Guitar World Magazine Back Issue - May 2011

Start taking your fusion playing to the next level with an injection of jazz and practical theory. Lessons by Levi Clay.In this excellent DVD, Levi Clay introduces the jazzy sounding melodic minor scale based on the sound, teaching you how to hear this scale in music. After taking you through simple ways to introduce this harmony into your improvisations via the pentatonic scale, Levi teaches you all melodic minor fingerings and a selection of 15 licks and phrases designed to bring out the sound of the scale.This is all brought to a conclusion by learning a song written for this DVD with shades of Scott Henderson and John Scofield. The supplied backing track is the perfect tool for taking your new found skills to the next level.Levi Clay is one of the UKs fastest rising players with credits as an author and transcriber in some of the worlds most loved publications including Guitar Interactive Magazine.Levi has taught at London's Guitar Institute, and the prestigious IGF festivals. He maintains a steady wave of students around the world who are drawn to his detailed and methodical approach, and his passion for blues, jazz and rock music. / Guitare

Start taking your fusion playing to the next level with an injection of jazz and practical theory. Lessons by Levi Clay.In this excellent DVD Levi Clay introduces the jazzy sounding melodic minor scale based on the sound teaching you how to hear this scale in music. After taking you through simple ways to introduce this harmony into your improvisations via the pentatonic scale Levi teaches you all melodic minor fingerings and a selection of 15 licks and phrases designed to bring out the sound of the scale.This is all brought to a conclusion by learning a song written for this DVD with shades of Scott Henderson and John Scofield. The supplied backing trackis the perfect tool for taking your new found skills to the next level.Levi Clay is one of the UKs fastest rising players with credits as an author and transcriber in some of the worlds most loved publications including Guitar Interactive Magazine.Levi has taught at London's Guitar Institute and the prestigious IGF festivals. He maintains a steady wave of students around the world who are drawn to his detailed and methodical approach and his passion for blues jazz and rock music.

A Troubadour's Guide to Writing Performing Recording & Business-Of all the paths available to today's musicians the life of the singer-songwriter remains one of the most alluring and popular. This handbook is the ultimate guide for the modern singer-songwriter full of real-world advice andencouragement for both aspiring and accomplished troubadours. The founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers draws on his own experiences as a performing songwriter and interviews with artists suchas Joni Mitchell Ani DiFranco Arlo Guthrie Chrissie Hynde and Paul Simon to offer an invaluable companion for the journey from idea to song to stage and studio. Also includes inside info from managers agents lawyers andrecord execs.“A lucid well-written fact-stuffed work.”– Bruce Cockburn