Monthly Archives: January 2009

Guitar Noise News for February 1, 2009. Two new music careers lessons, a review of the new Guitar Breakthrough DVD and much more.

Len Collins’ Guitar Breakthough DVD is a breath of fresh air. This DVD lets you sit in on seven “lessons” spread out over the course of three hours on two discs.

There are a lot of great R.E.M. songs, like Losing My Religion and Man on the Moon, that beginners can turn into nice solo arrangements for guitar. They’re also a good band for learning the basics of song structure – intro, verse, chorus.

This issue of Guitar Noise News may be the longest ever. There are tons of emails from you and a new lesson on the classic Who song – Behind Blue Eyes.

Don’t be put off by the “Intermediate” tag as beginners should have little problems putting this classic Who song into their repertoires. This is a great lesson on why playing strictly “by the record” can tie you up in knots and how important it is to simply have a good feel for the overall flavor of the song.

In this podcast we’ll make an arrangement for the last half of the verse and also do something fun with the chorus of the old Irish folksong, “The Star of the County Down.”

The first issue of Guitar Noise News, the free twice-a-month newsletter of the Guitar Noise website, for the calendar year 2009!