Michael Lee Firkins – Mastering Lead Guitar Hot Licks DVD HOT506
Michael Lee Firkins is without a doubt, one of the most exciting guitarists of his generation. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, his hook laden music fuses bluegrass, country, blues and jazz elements into a style that is all his own.
Michael’s first album sold more than 100,000 copies when first released, landing him the “Best New Talent” award by the readers of Guitar Player magazine. At the same time, Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine hailed him as “One of the Most Influential Players of the Next Ten Years” Michael Lee Firkins has also won the Netherland’s Edison Award, which is the equivalent of a Grammy.
Most recently, Michael has completed the Freeway Jam – A Salute to Jeff Beck across Europe with Stu Hamm and Chad Wackerman.
Originally recorded for VHS and now remastered for DVD, Michael Lee Firkins – Mastering Lead Guitar is a fantastic opportunity to get inside the playing style of one of the most gifted guitarists on the planet.
Michael Lee Firkins is your own private tutor and on this DVD he gives you a thorough and well-rounded lesson on his style including:
• dealing with scales and routines
• whammy bar effects for unique slide and pedal steel sounds
• overdubbing lead harmonies and solos over a rhythm part
• blues leads
• tapping effects
• real tapping for lightning fast runs
• fingerpicking for both lead and rhythm
• Jimmy Page styles
• Joe Walsh styles
• special harmonica and banjo effects
• open-string tapping styles
• advanced sweeping and arpeggio techniques and exercises
These lessons offer you a rare opportunity to get in on some red-hot info from a truly unique and talented artist. You’ll never miss a note!
All of the exercises are transcribed in the accompanying booklet, corresponding to easy to follow example numbers on the screen. All right and left hand techniques are shown close-up, with special split-screen effects, so you can closely observe and absorb all the subtleties that Michael Lee Firkins is known for.
Michael’s combination of rootsy sound and influence coupled with truly modern, inventive technique, phrasing and stellar tone, has made him a standout among his peers and earned a loyal and fervent international legion of fans.
• Publisher: Hot Licks
• Artist: Michael Lee Firkins
• Teacher: Michael Lee Firkins
• Genre: Rock
• Instrument: Guitar
• Media: DVD
• Language: English
• Skill Level: Intermediate +
• Arrangement: Guitar
• SKU: HOT506
• UPC: 752187442301
