Month: September 2020

Break Old Habits: How to Get Creative

Break old habits but how? I get asked how to break out of the same scale routine, the same chords, and the same rhythm patterns. As I frequently say, use what you already know and build on it. Here are three ways I use to creatively destroy and build something new from what I already […]

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Minor Pentatonic Course now Available: Learn to Rock the Pentatonic!

Ready to learn how to rock with the minor pentatonic scale? Glenn Riley has his new Pentatonic Rock course up on Just 2 Play Guitar! You may have learned this scale and even use it in your blues but how well do you know it? Can you apply it in a more Rock context? The […]

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How to get noticed. Are you being heard?

Get noticed by those around you. But how? On a recent vacation, my oldest brother and I got together in my hotel room and played a few songs he brought along in his guitar case. We both sang – he on lead/melody and me doing harmony (as best I could 😉 Little did we know, […]

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Protest Songs: Music That Inspires People to Action

Protest songs speak to people in ways other music just doesn’t. I grew up during a time when there was a flurry of protest music. From the Vietnam War to the march on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr. My earliest exposure to music was mixed with songs of protest. Music gets to everyone. It […]

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