Turn A Five-Note Box Into A Full Scale
Send Steve a Text Message Pentatonic scales can feel like a cheat code because almost anything you play “works” but that safety can also keep your solos from sounding like real melodies. Steve Stein f...
13 Aug 8min
Gritty Blues Bends
Send Steve a Text Message I went Live on Social Media with this, so if you are interested in watching the video, here it is: https://youtube.com/live/IaBZQVuPCDI?feature=share Your solos can have per...
30 Jul 20min
Outdoor Guitar Survival Guide
Send Steve a Text Message Your guitar can feel rock solid indoors, then completely unravel the moment you roll up to an outdoor gig. Heat, humidity, and direct sun push the wood and hardware into fast...
23 Jul 12min
Four Practical Steps To Make A Major Pentatonic Solo Musical
Send Steve a Text Message Your major key solo sounds “happy,” but it does not sound believable. That is the gap we close here, using a track in A major and a chord progression that stays diatonic and ...
16 Jul 19min
Stop Panicking And Start Organizing Your Gig Prep
Send Steve a Text Message Thirty songs for Saturday. A totally different set for Monday. No rehearsals. If that sounds familiar, you already know the real enemy isn’t your technique, it’s the scramble...
9 Jul 12min
Why Your Guitar Solos Don't Sound Musical (And How to Fix Them)
Send Steve a Text Message Your guitar solo can have the “right” notes and still feel wrong. The gap is usually groove. We jump into a practical, no-hype approach to soloing that starts where real musi...
2 Jul 23min
A Practical Plan For Learning Guitar As An Adult
Send Steve a Text Message You can love guitar for decades and still feel like you’re spinning your wheels. Ken joins me to talk through that exact frustration, from years of casual playing with no str...
25 Jun 27min
King Of Guitar Rabbit Holes Learns To Focus
Send Steve a Text Message Your hands know what to do until someone is watching, and then everything tightens up. That’s where this conversation with Stan goes immediately: intimidation, shaky confiden...
18 Jun 30min
