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Getting Started
New to the site? Then please take a couple of minutes to check out some of the cool stuff on offer. Our tutorial-based video vault just keeps growing, now with more than 200 items, including more than 150 Classic Tracks, more than 20 Technique Columns and an ever-expanding series of interviews with major artists. Learners don’t just need lessons, however – practice is just as important, which is where our selection of more than 350 JamTrax playalong backing tracks comes in handy. Elite subscribers have immediate access to all these items, either to watch in streaming video courtesy of LickLibrary TV or to download to their desktops. All Tutorials and JamTrax are also available in DVD format from our Store, along with a host of other items.
And make the most of LickLibrary.com’s community features – post your licks and tracks to LickSpace, log into the forum to trade questions, answers, hints and tips with other players, keep up with the latest news and special features, submit reviews of your gear and check out how other LickLibrarians rate their kit, enter competitions and win amazing prizes... simply click on a link to find out more about that section. Enjoy!
Find out more about: Video Guitar Lessons • Classic Tracks • Guitar Technique Lessons • JamTrax Downloads • Features • Store • LickSpace • Forum • Guitar News • Reviews • Guitar Competitions
Video Guitar Lessons
The advent of DVD and streaming HD video direct from LickLibrary’s powerful servers has opened up a new, much more efficient learning method for musicians. If you’re a guitarist or bassist you no longer have to wrestle with the intricacies of tablature while you’re trying to get your fingers around a complex riff; if you’re a drummer you no longer need to master notation at the same time as getting to grips with rhythms, feels and sticking patterns.
Now you can watch our expert presenters – all top players and teachers in their own right – break down songs and techniques into easily digestible chunks. Individual segments are played slowly first, then brought up to speed – all you have to do is watch and copy. You’ll find you’re learning and improving faster than you ever believed possible.
Find out more about: Video Guitar Lessons • Classic Tracks • Guitar Technique Lessons • JamTrax Downloads • Features • Store • LickSpace • Forum • Guitar News • Reviews • Guitar Competitions
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Classic Tracks
So how did Eddie Van Halen play Eruption? What key is Comfortably Numb in and what’s the best fingering for Dave Gilmour’s solo? Sweet Child O’ Mine – just show me that riff again, could you?
Easy. LickLibrary’s expert presenters haven’t just analyzed hundreds of classic tracks, they’ve also recorded them on DVD to make them easy for LickLibrary subscribers to learn. Each track is broken down into smaller sections, played through, note by note, then slowly in tempo and finally at full speed, so you can learn even the most complex solo in a simple-to-follow, accessible format – and you don’t even have to struggle through a load of tab!
Find out more about: Video Guitar Lessons • Classic Tracks • Guitar Technique Lessons • JamTrax Downloads • Features • Store • LickSpace • Forum • Guitar News • Reviews • Guitar Competitions
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Guitar Technique Lessons
Mastering your instrument means more than getting your chops round killer solos by your favourite players – you’ve also got to get inside the style of music. Whether it’s a specific artist – from Learn To Play Peter Green to the Steve Vai Ultra Zoneor a style such as metal, blues, rock, country, classical or jazz, whether it’s acoustic finger- picking or full-on shredding, whether you’re a complete beginner or an accomplished player wanting to delve into a different genre, you’ll find what you want in our techniques section.
Every lesson is presented by an acknowledged expert in his particular field with hands-on explanations backed with analysis of techniques and playing styles plus plenty of tricks and tips.
Find out more about: Video Guitar Lessons • Classic Tracks • Guitar Technique Lessons • JamTrax Downloads • Features • Store • LickSpace • Forum • Guitar News • Reviews • Guitar Competitions
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Features
What makes Steve Vai tick? How did Al Di Meola get started? How much does Joe Bonamassa practise? Who influenced Paul Gilbert? Whose playing still gets Walter Trout’s pulse racing? And what tips can these stars give aspiring players, and what do they do to help bring on the next generation of musical stars?
Most musicians will tell you that it was watching their heroes that first inspired them to play, and listening to their heroes that kept them at it until they reached the summit of their craft. LickLibrary TV brings you interviews with artists from every genre, talking about and demonstrating what first got them into playing and what still excites them about music today.
Find out more about: Video Guitar Lessons • Classic Tracks • Guitar Technique Lessons • JamTrax Downloads • Features • Store • LickSpace • Forum • Guitar News • Reviews • Guitar Competitions
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Forum
Ask questions, post answers, share thoughts, discuss problems (relevant ones, not your personal angst, please)… Different zones include Members (with its own marketplace where you can buy and sell gear), Backstage (get a heads-up on new site developments and enhancements), Guitar, Bass and Drums (for Tips & Tricks, Beginner's Corner, Advanced Playing, Tone & Settings Exchange etc) and Contributors (where you can quiz Stu Bull, Michael Casswell and the rest of the team).
And is there a track or an artist you’d like us to cover in a tutorial or provide as a JamTrax? The Forum’s Suggestion Box is the best way to let us know.
Find out more about: Video Guitar Lessons • Classic Tracks • Guitar Technique Lessons • JamTrax Downloads • Features • Store • LickSpace • Forum • Guitar News • Reviews • Guitar Competitions
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