My young students playing Riptide by Vance Joy

They are sisters.
We recorded this one some months ago.

Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo MADE EASY - tutoriel en français

I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of Queen and Brian May, but this solo is absolutely great.
Some students needed a version for their School Party, and here you are. 

Disclaimer for advanced players: you wanna bend a lot of notes more than this, but this is a transcription for mid-skilled players. Read the video description on YouTube.

If you need a backing track to practice, voilà:

HAVE FUN!

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Corsi di Musica - La chitarra come punto di partenza per andare oltre

Questo mio allievo non aveva neppure 12 anni quando ha scritto questo brano.
Lui aveva scritto il primo verso, e da lì  l'ho accompagnato nella composizione cercando di lasciarlo libero di creare, ma aiutandolo ad individuare le idee più efficaci e quelle meno efficaci, e le frasi più funzionali.
Ho aggiunto qualche accordo e l'ho guidato nello sviluppo della melodia, indirizzandolo nell'intenzione e nel registro, cercando, come si dice, di farlo "sfociare" nel ritornello.

Ad un anno di distanza, mi sembra ancora un buon brano.

Amo questo, dell'insegnamento.
Continuo a chiamarle lezioni di chitarra, ma quello che mi interessa è proprio l'interdisciplinarità.
Chitarra, basso, composizione, arrangiamento, registrazione, preparazione al live, music business.
Mi piace fornire gli strumenti adatti e condividere quelle 4 cose che ho imparato in 30 anni di musica.
Forse è proprio questo che credo di poter dare: una visione di insieme.

Questa è una versione che ho suonato io,  volevo cimentarmi ;)

Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti - Instagram TalenTarm contest - L'impegno

That's how my version of this song sounds like.
As huge fan and friend of this band since the beginning, it's a pleasure sharing my tribute.
Go on Instagram and search for the hashtag #talentarm to see tons of bands covering Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti.

Pink Floyd "Mother" for a guitar solo version on Facebook - support indie artists!

If you are a Facebook addict, here you are the Facebook version of the previous video.
About self-promotion, it is pretty difficult being strong on all different social networks.
One of the things you can do for helping independent artist, is comment and share their works.
I don't feel comfortable to admit it, but yes, since I'm trying to create a community around my works, a simple share from my follower is sweet as a honey cup.
Love you all, folks!

New video - GusGus "Why?" guitar cover - chords

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I will play this song in the new version of the play "Do You Wanna Play With Me" by Sylvie Landuyt.
Look at the "Live" page to see when and where.

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Alberto Da Col - a 11 anni scrive quasi come Max Gazzè :-D

My Students Series
Per essere così giovane, Alberto scrive dei ritornelli che vorrei avere scritto io.
A parte il loop di batteria e un aiutino sulla linea di basso e sulle doppie voci, il resto è tutta farina del suo sacco.

Buon ascolto!

La casa de Papel - Easy Guitar Chords - Accordi facili - "My Lyfe is going on" by Cecilia Krull (Guitar Cover Tutorial)

Per la serie "My Students", il mio allievo Riccardo vi mostra gli accordi di "La Casa di Carta".
Se avete sempre desiderato suonarla ma non vi ci siete mai messi, questo video fa per voi.

"My Lyfe is going on" di Cecilia Krull

Disclaimer: Il brano è a puro fine didattico, e i diritti appartengono ai rispettivi autori ed editori.

New mini-video - Stevie Ray Vaughan "Mary Had A Little Lamb" guitar cover.

This is the only little lamb I had yesterday, Easter 2018.

Enjoy.

Paul Gilbert great person and guitar player - Sweetwater great content creator

One of my favorite guitar players.
A long interview without a guitar in his hands, and yes, the result is pretty interesting.
Thanks to Paul Gilbert for the inspiration during all these years, and thanks to Sweetwater for the quality content, as usual.

Funk In The Attic: new killer guitar riff from slow to very fast - funky!

Recording some rough ideas for new guitar oriented songs.
That one is pretty funky.

Se si chiama Sistema Nashville e non Sistema Pinerolo, ci sarà un motivo

Io nella mia carriera musicale sono stato particolarmente fortunato, il che mi ha forse portato ad essere particolarmente presuntuoso e particolarmente pigro. Detto questo, credo che i metodi di insegnamento statunitensi siano un kit di sopravvivenza per il musicista pop in senso lato, mentre in Italia mi pare sia sempre stata molto netta la differenza tra chi suona col cuore e con le orecchie, e chi studia teoria tutta la vita; un po' come se le due scuole fossero diametralmente opposte o poco rispettate l'una dall'altra. La stupidità (mia, prima di tutto) nel non avere capito prima l'importanza della codifica del linguaggio, nascondendosi dietro la bandiera del rock'n'roll. Mentre di fatto sarebbe stato sufficiente un corso di una mattinata a rendermi la vita più facile.

Slash play along - Sweet Child O'Mine by Guns N' Roses in the key of D

Hi you all!
I just added that easy trick to my YouTube channel: Sweet Child O'Mine by Guns N' Roses in the key of D.
The album version is in Db.
A lot of guitar players tune their guitar in D flat, due to the big fat sound they obtain, and for the lighter tension of their strings which makes bending easier, specially with thick strings.
If you're a beginner it is not so obvious to find the right key this way, just because you actually CAN NOT reach that sound an notes with a standard tuning.

But even if you're a professional, once you've got the idea that the song you want to play is in Eb (or D) tuning, you have 2 options:
1- You can tune your guitar down to Eb (simply annoying if you have fixed bridge guitar, Absolutely Fxxxing Annoying if you have a vibrato system)
2- Import the song in a DAW to use a Transpose tool

...and if you're like me, the 90% of the time you will lose the pleasure and give up, and you will skip to another song, or worse to another activity.

So, that's my gift for you all, a good old rock song I didn't play since I was 18 just because it makes me sick to drop down my guitar.

What are you waiting for?
Plug your guitar and play it as it is: The original version, but in the key of D!

Have FUN!

Skinny Love cover - between Bon Iver, Ed Sheeran and Birdy

"My Students" Episode 2

Auriane is 13, I'm her guitar teacher but she really wanted sing this one, and here you are.
The funny thing is that she knows that song for the Birdy pop-piano version while I'm much more into the Bon Iver one, and it took me a while to recognise it when she came to me with the pop one.
Last but not least, the good boy Ed Sheeran version could please both of us.

How to write your first song // You're not too young to write a song! Tu n'es pas trop jeune pour écrire une chanson!

"My Students" Episode 1

Alberto is 10 years old, and he attends my guitar class in Brussels. He came out with that song.
I helped him here and there in the creative process and with the arrangement, but he wrote and performed it.
I just programmed the drums with some Native Instruments plugins, recorded and mixed.
Thanks to my other pupils Auriane and Ida-Marie, aged 13 and 12 for the acoustic guitars and the backing vocals.

I did a very small amount of editing and fixing. The goal is not having a perfect fake radio-ready pop song but teaching my students how to arrange and record a song, and work it out with headphones, metronome and layering parts and instruments.

So, what are waiting for? Write your first song!

More to come, stay tuned and spread the word :-)

How to make your guitar solo louder (with a TC Electronics MojoMojo) - Gain stage and volume between pedalboard and amp

I’m not an endorser, and the fact they are part of the same brand was not intentional. Instead, that’s the result of many trials and price comparisons. For me these guys are just the best value/size/money ratio on the market. Nothing fancy, but put them in your backpack when you’re in a rush and you won’t be disappointed. A real guitarist survival kit! #guitarplayer #guitar #electricguitar #rocknroll #musicproducer #musicismylife #homestudio #recordingstudio #mixing #studiogear #rock #music #tutorial #ontheroad #ontour #survivalkit #tcelectronicflashback #mojomojooverdrive #polytunemini #polytunemini2 @tcelectronic @guitarsarebetter @guitarsdaily @guitarstagram @guitarworldmagazine @all.things.bass

Un post condiviso da Ru Catania (@ru_catania) in data: 24 Ago 2017 alle ore 00:26 PDT

Even on the same amplifier, every channel will react in its own personal way to the sound coming out from your stompboxes.
This is particularly true for the LEVEL coming OUT from your pedal rig, which will influence the way you may DRIVE and BOOST the INPUT stage of your amp.
Unlike you could think, the cleaner the channel, the more it will react in terms of VOLUME.
The clean channel of a Fender Twin will increase the volume A LOT as you increase the OUTPUT VOLUME on your overdrive pedal*. And what's more, it will preserve your transients.
While the lead channel of the same amp (let alone a Marshall) will result in a more saturated and compressed sound but the VOLUME will nearly stay the same.
The more you push your input stage, the most muffled and confused your sound will come out from the amp, due to the circuitry of your amp, like tube load and stuff like that.
Which is pretty cool in terms of SOUND, but it is totally useless in term of "song arrangement" such as PUMP UP your volume during a solo.
So it really depends on your needs. You just have to look around a little bit with your settings and try different pedal order in your rig to find what works for your personal needs. Both with your own amp, and every time you're going to play with a backline amp.
Sometimes I end with using the crunch cannel for the clean parts, and switching to the clean channel + overdrive* for the solo section.
You may think it is a paradox and yes it is, but it works.

Check it out, your sound engineer will be happier than ever!

It happened to me during a gig to use my regular fuzz setting I was used to use on the crunch cannel of my VHT Pitbull amp on the clean channel of a Fender amp.
Don't do it, unless you want to transform your reggae party in a Manowar show.


* or no matter what other kind of distortion / boost unit.

DIY Guitar Strap Lock with a bottle cap - How to - Tutorial

When you're touring and and the promoter brings you a spare guitar without strap lock, you definitely don't want to see that '78 unique Les Paul fall on the floor, right?
Well to avoid to argue with him, create your own strap lock in 5 minutes!

TIP 1 - The clip is just a quick idea, obviously you wanna match the hole with the screw in your guitar body. But it works, it saved my life several times.

TIP 2 - Keep in mind this technique doesn't work if you just forgot your strap but your screws come from a real strap lock system. Usually the top of that screw is not large enough to avoid the strap to tear away, with or without cap. So find another "locker" around or replace the screw with the original larger one before placing the plastic cap.

Thanks to my ex bandmate Ronald Dondez from Driving Dead Girl for the tip.

YouTube e l'etica delle lezioni di chitarra: Decadence Dance by Nuno Bettencourt

Il bello di fare lezione a quelli che suonano bene, è anche essere "costretti" a rispolverare dei riff della madonna datati 1990 e rendersi conto di averli suonati per 26 anni leggermente diversi.

Anzi diciamolo: sbagliati.

Di poco, ma sbagliati.

Ma che ci vuoi fare, mica c'era YouTube.

C'era il vinile e l'olio di gomito, la puntina su e giù per delle mezze giornate cercando di beccare sempre lo stesso solco o quasi. Nella migliore delle ipotesi c'era una  trascrizione ufficiale di Wolf Marshall pagata quanto un distorsore della DOD.

Dal video qui sopra mi sono accorto del mio piccolo errore.

Adesso che vedo quel riff suonato da chi di dovere mi sembra la cosa più ovvia del mondo, ma è un po' come andare a leggere la soluzione a pagina 46 della Settimana Enigmistica e poi dire "Lo sapevo"

Una regia pessima, una fotografia agghiacciante, un Nuno Bettencourt simpatico come la forfora nel minestrone.

Eppure dice una cosa interessantissima. Ovvero che la mancanza di materiale didattico video di un tempo obbligava i veri appassionati a tirarsi giù le parti di chitarra ad orecchio ed in maniera assolutamente personale. Era impossibile sapere esattamente cosa facessero davvero i mostri sacri del calibro di Van Halen. Nella ricerca stessa c'era un allenamento dell'orecchio migliore di qualunque altra scuola, e nell'esecuzione personale (ovvero sbagliata) si celavano le basi di uno stile chitarristico personale anziché un esercito di cloni.

Un grazie ai miei allievi che mi obbligano a tenere alta la soglia di attenzione e la curiosità.