The Rock House Method - Music Instruction Podcast: The Rock House Method is the most widely used and fastest growing musical instruction system in the world. The podcasts feature FREE electric, acoustic and bass guitar, keyboard, vocal and drum lessons from Rock House\’s catalog of DVDs and books, discussion with the industry\’s leading manufacturer\’s on topics ranging from string technology, amps, home recording, effects pedals, pickups and chats with innovative artist such Doug Wimbish, Leo Nocentelli, David Ellefson, Freekbass, Mark Rizzo, Rob Arnold and more. All Rock House instrucional products and Podcasts come with free lifetime membership to the lesson support site at www.RockHouseMethod.com. This fully interactive site helps aspiring musicians enhance their learning, expand their knowledge, link with instructors, and connect with a community of people around the world who are learning to play music using The Rock House Method (R). For your FREE membership. You will find a registration code at the end of each video and the beginning of each audio podcast.

Ground Work: Ascending and Descending G Major and Minor Scales

Posted October 7th, 2007 by Joe P.

In this lesson from Rock House’s New Dimensions in Bass featuring Doug Wimbish he demonstrates the ascending and descending G Major and Minor scales that he uses to prepare for gigs. Download the Video

Doug Wimbish’s career spans more that 25 years as an innovator of bass playing. he is the bass player in Living Colour. His other credits include Joe Satriani, Rolling Stones, Sugarhill Records, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Seal, Depeche Mode, Lauren Hill, Mos Def and many others.

If you like the lesson you’ll love the entire DVD. You can purchase here if  want to buy it!

Ben Cole of GHS Strings, Talks Guitar and Bass Strings

Posted October 6th, 2007 by Joe P.
 
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Joe P. of Rock House, the leader in music instruction chats with Ben Cole, Product Specialist at GHS Strings. Ben answers questions from the Rock House online community (www.RockHousMethod.com) on Acoustic, Electric and Bass guitar string technology, when to change strings, caring for your strings, choosing the right strings, and how strings effect the sound of the genre of music you play.

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Guitar Lead Patterns Using The Minor Pentatonic Scale

Posted October 10th, 2007 by Joe P.

Professor Jim’s Rock School featured on www.RockHouseMethod.com, this lesson teaches playing lead patterns in the root position minor pentatonic scale. A full description of the lesson is contained within the PDF. The PDF of the lesson is FREE and in easy to use tablature format. We have made 15 backing tracks available for download for $3.99, you can use them to practice this lesson.

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Rock House Interview with Leo Nocentelli of The Meters

Posted October 11th, 2007 by Joe P.
 
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Rock House interview with Leo Nocentelli, Learn more about the man who created syncopated funk when he wrote his signature song “Cissy Strut”, touring with the Rolling Stones, his Grammy for Lifetime achievement and his years as the songwriter and lead guitarist of the legendary New Orleans band The Meters.  Leo’s instructional DVD from Rock House titled Funk Using It and Fusing It is available here.

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Triplet Pattern Using G Major Scale in Thirds

Posted October 22nd, 2007 by Joe P.

In this lesson from Rock House’s New Dimensions in Bass featuring Doug Wimbish, he demonstrates a Triplet Pattern using G Major Scale in Thirds. Download the Video

Doug Wimbish’s career spans more that 25 years as an innovator of bass playing. he is the bass player in Living Colour. His other credits include Joe Satriani, Rolling Stones, Sugarhill Records, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Seal, Depeche Mode, Lauren Hill, Mos Def and many others.

If you like the lesson you’ll love the entire DVD. You can purchase here if want to buy it!

Metal Chords & Inversions w/Marc Rizzo

Posted October 30th, 2007 by Joe P.

In this lesson from Rock House’s Metal Guitar Intermediate featuring Marc Rizzo of Soulfly he demonstrates using Power 9, 4 and 5th chords and inversions. Download the Video

Marc Rizzo is known for his work with SOULFLY, is one of the new breed of young guitarists in contemporary bands who have stepped out with solo projects that reveal a phenomenal command of the guitar. His solo CDs “Colossal Myopia” and “The Ultimate Devotion” display the talents of this master musician with deep musical roots in metal, classical and flamenco guitar.

If you like the lesson you’ll love the entire DVD. You can purchase here if want to buy it!

Playing the Bass Like a Piano Player

Posted November 6th, 2007 by Joe P.

Professor Jim’s Rock School featured on www.RockHouseMethod.com, in this lesson we are going to tackle scale sequecning from a different perspective. The sequecning actaully comes from piano studies. A full description of the lesson is contained within the PDF. The PDF of the lesson is FREE and in easy to use tablature format. We have made backing tracks available for download for $2.99, you can use them to practice this lesson.

 DOWNLOAD PDF:If you don’t use ITUNES or RSS feeds you can download this lesson to your computer by putting your cursor over the link, right clicking and selecting “Save Target As” and save it to a folder on your computer. If you don’t already have it, you will need this FREE Adobe Reader to view the PDF

Marc Rizzo of Soulfly Discusses Guitar Techinque

Posted February 19th, 2008 by Joe P.
 
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Joe P. of Rock House chats with Marc Rizzo lead guitatist of Soulfy. Marc discusses what it takes to succeed at guitar playing, his gear, practice routines and his favoirte tricks and techniques. Marc has a pheonominal command of the guitar and is a master musician with deep musical roots in metal, classical and flamenco. Check out Marc’s with Soulfly Soulfly or his solo work on his CD The Ultimate Devotion or Kilocycle Over Drive.

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The Role of the Bass Player

Posted February 20th, 2008 by Joe P.


In this lesson from Rock House’s New Dimensions in Bass featuring Doug Wimbish, he discusses through example the role of the bass player. Download the Video

Doug Wimbish’s career spans more that 25 years as an innovator of bass playing. he is the bass player in Living Colour. His other credits include Joe Satriani, Rolling Stones, Sugarhill Records, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Seal, Depeche Mode, Lauren Hill, Mos Def and many others.

If you like the lesson you’ll love the entire DVD. You can purchase here if want to buy it!

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Rob Turner, President of EMG Talks Guitar Pickups

Posted February 28th, 2008 by Joe P.
 
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Rob Turner President of EMG and inventor of the active pickup visits with Joe P. and John McCarthy to talk about guitar and bass pickup technology, applications, how to choose the right pickup for your style, advice on buying and much more.

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