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Tony’s Guitar Leads Newsletter

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

Guitar Riffs Mobile Apps  (iPhone AND Android)

I am pleased to tell you that we have begun development of a smart phone app for both iPhone and Android platforms.  This app will feature lessons comprised of classic rock guitar riffs, and at least initially will use much of the music found in the GL Master Volume.  The difference of course will be that it is provided in a slightly different format so it is useable on a your smartphone. 

We’ve spent a lot of time surveying and reviewing the mobile apps available and there are very few that feature classic rock solos.  Our plan is to deliver these to users at the rate of one new riff per week.  This riff lessons will contain tablature and full and half speed audio, so you can hear the audio and play it yourself.  The app itself and the first 10 riffs will be FREE. Thereafter there will be a small charge.

The image to the left is one of the screen shots from the mobile app that allows you to see what this application will look like on your phone.   In coming weeks will be providing more information as well as a launch page where you can sign up to win a free subscription to this app, and be put on a notification list to receive more information as it becomes available.  Stay tuned!  

New Guitar Instructional Material for Classic Rock Songs

About a year and a half ago the website Amazing Guitar changed hands.   The new ownership has been working on the site and I have been waiting to see what they would do.  Well that question has been answered in a very positive way.

They have produced a high quality video series with a A -List guitarist from the west coast named Devo Carillo. He has shared the stage with greats like Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia and the Jefferson Airplane in some of the greatest venues – the Fillmore, the Winter Gardens and the Avalon Ballroom.  He is also a very active guitar instructor.  Here is a free lesson from one of these songs.

http://tinyurl.com/7lxtsop

Like our Guitar Leads Master Volume and Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing Method, this is focused on classic rock songs… so I wanted to make sure you had a change to take a look.


10 FREE Backing Tracks  – Key and Tempo Adjustable

Here are 10 backing tracks of some classic rock tunes that are yours free to download and use.

http://songsurgeon.com/page/guitar-backing-tracks.html

These tracks are unique because they are adjustable.  What I mean is that you can adjust the key or the tempo of these tracks.  This is accomplished using something called a Song Surgeon cPods. These cPods are a unique file concept that by buddy, Jim Todd, over at Song Surgeon has been working on for the last year. 

When you download the backing track it will be in a exe format. Once on your computer you double-click and open this file and an instance of Song Surgeon ( a key and tempo change software) will open on your machine with the music filed embedded in it.  You then play the backing track, adjust the key and/or tempo to your liking and then EXPORT the changed file and create a new audio file (mp3, wav, etc.) that you can use like any other audio file. 

This is a very cool approach to unlocking the fixed nature of backing tracks and allowing users to adjust these to their needs without ever buying or installing Song Surgeon on their machine. Sorry Mac users, this technology, at least for now, is limited to Win OS’s.  

Keep On Jammin!
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Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System

GuitarRx iPhone/Android Apps
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. If you have any topics you’d like me to cover in future newsletter
please contact me at info@guitar-1.com.
 
 
 

 

Music Teacher’s Helper, Your Personal Assistant

I know that there are a number of guitar instructors among our readers.   If you don’t fall into that category this post isn’t for you.  BUT… if you do, I would encourage you to take a look at this piece of software.

Tony

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I’d like you to think for a minute about how much time you spend each week  or each month managing the “business” side of your studio. This includes things like:

* Searching for information about your students.music teachers helper

* Running calculations for studio finances.

* Making and answering phone calls.

* Copying and printing documents for students.

* Creating invoices and receipts.

* Writing notes for parents.

* Running checks to the bank.

Now think about how much it would be worth to you to have these aspects of your studio organized and automated. Music Teacher’s Helper handles my studio finances, emails my students a lesson reminder one day before their scheduled lesson, allows my students to go online and cancel/reschedule their lesson, make their lesson fee online and update their financial page, and so much more.

As far as organization, I find that Music Teacher’s Helper is the perfect place to store all of my studio information and documents so everything is in one place, with easy access from anywhere.

A Teacher’s Testimonial

Here is a comment I found from one of the teachers who is absolutely thrilled with how Music Teacher’s Helper is helping her. And so are her students and their parents:

I can honestly say that Music Teacher’s Helper is indispensable for me in managing the booking, scheduling and payments of my husband’s students. It’s completely changed the way I handled the business, made everything so much easier, more accurate and reliable. And it’s a great convenience to our students as well. Many of our students mentioned the weekly lesson reminders, monthly invoices and the ease of scheduling and payments as one of the things that set our teaching studio apart. When a software program can not only make handling the business end of things easier, but actually be a selling point as a benefit to the students as well, it’s definitely a winner!”

Tina Meadors

Guitar, Drums, Bass, Banjo, and Mandolin Teacher

Encinitas, California

Music Teacher’s Helper can manage your business by:

* Sending emails for you, reminding students of upcoming lessons and  events.

* Creating and sending invoices for you, Automatically.

* Calculating your income and expenses.

* Tracking the repertoire your students are working on.

* Sending parents receipts for fees paid.

* Automatically sending the student a birthday greeting from you.

* Pulling up information about a student, including all their contact information and payment history.

Students and parents can also access needed information from their own  private website, such as:mth calendar

* Lesson Notes.

* File Area to download music, exercises, and much more.

* Their own calendar, where they can check their lesson schedules, or cancel/re-schedule a lesson.

* Make an Online Payment.

* View Payment History.

Music Teacher’s Helper Continues to Improve

Music Teacher’s Helper has been around since 2003, and constantly adding new features and improvements to the program to help you manage your studio. Music Teacher’s Helper has been designed to provide exactly what music teachers want and need. That’s because they listen to you.

Members can also go to http://mth.uservoice.com and vote on features that they would like Music Teacher’s Helper to implement. Members can also browse through the Knowledge Base for information and answers to commonly asked questions.

You can try the Free/Trial Music Teacher’s Helper for one month, like I did in 2005, by clicking on www.musicteachershelper.com. At the end of the trial period, you can upgrade your free/trial subscription to a member from the “My Account” link located at the top-right corner of your home page after logging in.

If you have five or fewer active students, you will be able to keep your member account Free Forever. You will also be able to select other plans, depending on the number of active students you teach.

Music Teacher’s Helper: Your Personal Assistant

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Tony’s Guitar Leads Newsletter

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

 

Guest Instructor Series with Will Landrum Continues

Here’s one of Will’s “classic” guitar lesson articles that he wrote for his students when he first started teaching online. To this day, he still gets emails from people thanking him for this information because it helped them play guitar so much better in a shorter period of time.

http://tinyurl.com/7emulq2

This lesson is from Will’s rock guitar home study course called Monster Tapping Techniques where he teaches you how to master incredible tapping techniques using double-stops, combined scale patterns, arpeggios, pedal points, octaves, tapping harmonics and more.
This goes way beyond the regular Van Halen tapping stuff.

In this video with tablature on guitar tapping mechanics, Will demonstrates combining string bending with fretboard tapping.

http://tinyurl.com/79nfh5e

iPhone/Android App

I am in the final stages of inking a deal for a group to develop an i-Phone/Android app that will
provide the guitar-leads riffs on your smartphone.  Initially we will work on converting the massive guitar-leads library into this new format and be providing these lessons at the frequency of 1 new lesson per week.

The app will be FREE and so will the first 10 lessons.  Thereafter will be charging a very small monthly subscription fee to continue to receive these riffs. Since this is a new product with new development cost, the will be a charge for existing customers.  However, the good news is that if you buy at launch there will be a big discount for early subscribers.

This whole mobile app technology is new to us… so we will be providing you with more details as they become available.  Stay Tuned!


The Math of Guitar Playing

One of my most unique approaches to playing uses the concept of geometric shapes.   While a few of you may have seen it, most have not, so I am providing it again as a repeat.   If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth your time.  You can access it using the link below.

http://youtu.be/5B6GAPTp940

This concept of geometric shapes is one of the things I use in my Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System.   That system is unique among learning approaches as it relies upon FOUR foundations songs – as the basis of teaching you how to play solos.  You can find more info at the website

www.guitar1.com

 
Keep On Jammin!
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Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. If you have any topics you’d like me to cover in future newsletter
please contact me at info@guitar-1.com.
 
 
 

 

Tony’s Guitar Leads Newsletter – Winners Announced

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

 

Contest Drawing Winners!

The drawing contest which we kicked off last week set a record for the number of entries… over 500. 

I guess I shouldn’t be surprise because the prize packages we were giving away were tremendous…  They have a value of well over $200 and consist of three great gifts:

  • Guitar Leads Master Volume  ($97)
  • Free MP3 Player  ($49)
  • Song Surgeon Pro ($89)

Congrats to the 5 winners… They are:

  • Rick Hager
  • Cliff Nichols
  • Butch bouchard
  • Ronald Vaughan
  • Scott Jones

Our Not-So-Shabby Consolation Prize Promo Offer (thru month’s end)

For those that didn’t win or even enter we have a decided to put together a package deal with Song Surgeon and the Guitar Leads Master Volume. Essentially, we will GIVE YOU the Master Volume containing more than 425 guitar riffs and practice segments if you buy Song Surgeon.

That’s a sweet deal… you spend between $49-79 for one of the versions of Song Surgeon and we’ll give you the Guitar Leads Master Volume worth $97.

We’re offering this deal for about a week… through the end of the month, so don’t wait or you’ll miss it.   To grab this special offer you must use the link below.

http://songsurgeon.com/page.c233.147.html

Guest Instructor Series Continues

We continue with another great lesson from Will Landrum. This is from his home study course called “Riffs, Licks, Chops And Melodies”. 

In this video with tablature and an audio sample, I teach you how I use simple power chords to create compelling melodic movement.

http://tinyurl.com/d7czwf9

 
Keep On Jammin!
tony sig file

Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. If you have any topics you’d like me to cover in future newsletter
please contact me at info@guitar-1.com.
 
 
 

 

Tony’s Guitar Newsletter – Free Drawing for 5, $200 prize packages

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

 

Guest Instructor Series Continues

We continue this week with two more videos from our guest instructor, Will Landrum.

This first video is from his home study course called “Mastering Lead Guitar” where he teaches time-saving shortcuts to achieving great lead guitar technique. Since we worked on alternate picking last time, check this video where he explain what pick works best and why. Choosing your pick is IMPORTANT. It has A LOT to do with the way you sound!

 http://tinyurl.com/7ot9uuh

Here is a second video lesson from Will in which he show you one of many different approaches to being creative with arpeggios. It contains both video and tabs.

http://tinyurl.com/8425doq

Great Contest Designed For Guitarists – $200+ prize packages 

I am launching a contest this week for FIVE prize packages of more than $200 each.  

Each package will consist of  Song Surgeon Pro, the Guitar Leads Master Volume and a 2 Gb mp3 playerEach of five winners will receive ALL three of these items. 

Song Surgeon Pro -  The best-in-class slow down software for both Mac andWin.  It not only provides distortion free audio with key and tempo changes but a host of other useful features.   There are two videos on the drawing page that illustrate some of these other features for you.

Guitar Leads Master Volume – This is a massive library of 425 guitar riffs a practice segments from more than 80+ classic guitar songs.  These riffs are provided at full speed and half speed and contain accurate tabs for you to follow and play along with.

2Gb Mp3 player – A generic mp3 player similar in design to Apple’s iPod shuffle.  We include the USB connecting cable and ear buds.  You can load your guitar music onto this mp3 player, or create your own using Song Surgeon and then save it to this player.  Turn it on, put your ear buds in, grab your guitar — and you’re ready to start jamming.

To enter the drawing all you need to do is REGISTER on this page.

http://songsurgeon.com/page.c233.169.html

The drawing will be one week from today…so don’t miss this opportunity, go there now and register for this bundle of goodies. You can’t win unless you register!

 Keep On Jammin!
tony sig file

Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. If you have any topics you’d like me to cover in future newsletter
please contact me at info@guitar-1.com.
 
 
 

 

Tony’s Guitar Newsletter

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

Today’s Lesson – A hot guitar lead, rhythm track and tabs

Last week I introduced to you Will Landrum as our guest teacher for the next several weeks.  Will is an accomplished guitarist and instructor.  Last week’s lessons focused on some basic skills like using your pick correctly. This week’s is more challenging.

I like to use a football analogy when it comes to basics… if you don’t tackle and block well, if you don’t protect the ball, if you don’t  implement and MASTER the basics.. you dramatically reduce your changes of winning.   The same is true with most things… and certain it’s true with guitar.  To be a good player you must MASTER the basics.  And even if you think you have, it never hurts to get a quick refresher course.

Ok, for today’s BIG guitar lesson (multiple videos), shows you a hot lead guitar solo AND the rhythm guitar that goes with it.  There’s normal and slow speed video demonstrations for the leads and rhythms, jam tracks and complete tablature notation.

If this lesson is too challenging, don’t worry! There are A LOT more lessons coming your way that vary in size, shape and difficulty level including stuff for beginners, that Will we be providing in the future. 

http://tinyurl.com/7dpdr7m

 

Turning a Shredder Into A Slow Poke

Last week, in a video separate from Will’s, I showed you how to learn new material much faster by slowing things down.  We used the classic rock song, China Grove and created a 3- speed customized lesson.  I even provided you with tablature and the finished 3-speed lesson mp3 file.  We created this with a tool that not only slows audio done, but does a whole lot more.  If you missed last week’s video, you can catch it here.  It’s entitled:  A Guitar Lesson From A Non-Guitarist.

http://songsurgeon.com/cabs/guitar_slow_down

This week, we are going to continue this theme by looking at another example.  We’ll take a well know song, played at a speed that almost no one can follow… and slow it down to the point that you can easily follow it.  If you’ve heard Van Halen play Ice Cream Man, you’ll know just how fast this guy can play.  However, after running this song thru Song Surgeon and slowing it down to 20%, you can see how manageable it becomes.

http://songsurgeon.com/cabs/guitar_slow_down

Stay tuned for next week’s newsletter.  I will be announcing a drawing contest and giving
away more than $200 bucks of goodies to each of 5 winners.  In addition, I will be demonstrating a new twist on backing tracks.  These will be variable tempo and key tracks
and they allow you set the tempo and key.

 
Keep On Jammin!
tony sig file

Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. If you have any topics you’d like me to cover in future newsletter
please contact me at info@guitar-1.com.
 
 
 

 

Tony’s Guitar Newsletter – Guest instructor, China Grove solo and more…

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

 

TODAY’S TOPIC – Guest Instructor Series Gets Underway

This week and for the next several weeks, I have a special guest instructor who will be providing us with the benefit of his years of experience in playing the guitar.   Our focus here at at Guitar-Leads and Learn2Jam has been on playing lead guitar and taking solos… so in this series of video instruction we’ll also try to focus on this.    Whether the topic is something basic or more advanced, I think you’ll find a unique perspective that you can learn something from.  Best of all they cost you nothing.  Let’s go ahead and get started.

For today, I have two videos from our guest instructor.  In this first video with tablature and fretboard diagram, our guest instructor shows you one of many ways to link different scale patterns together for playing hot lead guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/72up8dd

This second video lesson provides you with a an alternate picking technique.  It’s a “less is more” approach when you attack the strings with your pick.

http://tinyurl.com/6vrlfbj

China Grove Solo – 3-Speed Practice Lesson

Here is a third video tutorial.  It is entitled ” A guitar lesson from a non-guitarist. ” I think you will find it interesting.   It’s a bit of a different take on things.  One of the things created during this video lesson is a 3 speed practice lesson for solo found in the classic rock song, China Grove by the Doobie Brothers.    Here is the link to this video tutorial.

http://songsurgeon.com/cabs/guitar_slow_down


Here is the audio of the 3 speed lesson we created in the above lesson.  To play in simply click on this link.  If you’d like to save it, right click and select “Save As”.  The first part plays at 50%. The next at 75% and the last at 100%.

http://www.guitar-leads.com/email-images/3speedlesson.mp3

This is the tablature for the China Grove solo we created in the above lesson

 
Keep On Jammin!
tony sig file

Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. Don’t forget to check out my Learn2Jam course which teaches you to solo by learning and using only FOUR foundational songs.  It’s a unique approach you’ll find no where else.

http://guitar-1.com

Also.. don’t forget about our mega library of guitar riffs, with over 425 classic rock riffs from 80+ songs.  And if that isn’t enough… there is no set price for these… YOU name your price.

http://www.guitar-leads.com

 
 
 

 

Tony’s Guitar Newsletter

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

TODAY’S TOPIC – Newsletter Status Update

Hi.  This is Jim Todd. It has been a couple of months since you have received a Guitar Leads newsletter.   There is a good reason for this.  Tony has been unavailable.  I have been hoping he’d be back soon but it looks like it will be several more months.  After consulting with him, we both agree that I should begin sending them in again – even in his absence.  

Most of you have seen or heard my name.  Tony has been the musician behind the lessons, and I have worked with Tony as the marketing guy.

Don’t worry, I am not going to try and take Tony’s place and teach you guitar. However, what I hope to do is to provide you with some quality material from other guitarists I know.  Believe me I have plenty of things to do.. so I have no interest in wasting your time or mine with junk.

Let’s go ahead and get started:

The first guy who I am going to borrow some material from (with his permission of course) is Will Landrum.  Of all of the teaching guitarists I know… Will is one of the best players.  He has agreed to allow me to share with you some of the material he is using with his online students.  Below are two teaching videos from Will:

Palm Muting and String Silencing
http://tinyurl.com/7f2kcaq

Strumming and String Isolation
http://tinyurl.com/7zkpfta

If you are more advanced in your playing and what something more challenging, then I would recommend this video tutorial video Tony put together several months ago, on using geometric patterns to your advantage when learning to take solos.

Anchor Points and Geometric Patterns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B6GAPTp940&feature=related

Keep On Jammin!
Jim

James Toddd

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s.  Many of you probably know of my slow down software, Song Surgeon, which Tony has used and endorsed over the years.   We now have a FREE online Key and Tempo change service.  If you only have a few files you’d like to modify it’s a great tool.  You can find this free service here:

http://www.songsurgeon.com/page/ssweb.html

 
 
 

 

Tony’s Weekly Gutiar Newsletter

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

 

TODAY’S TOPIC – Humbuckers or Single Coils Pickups

With the Christmas holiday just around the corner I thought I will would give you a little light reading on a very important topic: Humbuckers or Single Coils Pickups?

NIGHT & DAY Difference! Both fantastic! Both fill a need! The electric guitar is nothing without its pickups. You can’t hear any sound without them. The single coil pickup, traditionally thought of as being found on the FENDER STRATOCASTER guitar, is made in such a way that it has a distinctive, clean, crisp and thinner sounding tone than the Humbucker pickup. Some good examples of what Single Coils sound like are heard on the songs: “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” by THE HOLLIES, “That’ll Be The Day” by BUDDY HOLLY and many of the early songs by THE BEACH BOYS like “Surfin’ USA.”

The Humbucker pickups are typically thought of as being found on Gibson guitars, such as the Les Paul model and the ES 335 model. They have a fatter, more dense sound than the single coil pickup. Some great examples of what a Humbucker pickup sounds like, are found on CARLOS SANTANA’S “Black Magic Woman”, BLACK SABBATH’S “War Pigs” and THE DOOBIE BROTHERS’ “China Grove.”

Humbucker pickups were developed because of the way that single coil pickups were made and the problems that were inherent in their design. They would “Hum” when played near florescent lighting or if the amplifier was plugged into a wall socket that was noisy due to bad electrical grounding. Humbuckers are essentially 2 single coil pickups that share a large magnet at their base. Each coil of a Humbucker is wrapped differently, so that the RF (radio frequency) signals they create cancel each other out. The only purpose in creating Humbuckers was to “buck” the hum that single coils created. However Humbuckers did not, and do not, sound just like single coils without hum. Since a much larger magnet was used and there were 2 coils of wire, the Humbucker created a much louder signal.

Today, with the advances in electronic technology, we also find guitars that have single coil pickups that do not buzz (Fender Lace.) You can also find guitars that have a combination of both single coil and Humbucker pickups on them, such as certain Fender Telecaster models. This is a nice option that can give you many combinations of sounds. I suggest you go to your music store and check them both out before committing to one type or the other.

Hopefully this little intro to the differences in these two pickup configurations, will encourage you to audition the two styles. With Christmas coming I suggest you hurry out and make your choice! I also would like to wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Holy Christmas season and New Year.

Last Few Days of a Very Special Promotion on Learn2Jam

 My Learn2Jam is truly a unique course. It is built around the premise that if you can learn to play 4 songs, you can gain the necessary skill and knowledge to take a solo to any song. We have been running a special in advance of Christmas that is a real “sweet” deal. The normal price for this course is $149 but I have reduced it by 40% to $79.

In addition, I am sweetening the pot even more to help you say yes to what is already is a great deal…I am going to throw in a 2 GB Mp3 player (valued at $49) to all purchasers. 

But that is not all… I have one more thing that makes this a fantastic offer and a fantastic gift or yourself or any other guitarist for Christmas… I am throwing in the Guitar Leads Master Volume… this is a library of 425 interactive guitar solos/segments from some of the most popular rock songs of all time…

Here is what you will get:

~~> Learn2Jam                               $79       ($68 savings)
~~> GL Master Volume                   FREE.   ($97 savings)
~~> 2Gb Mp3 Player                       FREE      ($49 value)

That is a whopping $214 in discounts and free gifts.

To get this entire package you MUST use this special link below. When you click this link the page you land on will display a window showing you the FREE mp3 player

http://guitar-1.com/sc/order/  

If you don’t see the picture that means our inventory of this item is depleted and  though you still get the 40% discount and FREE copy of the Master Volume, the MP3 player won’t be included.
 

Keep On Jammin!
tony sig file

Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. In order to try and get this to you by Christmas, we will end this special on Monday, December 19th, and all orders will be shipped no later than Tuesday, the following day.  
 
 

 

Tony’s Guitar Newsletter – The guitar player in the 5th Division Army Band

 

 

 
 

Dear Friend,

 

Welcome to the Tony’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter

 

 

My Guitar Playing Changed in 1975..
It Took Me 40 Years to Understand What Happened

This will be the last e-mail before the Thanksgiving Holidays and I want to get you some juicy info to chew on while you’re off from school or work for a few days. This newsletter was not supposed to be a story about me, but after I did some comprehensive research, I was jumping out of my own skin and knew I had to write what you’re about to read.

As I began to search for a really good topic for this week’s newsletter, I thought I would take a look at what the other guitar courses are saying out there. I even checked out “i-phone/i-pad” and “Droid” guitar apps. Quite frankly, what I learned was stunning and sad! You see, there’s only so many ways you can package and re-package the same old guitar instruction. For example, you may have heard of the “CAGED System” of understanding chord/Barre chord usage. Once you have learned that concept, you’re done learning it. Once you learn how to play a hammer-on or a pull-off, you’re done learning it. Once you learn the notes on the fretboard or are able to play complicated chord fingerings, again, you’re done.

While that stuff is important the question is: What do you do with these techniques and knowledge? Do you become frustrated because you have to go through months of theory in order to play the lead to “Mary Had A Little Lamb (the nursery rhyme?) Where have you gotten? What’s the real goal? What’s the next step?  

After learning the basics referenced above, it will normally take years thereafter for a guitarist to get to a point where they can think on their feet fast enough to learn how to improvise when taking a solo.

And….  THAT IS THE NEXT STEP 

Even if you learn the lead to “Hotel California” (a lead I absolutely love to play and respect as one of the best) it will not help you take solos on your own. So you see it’s just not any solo or song, but 4 very specific ones.

So, how can you learn to play improvisational solos in THE QUICKEST AMOUNT OF TIME? The answer to that question is simple but not obvious to see.  It took me 40 years to understand something that I knew back in 1975 and then a couple of additional years to develop it into a simple soloing system.

You see, I’ve played and continue to play as a full-time, professional guitar player/singer. I’ve played 1,000′s of songs. And after almost 40 years of playing and taking solos, a BOMBSHELL of a realization went off in my head a couple of years ago..It was this fact:  There were 4 songs that have LITERALLY changed my life.

They changed my life because after I learned them, I was able to IMMEDIATELY gather what I needed to solo on any song I wanted. And because of that, I auditioned for and got the spot as full time lead guitarist for one of the nation’s busiest Rock groups. Because of that, I’ve travelled the country playing with and opening for acts such as: The Beach Boys, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, The Pointer Sisters, Edgar Winter, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Ray Charles, The Dixie Chicks and on and on. Because of that, I have over 13 released CD’s and live my childhood dream of being a full-time musician — All because of four songs.

You know what else??  I knew these songs and was already using this system back in 1975 – I just didn’t know that’s what I was doing. That’s how I ended up being the guitar player in the 5th Division Army Band instead of an Avionics mechanic that I was drafted for. 4 Songs!
 
What do you want to do as a guitarist? Would you like to be able to just sit in your house and jam along to a CD? Would you like to get good enough, quick enough to join a band and be their lead player? Or maybe you just want to learn these four songs to catapult you into the next level, as I was blessed enough to get to.

You need the knowledge/tools and you need the chops to do it and then when the opportunity comes…you’ll be ready.

So, if you want to play solos that you make up yourself, if you want to take what you know already and use it to its maximum potential, don’t waste another second. Commit right now to take that NEXT STEP to getting where you deserve to be as a guitar player. It took me 40 years to figure out that just 4 songs can change your life. It did for me and now I want you to have those actual songs and the instruction to go along with them so that they will change your guitar playing life too.

See the barnburner of Black Friday special I have put together for you below.

Black Friday Bombshell of a Special Offer

Learn2Jam is truly a unique course. It is built around the premise that if you can learn to play 4 songs, you can gain the necessary skill and knowledge to take a solo to any song. The normal price for this course is $149 but I am sweetening the pot, by reducing it by 40% to $79.

But wait there is more…

In order to help you say yes to what is already is a bombshell of a deal…I am going to throw in a 2 GB Mp3 player (valued at $49) to all purchasers. 

Here is what you will get:

~~> Learn2Jam                               $79       ($68 savings)
~~> GL Master Volume                   FREE.   ($97 savings)
~~> 2Gb Mp3 Player                       FREE      ($49 value)

That is a whopping $214 in discounts and free gifts.

Learn2Jam will make a great gift for you or another musician in your life, and you can either KEEP the Mp3 player for yourself, OR include it as part of the gift and make a BIG impression.  

To get this entire package you MUST use this special link below. When you click this link the page you land on will display a window showing you the FREE mp3 player

http://guitar-1.com/sc/order/  

If you don’t see the picture it that our inventory of this item is depleted and  though you still get the 40% discount and FREE copy of the Master Volume, the MP3 player won’t be included.

 
Keep On Jammin!
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Tony Aja

Learn2Jam Guitar Soloing System
Interactive Guitar Leads Master Volume

 

  p.s. Learn2Jam comes with a 100%, 90-day, money-back guarantee. 

p.p.s. An unsolicited customer comment:

Just want to say I enjoyed the Learn to Jam Course. I have a lot of CD courses from others. Some I picked up and played once or twice and they are still sitting on the shelf. With yours I’ve played the CD’s so many times now, I feel like I know you.

I’m an intermediate player but I think your course is very unique in that you approach the subject so that even a beginner can understand. I love the old school rock and roll and blues. In fact I have the SG just like the one you are playing.

Just a note to say thank you for a great course. If you should come up with a follow up course let me know, I will be interested in purchasing it.

R. Robinson