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Based on my own personal shorthand for jotting down my musical ideas on the fly, the Scale Degree Composer tool is a fast way to compose melodic ideas—along with simultaneous

One of the most powerful ways to infuse your solos, riffs and melodies with immediate CHARACTER is to build them around a specific MODE.And while this might seem intimidating if

While there are loads of killer neoclassical melodic motifs, what really makes things sound "neoclassical" is the underlying chord changes happening DURING those melodic motifs.On this coaching call I'm going

This one has been a lot of fun to tackle over the past week!This whole pattern was built on a discovery that by introducing both the raised 7th of Harmonic

One of the most powerful ways to infuse your solos, riffs and melodies with immediate CHARACTER is to build them around a specific MODE.And while this might seem intimidating if

This post connects several vital aspects of your musicianship:Fretboard/Theory KnowledgeScale Degree Awareness of Scale AND Arpeggio Tones, in contextIntroduces extended/modified Sweep Picking patterns Soloing vocabulary (especially within a Harmonic Minor

Taking the new Eco Picker Tool for a test drive... this is a pattern I've been working with over the past few days. Here is the actual melody I've been

Some of you may know that throughout 2025, I have been on a personal mission to really take my ECONOMY PICKING to a whole new level (along with my multi-finger

Sorry for the late notice! The downside of having the calls on Thursdays is that Thanksgiving gets in the way every year, so this week there won't be a group

If there's one skill that can drastically improve and streamline your writing process, it's CHORD MELODY.And while chord melody may seem intimidating when it comes to music theory and fretboard