Posted in Guitar Lessons, Rock House, Videos on Feb 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
The following video guitar lesson is sample off of the Metal Guitar – Melodic Speed, Shred, & Heavy Riffs Instructional DVD by The Rock House Method, featuring Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom.
You can find more lessons like this one at the Rock House Method web site.
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Rock House on Jan 5th, 2009 2 Comments »
The Rock House Blog recently posted their Top 10 Guitar Lessons of 2008. The Rock House Blog improved a lot in 2008, offering some great content. These were the most popular lesson posts among their readers, copied from their site.
10. Intermediate Rhythm Guitar Lesson – Explore some of the many different rhythym techniques [...]
Posted in Gear, Guitar Lessons, Rock House on Dec 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Christmas is coming up, and you may have a guitar player on your list that you need to buy a gift for. Here’s a list of 10 inexpensive gift ideas. These gift ideas are all priced between $20-$50, yet are things that almost any guitar player would like. It doesn’t matter if they’re a beginning [...]
Posted in Rock House, Videos on Apr 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Rock House has teamed up with Children of Bodom guitarist Alexi Laiho to bring a new instructional DVD series for metal guitar players called ‘Metal Guitar, Melodic Speed, Shred & Heavy Riffs — Levels 1 & 2′. Here’s a description of each level:
In Level 1, students learn the single note riffs Alexi uses to create [...]
Posted in Contests, Rock House on Feb 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Rock House will be giving away a set of EMG pickups during an online chat with Rob Tuner President of EMG Pickups. The online chat is scheduled for Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 10:00 to 11:00pm EST. During the chat, a guitar player will be selected to receive a free set of “EMG Zakk [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Guitar Players, News, Rock House on Jan 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Marc Rizzo, guitarist for Soulfy, solo artist and Rock House instructor, will be offering private guitar lessons from his hometown in New Jersey later this month.
I’m accepting all levels of ability, from beginner to advanced. If you want to learn how to shred, flamenco finger picking or just your basic scales, contact me [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, News, Rock House on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Rock House has just announced that they will be providing free one-hour live audio chats with well-known music professionals. These music professionals include Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and former Megadeth bass player David Ellefson. You can post your questions for them during the live chat, or email them in advance.
Here is a list of [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Rock House, Videos on Nov 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been using this service by TotalVid that allows you to download and view DVD’s online. Among their DVD library is a large collection of quality instructional guitar videos. They have videos of all different styles, including jazz, country, blues, rock and metal, by artists like Jason Becker, Arlen Roth and Eric Johnson. They also [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, News, Rock House, Videos on Nov 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
Rock House has just started their own blog, featuring guitar lessons and playing tips and will also provide information on Rock House Artists, which include David Ellefson, Doug Wimbish and Marc Rizzo.
If you’re not familiar with Rock House, they produce instructional books and DVD’s that provide accelerated guitar courses that are very easy to [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Rock House, Videos on Oct 26th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been pretty interested in learning more about the Rock House instructional DVD’s since the ‘Rock House Donates Guitar DVDs to US Soldiers in Afghanistan‘ post. They have some great samples on their YouTube channel, including this recent one by Marc Rizzo of Soulfly.
This clip is called ‘Metal Chords & Inversions’ from the Metal [...]