Review your favorite Educational Videos/DVDs

[Yossi]

If you have a favorite teaching DVD or video, please post your comments and give it a review. This would be very helpful for those who learn via this method.

[jzucker]

I started a very similar thread about 6 months ago and we came up with a great list. I tried searching for it and couldn't find it. Maybe it wasn't archived which would be a shame. Maybe the moderators could find it?

[BFC]

Jimmy Bruno's No Nonsense Jazz Guitar is my personal favorite.

[Tom Gross]

Emily Remler's Advanced Jazz & Latin is one of my favorites. She's got a great approach, and just watching her play is magical.

[BFC]

The percussionist from my old band toured with Emily Remler at one point in his career. He had lots of great stories about her. Those stories actually got me interested in watching her instructional videos. Truly unique and talented individual.

[sirN]

Has anybody checked out the Steve Morse dvd? I wonder if it's as good as it looks.

A couple that I like are Frank Gambale's Chopbuilder and Modes-No more mystery. Frank seems to be a good teacher. Some that I would stay away from are- Yngwie Malmsteen (Nothing to learn in my opinion) & Al McKay (just some funk licks, not worth the price).

Another good one was REH's Guitar Shop which is full of info regarding maintianing your guitar as well as setting it up.

If I pay $ 49, I don't want just some lame licks, I want them to teach me something.

[BFC]

Originally posted by sirN
If I pay $ 49, I don't want just some lame licks, I want them to teach me something.

I probably should have mentioned that the reason the Jimmy Bruno video is my favorite is because out of the dozens of videos I have, his is the most informative, educational, organized, and he is without a doubt the best actual teacher I have seen in this format. I wanted to be able to take personal lessons from Jimmy Bruno so bad after watching it. Probably not gonna happen though unless I could somehow manage to fly out his way and talk him into a one time long lesson session.

[jordanL]

I've seen a lot of videos (hot licks used to sell them real cheap at the LI guitar show)

Some of My favorites:

Jimmy Bruno
Emily Remler
Brian Setzer
Warren Haynes(ist video, 2nd was lame)
Lee Roy Parnell
Most of Arlens videos were good.
Greg Martin

Unfortunatley I don't think Hotlicks exists anymore.

Other companies
Jorma Kaukonen
Jim Weider

[sirN]

I'm gonna check out that Jimmy Bruno video. Thanks.

[Lucidology]

Originally Posted by sirN
A couple that I like are Frank Gambale's Chopbuilder and Modes-No more mystery...
Some that I would stay away from are- Yngwie Malmsteen (Nothing to learn in my opinion)
& Al McKay (just some funk licks, not worth the price).



("Just some funk licks, not worth the price."):crazyguy

Just can't believe someone would say something to you as lame as that about the Al McKay video...
what Al has to teach is simply priceless ...

Those almost qualify as 'fighting words' to this funky pacifist :BOUNCE

http://forum.thestompbox.net/images/smilies/a---bounce.gifGot to calm down.. just calm down http://forum.thestompbox.net/images/smilies/a---bounce.gif whoa Nelly ...

[Super Locrian]

There's a DVD that combines two instructional videos with Steve Morse ("The Essential Steve Morse" + "The Complete Styles of Steve Morse"). The DVD is called "The Definitive Steve Morse" and is quite good. For intermediate players.

John McLaughlin's "This is the Way I do it" deals mainly with scales (in an improvisation context). I would have liked to see a chapter or two of it devoted to chords. A bit pricey, but good. For intermediate to advanced players.

Prasanna's "Ragamorphism" DVD is a must if you're interested in ethnic/world music and would like to incorporate a little of that Eastern flavour in your player. Prasanna masters the Western improvisation styles equally good as the Carnatic idiom, and fuses the two in an impressive manner.

[dverna]

Tomo Fujita -- Accelerate Your Guitar Playing

[GovernorSilver]

Prasanna's "Ragamorphism" DVD is a must if you're interested in ethnic/world music and would like to incorporate a little of that Eastern flavour in your player. Prasanna masters the Western improvisation styles equally good as the Carnatic idiom, and fuses the two in an impressive manner.

Wow, this looks interesting!

[jawjatek]

You can rent most of the hotlicks series, as well as a bunch of others, from Netflix. I use DVDshrink to rip the ones I need for longer than a few days. Currently working thru Warren's first. I just finished Arlen's "Playing in a 3-piece Band" and learned some new tricks off that one. I've become quite interested in theory and started learning to read music after being confused by an advanced video or two. Wish they had these videos back in the 70's when I was a kid learning to play - you young guys have it made! ;)

[movingpictures]

I really like the first Eric Johnson/hot licks video, and the John Petrucci Rock Discipline dvd. Both are very educational.

[dorfmeister]

Prasanna's "Ragamorphism" DVD is a must if you're interested in ethnic/world music and would like to incorporate a little of that Eastern flavour in your player. Prasanna masters the Western improvisation styles equally good as the Carnatic idiom, and fuses the two in an impressive manner.

I've been curious about this one. Does it include tab or just standard notation?

[Super Locrian]

I've been curious about this one. Does it include tab or just standard notation?

Standard notation only, but you could pick most of it by ear from the video. If you're interested, PM me with your e-mail address, and I'll see if I can find the time to create some PowerTabs of the scales and examples for you.

[rich2k4]

i like marty friedman's melodic control

and all of the paul gilbert instruction videos are good.

the robben ford ones are good as well.

george benson one is good.

[flatus]

I.... I wanted to be able to take personal lessons from Jimmy Bruno so bad after watching it. Probably not gonna happen though unless I could somehow manage to fly out his way and talk him into a one time long lesson session.


Hey, Bruno gives lessons over the internet:
http://www.jimmybrunoguitarinstitute.com/

[paul p]

Hey, Bruno gives lessons over the internet:
http://www.jimmybrunoguitarinstitute.com/

Are they worthwhile?

[Shades]

I like the first of the 3 part Rittor Jim Hall videos quite a bit
Guitar Artistry of Bill Frisell-Melodic emphasis, counterpoint concepts, phrasing ideas, tweaks to standard thinking.
John Abercrombie's Homespun- the breakdown to improvising in basic walking lines beginning in half note increments. great guide to building in the moment lines
Jim Nichols -Fingerstyle Jazz-a wealth of info from basic through advanced, breakdown of ii v and tritone sub soloing concepts, walking bass, counterpoint bass examples
Ray Gomez on starlicks- Adding color tone elements to rock settings, practice habits, monster playing, funk slap guitar ideas
John Stowell-Jazz Guitar Mastery- breakdown of chord, arpeggio, melodic minor sub material, totally unique player, chord approach
AYGP-Tomo-hammering practice elements, isolating elements , you never get past working on this type of stuff imo


All of the above I just like for the way they break things down in ways that make sense to me.

[Mike T]

Scott Henderson - Jazz Rock Mastery & jazz Fusion Improvisation

[GovernorSilver]

Come on guys, the title says "Review". :Devil

Don't just list your fave vids/DVDs - review them!:RoCkIn

[Mike T]

Come on guys, the title says "Review". :Devil

Don't just list your fave vids/DVDs - review them!:RoCkIn
OK but it has been years and I loaned them to a friend so i can't refer back. I just called him because I want them back. All I can say is that there is a tremendous amount of information regarding chord/scale relationships. I remember years ago I wrote out a chart reflecting some of the the stuff Scott Henderson goes over. The one that sticks out in my mind is a major scale a step above a major chord. That b9 sound, in context, on a major is so devistatingly hip to me.... If you can get with that, you'll like it....

[Shades]

Come on guys, the title says "Review". :Devil

Don't just list your fave vids/DVDs - review them!:RoCkInmore info added in edit

[GovernorSilver]

Thanks, guys!

Here's my contribution:

Brett Garsed - Rock Guitar Improvisation

Cool ideas for freedom of movement all over the neck (or how not to get trapped in "boxes"), intervallic practice ideas, nice introduction to hybrid picking with plenty of sample licks, glissando for playing Holdsworthian legato phrases with small hands (much better than straining for those big reaches), intro to his personal slide style (which uses his intervallic ideas).

Henry Kaiser - Eclectic Electric

Not really a conventional instructional video, but more of an overview of ideas for using effects, world music influences, extended techniques (including a sampling of Derek Bailey style playing), etc. to spice up one's approach to guitar. It's unusually long, due to the breadth of info Kaiser attempts to cover, with quite a bit of performance footage. I had a mentor in university who wanted to open my music world - he steered me towards Kaiser as part of that effort. More info on that vid here: http://www.henrykaiser.net/video.html

[Tomo]

I like the first of the 3 part Rittor Jim Hall videos quite a bit
Guitar Artistry of Bill Frisell-Melodic emphasis, counterpoint concepts, phrasing ideas, tweaks to standard thinking.
John Abercrombie's Homespun- the breakdown to improvising in basic walking lines beginning in half note increments. great guide to building in the moment lines
Jim Nichols -Fingerstyle Jazz-a wealth of info from basic through advanced, breakdown of ii v and tritone sub soloing concepts, walking bass, counterpoint bass examples
Ray Gomez on starlicks- Adding color tone elements to rock settings, practice habits, monster playing, funk slap guitar ideas
John Stowell-Jazz Guitar Mastery- breakdown of chord, arpeggio, melodic minor sub material, totally unique player, chord approach
AYGP-Tomo-hammering practice elements, isolating elements , you never get past working on this type of stuff imo


All of the above I just like for the way they break things down in ways that make sense to me.

Glad you liked Jim Hall's videos. I have those too. Sam Kawa produced those. Sam produced Bill Frisell, Al MaCay.. JB drummer... Thanks for mentioning my AYGP1. I will send you my TMC dvd and other goodies.

Tomo

[Shades]

Glad you liked Jim Hall's videos. I have those too. Sam Kawa produced those. Sam produced Bill Frisell, Al MaCay.. JB drummer... Thanks for mentioning my AYGP1. I will send you my TMC dvd and other goodies.

Tomo
He did a great job on both the Hall and Frisell vids. I love things that help you develop your own ideas, in the moment. The Hall, Frisell, Abercrombie videos listed realy help develop that. Jim Nichols,your vid and Ray's vid all help you hone the musical tools (skills) needed to respond to the live improvisational setting. Stowell's vid sits a bit in the middle leaning toward the latter. These two categories are really the core of what's important to me in instruction. From there you can go out and develop the taste, feel, touch, sensibility, etc... live in real situations with other players. the stylistic stuff you learn best by listening (and transcribing as well), whether it's recordings, live as an audience member or live as a member of a group.

I love Al McKay's playing, BTW. I need to pick up the rittor one. I had the OOP star licks one