And YES! It's be great if the world could be turned on to this music - be a start if more musicians knew it. I went to jam the other night (usually don't go to them because there's...

Thanks for the lesson and the George Barnes tip .Went straight to Amazon and there are two compliations out later this month 'Gibson at work'. Saw he was the guitar player on some...

Awesome Carlos!  Sounds great --- and really inspiring.  It's a cool tune and your play it really well.

Hey Corey, I did some work on Catfish blues and I think I am ready for some feedback. Let me know what you think and I will be happy to hear it! Thanks for your great lessons,...

Hello friends, I'm fresh back from Scandinavia and ready for some new lessons. This weeks lesson is on the bridge melody for Confessin'. The classic 1-4-2-5 bridge is fun to play...

Harvey...if you are consistently blowing out 5 hole inhale, you are trying to bend it down "through the floor", or exceeding the force necessary to bend and stressing out the reed...

Thank you for your response Mike. I write code for a living so I understand technically why this happened. What it didn't take into consideration is that I didn't take the two...

Thanks, Iceman.  Here's something interesting along these lines.  I realize that of all the A-Harps in my little pile of reed damaged harps--what an embarrassment--it is invariably...

re: bending while TB'ing...Harvey is having trouble with the 5 inhale bend. I have a different perception to what Rick posted in response.   I find that bending is instigated by...

Hi Brian --- welcome back and sorry for the confusion.   Yes, what you are experiencing is how we designed Sonic Junction.  The reason why the subscription box pops up is that you...

I think there is a misprint on the tab. On the riff after the 12th fret it shows going from an open E to the 4th fret..... I think,,, That it should be to the 3rd fret. It could be...

Thanks Duke. Great tune. I also posted to the "chords" lesson. It was a nice challenge. Cheers Steve 

Hi Bruce, Thanks.  We're actually getting ready to announce the first release via the App store --- please stay tuned --- it's coming soon. Mike  

Awesome Bruce!  Nice duet too.

Here's my attempt at this, recycling last week's homework for a backing track. ;-) Do you have any recommendations for not too expensive archtops? Have you tried the Loar...

It looks like he's playing a tenor guitar (or it's a trick of the light)

Tiny Grimes Blues Wail is a great tune.   The piano player is doing some nice chord voicings too around 1:00 to 1:05.  Would be fun to learn those too.

Great feel and phrasing, I will have a track soon to play along with. Again nice job!  Duke 

Hi Steve --- beautiful.  It's a great melody and you play it really well. Love those last couple bars.

Yes, Duke... I knew when I made those videos that I wasn't sounding my best and I should have been tapping my foot. I was sort of distracted because of my using the video recorder...

Hi Tom, I like take 2 also! Good blues feel and you have positions for Chicago style blues under your belt. My recomemdation would be to play along with some of the blues tracks...

Thanks Steve, Hell, I'm aging too Steve. Enjoy the lessons! Duke 

Thanks Bill, Duke 

Thanks Duke! I'm definitely interested in all the styles you teach. I like so many of the tunes you teach that the hard part is deciding which one to work on.    Bill

Doug Hinman and Tony G are old NYC friends. Looking forward to learning from your videos as I age down here in Texas.  

Take 2

Hi Bill, I think it's up to each student to decide what works best I'd say. If you are interested in all the styles I teach and have some basic knowledge of each idiom you can jump...

Hi Tony, Yes I do pick in different spots to get different sounds sometimes when soloing. As far as sound and gear, I used an early 50s Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe Regent archtop. If...

Hey Tom, Watched your video. Sounds like the real blues! And just out of tune enough to sound authentic! Duke