Hey there – David Taub here from Next Level Guitar.  Hope everyone is well and your guitar journeys are going famously so far in 2009! Just keep putting that guitar in your hands every day, even if it’s only for ten minutes.

Those ten-minute sessions throughout the day really add up. I strongly suggest leaving your guitar out on a stand and keep it near you in a room you are in most often. Worst thing you can do is pack your guitar in the case and stick it in the closet or under the bed. You want to have it near you and easy to grab and have it available to quickly bust out and play and practice when you have a spare five or ten minutes.

We all have those small pockets of downtime in our day when we are waiting or just hanging out. Waiting for ten minutes for our friends to come over, waiting for our clothes to dry in the dryer, or waiting for that pizza to heat up in the oven. So use those small pockets of downtime that would just be wasted away and grab your guitar and do a quick five or ten minute practice session. You will be amazed at how much those small sessions help. You don’t need to have an hour or two hour monster session scheduled to get your playing to the next level – try it!

Hey….. we have been getting a lot of emails regarding our last DVD release – the “Beginner Blues Rock Soloing” four DVD set. Many of you want to learn lead guitar but wrote that you are not that crazy about the blues and want to play a different genre – like pop, country, jazz, metal, or something else.

Well, based on your emails we decided to break out a one DVD product called “Soloing Techniques, Strength & Dexterity Building”. This two-hour DVD will launch you into the world of lead guitar no matter what genre of music you want to play.  Read and watch more about this new DVD here:

• http://www.nextlevelguitar.com/offers/solo/
  
  

The basic fundamentals for lead guitar are the same for all genres – you will need to be proficient at certain techniques like string bending, picking, string muting, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs, as well as have a strong and dexterous fret hand. Well this two-hour DVD covers all of the above and more and will get that fret hand strengthened through a systematic series of finger exercises, dexterity exercises, finger isolation movements, and strength builders.

Remember lead guitar is all about taking the notes and working them, doing interesting things with them that make musical sense. And the more strong and dexterous your fret hand is the more you can work with the notes - the more you can do with the notes equals more tone. So you really want to have as strong and dexterous a fret hand as possible as this DVD will get you there.

Now if you already purchased our Beginner Blues Rock Soloing 4 DVD set then this disk is not for you as most of the lessons on this DVD are already built into that set.  Watch the video preview for this DVD and read exactly what is on each lesson menu here:

• http://www.nextlevelguitar.com/offers/solo/

I think you will really like this DVD and it will get you started in the world of lead guitar in the fastest and most efficient manner.
Take care, rip it up...and...as always...ROCK ON!

David Taub