Get a Big, Wide Clean Sound
Here's a great way to expand a clean sound both vertical (highs and low) and horizontal (stereo width)! Start by plugging your guitar...
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Michael Edwards
Nov 3
Books for Musicians and Artists
These are my 5 favorite books related to music, guitar playing, artistry, and the spirit of self. The Creative Act - Rick Rubin I love...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 17
Improve Your Improv
If you'd like to improve your improv, try not to play the root note of the next chord on its downbeat. It can be too definite and...
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Michael Edwards
Aug 31
Improve Your Lead Melody and Phrasing
Here are 3 benefits of using a one-chord loop to practice your lead melody and phrasing! Equipment Used: - PRS CE24:...
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Michael Edwards
Apr 20
Create a Repeating Counter Melody
Listen to "Evolution Awaits" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/34rAP0B1ANxSTjaFP9ormK?si=d2698933a5dd49fa One thing I love to do...
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Michael Edwards
Nov 24, 2023
Blackstar St. James EL34 Plugin
In this video, I embark on a recording session with the Blackstar St. James EL34 plugin, exploring its versatile capabilities across four...
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Michael Edwards
Nov 15, 2023
Are you EDsperienced Pedal
Just jamming with the pEDal company’s Are You EDsperienced? Pedal. I’m using this really cool reverse delay setting called “Lorem Ipsum.”...
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Michael Edwards
Nov 11, 2023
Double Drop-D
Have you ever spent any time playing in Double Drop-D? If not, here are some fun chords to get you started. SIGNAL CHAIN: Epiphone Les...
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Michael Edwards
Nov 8, 2023
Mixolydian Riff
Here's a mixolydian Riff that's a lot of fun to play and a great exercise. But first, what is mixolydian? Well, it’s the fifth scale mode...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 30, 2023
How I Wrote the Them Music for a TV Show
How I wrote a TV show theme song for "Travel With Didiayer." In the first part of this video, I speak about the dynamics that led to this...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 26, 2023
Skip the Tonic!
One way of pushing your guitar playing outside of the pentatonic box is to create a chord progression that does not use the tonic chord....
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Michael Edwards
Oct 21, 2023
The Rotating Box
One thing I love to do to give a song some mystique is to use what I call the rotating box. So instead of just randomly plucking through...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 21, 2023
Intermittent Palm-Muting
Here's an exercise that's great for what I like to call intermittent palm muting. So what I'm doing here is palm muting intermittently....
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Michael Edwards
Oct 8, 2023
Add9 Chords
Something that's really great for adding texture to chords are add9’s. So here are some of my favorites- major and minor. Check them out...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 7, 2023
Finger Independence
Here's an exercise designed to work on fingerpicking as well as finger independence. What we're going to do is assign our thumb to the D...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 3, 2023
Consistent-Note Arpeggios
When it comes to arpeggios, one thing I love to do is to pick a couple of notes that ring out consistently, even though the chords are...
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Michael Edwards
Oct 2, 2023
The Beauty of Dim7 Chords
Diminished 7 chords are super flexible and easily utilized for transitions and key changes. Equipment Used: - PRS CE24:...
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Michael Edwards
Sep 30, 2023
Tricky Timing
One thing I love in music is when a riff tricks us into thinking that its timing is something other than what it actually is. In this...
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Michael Edwards
Sep 25, 2023
Open String Chords
Something I love to incorporate into my playing are open-string chords. So here are three sets that I get a lot of use out of utilizing...
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Michael Edwards
Sep 25, 2023
2 Strings, 1 Finger
Here are two chords that use one finger to play two strings at the same time, and they're not barre chords. The first one is actually...
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