Wired Theory: Key Signatures WiredGuitarist June 9, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Tutorials, Uncategorized Welcome back to another article of Wired Theory! This week we’re going to dive in and decrypt key signatures together. This is the first step to your total mastery of music! Key...
Songwriting & You: Chords WiredGuitarist June 5, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Uncategorized Welcome back to Songwriting & You! Lately we’ve been covering tips to help the process regardless of where you are, but this time we’re gonna get into the nitty-gritty… that’s right, we’re...
Shred Lessons: Syncopation WiredGuitarist June 4, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Uncategorized How do you get good at guitar quickly? How about without getting bored, or even worse, being totally confused? Do you want to know how to shred? Shred Lessons with Cannon McDonald, our weekly series helps...
Wired Theory: Polyrhythms & More WiredGuitarist June 1, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Tutorials, Uncategorized Welcome back to Wired Theory. This week we will wrap up rhythms and beats, continued from last week’s lesson. If you haven’t checked out my previous article, as well as Cannon McDonald’s video...
7 Easy Ways to Beat Songwriter’s Block WiredGuitarist May 29, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Tutorials, Uncategorized Hey everyone! Welcome to this special edition of Songwriting & You! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about different ways to approach the songwriting process from different angles in order to...
Shred Lessons: Time Signatures WiredGuitarist May 27, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Uncategorized How do you get good at guitar quickly? How about without getting bored, or even worse, being totally confused? Do you want to know how to shred? Luckily, our weekly column: Shred Lessons by Cannon...
Wired Theory: Beats & Meter WiredGuitarist May 25, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Uncategorized Welcome back to Wired Theory! I decided to break the fundamentals up into a few smaller articles just to have the opportunity to really explain it all and apply these concepts, just so it doesn’t...
Songwriting & You: The ‘Me’ in Theme WiredGuitarist May 22, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Uncategorized Forgive the wordplay, I’m an English nerd at heart. Welcome back to the series! Last week we talked about stepping out of your comfort zone and taking a look at the context of what else is going on in the...
WIRED THEORY: Why Music Theory? WiredGuitarist May 18, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Tutorials, Uncategorized If someone asked you how to play a first inversion Bm7(b5) chord, what key G# Phrygian was related to or even how to create a secondary-dominant chord, chances are you’d probably stare at them and shrug your...
Songwriting & You: Don’t Think Like a Guitarist WiredGuitarist May 15, 2016 Articles, The Woodshed, Uncategorized Welcome back to Songwriting & You! I’m sure all of you are currently working on your next big hits right now! And I am absolutely excited to hear them. Last week, we talked about stepping away from...