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.
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Book Review: A Study of the Many Shades of the Blues by Mickey Baker
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Book Review: Van Hemert System Volume 2 by Christiaan Van Hemert
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Book Review: Jazz Guitar Fretboard Visualization by Denis Chang
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Book Review: The Royal Road – The Japanese “Hit-Making” Chord Progression by Joshua Taipale
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Video Review: The Backward Picking Technique Vol 1 & 2 by Bradley J Green
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Book Review: The Wealthy Consultant Confessions of a 9-Figure Advisor By Taylor Welch
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Video Review: Rhythmic Phrasing Masterclass by Dani Rabin (JTC Guitar)
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Book Review: The Double-Symmetrical Augmented Scale for Jazz Improvisation by Xabier Oró
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Book Review: Outside Sounds and Substitutions for Modern Jazz Guitar by Kevin Miller
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Video Review: Playing the Blues and Playing the Changes By Randy Johnston
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Book Review: The Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker by Michael Brecker
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Book Review: Mastering the Dominant Pentatonic Sound over a Blues by Steve Neff
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Film Review: INSIDE SCOFIELD – a film about master musician John Scofield from Jörg Steineck
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Ulasan Video: Guitar Jamming Samad Lefthanded Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 oleh Samad Lefthanded
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Book Review: The George Benson Method Pocket Book Vol.2 – Minor II, V, I Ultimate Lines
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Book Review: How To Warm Up: 20 Practical Concepts for the Contemporary Guitarist by Ben Eunson
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Book Review: Ed Capuano’s Improvising Jazz Guitar by Ed Capuano
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Book Review: Aids to Technique and Guitar Interpretations by Johnny Smith
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Book Review: Jazz Guitar Fretboard Navigation: From Bach to Bebop by Mark White
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Book Review: Style & Craft – The Alchemy of Unique Style by Howard M. Roberts and Garry Hagberg
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Book Review: Guitar Hanon – 50 Essential Exercises by Peter Denoff
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Book Review: Monster Picking Technique Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 by Shane Theriot
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Book Review: Fretboard Essentials Book 3: Comping Studies (Applied Voicings) by Bill Farrish
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Book Review: Jazz Guitar CD & Guide w/NEW Diagrammed Standards/Jazz Chords by Carol Kaye
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Book Review: Gateway to Guitar Improvisation by Tony DeCaprio
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Course Review: The Definitive Gambale Sweep Picking Course by Frank Gambale
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Book Review: The Serious Jazz Practice Book by Barry Finnerty
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Book Review: Arpeggio Handbook for Blues Guitar by Corey Congilio
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Course Review: Alternate Picking Mastery by Polychuck Academy
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Membership Site Review: Bill Farrish Guitar School by Bill Farrish
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Review Buku: Formula Influencer Marketing dari DJ Fuzz & Amiera Syuhada
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Book Review: My Story of Heart Disease and Music by Barry Greene
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Book Review: A Technique for Producing Ideas by James Webb Young
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Book Review: 30 Exercises on Static Harmony by Cecil Alexander
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Book Review: 180 Original Jazz Compositions & 180 Guitar Solos Transcribed by Shawn Purcell
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Book Review: The 22 Laws of Digital Writing by Dickie Bush and Nicolas Cole
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Book Review: Melodic Improvising for Guitar by Bruce Saunders
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Video Review: Coltrane Changes Strategies – Part 1 By Randy Johnston
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Book Review: Warren Nunes Jazz Guitar Series: The Blues by Warren Nunes & Jerry Snyder
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Book Review: 5 Etudes For Guitar Improvisation by Ben Eunson
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms (Arpeggios ala Matini) Vol. 2 by Hristo Vitchev
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms (Arpeggios ala Matini) by Hristo Vitchev
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Video Review: Environments for Jazz Guitar by Christopher Woitach
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Book Review: Developing Sight Reading Skills in the Jazz Idiom by John LaPorta
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms – Wild Triad Quilts by Hristo Vitchev
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Book & Video Review: Diatonic Methenyisms Volume 1 by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: Intervallic Designs for Jazz Guitar by Joe Diorio
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms (Pentatonics Uncompromised) by Hristo Vitchev
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms (Imaginary Triads) by Hristo Vitchev
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms ii-V7-I Application by Hristo Vitchev
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Book & Video Review: Chromatic Methenyisms by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: The Master Arpeggios Book Vol. 1 For Guitar by Chase Maddox
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Video Review: Body and Soul – Self-Comping and Soloing With Chords by Mason Razavi
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Book Review: The Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary by Tim Lerch
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Book Review: Melodic Shapes for the Modern Improvisor by Tim Lin & Alex Murzyn
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Book Review: Bach Shapes II: Studies in Bach by Jon De Lucia
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Video Review: Rhythm Changes Strategies Part III by Randy Johnston
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Video Review: Fretboard Harmony: Breaking Out of The ‘Box’ by Ben Sher
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Video Review: Rhythm Changes Strategies Part II by Randy Johnston
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Video Review: Rhythm Changes Strategies Part I by Randy Johnston
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Video Review: Developing a Personal Approach to Chords 2 – 5 – 1 by Dan Arcamone
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Book Review: Shell Chords: Essential Shapes for Jazz Guitar Accompaniment by Adam Levy
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Book Review: Guitar Mastery: Beginner Guitar Line Reading by Jeff Berlin
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Review Buku: Instagram Marketing Calendar 2022 dari Huzeifa Studio
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Book Review: Tim Miller 2-1-2 Arpeggio Technique Volume 1 by Tim Miller
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Video Review: What Makes a Strong Solo? Part 1: Melodic Clarity by Juan Dhas
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Mini-Lesson Review: 5 Improvised Lines Over Major Chords by Ben Eunson
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Book Review: Six Essential Fingerings for the Jazz Guitarist by Jimmy Bruno
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Book Review: The Working Musician’s Handbook by Nicholas Veinoglou
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Sheet Music Review: The Wind Cries Mary [Chord Kit] by Jan Jakut
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The Self Help Book: 6 Practical Ways to Never Stop Growing by Jared Graybeal
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Book Review: Add9 Triad Workout (major / melodic minor) by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: 10 Tonal Exercises: Volume 2 Melodic by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: 10 Tonal Exercises: Volume 1 Harmonic by Hristo Vitchev
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Course Review: How To Practice Bundle: Volumes 1, 2 & 3 By Ben Eunson
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Book Review: Modern Linear Vocabulary for Guitar: Vol. 3 by Isaac Negrene
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Book Review: The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar by Adam Rafferty
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Book Review: Offset Quartal Voicings for Guitar by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: 10 Pentatonic Voicings ii-V7alt-I Voice Leading Studies by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: Melodic Symmetry Part 1: The Dominant Chord by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: Modern Linear Vocabulary for Guitar: Vol. 2 by Isaac Negrene
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Book Review: Influence and Persuasion by Harvard Business Review
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Book Review: 8 Chordal Etudes for Jazz Guitar by Hristo Vitchev
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Musical Exercises Review: Assorted Licks & Minor II-V Lines by Cecil Alexander
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Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 6 by Nick Johnston
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Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 5 by Nick Johnston
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Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 4 by Nick Johnston
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Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 3 by Nick Johnston
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Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 2 by Nick Johnston
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Transcription Set Review: Atomic Improv Vol. 1 by Nick Johnston
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Book Review: The Techniques of Guitar Playing by Seth F. Josel and Ming Tsao
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Book Review: Confessions of a Persuasion Hitman by Ian Stanley
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Book Review: 8 Contrapuntal Etudes for Jazz Guitar by Hristo Vitchev
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Book Review: eSCAPE: The 4 Stages of Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur by Anik Singal
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Book Review: Uncommon Mentality — How to think like no one else By Chance Lunceford
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Video Review: Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Techniques by Chris Ochoa
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Book Review: An Improviser’s OS (2nd Edition) by Wayne Krantz
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Book Review: Music Marketing & Promotions Guide by Chris Greenwood
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Book Review: The Financially Independent Millennial by Rick Orford
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Book Review: Advanced Arpeggio Soloing For Guitar by Chris Brooks
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Book Review: The Next Step – Creative Concepts for the Improvising Guitarist by Shane Theriot
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Book Review: Concepts for Solo Guitar Performance – 2nd Edition by Jan Jakut
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Book Review: The Neo-Soul Guitar Book by Simon Pratt, Kristof Neyens and Mark Lettieri
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Book Review: How To Develop Virtuoso Single Line Technique For Jazz Guitar by Adam Rafferty
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Book Review: Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andres Segovia
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Book Review: Steal My Licks By Armov (Armen-Gurgen Movsesyan)
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Book Review: Modern Linear Vocabulary For Guitar Vol. 1 by Isaac Negrene
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Book Review: The Motivic Basis for Jazz Guitar Improvisation by Steve Rochinski
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Book Review: Sweep Picking Speed Strategies For Guitar by Chris Brooks
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Book Review: Exercises & Etudes – An advanced method for the fingerstyle guitarist by Itamar Erez
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Book Review: 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives by Mark McGuinness
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Book Review: Daniel Donato – The New Master Of The Telecaster: Pathways To Dynamic Solos
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Course Review: Understanding & Applying the Chromatic Scale by Frank Vignola
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Book Review: Movable Shapes – Concepts for Reharmonizing ii-V-I’s by Sheryl Bailey
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Video Review: Essential Percussive Guitar Riffs with Jon Gomm
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Video Review: 8 Sets of Jazz Blues Changes by Randy Johnston
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Book Review: The Thesaurus of Scale Tone Chords by Alex Rogowski
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Video Review: Bebop Flow – Connecting Harmonic Concepts with the Family of 4 by Sheryl Bailey
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Book Review: Improvising Without Scales – The Intervallic Guitar System of Carl Verheyen
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Video Review: Dave Hill – Motif Development (Jazz Guitar Society)
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Book Review: A Guide to Developing a Chromatic Approach to Improvisation by Tony Greaves
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[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? 🙂