Teenage Dream - Katy Perry Video Lesson and TABS
A student requested a video lesson on the Katy Perry song - Teenage Dream.
It’s a great pop rock tune with some simple parts. You can find the full PDF part here:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/karlyounger12
Please get in touch if you have any requests for tutorials or transcriptions you’d like to see.
Find the video lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhiLhqB-FDA&feature=youtu.be
Crooked Ways - Motion City Soundtrack Guitar TABS
Amidst the summer daze filled with endless news of the worlds pandemic problems, my all time favourite band release a NEW (or maybe previously unreleased) song upon the world!
I’m very pleased that it work and I really love the song. I couldn’t resist working out the parts to enjoy myself and thought others might also. You can find the TAB to both guitar parts and the bass TAB here:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/karlyounger12
Thanks for checking it out.
K
“This song was originally recorded when MCS was signed to Sony’s record label, and was made for the Twilight movie. The song didn’t make the cut, and Sony/Columbia held the rights to the song after the band re-signed with Epitaph. Justin played a snippet of this for some VIPs at his 2nd Minneapolis stop during the In The Drink tour, and said the band would release it if they could ever get the rights back. I guess it all worked out!”
Riding The Bean - Carl Verheyen’s ode to coffee.
Studio legend, Carl Verheyen is one of my all time favourite guitarist and musical inspirations. He is a versatile and experienced session guitarist & band leader, and has a totally unique voice on the instrument.
Here you can find the full TAB/Notation transcription of the instrumental cut of the track ‘Riding the Bean’ from Carl’s excellent Truefire course (available here https://truefire.com/guitar-lessons/30-fearless-single-note-licks/c1414 )
A video performance is shown but I decided to act upon Carl’s Moto “If I did it, I must learn it” and got to work.
Get the TAB HERE
Enjoy and please get in touch, if you’d like to request any custom transcriptions and TAB for yourself.
Avenged Sevenfold - Heretic Guitar Lesson and TABS
Having made a full video lesson on how to play the main parts of the Avenge Sevenfold song ‘Heretic’ here you’ll find the full TAB
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/karlyounger12
Enjoy and be sure to get in touch if there is any other songs you’d like to see. If you’d like to request any Transcriptions for yourself then please get in touch
One Of The Boys - Katy Perry Guitar Tabs
Having had a request from a student this week I have transcribed the two guitar parts in the song ‘One Of The Boys’ by Katy Perry, the title track from her first album of the same name.
Both guitars are presented in TAB with standard notation above. There is a separate PDF file for both guitar parts and the audio file of the midi playback of each part for reference.
Theses guitar TABS are available FREE HERE.
Guitar Sound for 'Let's Dance'.
In this 2nd episode of the new Sound Ideas series we are setting our sights on recreating the sound of Nile Rodger's iconic guitar part of the David Bowie smash 'Let's Dance'. Enjoy!
Guitar Sound for 'Shut Up and Dance'.
This is the first episode in a the new Sound Ideas series, where we take a in depth look at how to acheive the different guitar sounds on hit records. First up is the summer pop/rock smash by the band Walk The Moon.
Morgan Amplification PR12 combo
Sound Ideas
Welcome to Sound Ideas....a space for sharing musical resources, advice and chat about music, practice, guitar teaching, gear and gigs.
Apps For Practice
In the past several months there has been an explosion in the amount of music apps available for tablets, smartphones and computers. Some are a mere novelty designed for fun and games others provide a very flexible and powerful tools that can really improve practice for musicians.
One such app is Session Band.
Session band is an award winning app for iPad, IPhone and iPod touch, which provides pro quality backing tracks in a variety of different styles, as well as letting you edit and create your own in minutes.....
I have found this app to be a great practice tool. A great complement to both rhythm and improvastion study aswell as helping to develop stylistic understanding.
There are several different editions available which focus on particular styles such as Jazz, Rock, Country, Blues, EDM (electronic dance music) and Acoustic guitar. Some versions such as the Jazz has 3 volumes, meaning that you won't have a problem with new material to keep you inspired. Regardless of the stylistic focus, each version operates the same with a very simple interface which is easy to use.
The app gives you lots of different style inspired jams which are well organised by decades & feel that can be loaded up and edited instantly if desired. The editing is very expansive: chord pitches and types can be selected, length of chords, Drum fills can be chosen etc.. all very easy to do.
All theses same features can be used to create your own backing tracks from scratch also. For example... if there is a solo section during a song you need to rehearse for an upcoming gig, program in the chords and type of groove and away you go...
For me the real 1st class feature of this app is the mixer.
Mixer view in Jazz edition.
Each instrument each track can be muted/solo so you can listen in on exactly what is being played on the example part (All of which are played by some of the very best 1st call session players around: Ralph Salmins, Adam Goldsmith, Geoff Gascoyne etc!)
But create your own custom mix. For instance if you are a bass player, just mute out the bass and you have a huge selection of practice tracks with top class musicians accompanying you, great stuff!
Summary
Pro's
- Powerful and flexible
- Easy to use
- Great sounds and authentic jams from 1st call session players.
- Mixer which enables custom mixes of instruments depending on your needs.
- Copyright Free.
Con's
- Currently only available on Apple products.
- Pricey by most app standards at £2.49 - £5.99 for each version (but worth it!)