Do you have trouble navigating the fretboard? Don’t fret (sorry, couldn’t resist!)
I’m going to guide you through 5 steps that will start you on your journey to mastering the fretboard - no matter which type! 5
After taking these steps you’ll already notice an improvement...
During South Australia’s recent day lockdown I gave myself the task to write a song a day. In this video, I’m going to talk about my creative process, how I made the best out of the situation as well as give you a number of tips so that can help you out with your songwriting process....
When you have time off of any kind it can be very easy to treat every day like it’s an extended weekend and lose your momentum. In this video, I go through 5 mistakes that creative people sometimes make when they take time off, plus give you some advice on how you can avoid falling into...
Using Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through the first 20 bars of Lesson 11's 40 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of semiquavers (sixteenth notes), quavers (eighth notes) and...
With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 10's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of semiquavers (sixteenth notes), quavers (eighth notes) and...
With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 9's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of semiquavers (sixteenth notes) and crotchets (quarter notes)
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Congratulations! You’ve recorded a song! Now what!?
During the October School Holidays I ran a songwriting & recording workshop at the Youth Space in Gawler South Australia where I helped a group of young upcoming musicians record a song. Recording each part is just one part of the...
Have you ever watched one of the #streamingnotscreaming livestreams (with Dave Gleeson) and wondered, "How does Crafty get that tone?" In this video, I'm going to let you in on some of my secrets by giving you an in depth look at my pedal board, my guitar amp as well as demonstrate how I manage...
With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 8's 16 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of dotted quavers (dotted eighth notes) semiquavers (sixteenth notes)...
With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 7's 16 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has a mixture of quavers (eighth notes) and quaver triplets (eighth note triplets)
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With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I take you through Lesson 6's 16 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise has quaver triplets (eighth note triplets)
I hope it helps you out Rhythm Playlist...
With a little help from Ted Reed's 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' book, I demonstrate by playing Lesson 5's 20 bar rhythm reading exercise with guitar chords/bass notes and clapping out the rhythms. This exercise will include both dotted eighth notes (dotted quavers) AND sixteenth notes...
