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Scale The Summit: Chris Letchford Lesson – Atlas Novus

Heavy Metal Ninjas: Richie Allan Lesson – Istagey & Melodyk

Heavy Metal Ninjas: Richie Allan Lesson – Interstellar Abduction

Heavy Metal Ninjas: Richie Allan Lesson – Design

Francesco Artusato (Devil You Know) – Gear

The Haunted: Ola Englund Lesson – Eye Of The Storm (Solo)

Feared: Ola Englund Lesson – Mass Destruction (Solo)

Ola Englund Lesson – Downpicking

Jason Richardson – Thought: Main Theme Tabs

Don Lappin’s Tapping Technique & West Tide Lesson

The Safety Fire: Derya ‘Dez’ Nagle – The Ghosts That Wait For Spring & Glass Crush

The Safety Fire: Derya ‘Dez’ Nagle – Beware The Leopard (Jagwar)

Stepping Out: A Guide To Playing Outside (Part 2)

Artist Riff: Yossi Sassi of Orphaned Land Plays ‘Numbers World’

The Black Dahlia Murder: Ryan Knight – Emin7 Lick

The Black Dahlia Murder: Ryan Knight – ‘In Hell Is Where She Waits For Me’ Solo

The Black Dahlia Murder: Ryan Knight – A7 Lick

The Black Dahlia Murder: Ryan Knight – Tapping & String-Skipping

Jakub Żytecki – Living Mirrors: A Lesson In Songwriting & Arrangements

Opeth: Fredrik Åkesson Masterclass

Devin Townsend – Gear

The Faceless: Michael Keene Masterclass

Artist Lick: Jake Bowen of Periphery Plays ‘Luck As A Constant’ Solo

The Faceless: Wes Hauch Masterclass

Artist Riff: Mark Holcomb of Periphery Plays ‘Make Total Destroy’

Devin Townsend Masterclass

Stepping Out: A Guide To Playing Outside (Part 1)

Tony MacAlpine Masterclass

Artist Lick: Chris Letchford of Scale The Summit

Artist Lick: Travis LeVrier of Scale The Summit

Metal Foundations Lesson 3: Intermediate Riff Concepts

Arbitrary Chromatics: The Bonehead Easy Way To Get A Jazzy Sound

Auditioning For Lady Gaga

Rehearsal Tips From The Stars

Tapping In Harmony

Future Metal Shred

Extended Range Composition

Creative Tapping Sequences

Sweeping Harmony

Metal Foundations Lesson 2: Riff Concepts

Scale The Summit: Chris Letchford & Travis LeVrier Masterclass

Fusion Licks That Rock

20 Tips: How To Choose Your Next Record Producer

Veil Of Maya: Marc Okubo Masterclass (Part 2)

Veil Of Maya: Marc Okubo Masterclass (Part 1)

Putting Jazz In Metal With Ever Forthright

A Lesson On Tensions Part 2: Putting the Voicings Into Action

Metal Foundations Lesson 1: Rhythm Guitar Development

Pierre Bensusan Masterclass

Scar Symmetry: Per Nilsson Masterclass (Part 2)

Scar Symmetry: Per Nilsson Masterclass (Part 1)

Periphery / Haunted Shores: Mark Holcomb Masterclass (Part 2)

Periphery / Haunted Shores: Mark Holcomb Masterclass (Part 1)

Artist Riff: Alex Bois of Periphery Plays ‘Frak The Gods’

Buying Your First Guitar: Part 2

A Lesson On Tensions: Can You Paint With All the Colors of the Jazz Chord?

Buying Your First Guitar: Part 1

Basic Blues Substitutions

Ignition Part 1: Listening

5 Tech Tools to Maximize Your Practice

The Almighty ii-V: Part 2 (Minor)

Animals As Leaders: Tosin Abasi Masterclass (Part 2)

Artist Lick: Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders

Animals As Leaders: Tosin Abasi Masterclass (Part 1)

Jamming With Eric Krasno

Tour Survival 101

Altered Dimensions: The Altered Dominant Chord

Periphery: Misha Mansoor Masterclass (Part 2)

Periphery: Misha Mansoor Masterclass (Part 1)

Create Marketing Tools

Guitar Tone: Body Woods

Red Light District

Harmonic Overlapping

No 800 Numbers

The Almighty ii-V: Part 1 (Major)

Steve Morse Masterclass

Artist Lick: Steve Morse

Steve Morse Bonus: Gear Gallery

How To Make A Kick-Ass Video

Diminished Possibilities: Part 2

Artist Lick: Carl Verheyen

Dave Martone Masterclass

Social Networking vs. Business Networking

Scott Henderson’s “Stella by Infra-Red High Particle Neutron Beam” Solo

Using a Metronome Effectively Part 4: Being One With the Tick

Team Players

Opeth: Mikael Åkerfeldt Masterclass

Opeth: Bonus – Mikael Åkerfeldt’s Gear

2-1-2 Arpeggio Permutations

Artist Lick: Joel Stroetzel of Killswitch Engage

Putting It Together: Playing Bass Lines & Guide Tones Simultaneously

Using a Metronome Effectively Part 3: Clocking Your Speed

Killswitch Engage: Learn to Play ‘This Fire Burns’

Artist Lick: Adam D of Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage: Learn to Play ‘Holy Diver’

Messiaen – Canteyodjaya [1949]

Killswitch Engage: Metal Moo Cows, Foghorns, and Elephants

Diminished Possibilities: Part 1

Polyphonic Writing for Keyboard: Part 1

Down in the Basement: Constructing Bass Lines on Guitar

Advanced Tapping: Extended Arpeggios

Job For A Cowboy: Riffing Style

Artist Lick: Bobby Thompson of Job For A Cowboy

Artist Lick: Joe Stump

Allan Holdsworth’s “Day of the Dead” Solo

Using a Metronome Effectively Part 2: Things Start to Click

Using a Metronome Effectively Part 1: Nervous Tick?

The Octatonic Scale & Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky)

Artist Management

Minor Scale Harmony

Guide Tones: The Bare Essentials

Major Scale Harmony

Different Groupings & Finger Independence