Speaking of books - Mike Ihde's new book/DVD is terrific!

[Andy Volk]

Forum member and Berklee College of Music professor, Mike Ihde, has just come out with a great new book that includes a DVD/CD.

The 333 Book - 333 Licks, Tricks and Techniques Every Guitarist Should Know is primarily oriented toward standard guitar but there's tons of cool info that's applicable to lap steel and a certain amount of steel-specific licks. It cover jazz, country, rock, blues, metal and some sound effects that have no more purpose than to be fun to do and sound cool.

Rather than an instruction book per se, it's kind of like a guitar cookbook that you can dip into whenever you need a jolt of inspiration or feel like learning something new. I've been looking at guitar books for 30+ years and there's a few things in here I've never seen anywhere else.

But the best part is the ancillary video/audio: imagine 8-10 min clips of steel player of the likes of Billy Robinson, Mike Auldridge, Bobbe Seymour, Buddy Emmons, Doug Jernigan, and the amazing bottleneck wizard, Dave Tronzo all playing tunes, demonstrating licks and talking about their music and their approach to the instrument in an intimate, casual setting. It’s like getting a lesson of a lifetime from the all-time masters. The standard guitar players on the DVD are fantastic too covering everything from Ray Flake’s country to Wes and George Benson's octave technique.

I'm reminded of reading Guitar Player Magazine in the 70s & early 80s when I would devour each new set of instructional columns and pick up interesting new licks in all genres. This is a fun and inspiring book that must have taken a ton of work to produce. Congratulations, Mike!

[Gary Anwyl]

Here's a link to more information:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=139805&

[Mike Ihde]

Andy,
Thanks for the glowing review. Just for the record, the videos are all 20 to 45 minutes long. 15 players totaling more than 6 hours of video performance/interviews.
Thanks again,
Mike

www.mikeihde.com