RGPTV – Episode 2 – Rhythm Jamming/Right Hand Technique

I’ve been jamming on the chord changes and have been coming up with some really cool stuff.  I’ve been studying the rhythm techniques of Rodrigo y Gabriella and used some of them in this part. It’s an awesome technique and it sounds really cool. Your able to play triplets very fast and controlled. It brings a lot of fire to the sound.  If you haven’t heard of Rodrigo y Gabriella, check them out! There a huge influence on me. Watch the video here:

RGPTV – Episode 1 – Guitar Chords And Melodies

Alright, welcome to the first episode of Rock Guitar Power TV! In this video I am going to show you the chords and melodies that I’m starting my song off with. It’s in the key of Bm and starts off with the chord progressions: |: Bm | Em D :| I came up with the melody by jamming on the B minor scale.  The rest of the parts are pretty much arpeggios for the remaining chords.  Check out the video to learn more!

Listen To Mike’s Music

As a musician, some of my most favorite music to write is Instrumental Rock songs.  Although I have never really officially released a full album’s worth of content, here are some of my finished tunes. Enjoy! Desperately Odd Measures Desperately Odd Measures Kamakazi Kamakazi Downtime Downtime Double Stops Double Stops A Touch Of Influence A Touch Of Influence Far From The Middle Of East Far From The Middle Of East New Year Jam New Year Jam Remanence Remenance Tides In The Sky Tides In The Sky

Guitar TV

This is going to be an ongoing exciting project to show you how I write music and to raise funds for VH1’s “Save The Music” Foundation The idea is that I am going to use video to document the process I take when writing a song from start to finish. To get a better idea of the project, please watch the following video Enjoy! Mike Deiure Watch The Rock Guitar Power TV Series Starting Here! (Click on the links above the videos to get a more detailed description of what the videos are about) Intro – Check Out The Recording…

Giving Your Guitar A Routine Checkup

It’s currently the beginning of spring as I write this post and that prompted me to write about a really important topic and that is why it’s important to give your guitar a little checkup. So just like you would give your car an oil change every 3000 miles, It’s important to give your guitar some routine maintenance as well.  This is important for both acoustic and electric guitars. Acoustic guitars will sometimes need it more though because they are effected more by climate change.  Whenever a new season comes in, the climate and weather change. You also change the…

How To Use And Learn Vibrato On Guitar

The following video is a FREE lesson on how to use Vibrato on guitar.  Learning to use good vibrato is probably one of the best techniques that you can acquire for playing guitar. It gives you the ability to sound more vocal in your playing and can take a standard guitar solo or lick and make it really stand out. Enjoy!