I’ve played guitar since I was a kid, about 30 years actually (no old jokes, I’m middle aged!), and I’ve been teaching guitar for over 20 years. I spent years researching, testing, and practicing every guitar method under the sun!

I’ve had the good fortune of having hundreds of thousands of students. My videos have been viewed millions of times on YouTube. The great part about that is, I get to see what really works and causes breakthroughs for all types of players... 

This gives me the unique position to see what really works for beginners and experts alike.

I’ve helped guys like Adam Slack from the Struts…

I’ve had guys like Brad Paisley use my videos to quickly learn a solo before a major concert…

Naturally, one would ask

how I discovered this process… 

After 20 years of playing and still not being happy with my own playing I decided to go back to square one! I narrowed it down to just one scale..

 95% of the iconic solos we hear all use the pentatonic scale so I figured that was the place to start.

So, I learned hundreds of solos and countless pentatonic licks, the problem was I ended up sounding like someone else and I still wasn’t getting the results I was looking for.

Lucky for me, I had access to some of the top session and touring guitar players in the world, so I asked them what their secret was.

I spoke with some incredible session guitar players like Tim Pierce, Rob McNelley, and Kenny Greenberg, to learn how they create record ready guitar parts on the spot when the pressures on.   

Guys that most people don’t even have access to…

So, I know what you’re thinking, “Great I have to go learn tons of  scales and a bunch of music theory…”

Not so fast...

Believe it or not, I barely know any music theory and here’s a little secret, a lot of the pros don’t know music theory either, but you didn’t hear that from me!

However, they all told me the same thing, “Learn to see chords all over the neck.”

This left me thinking I would have to spend hours and hours memorizing chord inversions all over the neck… And by the way, how does that help me with my solos?

Then came the backstage encounter with legendary shredder Guthrie Govan and I asked the him “how on earth can you solo the way you do, how can you play all of these different styles so well he told me the exact same thing, “Learn your chords all over the neck”... Great here we go again!

But this lesson wasn’t over yet…so i asked him what is the easiest way to do it?  

Guthrie smiled and let me in on a “little” shortcut that lead to the greatest discovery I’ve ever made with guitar… 

And this was learning the CAGED system, a brilliant way of easily seeing chords all over the neck.

So, I immediately went home and got online to research the CAGED system and all it took was 2 minutes to realize Guthrie had given me the biggest key to unlocking melodic soloing. 

Then, I wondered, “What would happen if I used the CAGED system within the pentatonic scale?”

That way I could easily, and quickly, find the right notes to hit when improvising over a chord progression.

So, I applied it to ol’ faithful, a 1-4-5 minor blues progression. This time I concentrated on seeing the chords within the scale and this is where everything changed in an instant!

That’s when everything the session guys told me clicked, I thought to myself “now I get it”.

I was so stoked at this discovery that I couldn’t resist sharing my newfound approach  with the world , so I grabbed my camera, recorded a video, and uploaded it to YouTube to see if it would work for other guitar players as well...

Then it happened…

4 years and over 2.2 million views later, that video is still helping people.

This lead to numerous other related videos and due to the amount of feedback I was receiving, I quickly realized what people, just like you, needed and wanted, further refining my teaching process.

We start by taking each of the minor pentatonic positions and learn how to create licks with chord tones in mind.  

This is where the fusion of pentatonic scale and the CAGED system comes into play. This combination of scale and the CAGED system allows to learn how play all of the pentatonic shapes as well as see your chords all over the neck aka improvising magic!

You will learn all 5 licks in each position giving you a total of 25 licks 

COMBINING POSITIONS

All real world solos move around on the neck. You will rarely find yourself just playing in one spot. The combo module gives 5 more examples on how to connect the pentatonic positions together. I’ll give you common examples and patterns used in many of the greatest solos ever recorded.

Where the Rubber Meets the Road:

Playing Over a Progression

Now it is time to apply this method over different chord progressions. This is where you will finally grasp how amazing this approach to improvising is.  

Once you are able to apply the CAGED system to each of the chords in your progression, no matter where you are at on the neck, you will be able to spot the chord tones of the chord you are playing over.

When you use these chord tones or target notes as the foundation of your phrases, you will be blown away by how much more melodic your solos will be.

This is what all great improvisers are able to do, take their bag of licks and modify them to fit over any progression that they are playing over.

Now your scales are like a road map and the target notes become the destination.

I have created 5 professionally recorded jam tracks in various keys for you to solo over. Each track contains two different progressions, a verse and a chorus.   

I’ve created 3 example solos for both the verse and choruses of each jam track. That’s 30 solos in all!  Each solo containing numerous lick ideas within them. You will literally have hundreds of different ideas you can use to create melodic solos by the time you are done.

This is where you will get a deep dive into using this system. We will take each chord in each progression and learn to design melodic phrases around them.  Not only that but now we add all of the other ingredients used to make solos really stand out.

You will get a crash course in how use techniques like bending, vibrato, timed vibrato, adding the blues note and other chord tones NOT in the pentatonic scale, chromatic licks, pick attack, and dynamics. These tools give your solos the sound and feel that the pros have.

The combination of these things are how you get solos to emotionally connect with and draw in the listener.

Imagine a Stevie Ray Vaughan or Pink Floyd solo with no bending or vibrato!

It’s Time to Take Your Guitar Playing to the Level You’ve Always Dreamt About 

I’m tired of people feeling they don’t have enough information to become the musician they’ve always dreamt of becoming. A large part of what I do is instill confidence in my students, that’s what’s truly fulfilling to me as an instructor.

It’s time to discover the true secrets of the minor pentatonic scale and take one giant leap from mystified to knowing.

By taking your current skill level and applying a few little known techniques, I will supercharge your learning curve, taking your guitar skills to the next level.

Join Blues Soloing Secrets Minor Pentatonic- Level 2 and Discover My Personal Formula I’ve Learned After 30 Years of Practice 

Blues Soloing Secrets Minor Pentatonic - Level 2 is a brand new online course that will take your improvising skills, strap a rocket ship to them, and shoot them into outer space.

This is not for beginners- I am taking average guitar players and expediting their learning process, in a little over 10 ½ hours you will receive my decades of soloing experience using the minor pentatonic scale. With that being said, you must have a solid base of guitar skills to be able to properly utilize this course. If you are just starting out, you may want to look at my level 1 course.

This is fast- I’ve taken the years of practice and learning I’ve done and compiled it into 16 modules for you to learn from. This will literally shave years off of your learning curve. All I’ve learned in my 30 years, boiled down to 10 ½ hours.

The search is over- I promise that if you take the time to do everything I show you in these videos, you will have a firm grip on all you will need to effectively improvise using the minor pentatonic scale.

With these newly acquired skills, you’ll be rocking your local bar or jam session in no time.

Frequently Asked Questions 

How is this course different than other courses? Or all of the free videos online?

This course is different in that it is a very focused, no fluff added, course to get you soloing like a boss in no time!  No more wasting time online trying to piece a bunch of concepts together.

Sure, it teaches you a ton of minor pentatonic licks in each position, but what's different is that I show you how to create licks that will work over any progression you play over.

By learning my 3 step process, you’ll easily remove all of the guesswork from improvising killer melodic solos. When you know your scale, where the chord tones are in that scale, and how to create licks for the song’s progression, it gives you two things: confidence in the notes you are hitting, making your solos sound more professional, and the freedom to create.  This freedom allows you to consistently come up with new and fresh ideas.

A huge part of increasing your improvisational skills is playing over different chord progressions. I’ve created 5 professionally recorded jam tracks of various styles and keys, letting you apply your new skills directly over them.

There are over 30 complete solos included in this course, giving you a deep dive in understanding how to use the minor pentatonic scale over all types of chord progressions.

A large part of the course focuses on developing feel in your playing. It’s not enough just to learn how to phrase melodically, those phrases need to emotionally connect with the listener to be effective.

Each solo is meticulously broken down to hammer in the concept of how to create melodic licks that work over each chord in the progression.

How is this different than hiring an in person coach?

This system is extremely focused, it is no joke. My system will have you melodically improvising, on your own, in no time.

In person lessons can be great, however it’s very easy to get sidetracked and lose focus on the original intent of getting lessons. Sometimes it’s more talk than lessons… 

Who wants to spend their money to chit chat anyways? Don’t get me wrong I loved getting to know my instructors too I just didn’t want to pay for it!

And here’s the thing...

If you’re lucky, you’ll remember maybe half of what you learned during the lesson, what good does that do you? The old learn, forget half, and repeat model, over and over!

I’ve built in a solution within this course to solve that issue. 

I’m giving you: 

• Video lessons
• Tabs
• Guitar Pro files for every lick
• Jam tracks to play over
• Chord charts
• Scale charts

And don’t forget… All of this costs you less than $8.00 per hour…

Compare that price to a typical $50/ hour lesson…

You do the math and make your own decision.

I’m a total beginner, does this course apply to me?

No, unfortunately it does not.

But, I have created level 1 products which I recommend all beginners start with. Once you’ve taken those, level 2 will be ready and waiting for you!