A Plan to Actually Fix The Music Industry – No, Really… I’m well aware what a grandiose claim that is but I want to get people’s attention to actually read this, if only to try to shoot holes in it, but I’ll start by giving some legitimacy to my having …

An arrangement that really teaches how to use triads with open string bass notes effectively.God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (solo guitar)

This one is a great one because it is really not difficult to play and has a really fun sort of Rockabilly sounding intro, and a cool set of sliding chords for an ending:White Christmas – Guitar Lesson

Here’s one of the Christmas song solo guitar pieces that I give to my students, it’s written to be easy enough to keep a nice legato flow and shows how to use open strings to get a big sound. Silent Night (Student Guitar Arrangement)

If you’re like a lot of people going into this holiday season, you might be looking for some new music to listen to are tired of the same old tunes, but also are worried that maybe the music you choose might not be “Doug Perkins / JGS Approved” with a …

When I started sampling the tracks from the new Dave Barber “DB and the SoHo Nine-Six” CD release, the first thing that came to my mind was “finally, people are creating fusion music again with all the stuff that I love about it and leaving out all the …

We at JazzGuitarSociety.com are very committed to the spotlighting of guitar talent “needing wider recognition”, as the saying goes. And as such, it would make sense that we have reviewed a lot of Albert Vila’s CD releases here. It isn’t just because o …

The Origins of the Jazz Guitar Society site: I happened to run across these two MP3s from when my partner John Pin was one of my (Doug Perkins) private students when I taught at Musician’s Institute in Hollywood in the mid 1980s where I am illustrating …

Here’s a transcription I with the exact voicings that Robben Ford played on his unique version of the old Duke Ellington tune (lyrics by Don George) “I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues”, and that’s a free PDF download for anyone that would like to get i …

I’m currently doing an eBook for a publisher intended for people that know how to play guitar but now want to learn how to play jazz on it. One of my little advice “sidebars” in the book is about jam sessions, so I decided I would write something for J …

My Tribute To Jeff Beck (Jan 11, 2023) (This is the tribute I (Doug Perkins) did on Facebook the day after Jeff Beck died (Jan. 10, 2023), I have included all the links I put in the comments so others could see the very wide range of music this man was …

(Hypnote records, in Japan: Mocloud Records, Release Date: January 13 2023)  Solo guitar (where melody, chords and bass are all performed simultaneously by one guitarist) is something that is very difficult to explain to people who can’t do it at all. …

This lesson walks you through the fundamentals of the Jazz Blues Progression. John adds chords to a basic blues three chord blues progression, all the time explaining their purpose and function. He demonstrates voicings, chord licks and playing techniques along the way that keeps things musical and informative.

When JGS Artist Matteo Prefumo put out his new single “A New Beginning” we were very excited for him and wanted to be sure that you would be able to here it as well, you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da05mUqAx1E   We asked …

The first thing I noticed when I heard the opening track “Hope” from this really great new CD from Dan Zimmerman is the depth and clarity of the  recording – it’s just one of the best sounding records that I have come  across in any recent memories. Th …