Songwriting, Composition, Theory

Tom Hess urges you to get beyond `guitarist` and `musician` to uncover the `artist` within.

Developing riffs and melodies into complete, interesting and listenable pieces of music.

Hess guitarist Mike Walsh has got a great use for your next spare Benjamin.

If you learn other peoples solos or listen to other people`s music, will it ruin your own creativity? Scott Tarulli gives his personal opinion.

Ready to quit your day job? Get some thoughts and advice first, from one who`s done it.

Guitarist A-J Charron is here with his ideas on writing from the heart (not the checkbook).

Interested in an aural and methodical inspiration? Let the Sultan of String show you his thematic ideas.

Let guitarist Alan Lennon take you through the basics of writing songs, starting with the fundamentals of chord progressions.

Creating a harmonic relationship between sections and adding to the sense of forward motion - Randy Ellefson is here with some great ideas.

Tom Hess is back with a second installment on how creativity can be enhanced to improve songwriting and improvisation.