I’ve just started posting some videos of me playing in my studio while I had some time on my hands. This is one of my all-time favorite songs.

Let’s have a discussion and let’s talk about your guitar goal(s)! Comment below!

This song and this Guitar mean a lot to me, the song because my Dad used to love it, he didn’t speak English but he was always amazed by the “dramatic” vocals, so I wanted to dedicate this song to Him, wherever His soul may be in the vast Universe, always present and protecting us. The Guitar means a lot because it was given to me on my first Father’s Day (2018), at that point my son was 8 months old (now he’s almost 8 y/o), and I decided to outline our 3 hands (Wife’, Son’ & Mine) at the back of the Guitar (that BTW I show at the end of the song 😁), this Guitar is the 3rd and last of my “everyday workhorses”, and the most representative. About the Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Faded T 2017 Worn Cherry, maple top and neck, mahogany back, rosewood fretboard. Neck Pickup: 490R Humbucker, Bridge Pickup: 490T Humbucker, Slim Taper Neck Profile. About the song: Standard tuning. Pretty straightforward, the Chords: G – B – C – Cm (although, I didn’t use Cm, I think I’m not experienced enough yet to fit it in the song being busy with EFX changes, but I will figure it out eventually). This song is more built “around the drum and bass” the Guitar is slightly more at the back of the arrangement to let the voice come forward, it was an interesting track to study and learn (on the guitar and the actual structure of the recording itself). The EFX: Glitz Reverb, Chorus, 60’s Bias Tremolo a Simple Delay and a Ganymede Reverb to hold or “freeze” the notes coming out of distortion into clean Guitar, this effect is not in the original track, I added it as a “personal touch transition”, BTW, this time I recorded the track to my DAW and has pretty much no editing to the original sound only a compressor for the MAINS. I hope you like the final product, I will keep sailing my way to try to master the Guitar one day. Rock & Roll! 🤘🏼💀🎸

I'm excited to once again try my fingers at this new, amazing contest by JTC Guitar in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Jam of the Month! Be sure to take a look at the details of the contest on their website https://www.jtcguitar.com/jam-of-the-month. This is one of the three tracks they've graciously provided. It's called "Take Me Home." I had loads of fun composing the solo for this competition. They have two more backing tracks for the contest, so I plan on composing at least one more solo entry. If you'd like to get my take on the importance of entering competitions like this for progressing in your playing, I recently hosted a Melodic Mondays class on "Composing Solos & Imposing Deadlines" in the Academy. To find out more info click here

Hey everyone, I am really sorry for the short notice, but I am in France now and my equipment didn't pass at the airport so I have no choice but to cancel the open rooms today, tomorrow, as well as next Friday. I hooe you understand, sorry again. See you next Saturday when I get back home!