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Book, Video & Course Reviews

Are you interested in geeky music books, videos and courses? Here are my thoughts on some of them! 🙂

Yes, you will also see some business, marketing & even a poetry book reviewed here. I’m curious about a lot of different things. But yeah, mostly it’s music, jazz & fingerstyle guitar stuff.

Review #128

Sheet Music Review: The Wind Cries Mary [Chord Kit] by Jan Jakut

Review #127

You Are Not Them! by Sid Mohasseb

Review #126

The Self Help Book: 6 Practical Ways to Never Stop Growing by Jared Graybeal

Review #125

Book Review: Four Patterns of Healthy People by Matt Norman

Review #124

Book Review: F.U. Money by Dan Lok

Review #123

Book Review: The Happy Leader by Shawn Sukhraj Johal

Review #122

Book Review: Add9 Triad Workout (major / melodic minor) by Hristo Vitchev

Review #121

Book Review: 10 Tonal Exercises: Volume 2 Melodic by Hristo Vitchev

Review #120

Book Review: 10 Tonal Exercises: Volume 1 Harmonic by Hristo Vitchev

Review #119

Book Review: The Concept of Anxiety by Søren Kierkegaard

Review #118

Course Review: How To Practice Bundle: Volumes 1, 2 & 3 By Ben Eunson

Review #117

Book Review: Modern Linear Vocabulary for Guitar: Vol. 3 by Isaac Negrene

Review #116

Book Review: Bill Frisell Transcriptions by Jan Jakut

Review #115

Book Review: The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar by Adam Rafferty

Review #114

Book Review: Investpreneur by Kristin Cripps

Review #113

Book Review: Offset Quartal Voicings for Guitar by Hristo Vitchev

Review #112

Book Review: Short Harmonic Etude (Peace) by Hristo Vitchev

Review #111

Book Review: Pentatonic Voicings by Hristo Vitchev

Review #110

Book Review: Short Harmonic Etude (Misty) by Hristo Vitchev

Review #109

Book Review: 10 Pentatonic Voicings ii-V7alt-I Voice Leading Studies by Hristo Vitchev

Review #108

Book Review: 10 Tonal Exercises: Volume 3 Pentatatonics by Hristo Vitchev

Review #107

Book Review: Melodic Symmetry Part 1: The Dominant Chord by Hristo Vitchev

Review #106

Book Review: Modern Linear Vocabulary for Guitar: Vol. 2 by Isaac Negrene

Review #105

Musical Exercises Review: Pentatonic Licks (Static Harmony) & Pentatonic Licks (II-V-I) by Cecil Alexander

Review #104

Book Review: The Silent Salesman by Anik Singal

Review #103

Book Review: One Million Followers by Brendan Kane

Review #102

Book Review: Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller

Review #101

Book Review: Influence and Persuasion by Harvard Business Review

Review #100

Book Review: Composing and Compositions by Leni Stern

Review #99

Book Review: 8 Chordal Etudes for Jazz Guitar by Hristo Vitchev

Review #98

Musical Exercises Review: Assorted Licks & Minor II-V Lines by Cecil Alexander

Review #97

Course Review: 6 Hot Licks by Robin Nolan

Review #96

Book Review: Modal Etudes by Noel Johnston

Review #95

Membership Site Review: Homework by Nick Johnston

Review #94

Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 6 by Nick Johnston

Review #93

Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 5 by Nick Johnston

Review #92

Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 4 by Nick Johnston

Review #91

Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 3 by Nick Johnston

Review #90

Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 2 by Nick Johnston

Review #89

Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 1 by Nick Johnston

Review #88

Course Review: Sweep Picking Sorcery by Nick Layton

Review #87

Book Review: The Techniques of Guitar Playing by Seth F. Josel and Ming Tsao

Review #86

Book Review: Confessions of a Persuasion Hitman by Ian Stanley

Review #85

Video Review: Modern Chordal Playing Vol.1 by Jack Gardiner

Review #84

Book Review: 8 Contrapuntal Etudes for Jazz Guitar by Hristo Vitchev

Review #83

Video Review: The Triads Mindset by Doug Seven

Review #82

Video Review: Joe Pass Solo Guitar Style by Barry Greene

Review #81

Book Review: eSCAPE: The 4 Stages of Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur by Anik Singal

Review #80

Product Review: The NevBox by Neville Medhora

Review #79

Book Review: Uncommon Mentality — How to think like no one else By Chance Lunceford

Review #78

Book Review: The Millionaire Booklet by Grant Cardone

Review #77

Book Review: Wannabe Sasau by Jack Malik

Review #75

Video Review: Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Techniques by Chris Ochoa

Review #74

Book Review: An Improviser’s OS (2nd Edition) by Wayne Krantz

Review #73

Book Review: How I Make A Living Blogging by Cheesie

Review #72

Book Review: Next Level Selling by Tom Fedro

Review #71

Book Review: Music Marketing & Promotions Guide by Chris Greenwood

Review #70

Book Review: A Work in Progress by Chick Corea

Review #69

Book Review: Write Your Ebook In 7 Days By Jose Rosado

Review #68

Course Review: Approach Notes Course by Bruce Arnold

Review #67

Video Review: The Bryan Baker Interview

Review #66

Course Review: How to Find Your Voice by Isaiah Sharkey

Review #65

Book Review: An Improviser’s OS by Wayne Krantz

Review #64

Course Review: 51 Galactic Jazz Licks by Daniel Weiss

Review #63

Book Review: The Financially Independent Millennial by Rick Orford

Review #62

Book Review: Fresh Music by Jon Damian

Review #61

Book Review: Disruptive Leadership by Chris Catranis

Review #60

Book Review: Shredding Guitar Workout by German Schauss

Review #59

Book Review: (Jazz) Guitar 101 by Jan Jakut

Review #58

Book Review: Zero to Record Breaker by Carl Hitchborn

Review #57

Book Review: Neo Soul Guitar 101 – 2nd Edition by Jan Jakut

Review #56

Book Review: Putting Chords In Their Place by Wayne Riker

Review #55

Book Review: Jazz Improvisation by Garrison Fewell

Review #54

Book Review: Advanced Arpeggio Soloing For Guitar by Chris Brooks

Review #53

Book Review: The Next Step – Creative Concepts for the Improvising Guitarist by Shane Theriot

Review #52

Course Review: Fretboard Freedom Fighter by Les Wise

Review #51

Book Review: Concepts for Solo Guitar Performance – 2nd Edition by Jan Jakut

Review #50

Book Review: The Neo-Soul Guitar Book by Simon Pratt, Kristof Neyens and Mark Lettieri

Review #49

Book Review: Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts by Jens Larsen

Review #48

Book Review: How To Develop Virtuoso Single Line Technique For Jazz Guitar by Adam Rafferty

Review #47

Book Review: Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andres Segovia

Review #46

Book Review: The Art of Virtuosity by Philip Hii

Review #45

Book Review: 50 Modern Jazz Guitar Phrases by Ben Eunson

Review #44

Book Review: Steal My Licks By Armen-Gurgen Movsesyan

Review #43

Book Review: Modern Linear Vocabulary For Guitar Vol. 1 by Isaac Negrene

Review #42

Book Review: How To Be Everything by Emlie Wapnick

Review #41

Book Review: Wise Guy by Guy Kawasaki

Review #40

Book Review: Developmental Arpeggios by Ken Taft

Review #39

Course Review: How to Shred (Tastefully) by TJ Whitelaw

Review #38

Book Review: Giant Steps For Guitar by Wolf Marshall

Review #37

Membership Site Review: PickUp Music

Review #36

Book Review: The Motivic Basis for Jazz Guitar Improvisation by Steve Rochinski

Review #35

Book Review: Ultimate Shred Machine by Chris Zoupa

Review #34

Book Review: Country Guitar Soloing Techniques by Levi Clay

Review #33

Book Review: Sweep Picking Speed Strategies For Guitar by Chris Brooks

Review #32

Book Review: Exercises & Etudes – An advanced method for the fingerstyle guitarist by Itamar Erez

Review #31

Video Review: Badass Inside Picking by Ben Higgins

Review #30

Book Review: Leveraged Learning by Danny Iny

Review #29

Video Review: Triste Masterclass by Randy Johnston

Review #28

Book Review: 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives by Mark McGuinness

Review #27

Video Review: Simplifying Jazz Guitar by Randy Johnston

Review #26

Book Review: Triad Pairs – The First Step by Tony Greaves

Review #25

Book Review: Four Etudes for the Right Hand by Gyan Riley

Review #24

Book Review: Beyond Chord Melody by Martin Taylor MBE

Review #23

Book Review: Daniel Donato – The New Master Of The Telecaster: Pathways To Dynamic Solos

Review #22

Course Review: Understanding & Applying the Chromatic Scale by Frank Vignola

Review #21

Book Review: Movable Shapes – Concepts for Reharmonizing ii-V-I’s by Sheryl Bailey

Review #20

Video Review: Accompanying A Vocalist by David Cook

Review #19

Book Review: Developing Bebop Lines by Jeff Ellwood

Review #18

Book Review: The Acoustic Jazz Guitarist by Sean McGowan

Review #17

Video Review: Essential Percussive Guitar Riffs with Jon Gomm

Review #16

Video Review: Minor Line Concepts by Jay Umble

Review #15

Video Review: 8 Sets of Jazz Blues Changes by Randy Johnston

Review #14

Book Review: The Thesaurus of Scale Tone Chords by Alex Rogowski

Review #13

Video Review: Bebop Flow – Connecting Harmonic Concepts with the Family of 4 by Sheryl Bailey

Review #12

Book Review: Improvising Without Scales – The Intervallic Guitar System of Carl Verheyen

Review #11

Course Review: Liquid Fire Legato by Nick Layton

Review #10

Video Review: Dave Hill – Motif Development (Jazz Guitar Society)

Review #09

Book Review: A Guide to Developing a Chromatic Approach to Improvisation by Tony Greaves

Review #08

Course Review: Fundamentals of Picking by Fretboard Anatomy

Review #07

Book Review: Principles of Music by Bryan Baker

Review #06

Book Review: The Tao of Badass Guitar by Ben Higgins

Review #05

Book Review: Bach Scales by Jon De Lucia

Review #04

Book Review: Extended Scale Playing for Guitar by Joe Puma

Review #03

Book Review: Between the Voicings by Hristo Vitchev

Review #02

Book Review: Voicing Modes – A Chord Voicing Approach to Hearing and Practicing Modes by Noel Johnston

Review #01

Book Review: The Outside Sounds and Substitutions of Modern Saxophonists for Jazz Guitar by Kevin Miller

[Submissions for Review Consideration]

  • Are you an author who wrote a jazz, guitar or music book?
  • Have you created a DVD or an online video course or subscription based website?
  • Would you like me to review your book/course?

Please send me a message at azsamad2 at gmail.com with:

For courses: a link to the course/video/product + access info etc.
For books: a link to the book (Dropbox) or PDF attachment (if it’s small) for review consideration.

Depending on whether I dig the book/course, I’ll let you know if I do plan to review it!

I cannot guarantee a review for every submission & if I’m not too into it, I may opt not to review it. I mean, it’s better to get a good review that for me to write a bad review just because it’s not a match for the kind of stuff I dig right? :p

NOTE: All reviews reflect my honest personal opinion so be aware that I will point out both cool Pros and Cons that I see in the work. You dig? 🙂

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