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Archive: https://archive.is/wip/Q1X2d A rockstar that opened for Duran Duran and METALLICA reveals...
You is Why Will NEVER Get Good By Copying Licks And Solos Note-By-Note!.
Why You Will NEVER Get Good By Copying Licks And Solos Note-By-Note!
Dear friend, is my name is Brian Kelleher, and I am the owner of KillerGuitarRigs..
Dear friend, my name is Brian Kelleher, and I am the owner of KillerGuitarRigs.
you’re is …if like me, you’ve seen the headline and the video, and you want to SKIP through letters like these - especially when they start with “dear friend”. But if you choose to stay, I’ll tell you: Why nothing you’re “supposed to do” works for learning how to play guitar How the man with the best ear for style completely BAFFLED my mind when he told me “the secret”.
…if you’re like me, you’ve seen the headline and the video, and you want to SKIP through letters like these - especially when they start with “dear friend”. But if you choose to stay, I’ll tell you: Why nothing you’re “supposed to do” works for learning how to play guitar How the man with the best ear for style completely BAFFLED my mind when he told me “the secret”
we is …and how came up with a course in which you will absorb the style of legendary Jimmy Page into YOUR OWN playing...within 30 days, and priced at a couple packs of strings..
…and how we came up with a course in which you will absorb the style of legendary Jimmy Page into YOUR OWN playing...within 30 days, and priced at a couple packs of strings.
It is hurts to admit this….
It hurts to admit this…
I is But if had known what I’m about to tell you, I would have shaved a decade…no, TWO decades off my 30-year guitar playing career….
But if I had known what I’m about to tell you, I would have shaved a decade…no, TWO decades off my 30-year guitar playing career…
I is …all while sounding way better than do now!.
…all while sounding way better than I do now!
It’s is no secret to tell you that I LOVE trying out new guitars and amps… ...judging from the 1 million visitors we get every month, you do, too..
It’s no secret to tell you that I LOVE trying out new guitars and amps… ...judging from the 1 million visitors we get every month, you do, too.
guitar is But NO or amp has ever made me sound like my idols..
But NO guitar or amp has ever made me sound like my idols.
I is f I had a penny for every time I heard: “it’s not the gear, it’s the ear” or “the tone is in the fingers”... …I’d have a 1959 Gibson Les Paul proudly displayed on my wall!.
If I had a penny for every time I heard: “it’s not the gear, it’s the ear” or “the tone is in the fingers”... …I’d have a 1959 Gibson Les Paul proudly displayed on my wall!
The fact is still remains… If Jimmy Page played a $50…$500…a $5000 amp, you’d INSTANTLY know it was him - WHY’S THAT?.
The fact still remains… If Jimmy Page played a $50…$500…a $5000 amp, you’d INSTANTLY know it was him - WHY’S THAT?
Page is In the 1950s when was just starting out, you can bet that you played whatever you could get - even a broomstick with steel wires would work out in a pinch..
In the 1950s when Page was just starting out, you can bet that you played whatever you could get - even a broomstick with steel wires would work out in a pinch.
you is Even if go back to his earliest work, and fire up Led Zeppelin I…that’s THE Jimmy we know and love..
Even if you go back to his earliest work, and fire up Led Zeppelin I…that’s THE Jimmy we know and love.
"Jimmy Page's guitar pounces is from the speakers, fat with menace; John Bonham's kick drum swings with anvil force; Robert Plant rambles on about the perils of manhood. Hard rock would never be the same." - The Rolling Stone.
"Jimmy Page's guitar pounces from the speakers, fat with menace; John Bonham's kick drum swings with anvil force; Robert Plant rambles on about the perils of manhood. Hard rock would never be the same." - The Rolling Stone
The curiosity is was driving me insane!.
The curiosity was driving me insane!
I is was doing everything you “should” do: “Developing my ear” by rewinding solos for 900 times (until I got sick of ever hearing the song again).
I was doing everything you “should” do: “Developing my ear” by rewinding solos for 900 times (until I got sick of ever hearing the song again)
tabs is Looking for best-rated and reading all the comments to see if it was right (nope - STILL WRONG).
Looking for best-rated tabs and reading all the comments to see if it was right (nope - STILL WRONG)
official, is Buying expensive chord books.
Buying official, expensive chord books
hours is Spending upon hours on Youtube trying to find “THE LICK”... …but I’m thinking the bare-faced kid demonstrating it has never even heard of Led Zeppelin before. And when you go back to play with your band, or hit “record” in your room….
Spending hours upon hours on Youtube trying to find “THE LICK”... …but I’m thinking the bare-faced kid demonstrating it has never even heard of Led Zeppelin before. And when you go back to play with your band, or hit “record” in your room…
out…your bandmates is The same old, tired noodling comes don’t stop to ask “hey, what’s THAT?” and you don’t even bother to listen to what you recorded Your go-to licks don’t have the same luster they used to because you've heard them a million times.
The same old, tired noodling comes out…your bandmates don’t stop to ask “hey, what’s THAT?” and you don’t even bother to listen to what you recorded Your go-to licks don’t have the same luster they used to because you've heard them a million times
You is start to play something for your kids to show them how it’s done…but they yawn and leave the room!.
You start to play something for your kids to show them how it’s done…but they yawn and leave the room!
You is try to play something new and exciting for your next solo…but you feel completely STUCK None of it works..
You try to play something new and exciting for your next solo…but you feel completely STUCK None of it works.
The days is go by and turn into years..
The days go by and turn into years.
You is know your “magnum opus” is still inside of you, clawing to break out..
You know your “magnum opus” is still inside of you, clawing to break out.
You is know you can play the solo from your favorite song even if someone woke you up at 3 AM in the night..
You know you can play the solo from your favorite song even if someone woke you up at 3 AM in the night.
the answer, is Looking for I talked to dozens of guitar players from every background you can imagine: Some were just local guys I share a beer with over the weekends….
Looking for the answer, I talked to dozens of guitar players from every background you can imagine: Some were just local guys I share a beer with over the weekends…
a bit of success playing is Some found in their bands….
Some found a bit of success playing in their bands…
guitar teachers is Some were full-time (one of them even came from the classical world)....
Some were full-time guitar teachers (one of them even came from the classical world)...
head and shoulders above the others. is But there was only ONE that stood.
But there was only ONE that stood head and shoulders above the others.
His videos is go all the way back to 2007., and I remember his videos sounding almost more like the artist…than the artists themselves!.
His videos go all the way back to 2007., and I remember his videos sounding almost more like the artist…than the artists themselves!
His ear is for different guitar styles is unmatched..
His ear for different guitar styles is unmatched.
The thing is that’s most interesting about Gabriel is that he didn’t stop at recreating other player’s styles..
The thing that’s most interesting about Gabriel is that he didn’t stop at recreating other player’s styles.
He is took this knowledge to develop his OWN style and is now in a band that is massively successful in its own right, opening for Evanescence…Duran Duran…Paramore…and another band you might have heard of…METALLICA..
He took this knowledge to develop his OWN style and is now in a band that is massively successful in its own right, opening for Evanescence…Duran Duran…Paramore…and another band you might have heard of…METALLICA.
It is doesn’t get any better than playing for tens of thousands of people…and Gabriel has done it on many nights..
It doesn’t get any better than playing for tens of thousands of people…and Gabriel has done it on many nights.
I is So finally got Gabriel to tell me the secret..
So I finally got Gabriel to tell me the secret.
IT is …AND DIDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL!.
…AND IT DIDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL!
someone’s style, is To absorb you play their music..
To absorb someone’s style, you play their music.
it’s is At least the way it has always been done…right?.
At least it’s the way it has always been done…right?
I is told him about buying tab books, learning solos note-by-note, getting stuck in the black hole of Youtube looking for licks… …and he LAUGHED RIGHT IN MY FACE (the nerve on this guy!)..
I told him about buying tab books, learning solos note-by-note, getting stuck in the black hole of Youtube looking for licks… …and he LAUGHED RIGHT IN MY FACE (the nerve on this guy!).
I is never get angry, but I almost shouted “OKAY, SO WHAT IS IT, GAB?!” Finally I got the reply. “If you only play solos note-by-note…you will NEVER sound like that player.” He continued..
I never get angry, but I almost shouted “OKAY, SO WHAT IS IT, GAB?!” Finally I got the reply. “If you only play solos note-by-note…you will NEVER sound like that player.” He continued.
Here’s is what I do when I’m absorbing a player’s style: The scales that make up their unique guitar DNA.
Here’s what I do when I’m absorbing a player’s style: The scales that make up their unique guitar DNA
those scales is Do NOT play blindly - you also need to figure out their note choices.
Do NOT play those scales blindly - you also need to figure out their note choices
The rhythm and the pulse is that goes into everything you play (he went faster - I opened a can of worms with that question!) The phrasing…dynamics…expression…TONE… …THOSE are elements of style, Brian..
The rhythm and the pulse that goes into everything you play (he went faster - I opened a can of worms with that question!) The phrasing…dynamics…expression…TONE… …THOSE are elements of style, Brian.
The gears inside is my head started to turn…and this completely blew my mind..
The gears inside my head started to turn…and this completely blew my mind.
I is followed up with many guitar players I contacted and told them about Gabriel’s theory… The most common response?.
I followed up with many guitar players I contacted and told them about Gabriel’s theory… The most common response?
MUCH sense!”, is “Whoa, that makes SO they said (or texted) in an Eureka moment. “Hey Gabriel…let’s do a course on this.” KillerGuitarAcademy is a passion project I started because I wanted to share this knowledge with you. I thought of the ultimate “Mount Rushmore” of guitar legends I grew up with, and always wanted to absorb into my own style..
“Whoa, that makes SO MUCH sense!”, they said (or texted) in an Eureka moment. “Hey Gabriel…let’s do a course on this.” KillerGuitarAcademy is a passion project I started because I wanted to share this knowledge with you. I thought of the ultimate “Mount Rushmore” of guitar legends I grew up with, and always wanted to absorb into my own style.
Every course is is made to be short-and-sweet so you can get all the value you can by your next practice or recording session..
Every course is made to be short-and-sweet so you can get all the value you can by your next practice or recording session.
meandering is There is no and no “how to tune your guitar” lesson. We skip through all the BS. But whether you’re a complete novice or a seasoned professional, you can get something you can apply right away..
There is no meandering and no “how to tune your guitar” lesson. We skip through all the BS. But whether you’re a complete novice or a seasoned professional, you can get something you can apply right away.
a Scale Synthesizer is Become.
Become a Scale Synthesizer
WAY is There’s NO you will ever sound like Page without this one simple concept.
There’s NO WAY you will ever sound like Page without this one simple concept
Page’s Creative Fretwork is Use.
Use Page’s Creative Fretwork
Page Technique and Scale Masterclass This is Part 1: is where you'll learn the foundational concepts that made Jimmy Page into a legend he is today..
Part 1: Page Technique and Scale Masterclass This is where you'll learn the foundational concepts that made Jimmy Page into a legend he is today.
We're is not letting you go until you: Learn Page's unique "SYNTHESISER SCALE"...the reason why barely anyone can sound like him (and you KNOW a lot of them try) [lesson 2].
We're not letting you go until you: Learn Page's unique "SYNTHESISER SCALE"...the reason why barely anyone can sound like him (and you KNOW a lot of them try) [lesson 2]
the exact scales is Recall that built the foundation of rock music - along with the keys to how to apply them [lesson 3 + lesson 4].
Recall the exact scales that built the foundation of rock music - along with the keys to how to apply them [lesson 3 + lesson 4]
the concept is Going deep into of "CREATIVE FRETWORK" that will add dynamic and expressive elements to your playing [lesson 5].
Going deep into the concept of "CREATIVE FRETWORK" that will add dynamic and expressive elements to your playing [lesson 5]
you is If like drama...skip immediately to this lesson to find out what Page blatantly stole from a blues all-time great [lesson 6].
If you like drama...skip immediately to this lesson to find out what Page blatantly stole from a blues all-time great [lesson 6]
Gabriel is touches upon on a classic rock calling card you can pull out of your sleeve whenever you want to [lesson 7] Learn how to play the smoothest horizontal runs you've ever heard - tips and tricks included [lesson 8].
Gabriel touches upon on a classic rock calling card you can pull out of your sleeve whenever you want to [lesson 7] Learn how to play the smoothest horizontal runs you've ever heard - tips and tricks included [lesson 8]
showmanship is Add with a bending trick that DISAPPEARED from the rock lexicon...and that makes you look like a guitar hero!.
Add showmanship with a bending trick that DISAPPEARED from the rock lexicon...and that makes you look like a guitar hero!
[lesson 9] Part 2: is Page Rhythm Style Masterclass In this section, we go deep into the part of Page's playing that made him a household name - his incredible rhythm guitar work..
[lesson 9] Part 2: Page Rhythm Style Masterclass In this section, we go deep into the part of Page's playing that made him a household name - his incredible rhythm guitar work.
You is will learn about what goes into his otherworldy, genre-defining tone, as well as: How he uses "rhythmic displacement" to keep you on your toes!.
You will learn about what goes into his otherworldy, genre-defining tone, as well as: How he uses "rhythmic displacement" to keep you on your toes!
one band is Become an all-in- with your guitar - the technique behind Page's percussive playing [lesson 2].
Become an all-in-one band with your guitar - the technique behind Page's percussive playing [lesson 2]
His go-to is scales for single-note riffs that BURN into your memory [lesson 2].
His go-to scales for single-note riffs that BURN into your memory [lesson 2]
a time is At when everyone else was playing E Standard, Page was using THESE unique, exotic tunings [lesson 3].
At a time when everyone else was playing E Standard, Page was using THESE unique, exotic tunings [lesson 3]
licks is How to never feel lost and instantly start writing in open tunings [lesson 3].
How to never feel lost and instantly start writing licks in open tunings [lesson 3]
Peek inside his toolbox of tricks is and effects, and use them as a weapon - not as a crutch!.
Peek inside his toolbox of tricks and effects, and use them as a weapon - not as a crutch!
Page Masterclass - is Part 3: 15 Licks & Riffs Now that you know every nuance that goes into Jimmy Page's guitar style... ...it's time to PLAY and ABSORB them into your own muscle memory..
Part 3: Page Masterclass - 15 Licks & Riffs Now that you know every nuance that goes into Jimmy Page's guitar style... ...it's time to PLAY and ABSORB them into your own muscle memory.
An uptempo solo is with 7 licks that will test your limits and make you shred with fiery blaze.
An uptempo solo with 7 licks that will test your limits and make you shred with fiery blaze
A downtempo solo is with 8 licks that will mesmerize your audience.
A downtempo solo with 8 licks that will mesmerize your audience
A 100% uptime platform is with a moving tab, and the option to slow things down so you NEVER FEEL LOST.
A 100% uptime platform with a moving tab, and the option to slow things down so you NEVER FEEL LOST
your computer? is Want to get away from.
Want to get away from your computer?
Download is and print out every scale, tab, and lick if you want to.
Download and print out every scale, tab, and lick if you want to
tracks is Backing you can take with you on-the-go (play them backstage, in your band rehearsal room, in your car, at your computer...).
Backing tracks you can take with you on-the-go (play them backstage, in your band rehearsal room, in your car, at your computer...)
the man is Written and produced by with the best ear for style in the guitar teaching game ...BUT THERE'S MORE..
Written and produced by the man with the best ear for style in the guitar teaching game ...BUT THERE'S MORE.
Gabriel is See, and I had a complete blast filming this course..
See, Gabriel and I had a complete blast filming this course.
we is ...So much so, that didn't want to stop there..
...So much so, that we didn't want to stop there.