Nowhere to go with ascending licks but up? Dan McAvinchey confronts the problem and gives you several ideas you can use today. Don't just take the easy way out and start descending either.
Stop practicing with boring scales and start testing your fingers with melodic 'riffs' from Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and more.
Stop strumming those simple barre chords, and embellish your chordal work with licks and phrases that blur the distiction between rhythm and lead guitar playing.
Break free of your limiting beliefs about pentatonic scales.
An introduction to the world of copyrights and publishing. It`s not hard at all to protect the songs you`ve written, and you may be surprised at the various ways your original compositions can earn money for you.
Studio and music business psychobabble explained.
Chock full o` ideas for promoting and selling your new record, and building a fan base.
Sometimes it seems every guitar riff and chord progression has been done to death. How you can avoid the tendency to copy.
How to use the song structure method to jump-start compositions.
Stuck recycling the same licks and riffs? Dig yourself out of your guitar playing rut and rediscover the instrument you love.
Emulating your heroes is fine, but consider how far should you take it.
The use and abuse of compression.
Dan McAvinchey is a guitarist and composer living in Raleigh, NC.
He believes every musician or composer has the power to write, record and release their own music.
