This video targets the more advanced player. It takes you step by step through a wide variety of advanced chords, chord changes, chord voicing, chord progressions and rhythms. The backing track provides a full sound to accompany you. This video is a must for the serious guitarist.

Beginning Acoustic Guitar features Michael Thompson, one of rock's most talented session players and a Berklee College of Music graduate. Michael has performed with many popular musicians including Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton, Great White, Dokken, Reba McEntire, Peter Cetera, Ringo Starr & The All Starr Band, Cher, Celine Dion, Hall & Oates, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bette Midler and also has his own album out under the Geffen label. In this video he presents 30 minutes of solid acoustic guitar basics that are used by every popular musician today. Michael introduces the guitar by starting with the instrument and its parts, followed by tuning. He shows you fundamental chords, chord progressions and arpeggiated chords. Michael also demonstrates minor pentatonic scales, strumming patterns, finger picking and much more. This video covers all the basic fundamentals every guitarist needs to get started. Michael Thompson proves that education goes a long way when it comes to selling the top gigs and he also believes in sharing the knowledge of what it takes to get the top gigs.

Beginning Funk Bass features Abe Laboriel, one of the most talented session players today, and a Berklee College of Music graduate. Abe has performed with many popular musicians including Herb Albert, Lee Ritenour, Al Jarreau, George Benson and Quincy Jones, to name just a few. In this video Abe presents 40 minutes of solid funk bass. He demonstrates thumping, slapping, snapping and popping. In addition to the basics, Abe offers real insight into his own style and technique. He performs right hand technique, funk rhythm, playing with a drummer, pentatonic scales, triads and more. This insightful video presents an essential foundation needed by every funk bass player.

One of the fastest and easiest approaches to getting started as a rock or heavy metal drummer available! New players will learn all the fundamentals they need to know from Mike Terrana, a popular drummer and clinician. This video gives solid drumming fundamentals, from the basics of set up through basic rudiments, note values and time signatures, basic rock beats, bass drum pedal techniques, and more. Players have fun while learning to play the way they want to!

Michael Harris is best-known for his performances with Earth Wind and Fire, Phil Collins, Genesis, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Count Basie, and others. He presents this video for people interested in soloing or playing with a rock or jazz group. He covers the basics from selecting a mouthpiece, tuning, correct hand placement, and demonstrates in a few simple steps how to develop proper breathing, posture, tone, tonguing, and phrasing. Michael incorporates exercises and demonstrations to get the beginner playing scales and simple melodies that they can expand and develop themselves.