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Learn the secrets to playing congas in modern Latin music! One of the most respected Latin percussionists on the scene today, Roberto Quintero discusses and demonstrates his masterful approach on this DVD. Includes: full-band demos featuring the hottest players in Latin music strokes and playing techniques for two and three congas 3-2 and 2-3 clave in 4/4, 6/8 and polyrhythmic studies tumbao patterns and rumba styles cutting edge techniques and more! In both English and Spanish.

The Guitar Play-Along DVD Series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab, wide view with tab, pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 2 includes: Alive (P.O.D.) Bat Country (Avenged Sevenfold) Just like You (Three Days Grace) Loco (Coal Chamber) Nice to Know You (Incubus) Nookie (Limp Bizkit) One Step Closer (Linkin Park) Whatever (Godsmack). 100 minutes.

Learning to solo has never been easier or more affordable. The dynamic Soloing Series offers the essential elements every soloist needs. Each DVD runs approximately 40-50 minutes and comes complete with an accompanying booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. Each DVD is filled with rock-solid information from beginning to end. In this DVD, MI instructor Danny Gill unveils the mystery of the heavy riff. In this intense workout, you will discover a whole new world of chords and single note riffs with Drop D tuning. Danny will also take you through a variety of picking hand techniques, including muting, pitch harmonics, downstrokes, double picking, and alternate picking. There is even a section on tuning the entire guitar down two whole steps to a low C for something extra fat and chunky. Each section gives you plenty of time to jam along, so you will feel like you're a part of the band. There is even a top 10 list of Danny's favorite noises - some of which you will have to see to believe! This is some of the most usable and musical information you will ever learn! Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come.

Learn the trademark riffs and solos of the greatest guitarists in modern rock. This DVD covers 8 songs: All the Small Things Are You Gonna Be My Girl I Believe in a Thing Called Love Just Like You Keep Away Know Your Enemy Kryptonite Wish You Were Here. Includes jam-along songs and practice tips. 1 hour, 14 minutes.

Arguably the heaviest bluesman ever, Muddy Waters literally electrified the Chicago blues world with the 1948 release of his first single on Chess Records (I Can't Be Satisfied). By taking the Robert Johnson and Son House-inspired acoustic Delta blues that he had played in Mississippi and firing it up with raw amplification, he created the blueprint for generations of Chicago blues players. Bob Margolin played guitar in Muddy Waters' band for seven years in the '70s, absorbing his music first-hand. In this DVD, he shares the secrets of Muddy's solo guitar and ensemble work and covers slow blues, boogie blues, slide guitar and guitar bass lines in standard and open tunings. Bob even plays an original song that he wrote as a tribute to his former mentor. Includes the songs: Blow Wind Blow I Can't Be Satisfied Rollin' and Tumblin' Big Leg Woman Kind Hearted Woman and more. As a special bonus, this DVD includes rare performance footage of Muddy. 52 minutes.