Adding some funky elements to heavy rock tracks can be very effective. This lesson should give you a few ideas to put some groove in your riffs.

Backing tracks that feature versatile chord progressions widely used across musical genres—from pop to rock.

I'll explain how I build intricate rhythm tracks over modern prog tracks. To achieve that, we'll use a combination of power chords with scales. Mixing these two elements are the key to creating interesting rythm parts.

Learn how to program midi drums using Reaper and Addictive Drums 2 software.

This lesson covers three different chicken pickin' licks that can be used in rhythm or lead playing. It stresses the use of hybrid picking along with double-stops and pentatonic scales.

This is an example of how to mix Rhythm & Blues with Funk, or Funk with Blues feeling. I mix the 16th notes for funk feeling with the triplets for rhythm & blues feeling. You will find rhythm and solo parts here.

This lesson covers the use of conventional chords, in addition to the standard power chords in Hard Rock setting.

Playing chords with a capo.

Learn a simple country rhythm.