Essential Blues Guitar Practice Tips
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In this online guitar tutorial, Berklee College of Music assistant professor and Berklee Online course author Michael Williams will show you how to lead your band with confidence and keep the groove swingin’ throughout the whole show by practicing your licks and progressions with the steady time of a metronome.
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About Michael Williams:
Michael Williams has been active as a blues and jazz guitarist around New England since 1987. He has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada as a member of Grammy winner James Cotton’s blues band, and with many other artists, including David “Fathead” Newman, Mighty Sam McClain, the Bruce Katz Band, Sugar Ray Norcia, Darrell Nulisch, Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle Willson, Jerry Portnoy, the Love Dogs, blues piano virtuoso David Maxwell, and his own band, Michael Williams and Friends.
Williams performed on James Cotton’s CD, 35th Anniversary Jam, which won a W.C. Handy Award and received a Grammy nomination for the Best Traditional Blues Album in 2003. He performed on Bruce Katz’s 2004 release, entitled A Deeper Blue, and his playing, songwriting, and arranging are featured on Michelle Willson’s CD So Emotional, which earned a four-star review in Down Beat magazine. In 1999 Williams released a CD, entitled Late Night Walk (Blue Tempo Records), which features ten original compositions with guest artists David “Fathead” Newman on tenor sax, Sugar Ray Norcia on vocals, and Bruce Katz on Hammond B3 organ and piano.
Originally from Northern California, he has written jingles for radio and television, and performed on extended tours throughout Europe with jazz and theater groups.
Williams is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he has taught since 1987. He specializes in teaching a mix of blues and jazz styles, and has traveled to Europe and South America on several occasions as a clinician and performer for the college.
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Originally posted by UCbdhEtUEo9x-sNNOpAe3cMQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nFikXk2pW8
He was my online teacher 2012. Great professor. Michael Williams, will never forget his name. He helped me a lot. Hope he’s doing pretty well now.
Thanks for the great idea to use the metronome on 2 & 4 instead of 1&2&3&4! Never thought about it! Thanks 🙂 FR
dang james taylor teaches the blues?
bellissima lezione
This guy is a legend! Started the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, for that alone he has God-like status. A great player and teacher.
This guy looks a bit like Robert Duvall
Thanks for the great teaching, brother.
nice video. Keep up the good work
Mike's Berklee Online course was great !
What song is this in?
this guys a badass
Truly excellent ..Love it, helped so much thanks
I've had Mike for a teacher and he's really cool. Very knowledgeable, very patient, and an all-around nice guy. Keep up the good work, Mike!
He probably did the background, and had them roll it for this instruction.
@ursafan40
Agree, Mike is awesome!
good job, you got me the basic ideas of metronome and soloing
2:22 This is some John Lee Hooker style! Very najs!
i didnt know robert duvall played guitar! play to the records that is how all the greats did it~
Great lessons and great teacher , Thank you very much.
Thank you very much for your great lessons!
Mike Williams is a fabulous jazz/blues player based in Boston. He plays with blues pianist David Maxwell, singer Toni Lynn Washington, keyboardist Bruce Bears of the Duke Robillard band and under his own name. He is every bit the player Duke is and I'd highly recommend anybody interested in pursuing this style to google him for more detail.
That kinda sounds like a Chuck Berry riff. 🙂