Nashville based guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Huttlinger has played The Hollywood Bowl and London's Royal Albert Hall with John Denver, Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas with George Burns and stadiums across America in Alan Jackson's "High Mileage" tour. Peter is also accomplished on the banjo, mandolin and harmonica, and in 2000 he won first place in the prestigious National Fingerpicking Championship in Winfield, Kansas.

George Lynch is the virtuoso guitar player from the bands Dokken and Lynch Mob. His unique melodic style and technical mastery have influenced countless of fans for decades. In Behind the Player: George Lynch, he gives in-depth lessons on how to play "Mr. Scary" and "Tooth and Nail" by Dokken, jamming on the songs with Megadeth bassist James Lomenzo and Korn drummer Ray Luzier. The DVD also includes a behind-the-scenes look at George’s life as a professional musician, the VideoTab system that shows exactly how he plays his parts in the two songs, and exclusive bonus features.

Featuring world-renowned drummer, solo artist, author and educator, Tommy Igoe, “Getting Started On Drums” is an entertaining and educational way for beginning drummers to learn the right way to play‚Äî right from the start.

Both Volumes I and II of Jazz-Funk Guitar on one DVD. In Volume I, John's multi-faceted style is covered in depth as he discusses intervallic ideas, string-skipping, chordal concepts, playing ideas across the fingerboard, and developing a personal sound. In Volume II, John covers the compositional aspect of his style as he analyzes the songs performed on this DVD and reveals the correct chord voicings and melody lines. Using his own tunes, John goes over concepts such as chromaticism, form, contour, voice-leading, pedal tones, and contrary motion.

When we proposed this course to our partners at Ableton, we wanted to see what magic might happen when a master musician/composer met Push for the first time. So we sent a pre-release version of Push to Jordan Rudess and gave him week to learn it before our camera crew appeared a his front door. We set up a video shoot –in his technology filled music room– and set the stage to let Jordan share his experience and expertise in creating and performing with Push.

Duane starts with the basics, showing you how to install, configure and set up your new copy of Flash Builder. You’ll learn the fundamental concepts and terminology. Next you’ll explore the inner workings of both the Flex framework and the Actionscript code you’ll need for your app to run properly.

In this introductory course, Adobe Certified trainer Jim Kanter illuminates every corner of Adobe Photoshop CS6�s beautiful new “dark” workspace... Moving into a new office can be confusing. Everything’s a little different... a little off ...and it often takes a bit of time to get comfortable and accustomed to where everything’s located. It's funny how a revised software workspace is no different. That’s why we selected Adobe Certified Expert and seasoned trainer Jim Kanter to demystify Photoshop's new workspace and then expertly help you discover all of the tools, their options and locations in PS CS6.

Learn about all the exciting motion graphics and visual effects features in After Effects CC. In this course, author Chris Meyer reviews the streamlined connection to Maxon CINEMA 4D, highlights the Refine Edge tool for creating mattes around hair and other partially transparent areas, and reveals how to get more accurate tracks and stabilizations with Reverse Stabilization and ground planes. The course also introduces a host of other enhanced features.

Few music catalogs are as hook and groove laden as the Jackson Five’s. Guitarist Adam Rafferty has arranged a few of the J5’s most well-known hits for solo acoustic guitar and released a nice DVD showing us mere mortals how to tap into some of that Motown soul. Here, Rafferty explores “I’ll Be There,” “Never Can Say Goodbye,” “ABC,” and “I Want You Back,” first by performing the song completely, and then by taking you step-by-step through the arrangement. You can tell from the moment the instructional section of the DVD begins that Rafferty is very comfortable teaching and demonstrating the various concepts used. During the intro, he emphasizes the need to warm up and describes a few barring techniques that help to make the songs not only more musical, but more approachable, too.

MONSTER NASHVILLE GUITAR - Ladd Smith, winner of Guitar Player magazine’s Guitar Superstar award, delivers an extraordinary learning experience covering the essential improvisational, theoretical and technical skills needed to perform and record in the modern Nashville electric guitar style.