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About Ivan Chopik

Ivan Chopik founded Guitar Messenger in the Fall of 2007 and is currently running the online magazine as Editor-in-Chief, webmaster, and writer. He is also a guitarist, composer, and audio engineer who graduated from Berklee College of Music in May 2012 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Guitar Performance, Music Business & Management, and Music Production/Engineering.

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Courses

Songwriting with Plini

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PROGRESSIVE PICKING with Stephen Taranto

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Scar Guitar

Per Nilsson's Guitar Instructional Course [PRE-ORDER: Release July 18]

THUMP! - Tosin Abasi's Guitar Instructional

Tosin Abasi's Guitar Instructional

The Madness of Javier Reyes

Javier Reyes of Animals as Leaders and Mestis breaks down some of his key techniques

Fingerpicking Foundations

With Javier Reyes of Animals As Leaders

The Madness of Tosin Abasi

With Tosin Abasi

Articles

Oz Noy Interview

The first time I heard about Oz Noy was when I saw an advertisement for his first record in a guitar magazine. The ad had...

Michael Keene Interview – The Faceless: Part 1

Michael Keene is the mastermind behind California’s progressive death metal band, The Faceless. They first broke onto the worldwide stage with the 2006 debut release...

John Wesley Interview (Porcupine Tree)

A multi-faceted guitarist, singer, and songwriter, John Wesley is best known for his work as touring guitarist and backing vocalist for British progressive rock luminaries...

Lessons

The Octatonic Scale & Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky)

I mentioned in the introduction to this column that it was my goal to talk about certain topics that rarely get mentioned on guitar related...

Altered Dimensions: The Altered Dominant Chord

The Altered Scale. Sound scary? Well it is. It’s a 20 story tall, fire-breathing beast with enough tension in it to break the entire universe...

2-1-2 Arpeggio Permutations

Welcome to my fourth column/lesson. This time I would like to talk about a component of guitar playing that has always fascinated me: arpeggio permutations/fragments....