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Kristofer Dahl8th May 2008Killer playing and instructions - this is lethal for sure, thanks so much Ivan! 
kyldeee8th May 2008Great lesson Ivan, Love that Funk
Siggum8th May 2008awsome lesson Ivan, Funk has always been my favorite music to play on guitar, and this is a great inspiration 
Danilo Capezzuto8th May 2008Nice lesson Ivan, there's nothing better than a good Funky day lesson to become a little more happy!
Ivan Milenkovic8th May 2008Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it.
Joe Kataldo8th May 2008Give Me Some Skunk, I want Some
Nemanja Filipovic8th May 2008Great lesson man.
Atlantik8th May 2008You do a great job explaining the techniques. Keep it up
Juan M. Valero8th May 2008great lesson mate, I try to study it carefully 
kaznie_NL8th May 2008Very good lesson Ivan! No problem about the language, it's fine!
RIP Dime8th May 2008Great, you explain things very well in english! I love 101 lessons!
RIP Dime8th May 2008Great, you explain things very well in english! I love 101 lessons!
Hisham Al-Sanea8th May 2008very welldone Ivan. nice technique
Capt.Z8th May 2008nice guitar! Cool lesson, but what about
pentatonic workshop? 
Jerry Arcidiacono8th May 2008Great lesson Ivan! Funk rulez!
Bogdan Radovic8th May 2008Great 101 lesson Ivan !! Skunk is my favorite of all funky techniques out there
Vinod Saranga8th May 2008Very Funky
Pi388th May 2008Wow, very funky, in fact, on a scale from one-to-ten in funkiness, I give it a 9.99999. 
Trond Vold8th May 2008Love it
Nick Kellie8th May 2008great job ivan - was that the compressor plugin on your computer software ?
Toni Suominen8th May 2008Great lesson Ivan, I love the guitar!
Ivan Milenkovic8th May 2008Thanks guys for kind words, I'm glad you like it 
@Nick
I used Gearbox/Toneport but don't really remember if I used the compression.
Marcus Siepen8th May 2008great lesson Ivan, again new territory for me.
at lights end8th May 2008very cool
Charvel8th May 2008To majstore !!!
Carlos Carrillo8th May 2008excellent Ivan!!!
Nick3258th May 2008cool feel and nice strat
Ivan Milenkovic8th May 2008Thanks a lot guys!
@Charvel
Hvala
Pablo Vazquez8th May 2008Amazing man!!
Gerardo Siere9th May 2008Love that style
Muris Varajic9th May 2008Great!!!
Nice Strat tho
Alejandro Pinero9th May 2008great lesson and good style!!
Iluha9th May 2008Great lesson, always wanted a good lesson on this style thanks.
Dejan Farkas9th May 2008Amazing lesson, great work Ivan
Ivan Milenkovic9th May 2008Thanks guys, I'm really glad you like it!
skennington9th May 2008No junk with that Funk Skunk! Nice man!
Sergio Dorado9th May 2008Very nice lesson, I like a lot!
Lian Gerbino9th May 2008cool man!
Stratman5810th May 2008Love that funk! Great lesson, more tools in the toolbox for sure! Thanks Ivan
Ivan Milenkovic10th May 2008No problem, glad to help. Thanks!
boni4210th May 2008boni4210th May 2008Hey Ivan i see you are a masterclass guitarist and was wondering if you could tell me how many years you have been playing, how much playing and practice a week you did before you got proficient. I practice hard maybe 16 hours a week for over 5 years and really wonder if I will ever get to the masterclass stage like you.
Ivan Milenkovic10th May 2008Well, I started playing when I was about 15-16 years old, now I'm 24. I don't know how much I practiced, but I made some big breaks during the periods and wasn't too consistent sometimes unfortunately. I am trying to be as consistent as I can be now, because competition is hard and oen must really be prepared for some serious work in order to be a good player.
Pushing the limits is something that happens on occasions, not immediately. For me it was always like practicing a couple of months and then seeing the result one day out of the blue. Also, it can pass a year and you don't feel the progress and then one day all the sudden you feel how you play noticeably better. So my advice is be patient when it seems that you are not progressing. In those times almost always you are on the verge to push the limit up, and move to the next level. Practice hard and don't worry the results will always come when you least expect them.
Alex8711th May 2008Very cool rhytm playing Ivan. Your funk lessons helped my rhytm feeling alot thanks!!
Ivan Milenkovic11th May 2008It's a pleasure to hear that I helped. Thank you
Antipolitik13th May 2008Oh man! I looooooooooove this! OMG!
BMcG23rd October 2008Hi Ivan,
Great lesson, thanks. I wanted to ask you about the development of right hand technique for this type of style. Is it something you worked on over time or did it come naturally? I have a hard time keeping even 16th goings for very long at much above 100 bpm. This lesson seems to be somewhere around 130 bpm, which is the bmp domain of a lot other funky guitar that I'd like to learn (Jamiroquai, Nile Rodgers, etc.)
Do you have some suggestions on how to build that type of right hand funk strumming speed/endurance?
Thanks so much! _Bryan
Ivan Milenkovic23rd October 2008Thanks for kind words mate
This technique isn't really too complicated it's just looks that way because of the fast movements but in reality it's all about relaxing the right hand. When tempo gets faster, right hands starts to stiffen up more and more. This make the strumming unprecise and uneven. So in order to build speed, just practice everything slowly, and precisely, and it will come gradually, with time. There is no way to push it to 130bpm in 5 days, but in 5 weeks more/less it can be done no problem, if you maintain a steady flow of exercising, so just be patient, and know that results are right there around the corner, and they will come sooner than we actually think.
JunkII8th December 2008really a great lesson,
but damn this is hard to learn
but thanks alot!
without it i wouldn't even had given it a try
Ivan Milenkovic8th December 2008Thanks mate, I'm really glad you like the lesson. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Adrian Figallo7th August 2011that's a razor sharp tone, like it!
