Music tuition

Sort your phrasing and melodic playing with this blues lesson

Get the technical know-how required to make great remixes with these essential techniques

Let’s deconstruct a raw song and pick the best moments for a new track

Clean up your playing by mastering your muting

Don't get stuck in the rut of prefab sampled loops – use our tips and techniques to stamp your musical identity on them

We take a look at this wacky-sounding mode

If you want to get creative with the harmonic structure of your remix, there are a few things you'll need to think about…

A staple modal scale of rock, punk, blues and more

Get your drum tracks sounding bang on with these tried and tested techniques

A closer look at the Deep Purple and Rainbow man’s revolutionary riffing and virtuosity

Grunge up your drums using slicing techniques and plugin effects

Add colour to tired progressions with a selection of extended chords

Go off the grid and advance your sequenced drums beyond the basics

Only guitarist in your band? These shapes will fill in the gaps in your sound

Less is often more in music, they say, and that notion can even apply to the tools and methodologies you use to make it

Analysing the playing of the Led Zeppelin maestro

Give your playing a country feel in the style of Albert Lee and Eric Johnson

Why take the easy route of settling for stock samples, when turning them into original sounds takes no time at all?

Master off-kilter rhythms from Soundgarden, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead and System Of A Down