Just Released! "How to Play the 3-String Cigar Box Guitar" book with 26 online video lessons. To see a preview and view the video lessons visit the book page here http://rickmckeon.com/3-string.html
I just posted a few 12-bar blues jam tracks in the key of G. They are pretty simple arrangements just using Band in a Box. For the first pass I highlight the chord changes, but for the other choruses it's up to you to listsn and know where you are in
Read more…Ever think about incorporating natural sounds into your music? This is my composition "Ten Mile Stomp" arranged for 3-String Cigar Box guitar and Dripping Gutter. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9q-vCyBCdk&feature=youtu.be
Rick
Read more…I go around to old mines and junkyards collecting interesting video clips to use as background for blues tunes. For the rest of February 2015 I am giving away a cool video clip I shot at the Gold King Mine here in AZ. You can use it to produce your o
Read more…Do you need some bluesy background video for your CBG songs? I live in an area with all kinds of interesting "old west" stuff. I love to go out and shoot old mining sites and ghost towns here in Arizona. These are video clips you can use without worr
Read more…I have started posting some Blues Backgrounds on my CBG Store page here. These are high resolution mpg video files you can use as background video for your blues songs. They are large files so it will take a long time to download them even with a hig
Read more…What do you do if you are an apartment dweller who has no tools or woodworking experience, but still wants to build a CBG? Here's a brief article under "Guitar Building" that shows my solution.
https://rickmckeon.com/cbglessons.html
Rick
Read more…What's your favorite 3-string tuning? I hope to produce a bunch more lessons and want them to be useful for as many people as possible. The ones on my website now use EBE, but I'm thinking most people are using GDG.
Thanks for your input.
Rick
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For anyone who hasn't visited my 3-String site I have a bunch of free video lessons with diagrams and tabs at the link above. I am tuned EBE just to get a nice low bass, but the concepts apply to any 151 tuning
Read more…How do you write songs on the 3-string CBG? It's my opinion that songs are more than just throwing a bunch of licks together. You need a strategy to help give it some direction and make it sound like a real song. In this 27:31 min. instructional vide
Read more…Hi Everybody,
I just joined the Cigar Box Nation. For a bunch of free lessons check my website here https://rickmckeon.com/cbglessons.html Hope you find something useful. Let me know what you think.
Rick
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