Quick announcement — we just added the “Playing Through the Changes with Martin Miller” video to the Cracking the Code platform.
You can find the interview here: Read More
We just finished editing the David Grier interview for our Masters in Mechanics subscribers! Meeting David was a wonderful step forward in our quest to get a better understanding of crosspicking techniques in general, and bluegrass picking technique in particular. Read More
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“Hey, where do you guys get all those pixels and songs and stuff?”
We get a lot of questions about our production process. How do we design our animations? How do we write the songs? What recording gear do we use?
A pioneer of virtuoso guitar, Michael Angelo Batio’s impossible chops are a gift to players everywhere.
From his groundbreaking Star Licks instructional video, to his blazing follow-up Speed Kills, Mike’s remarkable right hand steals the show. Quite simply, Mike is the owner of one of the most mechanically efficient alternate picking techniques on the planet.
With the Masters in Mechanics Michael Angelo Batio interview, we’ll show you exactly how this technique works.
We sat down with fusion ace Martin Miller to investigate the inhuman precision of his hyper-speed crosspicking technique. What we ended up with was even better.
In a wide-ranging conversation, we got to the bottom of Martin’s stunning right-hand approach that reads like a greatest hits of modern picking technique, mixing one-way pickslanting, two-way pickslanting, and crosspicking in equal parts.
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?