My friends, I'm posting this here one hour early before we go live with the main videos on social media - tickets for our tour are finally available here: https://bit.ly/3WBqCLE
You awesome people have the advantage, so grab a ticket today! VIP tickets are limited for each city, so they might sell out qui...
2024-05-10 13:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I want to show you some cool technique 'hacks' today that will help with cleaning up your playing! Some of them are quite simple, but they make a huge difference when it comes to your sound :)
Download your practice files for this week (tabs, guitar pro file, play-along videos, backing trac...
2024-05-09 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
EXCITING NEWS - I'm going on a European tour with Charles Berthoud and Ola Englund 🤘 Tickets will go on sale Friday, May 10th at 10:00 AM CEST 🔥 We're coming to the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, UK, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria! Where will YO...
2024-05-08 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, this week I have a killer inside/outside picking workout for you! :) This is one of my current main workouts in my practice routine, because I want to further improve fast string transitions and string skipping, beyond patterns that come naturally. So I thought sharing it with you is a great idea!
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2024-05-03 14:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, this week I'd like to show you 5 exercise concepts that helped with fixing my terrible finger technique :) These exercises played a big part in fixing the mistakes I was making just 5 years ago on my main YouTube channel - I'm sure they will help you as well!
Download your practice files for this week here, incl...
2024-04-26 14:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I'd like to talk about the topic of holding a pick, and I want to show you the grip that changed everything for me :) Additionally, I also have 5 new awesome exercises for you, including a full daily picking workout routine and a way to test if your current grip is actually working.
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My friends, I just came home from a week of shows and masterclasses with Charles Berthoud - in one of them, he wanted to know about my sweep picking technique :) The clip turned out really useful and fun, so I wanted to share it with you today!
Download this week's practice files here (uncut clinic video, tabs, guitar pro file): 2024-04-12 14:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, it's time to check out YOUR videos again :) I think everyone can benefit from taking a look at the techniques shown here and I hope I can help with the feedback! If you want to be in next month's video, just join either the VIP or Platinum Member tier to get access to the next feedback round.
Have a great day and greetings from Reunion island...
2024-04-05 14:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I have the ultimate daily SHRED routine for you! These exercises will push you far beyond your comfort zone, and I promise that the struggle will be worth it :)
Download your practice files for this week (play-along videos, tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks): 2024-03-29 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I want to show you 7 awesome ways of infusing 'boring' scales with life, for a more interesting and rewarding practice routine! :) You voted for 'Pentatonic Scale Hacks' on the wish list, so this is what we're talking about.
Download your practice files for this week (tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks, play-along videos): 2024-03-22 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for our second community collab!! I will react to your guitar videos on the Guitar Academy YouTube channel :) IMPORTANT: post your video/download link in the comments below (that's the only way of getting featured).
It could be a video of you playing guitar (to get some kind & helpful feedback on your technique), your music, or anything else guitar-related. ...
2024-03-19 15:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, you voted for a video about weak finger exercises - so I wanted to feature them in an episode that is all about the best exercises you could practice :) We discussed over 600 exercises already, and these are some I can highly recommend.
Download your practice package for this week (guitar pro files, tabs, back...
2024-03-15 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, you voted for weak finger exercises this month - so I wanted to feature them in a video that's all about bad guitar habits I keep seeing :) Fixing these will make you sound much better right away, and with the right exercises, a lot of them are quite easy to correct!
Here are your practice files for this week ...
2024-03-07 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I recently read a comment asking where I would start learning guitar if all my skills were gone tomorrow - so I wanted to share some really cool and helpful exercises with you this week :)
Here are your practice files for this episode (play-along videos, tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks): 2024-02-29 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, let's decide on the lesson topics for next month! Can't wait to start working on these for you, let's do this :)
2024-02-28 15:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, it's time for our first monthly VIP/Platinum member student collab! Thanks to everyone that sent in a clip :) If YOU want to be in the next one, join either the VIP or Platinum tier and post your clip next time (you will be notified when the post goes up).
I hope these little tips help out as many players as possible! I am truly impres...
2024-02-23 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, you voted for a lesson about timing and useful exercises for becoming a tighter guitar player - so allow me to show you some killer exercises this week :)
Download your practice files for this video (play-along videos, tabs, guitar pro file, backing tracks): 2024-02-16 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, you voted for another lesson featuring helpful finger relaxation exercises - so I have some killer workouts to share with you that could replace some exercises that you've been doing for a bit too long :)
Here are your practice files for this week (play-along videos, tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks): 2024-02-09 15:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for our first community collab!! I will react to your guitar videos on the Guitar Academy YouTube channel :) IMPORTANT: post your video/download link in the comments below (that's the only way of getting featured).
It could be a video of you playing guitar (to get some kind & helpful feedback on your technique), your music, or anything else guitar-related. P...
2024-02-05 15:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, you voted for a lesson on chord progressions and how to use a bit of theory to come up with awesome progressions, arpeggio sequences and more - so with this video, I want to show you some tricks I wish I knew 10 years ago :)
Download your practice files for this week (tabs, guitar pro, demonstration videos): <...
2024-02-02 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, today I have a killer daily finger warm-up routine for you! This will help you with getting your fingers in shape for shredding and it's also great for correcting finger technique issues (like lots of movement, unwanted noise, and more).
Here are your practice files (tabs, guitar pro file, backing tracks, play...
2024-01-26 15:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostMy friends, let's decide on the lesson topics for next month! Can't wait to make these videos for you :)
2024-01-22 15:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I heard you want some hybrid picking workouts - so I made something very special for you :) This routine starts with 3 warm-up rounds and then goes into a killer practical etude, that will show you how cool and useful this underrated technique is.
Here are your practice files for this week (play-along videos, ...
2024-01-19 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, it's finally time for the big 2024 update! This also gives me the chance to get some feedback directly from you - please leave a comment below the video about what you want to see this year :)
A quick summary of the most important news:
My friends, this week I want to talk about the very special topic of finger relaxation! I prepared a killer workout routine for you - please follow the instructions at the start of the video closely or you might waste your time. It's pretty specific this time :)
Download your practice files for this week here (tabs, guitar pro, play-along...
2024-01-05 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, here's one last helpful collection of my best tips from 2023 before we start the new year with some awesome new videos! I'm sure a lot of you missed some of these tips (since I posted SO many videos this year haha), so I think this will help :)
Here are the direct links to each full video:
My friends, it's THAT time of the year - let's check out the absolute best picking workouts of 2023 :) I'm sure a lot of you didn't have time to watch every single weekly episode, so I hope that I can help with this video. Did you have a favorite workout this year?
Here are the direct links to the full lesson videos:
Exercise #1: 2023-12-22 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, I want to share a killer sweeping workout with you today! This 8-minute routine features everything you should practice - from interesting sequencing/arpeggios, all the way to slides and finger rolling :)
Here are your practice files for this week (play-along video, tabs, guitar pro, backing t...
2023-12-15 15:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, this week I'd like to discuss some bad guitar technique habits that I have seen in student videos in the Patreon VIP Facebook group - I hope that this will help with making faster progress :)
Don't forget to download your practice files for this week (play-along videos, backing tracks, tabs, guitar pro files): 2023-12-08 15:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My friends, since I started my journey on Patreon, you have been asking me for THIS - a full guitar practice routine that you can follow every single day. So far, I have refused the request because all of our goals are different and it's close to impossible to come up with one perfect routine to satisfy everyone :)
But with...
2023-12-01 15:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post