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Sweetness and Light by Lush

24th April 2021 by Adrian Woodward

A detailed look at how to play one of my favourite songs from the shoegaze era. I breakdown all the main guitar parts and give you my tone tips towards the end of the video.

Tab and Backing Track

A detailed and accurate tab can be found on my Patreon page, along with my own backing track.

Filed Under: Improver Tagged With: Alternative, Indie, Shoegaze

Girl Afraid by The Smiths

10th April 2021 by Adrian Woodward

Time for another Smiths lesson, kids. Someone in the YouTube comments described this as the Mount Everest of Johnny Marr guitar parts which I think is about right. Certainly very challenging, but very satisfying to play once you get the hang of it.

Tab and Backing Track

A detailed and accurate tab can be found on my Patreon page (pay what you like). You’ll also be able to download my backing track and play along.

Filed Under: Advanced Tagged With: Alternative, Indie, Pop

She Bangs The Drums by The Stone Roses

3rd April 2021 by Adrian Woodward

In this lesson I’m taking a detailed look at the Stone Roses classic.

Filed Under: Intermediate Tagged With: Alternative, Indie

I’m Bored by Iggy pop

3rd April 2021 by Adrian Woodward

I’ve looked at quite a few Stooges tracks previously on this site, but here I have a classic track from Iggy’s 3rd solo record New Values. It’s a fantastic song with some great riffs and soloing from Scott Thurston.

As usual, tab and backing track can be found on my Patreon page.

Filed Under: Improver Tagged With: Alternative, Punk, Rock

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

20th February 2021 by Adrian Woodward

In this video I’m taking a look a the Orange Juice Classic.

Recording Info

Here’s some fantastic info on the recording of this track from producer Martin Hayles who recently left this great comment on YouTube. The mystery of the lead guitar phaser sound is solved. Also a brilliant water droplet sound trick –

Highlighted commentMARTIN HAYLES1 day agoVery Nice Lesson and yes Malcolm main guitar part was played using a mutron Bi-Phase pedal. I call it a pedal, but it was more like a small arp synth with patch cards that were placed on top of the controls to get preset sounds. It only has a mono output so the main signal was panned Left and a 1/16 delay of that sound was panned Right. The bass sound was indeed a Roland TB 303. The water droplet noises were created with Edwyn tapping his jackplug into his amp on a metal doorstop on the studio floor which was then flanged. Edwyns amp was a Fender Twin with reverb on. The drums on the track are actual drum loops created from Zeke playing for a couple of hours then cut up on a multitrack to create the song. If you want any more info let me know. Martin Hayles (Producer)

Filed Under: Improver, Intermediate Tagged With: Alternative, Indie, Pop

Arabian Knights by Siouxsie & The Banshees

11th December 2020 by Adrian Woodward

Music/Tab

Detailed and accurate tabs can be found on my Patreon page.

Filed Under: Intermediate Tagged With: Alternative, Goth, Indie, John Mcgeoch

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