory. The soloing examples demonstrate… Read More »
