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This program includes everything you need to start playing Classical Guitar TODAY! Rock House’s Classical Guitar program starts off with basics like how to hold the guitar in classical style, tuning and proper hand positioning. Learn the most commonly used chords for playing classical guitar pieces, key techniques like finger picking and how to create your own melodies. You’ll learn classical arpeggios, strum patterns, picking exercises, scales and much more!Each Rock House video Includes a lesson tab booklet, iPod-ready video, and free lifetime membership to Rock House’s online lesson support. Enhance your learning experience to links with instructors, download backing tracks, access message boards, and much more. You’ll connect with a community of musicians around the world learning to play music using The Rock House Method.

Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Mike Stern has been in the public eye (and ears) since he was a member of the Miles Davis Band in the early ’80s. His prolific performances and recordings have earned him recognition as one of the best and most popular contemporary guitarists today. This, his first instructional DVD, includes 4 live performances by Mike and his band at the 55 Bar in New York City, the historical club in which Mike has played for over 15 years, accompanied by many great musicians, including Jaco Pastorius. Additionally, in an exclusive interview with New York-based jazz guitarist Satoshi Inoue, Stern offers his own analysis and explanation of each tune. The songs – a blues, a standard, a ballad, and a funk tune – were carefully selected by Mike himself in order to demonstrate every aspect of his guitar performance and techniques. He also gives insight into his background, influences and practice routines, and provides a thorough review of his gear configurations. Everything you need to know about this versatile guitar master! Includes lesson sheets. 1 hour, 6 minutes.

Whether you’ve got a 4-track cassette deck, digital recorder, or a computer you’ve turned into a recording studio, How to Do a Demo-Quality Recording in Your Bedroom jump starts your skills quickly. It’s written in a simple do-this, do-that approach. Demo recording topics covered in the lessons include: expectations for home recording; connectors and cables; signal flow; overview of Cubase, Emagic Logic and Samplitude 6.0; connecting the computer’s audio card to the mixing board; recording procedures; how to set levels; how to apply effects in the mix; and much more. How to Do a Demo-Quality Recording in Your Bedroom includes a 38-page gallery of recording microphone positions for grand piano, amp miking, acoustic guitars, drums, vocalists and choir based on Shure microphone techniques.