Guitar Jam Tracks
October 23, 2023 | Music
Ive recently started messing around with some backing tracks for my students so they can practice their soloing, phrasing etc.. They are available at http://bmcguitar.com.au/guitar-backing-tracks
You can also see them on my person YouTube channel at ....Read more
The Best Guitar Riffs of 1985
April 14, 2022 | Time for this weeks video! The BEST guitar riffs of 1985 This video was played by YouTuber guitarist, Ben Eller and you will love it. Check out some of these guitar riffs
Silver Ocean Storm - Architect Of A Dying Sun
January 20, 2022 | Music
These lads are a band that my band, The Cilikis, once or twice shared the stage with. They are the reincarnation of an old Brisbane metal band called Minus Life who split for some reason and re-incarnated as Silver Ocean Storm with an absolutely outstanding vocalist, Toby Skeates. This man sounds like Mike Patton from Faith... ....Read more
It's Back! The Return of the Fender Bulletstrat
November 16, 2021 | Guitar Articles
After three years or so, I have my #fender #bulletstrat back from a student who was using to learn on. Now for a clean,... ....Read more
Sunday Afternoon in the Listening Room
May 23, 2021 | Today in the music listening room!
Mundus Intellectualis by Scatterbrain
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Romain Goulon; Drummer for Necrophagist
May 8, 2021 | Videos
Anyone who knows me knows that I am quite picky when it comes to musicians; especially vocalists and drummers. It takes a lot to impress me and NO, I'm not being some kind of a "muso snob" about it either! ...but.... when someone does comes along, there is something about what they do that grabs my attention. Their... ....Read more
Friday afternoon guitar noodles!
May 7, 2021 | Videos
Friday afternoon noodles before work on the guitar! Playing around with my new practice / jamming / song writing amplifier. A Fender Frontman 65R solid state amplifier. This is the effects chain.
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Online guitar lessons
March 30, 2021 | General
You can now connect to online guitar lessons via Microsoft Teams, Zoom or SKYPE. Other options are in the works such as Discord and Google Hangouts. More on that....Read more
Lesson Availability Calendar
March 28, 2021 | My guitar lesson availability calendar has been updated. Late night Monday and Wednesday evening spots are open. Mondays are extremely popular so this time will disappear....Read more
Honeysuckle Rose Practice Loop
March 3, 2021 | Guitar Articles
Here is a loop of Gm7 to C7 of the first part of the song, Honeysuckle Rose.
Some suggested scales and arpeggio's to try would be
- Gm Pentatonic
- G Dorian
- C Mixolydian
- Em Blues Pentatonic with no 5th (E G A Bb D)
- The petantonic scale played like this, gives it an E Locrian... ....Read more
Back to school 2021
January 19, 2021 | As the kids are returning to school for 2021, the school holiday guitar lesson schedule finishes on Australia Day. Back to the regular guitar lesson scheduling from the 27th January 2021. Please remember to check the cancellation and pricing....Read more
2020 / 2021 Holiday Lesson Schedule
December 1, 2020 | General
Holiday Lesson Scheduling
So Christmas is almost here and it means that the kids are on holidays! Guitar lessons are still a G.O over the silly season with the exception of the Christmas week. I will be off from the 24th December and... ....Read more
How Social Media Competes for Your Attention
November 5, 2020 | General
This is worthy of watching! Social media is creating massive problems and I see them every day in all walks of life. Tristan Harris, the maker of the documentary, The Social Dilemma describes how social media organisations compete for your attention. Distraction is a massive problem exacerbated by these social media... ....Read more
Lack of blog updates
October 18, 2020 | General
Sorry everyone for the lack of updates and blogging! We are currently in the processing of moving house again unfortunately (we don't want to move, but we have no choice). Once we find somewhere new and get settled in Ill restart again. I know Ive said that for ages but its been a stressful time over the last 12 months with... ....Read more
Fancy Chord Re-voicing
June 21, 2020 | Guitar Articles
Sometimes when you play a chord, it may be in a similar frequency spectrum as another instrument, for example, you might be playing a solo on your guitar down in a lower register around the 3rd to 5th fret positions when another musician decides to play a chord in the same register. Not that this is a bad thing, but it can... ....Read more
New Blog Software
June 21, 2020 | Decided to update from Nibbleblog to their new Bludit blog system that I used for the main website.
There is no cross compatibility to move the data so ill have to re upload all the....Read more