Chuck D'Aloia's Blues With Brains DVDs!!!

[bluesdoc]

So, I bought the first DVD of Chuck D'Aloia's series, BWB (=Blues with Brains) a couple of months ago and, oh man, this is the ticket for me! I've been in a deep rut for a very long time and really sick of my same old, same old blues lines. Chuck puts the keys to the kingdom on a platter and serves it up, easy to swallow in one sitting, or so. So, I got his second and third lessons, the last of which is way deeper and will keep me occupied for a long time. But it only took days to get some of the pearls for jazzing up blues lines integrated into my playing. You get shortcuts that you can immediately integrate into your choppage. By the third one, you're getting down to the basis, the elemental parts of it all. It's what I've been craving for a long time. I've heard pieces of those lines in Robben's and Volker Striffler's playing and wondered how to get there from here. Now I know. Or, at least, I know where to start. I'm just having such a good time sounding like I am actually a better player . So, I see that there's a holiday special on Chuck's stuff and thought you guys should know about it. http://www.chuckdaloiamusic.com/id2.html Such a deal!! And no, I don't work for Chuck. Not on the payroll. Just a very happy customer here to tell you, you need this! Well, not everyone (metalheads might gravitate to something else).... But for bluesers who want to tap into the elements of jazz that make blues lines rich and interesting, you can thank me later.

jon

[tambokgt]

I'm a happy customer too. Got part 1 and 2

He has part III now in his website... going to get that one soon.

http://chuckdaloiamusic.com/

Really helped me a lot.

[lifeinsong]

I've been playing for close to 30 years and have a BOM Degree from Berklee College of Music. I've been fortunate to be able to study with some great instructors over the years but I wish at some point in time I could have had Chuck included in the mix. Not only is he an unbelievable player but he makes you feel at ease and presents his lesson material in a fun and positive manner. It's as if you're just sitting in a room together shootin' the shit about playing the guitar. The best $50.00 you could spend on guitar instruction.

[CaseyI]

I just ordered these yesterday, I'm looking forward to spending some time in the woodshed.

[les]

Yeah....

Chuck is the da man!

Glad you are enjoying the BWB series.

[Trandy]

I've got all three....definitely money well spent.

And Chuck is a heck of a nice guy.

[jzilla]

chuck is such a talented person. amazing player and equally amazing teacher!

[ChicagoFraize]

When you guys download the material, can it be burned to a DVD for easy viewing on a TV? Thx

[RJLII]

It can be burned to a DVD to back it up, but I'm not sure if the Mpeg-4 format (.m4v) will play on a home dvd player. I've never tried it.

[lifeinsong]

For a few extra bucks Chuck will put all 3 parts on a DVD for you, just drop him an email.

[ChicagoFraize]

Thanks guys.

[maxVsf]

I burned a dvd of all three files to play on my tv and player. I'm on a Mac, I used Roxio's Toast to convert and burn. Probably iDVD will do same. If you're on PC, Roxio's Creator software would do the same.

Disclaimer: No affiliation with Roxio, just a long time user. Don't know anything about PC software, just that Roxio makes a similar product for PC.

[jaclo]

Stupid question here, but these are instructional type videos correct?? All the clips I see he's just playing and I never see any teaching??

[gratephulred]

Originally Posted by jaclo

Stupid question here, but these are instructional type videos correct?? All the clips I see he's just playing and I never see any teaching??

Yes, they're instructional videos. I just downloaded Pts I-III today - looking forward to getting started!

[monte]

I just got my downloads last night. I plan to work on lessons later this week. Seems like some good stuff here. Wish there were some tabs to follow, but the lessons seem pretty detailed themselves. any tips on how you guys are using the lessons?