As a guitarist, I always loved the so-called Lead Guitar parts. The riffs, the solos, the hooks, so I always wanted to become one. So much so that, for a while, I never really cared for the chords and the rhythm session of the band. The reality is that the solo or the hook is just a small part of the song. Actually, 90% of a song will be chords and rhythm.

It didn’t take long for me to understand that I had to get into the rhythm part in order to be able to be part of a band. And then is when I realized that to become a great Lead Guitarist, I first needed to be a great Rhythm Guitarist. I cannot be a great Lead if I have no clue what is going on in the Rhythm session. And you know what? Once you get it right, it will be one of the most fun things to do.

In this video I’ll give you an example of a song I play at church, called Great Things, by Phil Wickham. There are some very cool parts, hooks and dynamics that can make your guitar playing very fun.

I was never very big in learning other guitarists solos. I can't ever remember sitting down and learning note-by-note of a solo. Rather, I learn the structure of the solo, how it starts, how it develops and how it ends. Learn also the key parts that make that solo amazing. But I never learn note-by-note.

But why is it so important for guitarists to learn other guitarists' solos?

More important than learning note-by-note of a solo, is to learn what is the thought behind it, the techniques and the main ideas that you can borrow to implemento on your own vocabulary. It is to make your guitar playing better that you learn other guitarists solos, and not for the sake of copying someone's music abilities.

In this video I’ll show you an example of a solo I learned (not note-by-note) and how I used to shape my own playing.

If you love guitar, you certainly love a beautiful memorable guitar solo. A solo that you can feel what the guitarist is expressing, a solo that inspires you, that touches and connects to the listener.

In this video I’ll break down both my techniques and my mindset when I write my solos. Learn the tools that make a great solo apply them to your soloing today! 

Learn how to make your guitar solos more musical, meaningful and how to connect to the music and the listener.

If you love guitar, you certainly love a beautiful memorable guitar solo. A solo that you can feel what the guitarist is expressing, a solo that inspires you, that touches and connects to the listener.

In this video I’ll break down both my techniques and my mindset when I write my solos. Learn the tools that make a great solo apply them to your soloing today!

Learn how to make your guitar solos more musical, meaningful and how to connect to the music and the listener.

“I feel stuck when soloing…”

“My solos are boring and always sound the same…”

“I feel like I always sound the same and and I see I’m playing the same licks over and over…”

Who never said those things before, right? We all have been there.

In this lesson I’ll teach you how with only five simple steps you can completely change the way you solo over the blues. It’s simple, it’s easy to grasp and to apply. I am 100% sure that you can still play with these ideas today!

Grab your guitar and have fun!

Double-Stops is one of the most expressive techniques on guitar. You can use it when soloing, improving, composing and even in your rhythm section.

In this lesson I will help you to start using this amazing technique that, in my opinion, is essential and a must have for every Rea Lead Guitarist.

Grab your guitar and learn this, so you can start using this technique right away.

Every good real lead guitarist has a few tricks up their sleeves. A few signature licks, a scale run, maybe a particular technique or even some very special group of notes that they use very strategically.

These tricks up the sleeves are usually to be used in between phrasing and to change the mood and give different dynamics in the solo.

In this lesson you’ll learn two specific notes I’ve been using for decades to completely change the mood of my phrasing. Not only have I been using it on my solos, but also to create variations and new musical ideas. The theory behind can be very sophisticated, the application of it, however, super simple and approachable. Completely change the mood of your solo. Unstuck your soloing over blues!

Grab your guitar and have fun!

Every good real lead guitarist has an arsenal of amazing licks. It’s part of their tool in the toolbox to have as many great guitar licks as possible. That way you will always have something to say when soloing.

Better than having great licks is learning how to use licks to create more musical ideas and that way compose a rich solo or improv session with coherence.

This lesson you’ll learn an amazing blues lick that I’ve been using for decades. Not only have I been using it on my solos, but also to create variations and new musical ideas.

Grab your guitar and have fun!

One of the main skills every real lead guitarist must master is the Picking Technique. And this video I will help you to master just that.

Many people think that Picking Technique is equal to speed. If you think like that, I’m sorry to say that speed is only one of the elements of a good right hand. Picking Technique has a lot to do with CONTROL!

In this video I will teach you a very good exercise that helped me so much. It helped hundreds of my students and it will now help you too!

What really are the skills someone needs to master in order to become a real lead guitarist?

A real lead guitarist is him who can play guitar in any genre, any key, can play rhythm, create layers of guitars, cut through the mix. And can also solo and improvise in any genre, tell a story when soloing, connect to the listener.

In this video you will learn the most effective way to layer guitar, create lead lines, create different textures and dynamics using a very simple concept of the Power Chords. You’ll connect the notes and shapes of chords, opening your options in an almost endless way.