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Guitar phenomenon Matt Schofield has set the blues world ablaze with his fresh and passionate take on the genre. In this instructional guitar DVD, Matt personally teaches you the secrets behind his amazing tone and technique. Also contains full-band performances. Topics covered include: tone, tone production and technique; synthesizing your influences; extended chord voicings and blues harmony; rhythm, groove and timing; fitting your solos to the song; where the blues is found in your playing. 1 hr., 11 min. In Schofield, the UK has produced the best blues guitarist from any country in decades. - LA Daily News His feel for the music is incredible.- Vintage Guitar

This DVD features top-rated session player Mat Gurminator Gurman teaching one of the most important music lessons you will ever take, regardless of the style you play. Mat demonstrates the art of phrasing - the key to all improvised music. He teaches how to get the music out of your head and into your playing, so your solos make sense. He tells how to get a great blues rock tone and demonstrates soloing in the styles of Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Robben Ford. He also shows how to apply the blues scale to almost any style of music when you solo. Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help you develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come. Includes a lesson booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. 46 minutes.

Learn the trademark riffs and solos from eight great blues classics: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) Born Under a Bad Sign Dust My Broom Frosty Killing Floor The Sky Is Crying Sweet Home Chicago The Things That I Used to Do. 1 hour, 47 minutes.

Bob Wills etched his way into America's heart with the inimitable sound of his band, The Texas Playboys. Take a nostalgic look back at the heyday of Wills, whose stage charisma has been compared to Elvis Presley, from the early days at KVOO radio to the packed dance floor at the legendary Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. At long last, the award-winning Life & Times of Bob Wills is out on DVD! - Highly recommended! - The Academy of Western Arts, Western Clippings Magazine & Western Way website. 61 minutes.

With his warm and easy-going manner, Mitch will walk you through the various boogie woogie patterns from the most basic to the more advanced. There is precious little information available for the serious piano student of this exciting genre, but this authoritative instructional DVD fills in the gaps. Showing both left- and right-hand fingerings in patient detail, Mitch not only lays the rocking foundation for players from beginning to advanced, but he also opens the door for future exploration. This DVD contains a supplementary booklet with the prime musical examples notated.