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Ep191 "Backwater" by Meat Puppets – How Does This Song Work?

Ep190 Q&A New Fretboard Theory Covers Pentatonic Scales Calluses & Picking

Ep189 How I Prepared for a 40-Song Cover Band Gig

Ep188 The Genius Behind New Kid in Town with Scott Sheriff

Ep187 The Art of Recording Guitar Solos with Jason Wyatt Kuhn

Ep186 Lessons from the Studio with Ryan Jones

Ep185 Q&A 6 Chords – PRS Myles Kennedy Signature Model Guitar

Ep184 Pentatonic Pattern 1 – The Foundation of All Great Guitar Solos

Ep183 What Is the Pentatonic Scale and Why Every Guitarist Should Master It

Ep182 From Boston to Belmont – Mike Valeras on Guitar Education and Finding Your Lane

Ep181 Top Hits of 2025 with Lila

Ep180 Q&A Song Tempos - Warm-Ups - Ear Training - Modes - Chord Extensions & More

Ep179 Fixing the Worst Guitar Solo – Heat of the Moment by Asia (feat. Matt Reviere & Jon "HW" Sullivan)

Ep178 Tribute to Ace Frehley – Favorite Guitar Solos

Ep177 Man on the Silver Mountain – How Does This Song Work?

Ep176 How to Build a Pro Tribute Band- Inside The Heart of Rock and Roll with Roger and Tony Langdon

Ep175 Q&A Thumb Chords - Song Memory - Rhythm Tips - and Foo Fighters Fretboard Tricks

Ep174 Recreating Iconic 80s Tones For Kemper and Helix with Matt Reviere

Ep173 From Demo to Radio - Inside Music Production with Jason Wyatt Kuhn

Ep172 Q&A playing style - physical limitations - key changes - bar chord techniques - music theory exercises - slowing down music

Ep171 Q&A Practice Plan-Joe-Bonamassa Rhythm-Take On Me Chords-Numbering Modes-G Chord Fingerings-Best Practice Amp

Ep170 Top Hits of 2024 with Lila

Ep169 Good Christmas Songs to Learn

Ep168 Q&A - New Coaching Program - Bass Playing - Playing with Confidence - Running with the Devil - 3/4 vs 6/8 - Cover Band Setlist

Ep167 Learning "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" - PRS SE NF3

Ep166 Q&A Rhythm and Timing - Horizontal Pentatonic Patterns - Bass Note Selection - Violin Etude 2

Ep165 Preparing For Huey Lewis Tribute Band Gig

Ep164 Nashville Studio Drummer and Music Producer Scott Williamson

Ep163 Jack and Diane - How Does This Song Work?

Ep162 Knights of Cydonia - How Does This Song Work?

Ep161 Q&A Hot For Teacher - Multitracks - Bass Rigs - Funk #49 - Mastering Songs - Major and Minor Pentatonic - CAGED - Soreness - Knights of Cydonia

Ep160 Improvise with Refugee

Ep159 Every Type of Seventh Chord and How to Use It

Ep158 The Harmonic Minor Scale and How to Use It

Ep157 Q&A Circle of fifths - playing left-handed - Squier guitar mods - playing and singing - intervals

Ep156 Biggest Part of Me - How Does This Song Work? - Scott Sheriff

Ep155 Q&A Modes - Rocksmith - Major Scale Patterns - Memorizing Songs - Effects Pedals - Foot Tapping - You Oughta Know

Ep154 What Scales Are Used in Sweet Child O' Mine?

Ep153 Matt Reviere Slash Guns N Roses Guitar Style and Tones

Ep152 Q&A Keith Richards Open G Tuning - Acoustic Amps - Memorizing Songs - Sus4 Chords - Cheap Versus Expensive Acoustic Guitar

Ep151 The Best Christmas Songs

Ep150 Q&A Guitar Modelers - PRS Guitars - Beginner Struggles - Slide - Drop-D Tuning - Acoustic Gigs

Ep149 Guitar Octaves and Songs That Use Them

Ep148 What Is Syncopation?

Ep147 Scott Sheriff - Keyboardist For Carrie Underwood and Huey Lewis Tribute

Ep146 Q&A Chord tones and extensions - white rabbit - playing with injuries and hand limitations - keeping track of measures while soloing - applying pentatonic scale patterns - requiring your chops after time off

Ep145 "Satellite" Dave Matthews Band - How Does This Song Work?

Ep144 What Guitar Scales Should I Learn?

Ep143 Using the Major 2 Chord in Music

Ep142 Mixolydian Mode in Huey Lewis and the News

Ep141 Q&A Chord recognition - chord fills - Halfway Gone by Lifehouse - online versus in-person lessons - purchasing a looper pedal - sharps and the circle of fifths - playing faster on an Ibanez guitar - flat sevenths - learning songs

Ep140 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - How Does This Song Work?

Ep139 No More Mr. Nice Guy - How Does This Song Work?

Ep138 Q&A arpeggios from hell - practice structure - strumming and singing - 5/4 time signature - parallel modes - King of Birds

Ep137 Minor Seven Chord Hack and Q&A looper pedals - exercises - stage fright - ADHD - and more

Ep136 Adding Effects to Acoustic Guitar

Ep135 Matt Reviere Christmas Music

Ep134 Q&A Chord Progressions - Modes - Chromatic Voice Leading - Bass Playing

Ep133 Q&A Using a Pick - Modal Mixture - Chord Tone Soloing - Bass Arpeggios - Harmonic Minor - Guitar Overdrive

Ep132 Q&A Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Running Down a Dream - Modes - Worship Guitar

Ep131 "Stay" Lisa Loeb - How Does This Song Work?

Ep130 Chord Tones and Extensions with Sandy Williams

Ep129 The Power of Love - How Does This Song Work?

Ep128 Q&A The Middle - Creating Cover Band Tracks - Picking with Fingers - Using Modes - Tenor Guitars - and more

Ep127 Cover Band Gig with Tracks

Ep126 Q&A Adam Hatfield Line 6 Helix Stomp

Ep125 Physiotherapist Mark Tsai Offers Advice on Dealing with Hand Cramping

Ep124 Agent Envy and Fretboard Theory Go Viral on TikTok

Ep123 What is a Circle Progression? (Using the Circle of 5ths and 4ths)

Ep122 Q&A David Lund Helix

Ep121 How to name and use the Dadd4add9 chord

Ep120 Top 10 Fingerpicking Songs You Should Learn

Ep119 Q&A with Matt Reviere - Pinch harmonics - Thumb Placement - Hearing Protection - Pentatonic Scale - E Flat Tuning

Ep118 Pink Panther Theme

Ep117 Blackbird | How Does This Song Work?

Ep116 Matt Reviere - How to Be a Professional Guitarist

Ep115 Q&A Positions Patterns Acoustic Strings Santana Ear Training and Hate Mail

Ep114 7 Ways to Improve Your Guitar Playing For Songwriting

Ep113 Thunderstruck ACDC How Does This Song Work?

Ep112 Please Come Home for Christmas | How Does This Song Work?

Rolling Stones 500 The Beatles

Ep111 Major 7 Chords - Upgrading Inexpensive Guitars - Structuring Practice Time - Ear Training - and More

Ep110 Guitar Theory For Dummies 2nd Edition

Ep109 Wonderwall | How Does This Song Work

Ep108 Questions – Finding keys, construction of the pentatonic scale, major scale patterns, guidelines for teaching, Family Tradition, Jingle Bell Rock, playing and singing at the same time, and more

Ep107 Beginner Guitar Primer: Everything You Should Know BEFORE You Begin to Play Guitar

Ep106 Fretboard Theory Student Composes Music in GarageBand

Ep105 Under the Bridge - How Does This Song Work?

Ep104 Q&A Speed - CAGED Arpeggios - Guitar Soloing - Kemper Profiling Amplifier - Hosa Cables - Using a Pick - Transposing a Song

Ep103 Single-coil and Humbucker Guitar Pickups Tone Test

Ep102 All Right Now | How Does This Song Work?

Ep101 Sound Man Joel Hilsden Part 2 of 2

Ep100 Sound Man Joel Hilsden Part 1 of 2

Ep99 Q&A Halfstep movement - 251 chord changes - sharps and flats - recording basics - picking bass - dominant 5 chords - altered harmony

Ep98 Why the CAGED System Will NOT Hurt Your Guitar Playing

Ep97 Moondance | How Does This Song Work?

Ep96 How to Use a Guitar Practice Amp

Ep95 Sometimes You Gotta Simplify

Ep94 Q&A Fretboard Theory, alternate picking, blues rhythm, sustain, minor CAGED, Kemper with pedals, and more

Ep93 Using Slash Chords on Guitar