We’ve got some exciting things coming in Masters in Mechanics! Here’s what we’ve been working on.
This amazing triple-feature is a multi-faceted investigation of Gypsy jazz history and technique. It includes an interview with Gypsy jazz master Joscho Stephan, complete with extensive lick and tablature downloads, as well as two conversations with experts on Django Reinhardt and Gypsy history and culture!
As every guitarist knows, a thousand repetitions doesn’t always guarantee results. How much do we really know about musical practice?
Get ready for an unguarded conversation with one of metal’s most inimitable lead guitar voices: Marty Friedman.
While we don’t like to count our chickens before they hatch, we’ve been doing a lot of work lining up new Masters in Mechanics material, and thought it would be remiss not to share what’s cooking. Here’s a peek at our upcoming interview schedule: Read More
New Video: Guitar Anatomy
We’ve just updated the Cracking the Code Season Pass with a new video — a feature called “Guitar Anatomy: The Four Fundamental Movements”. Read More
In this intimate chat with the amazing Jimmy Bruno, we explore the intricate two-way pickslanting and two-way sweeping mechanics that power his masterful bop excursions.
In the conversation, Jimmy dives into his seemingly endless reservoir of creativity and produces a veritable rainbow of harmonic ideas: dominant, diminished, augmented, altered, suspended and more. Download includes the one-hour conversation and over 60 slow-motion clips with tablature.
Our latest Masters in Mechanics release features over two hours of incredible investigation:
- One-hour in-depth interview
- Addition hour-long performance of Jimmy Live at the Iridium
- 65 slow-motion examples with tablature
- An analysis video on Jimmy’s pickslanting mechanics
Take a journey into the world of bluegrass flatpick virtuosity in this Masters in Mechanics double feature!
This month we’re taking you on a trip to Winfield Kansas for the 2007 National Guitar Flat Pick Championships. Bluegrass is a unique world where mechanical standards, competition, and creativity work together to produce amazing players like Carl Miner. Carl won the whole thing as a teen, and placed second twice, including the year we interviewed him.
Read MoreCountry hero Albert Lee needs no introduction. He’s shared a stage with veritable pioneers of rock and roll, and his legendary ability to weave groovy, fluid lines through the changes has sent generations of pickers to the woodshed.