Yes here is North and South's cover of the Goo Goo Dolls brilliant Iris, taken from our first performance on Festival Saturday at the Chorton Arts Festival May 2015. Performing outside in the sunshine!For more informationhttp://www.northandsouthduo.comEnjoyPeaceNeil#acoustic #cover Iris by North and South at @chorltonarts festival. #livemusic #manchester
Guitar Creativity - The Double Tapped Note
This video guitar lesson is an based on an silly idea I had to convince people you are playing insanely fast. Now, we would all like to do that wouldn't we, especially if in reality we aren't actually playing that fast at all.
The Double Tapped Note
So I should start by saying that this lesson may or may not work for you! Don't worry, I can already feel the YouTube hate, but when I came up with this idea, the whole concept is to try and expand on a concept (tapping in this case), which already has many rules and ways of doing it, and break out of the box and create something brand new. I think this concept is pretty new (well it is to me, I don't think I have ever seen Eddie Van Halen doing it!) and it may or may not be of use, but it is exercising a different muscle, the creativity muscle.
The Creativity Muscle
This is something I am always talking about in my workshops, and forms a part of my guitar creativity book, by trying unusual concepts something new will develop. Now in this case it might not be the tapped double note, but it might spark something which leads to you develop another technique and who knows you might develop something out of it yourself, it is all about giving you ideas to develop your own voice. This is what most of our guitar heroes did, and that is why we recognise them as being the gods that they are, they were unique, they push boundaries and the found their own ways of expressing themselves. Go forward and create.It's great fun and some interesting things can come out of this technique. I am calling it The Double Tapped Note– Guitar Creativity
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For more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity – A new way of thinking Follow me onTwitterFacebookInstragramLinkedInEnjoy!PeaceNeil
A Father's Love - Amanda-Rose Hill's new Single
Here is a little teaser of UK Country artist Amanda-Rose Hill's new Single A father's love, which I co-wrote and recorded vocals for here in the UK, before it was sent off to be recorded in Nashville. Check it out, more info to follow!EnjoyPeaceNeil
Tapping Scales ala Greg Howe – Guitar Creativity
This lesson is an based on an idea I took from Greg Howe (I think!) and follows the idea of playing scales by tapping, and also breaking away from playing things in tuples but moving to 16th notes. It's great fun and some interesting things can come out of this technique. I am calling it Tapping Scales ala Greg Howe – Guitar CreativityFor more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity – A new way of thinking https://gumroad.com/l/zCAXyFollow me onTwitter http://twitter.com/lightb4soundFacebook https://www.facebook.com/SpencerBruceMusicInstragram https://instagram.com/lightb4sound/LinkedIn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilbruceEnjoy!PeaceNeil
Tapping Bends ala Steve Vai - Guitar Creativity
This lesson is an based on an idea I took from Steve Vai's attitude song, and follows the notion of bending a tapped note and seeing what you end up with, great fun and some interesting things can come out of this technique. I am calling it Tapping Bends ala Steve Vai - Guitar CreativityFor more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity - A new way of thinking https://gumroad.com/l/zCAXyFollow me onTwitter http://twitter.com/lightb4soundFacebook https://www.facebook.com/SpencerBruceMusicInstragram https://instagram.com/lightb4sound/LinkedIn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilbruceEnjoy!PeaceNeil
Guitar Creativity - Chordal Scales and composing - Improve your guitar playing fast
This lesson is about using scales to develop chord shapes to help your composing and song writing using simple self limiting ideas to focus in on harmonic progressions.For more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity - A new way of thinking https://gumroad.com/l/zCAXyFollow me onTwitter http://twitter.com/lightb4soundFacebook https://www.facebook.com/SpencerBruceMusicInstragram https://instagram.com/lightb4sound/LinkedIn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilbruceEnjoy!PeaceNeil
Quick Lick #16 Steve Vai sliding 5th's lick
Back to Mr Vai again today, one of his trademark licks, the sliding 5th. Works well all over the neck and in various contexts. Give it a try.I will post the tab at http://www.spencerbruce.com when the video gets 30 likes. :)For those of you who lead busy lives and struggle to get guitar practice into your daily schedule, quick licks offers a way of improving your vocabulary and ear in just 10 minutes a day.
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For more in-depth information on maximising your practice time and finding your own voice on the instrument, check out my book Guitar Creativity – A new way of thinking Follow me onTwitterFacebookInstragramLinkedInEnjoy!Peace
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