Enter To Win A U.S. Fender Strat Here!
Hi folks,
We're officially two weeks from the release of Lead Guitar Secrets! Things are starting to really heat up around here trying to get everything in place for July 20 (the release date). Anyway, we've finally nailed down the details on the contest.
I've decided to give away TWO Fender Highway One Strats. I've ordered both guitars today... and they're SWEET!
Each guitar is an American made, Fender Highway One Stratocaster: Rosewood fretboard, wide seventies headstock, fat frets, alnico pickups, vintage-style bridge, satin finish & C-shaped maple neck. One is black, the other is red-wine (shown below).
Here are some pics:
Contest Entry Instructions:
OPTION 1, Blog Comment Category: Post your comment below (click the "comment" link). Tell everyone exactly WHY you're excited about Lead Guitar Secrets and HOW you believe it will improve your playing. ("I want to learn how to create solos from scratch, how to use scale patterns to play over the entire fretboard, fundamental solo techniques so I can play the solos of my favorite guitarists, etc.)
OR...
OPTION 2, Video Category: Create a video explaining WHY you're excited about Lead Guitar Secrets and HOW you believe it will improve your playing. Upload your video to YouTube (or your favorite video hosting site) and email the link (URL) to us at StratContest[at]AmazingGuitarSecrets.com. And we'll post your video here on the blog.
I'll get some of my friends to read/watch all the entries. We will narrow it down to six really good ones (3 blog comments & 3 videos).
Then you will vote for your favorite entry! (I'll let you know exactly how to vote later).
Note: there will be two contest winners: one from the blog comment category (option 1 above) and one winner from the video category (option 2 above).
IMPORTANT: The contest entry deadline is July 20. (Lead Guitar Secrets release day). The winner will be announced here on the blog sometime during the week of July 30th.
Keep in mind, this is not a "random" contest. The six finalists will be chosen based on how well you answer the why and how questions (listed above). So, take your time when you're posting your comment or creating your video.
Note: Make sure you sign your comment with your first and last name. (You do not need to post your email address).
Here are just a few of things that you'll learn from Lead Guitar Secrets:
So, go ahead and tell us why you're excited about this new lead course and how you think it will improve your playing by creating your video or posting your comment below... All the best!
Have a great weekend!
Cheers,
Dan Denley
P.S. You can enter both categories if you wish. But, there will be six different finalists chosen.
P.P.S. If you'd like to read the winning contest entry from last year's winner please click here.
Hi folks,
We're officially two weeks from the release of Lead Guitar Secrets! Things are starting to really heat up around here trying to get everything in place for July 20 (the release date). Anyway, we've finally nailed down the details on the contest.
I've decided to give away TWO Fender Highway One Strats. I've ordered both guitars today... and they're SWEET!
Each guitar is an American made, Fender Highway One Stratocaster: Rosewood fretboard, wide seventies headstock, fat frets, alnico pickups, vintage-style bridge, satin finish & C-shaped maple neck. One is black, the other is red-wine (shown below).
Here are some pics:
Contest Entry Instructions:
OPTION 1, Blog Comment Category: Post your comment below (click the "comment" link). Tell everyone exactly WHY you're excited about Lead Guitar Secrets and HOW you believe it will improve your playing. ("I want to learn how to create solos from scratch, how to use scale patterns to play over the entire fretboard, fundamental solo techniques so I can play the solos of my favorite guitarists, etc.)
OR...
OPTION 2, Video Category: Create a video explaining WHY you're excited about Lead Guitar Secrets and HOW you believe it will improve your playing. Upload your video to YouTube (or your favorite video hosting site) and email the link (URL) to us at StratContest[at]AmazingGuitarSecrets.com. And we'll post your video here on the blog.
I'll get some of my friends to read/watch all the entries. We will narrow it down to six really good ones (3 blog comments & 3 videos).
Then you will vote for your favorite entry! (I'll let you know exactly how to vote later).
Note: there will be two contest winners: one from the blog comment category (option 1 above) and one winner from the video category (option 2 above).
IMPORTANT: The contest entry deadline is July 20. (Lead Guitar Secrets release day). The winner will be announced here on the blog sometime during the week of July 30th.
Keep in mind, this is not a "random" contest. The six finalists will be chosen based on how well you answer the why and how questions (listed above). So, take your time when you're posting your comment or creating your video.
Note: Make sure you sign your comment with your first and last name. (You do not need to post your email address).
Here are just a few of things that you'll learn from Lead Guitar Secrets:
- Finger strength training for speed and accuracy
- 50 must-know solo licks
- In-depth study of scale-chord relationships (how to choose the right scale for your solo).
- How & when to use the seven modes of the major scale
- Solo techniques: bends, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs, creating runs
So, go ahead and tell us why you're excited about this new lead course and how you think it will improve your playing by creating your video or posting your comment below... All the best!
Have a great weekend!
Cheers,
Dan Denley
P.S. You can enter both categories if you wish. But, there will be six different finalists chosen.
P.P.S. If you'd like to read the winning contest entry from last year's winner please click here.
314 Comments:
Why am I excited about Lead Guitar Secrets, are you kidding why shouldn't I, I was looking for some good guitar lessons and D.D. has given me that. Because of him my band was making a pool of drool when i'm starting to soloing. It's was aseome. Since we have a second guitarist in my band i want to go to do Lead Guitar. And I believe no, I KNOW that the course "Lead Guitar Secrets " from Mr Dan Denley Will help me. He is the man. He rocks and even better, he Makes Me ROCK.
You Rule Dan
By Guitar Secrets ruler, at July 06, 2007
Hi Sir (and Friends) !
I'm very-very excited about the Lead Guitar Secrets course because I had bought your earlier course (Amazing Guitar Secrets) and I must say that I firmly believe that its one of the best Guitar Learning resources available (IMHO) and I'm really happy to have learnt a lot from it.
I'm posting this comment not only to enroll myself in the contest of the Fender Guitar give away but also to express my true feeling about the upcoming lead guitar course.
If I may speak personally, its been my dream (right from my childhood) to own and more importantly to even get a chance to HOLD a Fender Strat. Its my dream Guitar and i have never even seen one ! I'm from a small town here in India, where there arent even any other people who play the Guitar and I'm totally self taught. I would definitely have bought a Fender Guitar already if I could afford one. I would be genuinely very happy if I won the give away :) Anyways all the best to everybody whos taking part :) May the most needy of us wins the Guitar :) (IMHO)
Just to introduce myself as a Guitarist, I've iuncluded the following links to my video of me playing :)
Tears In Heavn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpFP39TSOM
Unchained Melody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39ZYZ8CYyo
Fur Elise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50eyJM6tDRU
Californication - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Lm0GEqO9g
Take care and Have a Great Day !
Lots of Regards to Everybody !
Kush :)
p.s BTW my email id is shivtex2000@yahoo.co.in (incase I win ;)
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Been playing the guitar for quite some time and wanted to improve my way of playing!!! Thru dans lessons,I am absolutely contented and am thoroughly able to satisfy myself!!!
I am so glad I was able to hima nd his lessons!
Keep up the good work!!!! I totally appreciate it!
By Kaushik vongole, at July 06, 2007
i have messed with "playing guitar" for a good 20 years or so.
real life took over and i found myself with little time or interest in playing, so my guitar sat in the corner collecting dust.
now, at 41, i am fortunate to have a job to where i have almost 8 straight hours a night to use as i see fit.
not many people can say they get paid to watch movies, read, or PLAY GUITAR... almost everynight.
ah, but the more that i play, the more that i realize i have to learn.
i've been watching dans website/vids for about 6 months and am looking forward to the release of his new course.
so, if you plan to be the next stevie ray, or just some dude who has rediscovered the joy in the art of making guitar noise... i dont think i could recommend a better learning tool.
John L Boone.
JLB ~ to my friends. :-)
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Dan,
I just received both AmazingGuitar Secrets and the Blues course in the mail yesterday! this morning I reviewed the CD and did some finger stength training - Why I would like to win - I have always wanted to play guitar so for my 50th birthday went and bought an acoustic guitar and now I have been trying to play for 6 months - I think your course is going to be soooo helpful - and if I had on of these very cool fender strats I could amaze my friends (and neighboors) with my new found skills - wow rocking out, playing lead on a fender strat - I can't think of anything that would be cooler!
Thanks for listening,your lessons are going to help me rock.
David Elwart
By David, at July 06, 2007
I believe that I will learn so many fantastic ways through "Lead Guitar Secrets" to improve my guitar playing.
The Finger strength training for speed and accuracy is a definite must for all players, new and old, and the 50 must-know solo licks will hopefully bring my solo playing to a professional level.
The In-depth study of scale-chord relationships (how to choose the right scale for your solo), will improve my knowledge tremendously, so i will be able to go on stage and "wow" whoever is listening.
The How & when to use the seven modes of the major scale, will be a "MUST" to improve the tricky scenarios of what chord to play and also, how to expand on the mundane tabs.
I cant wait to learn the solo techniques: bends, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and creating runs will have me playing like a star - Jimi Hendrix, eat your heart out!!!!
I have been using all of your previous lessons, and already I can see a difference in my playing. I believe these new ones will push me to being closer to a proffessional.
I recommend you to all of my friends and they love it.
Sonia Waterfield
By Sonia Waterfield, at July 06, 2007
Bozhoo Dan,I,m from minnesota,the white earth indian reservation an was cruising the internet one night an seen your web-site an decided to check it out an found it quite amazing as a learning guide to develope my guitar skills I have had no previous teaching an what i learnt so far is outstanding i really appreciate your skill at teaching i have greatly improved since I have been checking out your site I,m not financially capabale to purchase your course right now but I hope I can in the near future,I am very grateful for what I have already learnt thank you,Me-Gwetch Nee-Gee in my language means thank you freind..Ah-Ho..Bearthigh....
By Marvin, at July 06, 2007
I am excited about the Lead Guitar Secrets because it will teach me to use different modes of scales, solo techinques and other training tips.
It will not only give me tips but it cna help me how to develop more my guitar skills.
With this, I may, one day, play a lot of lead parts and I hope and plan that one day I can transpose a lot of classical musics, the works of Mozart and the like, and create a new version of it. Just like the rock version of Canon in D.
Lastly, for those of you who are reading this, I bet that nobody can tell me any book about guitar lessons which can surpass the Lead Guitar Secrets!!!
More power and thanks for the tips!
Don Johnson Paraguya
By Don Johnson Paraguya, at July 06, 2007
Hi Dane,
I'am so thanksfull to you that you get me to learn how to play my guitar alwel it is a cheap thing and my fingers do hurt ofthen.
I don't care and I never won a grand price so like a guitar Fender is for me fare away. Do excuse my English. I hope that you can read it and understand what i mean to say. Only that you are so good for everyone and I feel very special that I can learn a bitt playing is good for me. Every day Iám sitting at home no work so.
Thank you verry mutch for youre support.
Bennie Kuiper
van Slingelandtstraat 25
9716gj
Groningen, The Netherlands, Europe
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Oh, the guitar... Wire and wood, soul and body, harmony and feeling...
Some of the greatest musical compositions of the past century have been brought to life from the careful, meticulous passion of an artist plucking and bending strings. I would love to be a part of this musical world... if only I could play the guitar!
Ok, ok, so I can play a little bit of the guitar... A scale or two, a chord or two, and some bizarre terminology that doesn't really help a beginning guitarist, such as myself (like fret board slapping... what?).
I attribute this odd source of knowledge I have to my various guitar teachers. Perhaps I am just difficult to teach, but I think I've been dealt a bunch of poor teachers.
My first teacher explained to me that the strings of a guitar (e,b,g,d,a,e) were actually c,d,e,f,g,a. This being my first lesson and having some piano background, I understood that this made sense (why wouldn't you have a clean scale for your guitar strings? lol...). Then I was browsing online for tabs and saw the REAL assembly of the strings and corresponding notes and asked my teacher, "Which is right?" He simply said that you can't believe everything you read on the internet and said that maybe e,b,g,d,a,e was some weird alternate tuning, but just maybe, and that he would do some research. Hah... he lasted about two lessons.
My second teacher wasn't as bad, but he charged me $40 a lesson for 45 minutes and spent about 30 minutes just playing for me and not actually teaching me how to play. I like to learn and saw that there wasn't much learning to be found here.
Understand that I live in a small town with very few teachers of any kind. I don't want to invest any more money in an unpredictable lesson, so where can I turn to next?
Lead guitar secrets! I know some werid things about guitar and a few basic ideas in theory... so I can sort of talk the talk, but I really, really want to walk the walk. I know that learning the guitar takes time, practice and discipline, and I am positive that I can really focus and make some great compositions myself.
I'd also like to note (no pun intended) that my one and only guitar is a fender squier strat with frets hanging on by threads, so the real prize Fender strat will help me actually play something that one can listen to and Lead Guitar Secrets will help me bring to life the sweet music and max the potential a guitar has to offer.
I really hope to win the guitar and am looking forward to the release of Lead Guitar Secrets. Thanks for your time and consideration,
Tarek Zaheer
By Tarek Zaheer, at July 06, 2007
dan has the best, most concise, and easy to uncerstand courses out there, you don`t need a phd in music theory to absorb the material, just follow the easy to use material, and before yuou know it, you`re playing. looking forward to the new course
another very satisfied customer
scott
By scottpchooch, at July 06, 2007
Let's face it. I'm stuck! Dan, I've spent over a thousand dollars on every guitar course on the internet that I could get my hands on. Although I've had some improvement here and there, nothing has taken me to the place I want to be. I wanna play lead rock guitar.
Rythm guitar is fine, but I need to improve my finger strength for speed and accuracy.
I still haven't figured how how to choose the right scale for my solos.
Sure, I know seven modes of the major scale, but how and when do I use them?
I also need help putting it all together using bends, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and creating runs.
I truly believe this will be the last Guitar Course I will need to buy. Amazing Guitar Secrets has given me the foundation, now Lead Guitar Secrets will give me the rest. This is what I've been waiting for. I'm ready for it Dan. Bring it on!
Mark
markus_warren@yahoo.com
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
As i grew up many things had changed..as i enter my adolescence stage..I felt that my life was miserable. The girl i loved dumped me, losing all the hope and encouragement to live.
That time i was all alone in my room thinking of many things. I'm alone in our house because I'm studying for the scholarship they granted. That night i tried to commit suicide..
Then the time i tied my rope beyond my neck, I unconsciously pushed my old guitar from my behind.
I tried to catch my beloved guitar. But I don't know why. I realized all the time we've spent together. All the songs we've sang, all the hymns that i plucked.
I tried to not to continue it anymore, putting all the emotions on my composition.
I sat down relaxed, amazingly lyrics come out of my mind.
I want your guitar because when the time comes, and feeling lonely. I'll be just picking out the guitar and drew out all of my emotions to songs.
By gianfranco del mundo, at July 06, 2007
I think Amazing Guitar Secret and Lead Guitar Secrets is all I need to reach the level of guitar playing I want to reach!
GlennR
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
I'm sorry I've submitted my comments unfinished.. That's why i want to learn from your Amazing Guitar Secrets. I have my Amazing lyrics and I want to have Amazing Riffs, and Solos to joined on with
By gianfranco del mundo, at July 06, 2007
ive heard of how amazing this course is supposed to be and i personally belive it as any comment i have read is 100% positive! therfore i am eagerly awaiting the release of the new book which i am planning on buying or possibly my friend and i will share a copy. really i would like to see about scale-chord relationships and some solo techniques but not in order to learn other guitarists music, rather i would like to expand on my own style of music which is not the general rock or acoustic but i am experimenting with new sounds and hopefully this coming book will be able to improve my playing and give me new ideas for my own music.
a clear bonus would be win the fender strat guitar especially as i dont have one! at present i have a louden acoustic, a santo-martinez classical guitar and a rather cheap " vintage" les paul style guitar with not a great sound when recording so a good quality strat is right up my alley in terms of a new guitar that i need!
i have a good knowledge of scales and good finger strength and stamina as well as speed and acuracy as my classical guitar playing requests fast fingerstyle playing with large spreads and jumps )this is grade 7 classical guitar). hope to hear from you and thanks for giving me this chance!
By selwyn anketell, at July 06, 2007
I have to tell everyone how excited I am that I started using Dan's amazing lessons.
Two weeks ago I threw away a big pile of guitar books and DVDs that were just not producing success. Since I was not progressing, I stopped seeing my seventh guitar teacher too.
Now I have been blessed with the good fortune of studying with the first person I have seen who can actually explain how to play the guitar and have fun with it.
After one week of using Dan Denley's Blues Guitar Secrets I actually played the 12 bar blues with a group ( I can play it four different ways now!) and when they said I played good, I threw in a riff from the pentatonic blues scale. This course is unbelievable!
I have seen clips of Lead Guitar Secrets and I am now confident that I will soon be playing lead guitar and enjoying the experience.
Thank you so much for giving me this gift!
P.S. My old guitar is not good enough for my new playing skills. I wish someone would run a contest where I could win a nice Fender Strat.
I have to get back to the Gm7.
Thanks Again,
Shawn Mattsson
scmatts@comcast.net
By Shawn Mattsson, at July 06, 2007
If you are nice enough to show me this stuff
and
You've spent all the time making this course
what kind of a jerk would i have to be to NOT get your new DVD's
the samples were very nice
If the rest isn't good
then i'll get you
and i want the strat
By Dr Pete, at July 06, 2007
gianfranco del mundo said...
As i grew up many things had changed..as i enter my adolescence stage..I felt that my life was miserable. The girl i loved dumped me, losing all the hope and encouragement to live.
That time i was all alone in my room thinking of many things. I'm alone in our house because I'm studying for the scholarship they granted. That night i tried to commit suicide..
Then the time i tied my rope beyond my neck, I unconsciously pushed my old guitar from my behind.
I tried to catch my beloved guitar. But I don't know why. I realized all the time we've spent together. All the songs we've sang, all the hymns that i plucked.
I tried to not to continue it anymore, putting all the emotions on my composition.
I sat down relaxed, amazingly lyrics come out of my mind.
I want your guitar because when the time comes, and feeling lonely. I'll be just picking out the guitar and drew out all of my emotions to songs.
That's why practiced riffs and solo's. The emails Dan has sent me gives me tips and tricks on composing my own songs.
I'm eager to have a copy of the Amazing Guitar Secrets because I already have the powers of writing lyrics. Now i wanted to have the power of making great solos and hymns.. and i think Amazing Guitar Secrets is the best!
Sorry for reposting
i Accidentally published my comment unfinished
By gianfranco del mundo, at July 06, 2007
Hi Dan and fellow guitar player enthusiasts,
I am humbled by your approach, Dan, of teaching guitar. I once thought I would ever be able to play some lead guitar let alone create leads, but with your first course "Amazing Guitar Secrets" it has unlocked my potential. I'm still no expert but you have shown me the light. Although I haven't mastered everything in your course I surely have grown. I love to play, create, and record guitar music, but feel a bit trapped in my style. You can listen to some of my works from the past year here...
http://www.sonomawireworks.com/riffcaster/index.php?artist=bludwitzke@gmail.com
I need your new "Lead Guitar Secrets" course to unlock my true potential. I know your new course won't let me down. Dan you are a well respected guitar teach with the plenitude of guitar knowledge that I desire. Free me from my ineptitude of guitar playing.
Rock On!
Bruce (Soon to be 43 July 23)
By Bruce, at July 06, 2007
Here is my comment (all the way from the Netherlands) on Dan's course.
Currently I am still working through the courses Amazing guitar secrets and the Blues course. I am almost sure that this Lead course is of the same high quality and in-depth informative on guitar theory and playing practice that it will become a success for both buyer and seller.
I will keep it in mind as an absolute future buy, as soon as I finish the other two courses.
Dan, keep on the good work in creating these excellent courses !!
Thanks again, and if necessary I will pay the shipping for the Stratocaster (Laughing out Loud)
Luc Kampinga
By Lucky-luc, at July 06, 2007
I have learned guitar secrets from Dan over the past few years, and I have always suggested having a lead guitar secrets type of learning, because, I have been playing guitar for over 45 years, and learning all the other stuff was nice, but didn't give me the knowledge of lead guitar I needed...NOW I CAN LEARN IT!! Dan YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!!!
Kim Anthony - Nashville, TN
Cousin of Brenda Lee
http://www.kimanthony.us
By Kim Anthony, at July 06, 2007
Dan, your courses are extremely helpful and have made my job as a teacher easier. Students have an array of learning differences and your course is another tool I have used in conveying somewhat difficult concepts and theory in a way that is to the point and easy to understand. Your approach is very user freindly without being too "fluffy". Thanks for doing a great job while keeping your cost affordable too. I'm sure your next release will be super!!!
Cheers to you,
Jim
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Hi! as you will note after reading the following lines many of you will soon realize that am not an English´s nature speaking guy. My mother´s tongue is the Spanish language. What have it to do with Dan´s method and this? Dan is so clear and direct when teaching that I all I got to do is pull up my guitar and listen and watch him. To be honest, I´m also improving my English listening quite a lot too! I´ve played guitar by ear all of my lige, am 51 now, and since I moved to Spain I realize I could still have the time to form a blues band, at my age! I´ve met some English people over here, one plays the drum there is a bassist and me playing acoustic and electric guitar plus my harmonica. But, here is the "but" None of are are professional, and I am not the best guitar player, so far from that, yet a can play rithmically, that´s is all I can do. So to speak, we play some folk rock songs, and the harmonica fills the gap in my improvisations. I´d like to accurate my palying style, to be able of play a bit harder on my electric guitar and play those licks I´ve ever wanted to do...That is how Dan would help me to improve myself on the guitar, and instrument I deeply love. Cheers to you all, guitar lovers, from Torrevieja, Spain.
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Dan will SPAM your inbox
4 SURE
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Hey dan, whats up.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of Lead, Rythm, and the occasional acoustic guitar. Im 14 and live in Plymouth in the UK. Im sure its not surprising that youre getting a load of entries for this, but in fairness it is a guitar!
But. Ohh no. Just like, ANY guitar. Its a guitar, that you have bought. And in a way, a gift. And to be honest, I dont think there are any of your subscribers who would say no to a gift from their tutor. I know Im definately not going to.
Since Im quite one, I havent been able to buy your online tutorials, but have still made the most out of your free tips. They help alot. Im more of a rythm guitar person, but learning solos would just make me feel inwardly accomplished.
Im sure you know the feeling of listening to someone playing guitar at an insane speed to your favourite song, and you're sitting there thinking; 'When the feck am I gonna be able to be that guy and have some kid watching me play and thinking 'wow, that sounds pretty sweet''
Well in honesty, you have probably helped me get closer to that. So yeah, heck, the guitar would be awesome but still, the thought of you just readin this, is good enough for me :]
& whoever does get it in the end, dont let it go dusty ;]
Mikaela Cumbers,
Plymouth, UK
silent_witness_11@hotmail.com
By silent_witness_11, at July 06, 2007
Hi! as you will note after reading the following lines many of you will soon realize that am not an English´s nature speaking guy. My mother´s tongue is the Spanish language. What have it to do with Dan´s method and this? Dan is so clear and direct when teaching that I all I got to do is pull up my guitar and listen and watch him. To be honest, I´m also improving my English listening quite a lot too! I´ve played guitar by ear all of my life, am 51 now, and since I moved to Spain I realize I could still have the time to form a blues band, at my age! I´ve met some English people over here, one plays the drum there is a bassist and me playing acoustic and electric guitar plus my harmonica. But, here is the "but" None of us are professional, and I am not the best guitar player, so far from that, yet a can play rithmically, that´s all I can do. So to speak, we play some folk-rock songs, and the harmonica fills the gap in my improvisations. I´d like to accurate my palying style, to be able of play a bit harder on my electric guitar and play those licks I´ve ever wanted to do...That is how Dan would help me to improve myself on the guitar, and instrument I deeply love. Cheers to you all, guitar lovers, from Torrevieja, Spain.
p.s. Sorry, I had to re-post my comment since after reading it I noticed there were some spelling mistakes and I also forgot to write my name, so, here it goes: Alberto Gallotto
Cheers
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
I started playing guitar this february,i could barely play a song but with your help I have improved alot now im playing lots of songs and even writing my own songs.With your videos I have learned even more than my guitar teacher taught me in months!
I have seen clips of Lead Guitar Secrets and I am now confident that I will soon be playing lead guitar and enjoying the experience.
I really hope to win the guitar and am looking forward to the release of Lead Guitar Secrets.I'm still no expert but you have shown me that all it takes is lots of practice,hard work and someone with experience to show me how to do it right.ive heard how amazing this course is supposed to be.
Mike MacGibbon
By Mike MacGibbon, at July 06, 2007
Ever take lessons in person? EXPENSIVE! And, most of what you learned, you FORGET once you walk out the door! Now... for less than the cost of a few lessons, Dan's course will give the equivalent of a YEAR OR MORE of private, weekly lessons. And you can REVIEW anything, anytime, anywhere. Ever try to call your teacher at midnight to ask how that Santana solo to Smooth went again? "Forget about it!"
So let's review. A year's worth of weekly, private lesons, of which you may retain about half of what you learn = $2,000. Versus Dan's Lead Guitar Secrets course, of which you will have 24/7/365 access = PRICELESS! That's got to be the biggest no-brainer in the history of mankind, or at least since guitars were invented.
Lead on, Dan...
By Mike Coyle, at July 06, 2007
I knew almost nothing about the guitar, and I was deturmined to do whatever it took to learn. I tryed so many sites, and nothing helped at all. I finally almost gave up hope, untill I found amazing guitar secrets. it blew my mind. every course I could get my hands on I jumped onto. nothing went by me, I made sure I got it all. it was amazing how this site helped me so much, I went from nothing to something in a matter of weeks. now I'm waiting for the latest courses so I can get them. I'm now in a band, and I can play anything they through at me. its all thanks to amazing guitar secrets
thank you. I love you
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
yeah that previouse comment was to enroll me in that contest too.
just so you know.
By darksoulhunter, at July 06, 2007
I am excited about Lead Guitar Secrets. I have been playing guitar now for over five years and I have always been confined to rhythm guitar work. Simple chords and riffs....and not a whole lot of fun. However, when I first discovered Dan Denley's videos and helpful hints about learning the art (and I mean that in every sense of the word) of lead guitar, I finally had the confidence to start soloing and eventually I got in with a band as a lead guitarist and it was one of the best feelings I have ever had. To look out from that stage as I am pounding out this face-melter of a solo and seeing all of those people's eyes staring right at me and knowing that they were enjoying something that I was creating....that was the greatest feeling I have ever felt.
So keep on cranking these videos and books and oh so helpful tips out Dan, cause I think I can speak for guitarists everywhere that have been touched by your expertice and your raw talent, that Lead Guitar Secrets is going to help even more people do what you have already inspired us to do.
Thanks Dan, keep em coming.
By Eric LeRoy, at July 06, 2007
why am i excited about this course? why shouldnt i be?! this course will show me how to be a better guitarist! who doesnt want to be a better guitarist?
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Dan,
I have been playing guitar for over 20 years. I have spent thousands on lessons, books and videos. I have also made quite an investment on web based courses. Even with all of this I still am a novice player. I know off of my scale positions in the Major and Minor keys, blues as well. I just don't know how to put it all together. I can play scales like a madman but I still don't know how to play a complete song with a lead pattern. I know a few licks but they are very basic. Whenever I play a song everyone says " What song was that". They can't tell what song it is I am trying to play. This is very discouraging.
I am hoping this new course will show me how to tie everything together. Rhythm, leads, licks, scales, advanced techinques, etc.
Thank You and God Bless.
Ben.
By Ben, at July 06, 2007
well what can i say.it like this been for a few years.i off my big problem is music memory i never learn song or riff.now i just pick up my acoustic and play.i come up with great riff. but play them back can't do it.so i decide too change that.one day looking the internet who did i find only yourself.and what you say about learning the guitar made me decide to go for your guitar secrets. and my memory is improving.and for that cheers ps if i don't the guitar. cheers for offer
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Hey Dan (& Friends ;D),
Have you guys ever felt this tingling sensation inside whenever you listen to an amazing song? Yeah, I know we probably all have, and that's why we're learning to play the guitar :P.
Lead Guitar Secrets is what I've been waiting to come for a long, long time... It will teach me all that I have yet to learn, and help me improve in what I already know. I know it. That's how all your lessons have taught me. It's exciting just to know that I'll learn something new that will take me to the next level... and at the same time, make me a better member of my band. The feeling is hard to describe... after, all feelings are meant to be felt.
Your new lesson, like all your lessons, will teach me in all areas of guitar skill as a lead guitarrist. Speed, scales-the essential-and all techniques to grow into an advanced player. I can see myself becoming a legend, hahahaha!
Keep it up! This is why we love you so much :).
Andrew Lam
By Andrew, at July 06, 2007
My name is Robert. I became interested in the guitar when I attended college in the late sixties. I couldn't afford a guitar but found an old used one for $15 at a local guitar store. I tried to learn from a guy in college but he said I didn't have any rhythm. My room-mate said I couldn't hold a tune in a tin bucket. My relatives told me to find another hobby because I was no good at this one. I became very discouraged and gave up the guitar for good knowing I'd never make it. Now in my fifties I have become interested again. Thinking what everyone told me I almost gave up before I started. I tried books, cds, and videos but couldn't quite get there and decided the guitar was not for me and gave up. A while later I was on the internet just messing around and happened onto Dan's website by accident... or was it an accident. So I decided to give the guitar one last try by purchasing Dan's Amazing Guitar Course. After the first video, I knew I had found the real deal. Dan's easy going style and excellent teaching method sealed my fate. I realized everyone was wrong about my inability to learn the guitar. I have learned tons of chords, the major scales, part of the minor and blues scales. I do have rhythm, I,m not tone death, I can learn. I am also learning to read music. At first I learned House of the Rising Sun, Greensleeves, and A Horse with No Name and have started learning finger picking. And even barre chords. So excited, I purchased Dan's Blues Courses. I don't want to play the blues or finger picking or rock or jazz or solo on the lead guitar. I want to do them all, a well rounded guitar player. I learned the guitar, learned the blues-all from Dan Denley. And I surely will purchase Dan's Leads Course. Even if he wasn't giving away a Strat guitar, I would still purchase his leads course. He's the best teacher I have seen and I plan on sticking with him. He brought me from a loser who shouldn't even hold a guitar to a guitar player who and will be a well rounded guitar playing winner. Don't listen to all the negative comments, just grad Dan's courses-all of them- and become a guitar player. You can do it. Dan will guide you all the way. Thanks Dan
By Robert Nordan, at July 06, 2007
I think this will help me reach the playing level that I want, and it will be able to help me teach my girlfriend how to play the guitar, and then offer to teach other people how to play the guitar. your videos on writting songs on youtube really helped me. I myself have trouble learning songs on my acoustic because I believe if i work hard enough to perfect it on the acoustic i can play it even better on the electric, when you cant reverse that. i was taught "Dont Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult" on the electric and it took me hours to get it down on my acoustic. in otherwords im a firm believer that learning on the acoustic is the best way to learn, and then playing songs that i've learned on the electric after perfecting them.
James J Jr
Armyguy902003@yahoo.com
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Bringing down the house!!! Sending my neighbors running for the hills as my guitar sings the glory of rock at high pitch. Actually being able to use my new Strat to follow all of the lessons that Dan has to teach me in his new course.
After many years of laying off on the guitar, I have recently come back to it and can really use a course to help me achieve some of the things I want to do, such as being able to work all up and down the fretboard, and being able to master the speed to play some of my favorite music from metallica, Disturbed and Static-X.
I think that Dan is the guy who can help me to achieve this, and more (suck-up-YEAH!!!). And with that sweet new Fender Strat in my hands...Life is goooooood!!!!!
By Michael Mongeau, at July 06, 2007
hey there, im alfie, and im 18. I am devestated...i have just had to sell my '62 strat ='( i cried a lot =[...this was because i need money to go to university this fall. I now have to play a crappy spanish guitar, to the laughter of all my m8s...i also got chucked out of my band cos of the apparent "lack of commitment" [selling my guitar...so i had to borrow my m8s...he didnt like it when i broke it]
The highway one series is literally the perfect guitar for me, its versatility and sound fit me perfectly...i remember playing one in a guitar shop a few weeks back and it felt amazing...even better than the '62 strat...Dan i would literally marry you if you gave me this guitar [probably not encouraging you to let me win.....so i am gonna suck up all i possibly can] XD
The lead guitar secrets course will make me into such a good player i know because dan is simply amazing ../his previous courses have literally taught me everything i know on guitar now!! and iv been playing for ten years!! one month with the blues guitar secrets course was better than 4 years with a teacher!!
Dan is an amazing guitarist...i know this course is going to teach me even more and is going to stretch my guitar playing to ever further lengths so i can show the dicks from my old band who is the best when im playing at wembley [ok ...maybe i dream] haha
so yes...basically...XD
By alfie222, at July 06, 2007
I took lessons for over a year and felt like I was never going to get any better, I eventually stopped taking lessons and just trying to teach myself once in a while. Then one day I ended up on your Amazing Guitar Secrets page, a few days later I bought it. After using your course I am better than I thought possible. Now that I'm better, I want to get even better, and I think your new course will take me to the next level of playing. Almost every minute of my free time is spent playing guitar. When I'm not playing I feel like I'm wasting my time. I know you can help more than any lessons could and your course is far less money and a far greater value. Your email videos and YouTube songwriting lessons helped out a lot, minutes after watching some videos I had new parts to a song I've been working on for weeks. Keep up the good work, can't wait for the course. I have no doubt this Lead Guitar Secrets will go beyond my greatest expectations. Take care, and by the way what kind of guitar is that orange one you always play in videos?
Patrick Woodruff
By J X T, at July 06, 2007
hi
i love to play lead guitar and iam trying so hard to do but still confuse in fretboards.....hope some day i will be on Top list of Lead Guitarists..... hahaha pray for me
By haroon, at July 06, 2007
well what more can i say about dan's guitar lessons..it has been years since i've been attached with him n dat too sitting rite here in a distant country called bangladesh..actually its not abt getting the guitar but its all abt his contributions dat has made the whole guitar playing process so comfy for me..im eagerly awaiting the release of his new cd to see how many stones are actually unturned..he has made the whole fretboard a complete 'known alley' for me..i wish and hope dat he carries on his great work for the rest of his life..thanks dude
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
I'd like to gain the intuition for how the guitar works so I can play what's in my head . . . and impress chicks.
acballard@mac.com
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Hello Dan, let me just start off and say how much your videos inspired me to improve my playing and technique. I really appreciate you doing this.
I'm a struggling student here in Hawaii with a broken life. I'm distant from my family and everyone I knew pretty much left me in the dust. Trying to find a job with a steady pay isn't the easiest things to do here either.
I'm sorry for sounding like an attention seeker right now, but please, read on.
With life giving me the most hits at the time, It's pretty difficult coping with life. At times, I felt that nothing could help relieve the pain I had inside. Well, before I left the home, a relative of mine told me to maybe...develop a hobby, an instrument even...
Sudden thoughts of this went into my mind and I thought that this could keep my mind off of the things that were bothering me for a while.
Thinking back, I remembered how inspired I was from my favorite guitarists; Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, BB King. I settled on learning the guitar.
A really close friend of mine gave me his squier starter pack. It isn't the best thing in the world, but I compromised and made it do.
Searching up lessons wasn't too easy for me either, I went through many different types of sites giving off mediocre advice and tips. More and more I went through until I hit your lesson site, Dan! I thought it was a bit gippy at first, but I went through and gave you my email address.
After several videos, I could feel my love and passion for music arising. I could now play all of those classic riffs and solos I've been itching to play ever since I was younger!
Everyday, I yearn to reach higher goals in my playing; learning about theory, techniques, etc. Your videos just do that!
So I say again, THANK YOU for setting me off into the beautiful world of guitar!!!
I'm extremely excited for your new "Lead Guitar Secrets" video! I'm already trying to save up for it.
I trust you in what you do, Dan. I'm really excited in pushing my limits with my skills.
Thank you so much for reading, dan. I hope you have a good one.
By Jin Bae /email: csplayer50_50@yahoo.com, at July 06, 2007
i am ridiculously excited about this lesson because i can FINALLY get over this finger stubbornness that ive developed while trying to learn to be a guitar master like Dan. I went from being able to play chopsticks on the guitar to actually being able to play riffs and chords. I've actually started a band and we're playing alot of local gigs, unfortunatly without Dan's help id still be sittin at home playing blah blah blah and wishing i could find what i needed to become motivated and excited about playing the way i really want to. On top of it all if i were to receive a top notch guitar like this instead of having to play what i can afford im sure my skills would skyrocket. Everyone that knows me knows that i learned all my basics and some of the further beyond from this website. So once again win or lose i still want the word on this amazing site to be worldwide known.
Thank you very much Dan for this opportunity.
By Christopher R. suchanscowboy@hotmail.com, at July 06, 2007
Hello,
My name is Tim, and like so many of you reading this I have an artist inside screaming to be released. I write, and I play drums. Now my focus has turned to the guitar in a big way.
AmazingGuitarSecrets is the way to go if your sick of looking for music with the chords you know in the song. I want more out of myself, like many of you I have strokes of musical genuis from time to time but i don't know how to let them out. That's why I'm ecstatic about the release of Lead Guitar secrets.
Life is too short not to follow your dreams. If you dream it you can make it happen, and that's what I believe Lead Guitar Secrets is, a dream catcher.
Peace all,
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
I am so greatly excited for Dan’s new Lead Guitar Secrets course! I believe music is one of the best gifts a person could give. Finally, I not only have a broader understanding of the guitar but I can share my enthusiasm with others. I’ve seen so many people that have wanted to learn guitar but they don’t know where to go or how to teach them selves so they just want to give up and let it collect dust. I was there once until I found Dan's amazing guitar secrets course, it cleared so many confusing issues up and questions I had. I couldn’t afford lessons any more and what my teacher was teaching just wasn’t working! So I thought hey ill try this out! I am so glad I did! Dan hits all the important details and doesn’t leave them missing! Now I am so eager to learn what he has to teach me next! Dan has been so generous to share his knowledge with others. I really cant believe he’s about to share more! Before this course I’m not sure if I would still be as dedicated as I am today. I can finally see a future for my self in guitar! I also love how Dan cares about his students he keeps coming up with amazing new courses and he doesn’t just leave you hanging. He’s not afraid to share what he knows! I can’t wait until I can go any where on the fret board and say what I want to say through it. I will be able to let others hear what I feel when I play. I’m also positive my band will appreciate my new abilities and understanding. I am not the best at guitar but giving up is not an option. I hope some day I can share what I know with others and help them as much as Dan has helped me! I want to learn all I can about guitar, it’s my passion and this new lead guitar secrets course will be another big stepping stone on my journey.
Thank you for everything you have done!
-Rebekah Lancaster
horsiey@ameritech.net
By Rebekah, at July 06, 2007
Dan:
I am probably much different than your average member. I am turning 50 and just picked up the guitar for the first time. My heart is blues and I have your Blues Secrets. And much as you said in your guitar secrets, IT'S WORK! I have an acoustic and I like the sound but it's still not like you when you are playing! :) I have reviewed your lead guitar secrets and it looks like this is what ties it all together. I really like where you show how to cross from one pentatonic to the next! I have found I can do this all the way down! I may not get there as quickly as most of your students but if you keep teaching I will keep learning!
Thanks! Mike
By Mike, at July 06, 2007
For years, I mean years, my guitar, that I have wanted forever, has been sitting in the bag with books, tuner and extra strings, just waiting for me to get up the nerve to play it. Or the time, with two kids under the age of three I am very busy.
Thanks to Dan, I have now began to play. I am so truly excited about Lead Guitar Secrets Course so that I can move a head further in my playing. I have a dream of performing and am always selfconscienous about what others think. My vocals are growing and developing everyday and I know that this new course will do the same for my playing!
My dad's Friend had some great words of advice on my 16th birthday card
"Never be afraid to Jam!"
How wicked would it be to win a
U.S. Fender Strat to Jam with. I know I would definately get improve my playing with Dan's Lead Guitar Secrets and that SWEET GUITAR!
Can't wait! Cassandra
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Why am I excited about Lead Guitar Secrets? Because I want to be able to solo like my heroes basically.
By Thorpedo, at July 06, 2007
hi sir;
ever since i was 7 (currently 16) i've always wanted to learn how to play the guitar, i have grown up listening to the likes of slash, jimmy page, hendrix and joe perry so my mainintrest is playing the blues.
i've recently been attempting the outro slolo from guns and roses november rain, at the begging my fingers werent moving quick enough so by using the finger strengthening techniques, i am now nearly accomplished on the solo, i have a band and really it ain't impressive, now that i've been using d.d's tips, i can pretty much hold the team together.
i own a fender strat copy (sunburst) and i heard better music coming from a tortured cat than i did from my guitar :S and i would really like to win one as i am now saving up for a really big amplifier seeing as 10watts aint really loud,
much ur fan,
ruaidri
irish-gangsta@hotmail.co.uk
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
My husband plays giutar and it sounds awesome.He has learned alot over the years and is always striving to learn more.I love it when he learns new cords and plays them for me.On days when he can't get around good he plays guitar for hours and is always making up his own style.I'm very proud of him for having fun with music and learning something new every day.This course is awesome he learns to play lead and cleaner cords.
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
I like the way it changed my social life. until a few weeks ago, I did not have many social contacts. I did'nt have much friends, and there was *no way* I could get a girlfriend either.
but since I tried your cource everything went better for me, I feel more confident with a gitar in my hands and I made some good friends by simply stunning them while playing on my guitar!
my new friends, yorrick, albert and niels are all pretty good guitarists, but in some styles, I simply am better because of your course!
Thank you for giving my life more purpose!
Thanks! Daan
By Daan, at July 06, 2007
Hi dan,
I used to play the guitar in a duo when I was 16 years old and only new 4 or 5 chords and about 6 songs. We used to just play for fun and friends.
I moved to South Africa about 25 years ago and never had the inclination to play again even though I’ve still got my acoustic guitar from those days, but now have a pickup on it.
I am now 62 years old but recently I was asked to join a band of older members to play at various venues for the aged etc.
I’ve been following your online tutorials and have picked up a lot of things that improved my playing abilities so I am looking forward to your new course ( Lead guitar secrets) because the things I’ve learnt from you give the people we play to so much enjoyment, especially when we play the older 60s and 70s numbers.
So keep up the good work of inspiring and motivating people to learn to play properly.
Thank You
Alan Capenhurst
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Dear fellow musicians,
This is Andy, a 19 year old sophmore music major at Berea College. As many of us know, money-in-abundance is not possible, and a hard-earned luxury, working the summer vacation away at a fast food joint, struggling to save up enough to pay each semester's term bill.
When it comes to music as a hobby, it is my highest priority, skimping every leftover penny towards music CDs/instructional books and other "not as good as a US strat" gear for inspiration. Nice gear is great, but having the best guitar in the world will do no good if you can't play it, having nobody to look up to and be inspired by. (though the US strat. is still to die for) In support for the music, the luxury of a car and my own residence is not an option, and are financial priorities that come after the guitar and music. (live in parents' house)
Not having time/money for lessons/superior gear, I practice in my spare time with and old Kay classical nylon string my mom had since she was a kid and have come a long way with perseverance from surfing the internet and from absorbing the music classes, and observing other musicians.
I did manage to borrow some gear from a friend and record these here (some of it pretty old from high school):
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=526494&T=2916
With the lack of decent instruction I have received, I'm surprised I can even play that well. I need to perfect my skill with your course. I want to learn jazz. In my opinion, it is the most difficult genre and I can't play a lick of it. I want to learn how the jazz chords work, and how to access them on the fretboard, and how they are used. Thank you all very much. Your support for spreading the word of guitar instruction at this price is something special, and greatly appreciated.
By AmmJam, at July 06, 2007
Hi.
I am 14 years old and I'm very exited about getting better at guitar. I was awe inspired by some of the Guitar Gods, and my dad. Ever since I have been playing guitar like none other. I want to learn everything I possibly can to become a better guitar player. Like chord changing for instance. I can never get C for some reason. and I still have a lot of chords to learn. I want to know enough to make some of my own stuff.
I love some of the priceless intros like Wish you were here by Pink Floyd, Sweet Child o Mine, by Guns n' Roses, Sunshine of your love by Cream, and many more. With your program, I feel like I could follow in their footsteps.
thanks,
James Campbell
hello_campbellgoodbye@yahoo.com
By James Campbell, at July 06, 2007
i purchased AGS about 2 years ago. i have played for 20+ years. AGS showed me my modes,key signatures,speed exercises,and really challenged me to become a well rounded guitarist. i never took time b-4 to learn key signatures and modes. i was put in a situation where i needed to know and well dan denleys AGS truly brought me up to really showing i am a 20 yr + player. its simply the best course there is. which leads me to believe lead guitar secrets will be barre none thanks dan
By tim brown, at July 06, 2007
Hey,
This is Bobby Sosaya and I just started out playing guitar. I began taking lessons this year but I quite because I didn't feel like I was learning much. So now I am just here with my guitar and nothing much. I am starting to use many of the tools available here and feel better about guitar playing. I've always wanted a guitar ever since I was 3 and now that I have an electric guitar it is not much, it always breaks my strings and the body of the guitar is in really sad shape, I got this guitar free because some guy just didn't want it. So I see this amazing Strat and it could be anybodies and I love it because many of my guitar role models use the Strat. If I could have a guitar that I could master easier than mine and rip through songs like all those guitar gods then I would love it. It would also make me very confident about playing in front of people, 'cause I'm not confident now at all. So I wish to be able to go on a stage with a great guitar and wow people and make them feel my soul through my playing and put all my heart into guitar because its not all about being famous and getting it all, its all about putting your heart into playing and being the music like a real guitar god.
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Why am I excited about Lead Guitar secrets? First of all, it has always been my dream to learn how to play guitar and jam like a rock star. Since I was a kid, I use to see these rock stars on stage jamming and vibing on their guitar and I wished someday that could be playing like them. It would be great some day if i can play like them and i think the lead guitar secrets will do the trick. From the tremolos, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and the exciting techniques which gives color and flavor to guitar playing.
By Al, at July 06, 2007
Hi Dan,
Just ordered your amazing guitar secrets gold.I am hoping that your course can get me past this stage of not knowing how to put what I know together so I can play with other people.I keep losing interest and feel like I am always starting over again.I don't own a electric giutar and don't know anything about them. Sure would be nice to learn. I just hope that I am not too old to learn all the stuff I would like to know about playing a guitar. Thank you.
Wendy Bessey
By Wendy, at July 06, 2007
I'm excited about Lead Guitar Secrets, because the secrets revealed will make me a Lead Guitar God!
By Jorrit, at July 06, 2007
Hi, I've been playing guitar since late 1998, and all I could ever play was rythym. I've always liked the lead runs & riffs, to me that's the real character of the song. I'm excited about the new tools that will be at my disposal, because I've already used Dan's methods and I got better faster than the lessons I was getting. I think it will make me even better by giving me the speed and accuracy and teach me more of the musical theroy that I need to play like the gods of guitar. Plus I'm overjoyed that I could be one of the ones to receive a Fender Strat, I LOVE Fender!! Right now I play a Strat copy made by Kasino, it's a great guitar, but it's a little hard to play, my dad has a Fender Strat and he let me play it once. The tone and the action of the guitar made me better, it was easier to play and chord than mine. I can't afford a Fender though, with all of my debt and other bills a Fender is too far out of reach for me. So it would be great to receive one. With a fender guitar and Dan Denley's methods I know that I can become a guitar god myself and join the ranks of Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, just to name a few. Talk to ya'll later.
A Fellow Guitarist,
Ross Conkle
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
hi, i'd just like to say i have been learning guitar for about 6 months now and because im only on a pension i have only been able to learn from the free lessons Dan has been sending me and i have improved 100%since then. i have learnt several songs now on an acoustic guitar and would dearly love a stratt.
By tigerlady, at July 06, 2007
HI DAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR OFFERS. I WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I AM A BEGINNER AT ALL OF THIS, SO BE PATIENT. AS I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PLAY A GUITAR, BUT IT IS MY DESIRE TO COMPLETE THIS. I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A PERSON LIKE YOURSELF, TO TEACH A PERSON TO PLAY A GUITAR, FROM THE BEGINNING. TAKE CARE. PATRICIA PEEK.
By PATRICIA PEEK., at July 06, 2007
I am excited about Dan's new course. I am sure this new course will augment his previous course "Amazing Guitar Secrets" (a course which I have not quite completed yet--it has been informative and enjoyable).
I have examined other potential courses online. I find that Dan's approach to teaching is more detailed and is communicated better than the others I have seen.
Dan's video demonstrations of chords, scales and licks are very well done. Dan seems to understand the nature of teaching and he is effective in how he teaches. The other courses I have seen seem a little too complicated and advanced. The videos produced by these other guitar teachers are not as good as Dan's productions. These other videos are not communicated too well from what I have experienced and/or in some cases too difficult to work with. Dan's approach makes it easy to learn how to play the guitar. His videos are easy to work with which for me, in terms of learning, is very key.
I also note that since the his last course, Dan has gained a lot more knowledge in terms of computer technology and therefore I am expecting even better video productions and online lessons. I can tell that technically things have improved because of the recent quality video e-mails Dan has been sending me.
His follow up to his courses is great too. Dan e-mails reminders of certain things and he also e-mails other video lessons as supplements to his course.
He just does not sell his course and then leave it up to you. Dan engages in the entire learning process even after you have purchased the course. He allows you to have feedback with him to see how you are doing. Such service is great in terms of support because there are always questions that need to be answered as you go through the course. Dan responds to your needs.
Dan has made me fall in love with my guitar again. I played when I was younger and I now I have returned to playing the guitar again at age 46. I have a goal to become a some what accomplished guitar player by the time I retire(at age 55). I want to enjoy playing my guitar during my retirement and hopefully find some fellow retirees to play in a fun band. This is a goal of mine.
I will be using Dan as my teacher to get me there.
Dan has inspired me to bring music back into my life. Whenever I play my guitar at home, I find it relaxing and enjoyable. Music and the guitar has enhanced my quality and enjoyment of life.
Music and playing an instrument is part of our creativity. Music stimulates the right brain which we use very little of. Creativity and music in particular helps to balance out the right and left brain usage. When our brain becomes more balanced, we are more happy, peaceful and loving as individuals--we tend to enjoy life more rather than struggling with it.
So, I am looking forward to continue having Dan as my guitar teacher. I am looking forward to having Dan help me reach my goal.
This is what a good teacher will do for a student, and Dan is that teacher.
By Frank from Thunder Bay Ontario, at July 06, 2007
Dan
I have been playing guitar for a very long time. I had taken lessons when I was 10 or 11, and found it very boring. I play guitar by ear I watch what you show on your videos and I follow you, and within an hour I'm learning something new and you sir,have showed me allot of neat guitar playing that I love. I wish I would of taken more guitar lessons when I got older, but decided to learn on my own.
I have found your site to be very educational for young guitar players, and that is a great thing you are doing, sharing all your degrees and experience. Thank again for the lessons
Cecile Windsor, Ont
By Cecile Burgess, at July 06, 2007
Hi, firstly I'd like to thank you for the free lessons which I feel have helped me a lot.
As to why & how Lead Guitar Secrets can help me......I have wanted to play guitar since I was little because my Dad does and I loved listening to him play "House of the Rising Sun" & rhythm tunes he would make up.
I started learning guitar about 2 years ago when I was 14 and discovered Dire Straits, Iron Maiden & Slash amongst others, I have taught myself to play rhythm and some lead riffs and fills but what I would love to be able to do is make up my own solos, riffs etc, and for this, I'm going to need some help.
It is inspiring to watch and listen to someone playing lead guitar and I know that they are not just "playing what they feel" or "making it up" but have learnt all the scales, modes, solo techniques etc....I would like to learn everything about playing lead so I too, can be that "someone" who inspires others to pick up a guitar and learn to play.
I currently own a Westfield 12 string acoustic that I bought from ebay, and I use my Dad's Epiphone SG which is lovely to play and has been set up very well but, it isn't mine and it isn't a Fender Stratocastor, so I would love to win one but at the end of the day a Fender Strat isn't going to make me play any better (although it might make the noise sound nicer) only practise, patience and a good teacher can do that.
So if Lead Guitar Secrets is as good as it seems then I will be able to achieve my dream and that would be good enough for me.
Thanks again for all your help.
All the Best
Harri Hobbs
By Harri Hobbs, at July 06, 2007
Lead guitar secrets is da bomb!!!! The funny thing is is that my birthday is on July 20th!!! I will be 19!! Dan, I have been subscribed to your online newsletter for about a year now(or more haha)and that in and of itself has improved my fingering and overall strength of my hands. your patient and relaxed teaching style is helpful to me in and of itself^-^. I love the guitar and I know that with this course I will be able to accomplish anything!!I am sure that it will improve my playing in EVERY WAY(because I am obviously not as good as dan, i am only 18 afterall haha). We appreciate you dan (not for this giveaway but for the fact that you have put so much work into teaching us aspiring guitarists what you know!)and I don't regret anything about subscribing to your free online newsletter so far. Actually i do regret one thing...the fact that i don't have enough money to buy your course! haha^-^ Thanks for everything dan!!!!!!!
By kalkas, at July 06, 2007
I suppose that the stock answer as to why anyone would want to learn lead guitar secrets AND win a 'Strat is just this: To pick up chicks.
But I'm afraid that at my age that ship has already sailed - or sunk, as the case may be.
No worries, that means that I can play simply for my own pleasure, which is why anyone should play the guitar. I've spent the last few years learning and have come to really enjoy relaxing after work and on weekends with a guitar in my hands. I've worked on chords, strum patterns, and even some picking, but leads still elude me. So Dan, if you've got the secrets I'm all ears. Well, and fingers.
I've discovered that there is no such thing as too many guitars and there is always room for one more. Particularly if it has the name "Fender" on the headstock.
Don't worry about shipping it - I'll come pick it up.
Niel Powers
By Niel Powers, at July 06, 2007
hi mate,
i have been playing guitars (i can strum anything and any song)but with capo,
thanks to your courses and your tips i progress incredibly fast in fingerpicking,playing blues etc.
i couldnt progress fast anought without your guidance and care and now i have more satisfaction playing.
i have several acoustic but no elecctric guitar yet .
my dream guitar always been the fender stratocaster due to it distinctive sound and this will be my next guitar.
Now love playing more than ever due to the fact that my improvement was quick
all the best
woody tzafrir
sydney australia
By Oded, at July 06, 2007
I've wanted to play guitar since I was a little kid. I used to sit and think for long periods at at time about playing an amazing solo and impressing my family and friends. Finally, about a year ago, I decided to act on my desires and get a guitar. I looked for a while for something that I could afford. Price was certainly a big factor in my purchase. Finally, I found what looked like a great deal. It was a guitar pack that included a guitar, amp, cable, strap, and picks, for only $100. However, I realized pretty quickly that the price was too good to be true. The amplifier wasn't too bad, but the guitar was truly awful. It constantly goes out of tune, there's a lot of fret buzz, and some notes don't even sound correctly. The action is already all the way up, and because it is so high, it hurts my fingers and I get bad, burning wrist pains after playing for a while.
Nevertheless, I still have managed to learn how to play chords and simpler songs, and I have learned some theory to understand basic scales and how the fretboard works. Lead Guitar Secrets looks like the perfect learning tool to help me to progress onto the next level. Some of my friends play guitar, and listening to them improvise solos just makes me want to learn how to solo well even more. With the help of Lead Guitar Secrets, I think I can learn the necessary skills and theory to do exactly that. I watched some of the sample videos and Dan Dentley explains everything very clearly, in a manner that I can understand. So, I'm excited about Lead Guitar Secrets because I think it will really help me to play great-sounding solos. How? Well, judging from the videos, Dan shows you the theory that you need to know to be able to play great solos. You need to really understand how the fretboard works, and how you can move between the various positions. Dan teaches you all of this in the course. You also need to know some catchy licks to play over these scales, and Dan shows you those too in this course. I think that this course is probably the most comprehensive learning tool out on the market today, and that's why I'm so excited about it. It shows you EXACTLY what you need to understand to be able to play lead guitar, and that's exactly what I've been dying to do since I was a little kid.
However, the problems with my guitar still exist. I have played a Fender Strat in a guitar store, and I was amazed at how much smoother it plays, and how much better it sounds. For once, I could play without getting bad wrist pains from action that is too high. It was so easy to play that it has become my dream guitar. However, it will remain only a dream guitar unless I win this contest, as I simply cannot afford one. I even wonder if it would be possible to play decent solos on the guitar I have now, when I struggle to push down the strings to play simple chords. Winning this contest would be a dream come true for me, as I would finally have a good guitar, which would make me one step closer to being able to fufill my childhood dream of playing awesome solos. This is one of my biggest goals in life, and if I won this guitar, I would be extremely thrilled.
-Michael C.
OmegaM41@sbcglobal.net
By Michael C., at July 06, 2007
Who wouldn't like to win a Fender strat,Recently I started Dan's AGS course and the difference this has made to my understanding of theory and playing skills is truly amazing.Dan hasn't kept the secret to himself he shares his knowledge & experience with you.The best comment i liked about Dan is he said it takes some hard work,this is true however the rewards are so huge after putting in the effort and by taking a small step at a time. My goal is to be able to play rythum and solo mixed,to do this I stick to theory to give me a better understanding of musical structure (AGS)and use Dans practical instructions to form my foundation which will give me what I love to be able to play in the future. Along with AGS & "Lead Guitar Secrets" which will be added to my education goals soon and to boot maybe a Black Fender Strat, I strongly believe this is the best step i have ever made in guitar playing.To all beginners and advanced guitarists get your self this course YOU WILL NEVER LOOK BACK ,Regards Joseph
By JOSEPH SCHUUR, at July 06, 2007
There were asked two short, simple questions. WHY? and HOW?. They're definatly short, but sure as hell not simple. Actually its among the hardest questions in very many cases.
Why AM I excited about Lead Guitar Secrets?
OK, that one is rather easy; I wanna be kick-ass guitar-player! Give me whatver to work with, and I'll work on it. I'm far from a professional, but HEY, that's why I'm seeking advice with the "higher power". I think what Denley is doing is great, we need alot more guitarists like him. But I gotta admit, the layout on the webpage is sucky (sorry, just truth), but the content, and everything in it is extremly valuable to all of us guitarplaying geeks. Everything Denley has come up with are gold worth! (or at least most of it:)) SO THAT'S why I'm excited about Lead Guitar Secrets. It just GOTTA be good when it comes from this guy!
How do I BELIEVE Lead Guitar Secrets will improve my playing?
After personal experiences, I know that what I BELIEVE is mostly screwd up and things happens in a TOTALLY diffrent way. So I will just say "How I HOPE it will improve my skills". This post is already rather long, so I'll keep it simple:
I presume you all have heard about A-7-X(Avenged Sevenfold), My Chemical Romance and Carlos Santana? If there is ANYTHING out there in this wide world that can make me play (even CLOSE TO SIMILAR) to "A-7-X - Beast and the Harlot", "My Chemical Romanace - Dead!"(doubt I'll ever play that one) and about anything from Carlos Santana's mangeficent solos... then it's gotta be Lead Guitar Secrets. My dream is on the stage. Would be nice with a little push in the right direction, but I'll go that way no matter what.
Thomas Husebø, 16, Norway.
By Thomas Husebø, at July 06, 2007
I live in Argentina. I used to love playing guitar. But, until I see your web site... I just touch the strings. You show me, very easy, how to play solos just hearing progressions of chords. Now, 6 or 7 months later, I can play many solos, almos flowless, over my favourite songs!!!! I love it. And, of course, I can improvise using the scales you teach me. Thanks a lot!!!!!! That's why I think it will improve my playing skills. Thanks!!!!
By Ariel Abaca (thethreat1974@hotmail.com), at July 06, 2007
There are many reasons why I am ecstatic about the release of Dan Denley's "Lead Guitar Secrets."
I, as a guitarist have had many troubles trying to learn how to solo as I have never received lessons so I have been wasting my time and more importantly my parents and mine hard earned money buying books that don't tell you anything new, unreliable DVD’s that show a guitarist just shredding a scale and leaving you there thinking "What the hell did he just play?" And picking up the remote and pegging it at the T.V. in frustration. The greatest and most surprising feature about Dan's DVD’s and books is that you can actually understand what the teacher is saying and playing and you walk away every time from reading or watching a DVD or book knowing "I've learnt something new and can apply this to my playing successfully!"
The biggest problem I have with my playing is when I'm playing a solo and I get stuck, I can't go anywhere else because I haven't been taught how and when to use all the modes and I'm pretty much stuck in the basic major, minor and pentatonic scales, words couldn’t describe how happy and relieved I was that I had found something that is going to teach me what I’ve been desperate to learn for so long which is how and when to use the 7 modes.
My friend purchased your "Amazing Guitar Secrets" book and DVD and I was amazed at how natural teaching guitar is for you and the bond you have with your guitar, it's like your one, that’s what I love about guitarists! The lessons I saw were fantastic and motivated me to check you out and attempt to purchase your book and dvd and then I saw that your releasing this new one and as soon as I get the money I will be purchasing it!!!
I would really love to win that beautiful Strat as I only have a Squire Bullet Strat and as you know they aren't that good to say the least. I've been wanting a Strat since I started 4 years and have been saving for a Strat for the past year and a bit and have only got $350 up for it.
I wish you all the best with your new release and with everything in the future Dan, Scott Loughland(dimebag_fukin_rulz@hotmail.com).
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Hey
im just a 15 year old kid
for guitar,i really got into it when i found an acoustic in my storeroom then i started trying to play and i got here..
all the time i've seen people playing guitar solos like god ! on youtube and stuffs
some are even younger then me,thats what motivates me to really wanna learn so yeah..
it inspires me alot =]
By Lance, at July 06, 2007
Hey. I AM definately excited about lead guitar secrets. I want to be able to play fluently and improvise continuously. Going and down the fretboard. I think that it wll allow me to expand the limits of my playing. I need to learn more scale patterns and the fundamentals of improvisation and soloing. I kow that this course will definately help me in this area! Dan, you've been doing great lessons for a long time and i have learnt alot from you! The wine red strat is very beautiful and Im sure i can put it to good use.
Cheers
James
By James, at July 06, 2007
hey this is Andrew Stone. I haven't been taking guitar lessons so I've been counting on the Amazing guitar secrets to better my skill level and the lead guitar secrets just might be the thing I've been looking for to increase my capability of shifting fingers around the fretboard. I'm not the greatest at moving around the fretboard and it would really help with my soloing if i would be able to experiment with more then just a few frets in a solo. i love you Dan and u give me inspiration. i wanna rock like you and with guitar secrets maybe I'll be able to
By Anonymous, at July 06, 2007
Well Hello Dan,
I Used to have a Fender Jazzmaster and a Martin D-45, they were stolen 29 years ago.
Now I drive a Big Truck across 48 states and play guitar when I shut down for the night.
I realized 2 years ago that I have been playing by ear for far too long. So, I purchased your course, "Amazing Guitar Secrets".
I bought an "Estaban" acoustic guitar and have been improving my vocal range with Bret Manning's "Perfect and Realive Pitch" courses.
I ran into a snag along the way.
I miss the sustain and ease of fingering that an Electric quitar provides. I have always been drawn to the "Fender Strat" and the "Marshal Tube Amp".
I have been squirreling away cash and just solved the 'power problem' by purchasing an "APU" unit for my truck.
I can't think of a better way to start off the rest of my life than by winning a "Stratocaster".
I will be proud to say, "I won this beauty from Dan's 'Amazing Guitar Secrets - Give Away Contest'". My Dreams thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Rich Klein
By blazeredmoon, at July 06, 2007
I am very excited about the new lead guitar video because that is what I am primarily interested in being. There are too many other cheap guitar videos made by other imposters out there that just teach you to strum some chords and call that learning the guitar. To me that is just teaching very basic easy guitar playing that I could have learned on my own and probably for cheaper. With this new video it will tell me exactly what I need to concentrate on and what I need to practice the most to become a lead guitar player. That is what I've wanted to learn since I started playing guitar and seems all other teachers have just danced around that subject.
I have been saving away little bits of cash for some years now in order to buy a Fender Strat, but being a college student in these days it's hard save very much money period, especially enough to buy a Strat. I would proudly name it Dan if I won it. Either way, I can't wait for Lead Guitar Secrets to change my playing.
Good luck, and God bless.
By T Longbrake, at July 06, 2007
My name is David and I've been playing guitar for a year this month. I am self tought and throughout this past year my way of learning has been scanning the internet for guitar lessons that were either free or worth paying for. I can honestly say that I found one worth paying for. I have learned so much from just the AmazingGuitarSecret sample videos I knew the full package had to be good. And now I can boost up my lead skills with the new Lead Guitar Secrets release. I practice everyday and I am excited because I can add some new stuff to my practicing material. My solo playing and scale use really needs some improvement and I believe this new release can help me and I'm really looking forward to learning some new techniques. So I just want to say thanks to Dan for providing such great learning material for new guitarist like me. God has blessed me with an amazing gift and you are helping me to perfect it.
God bless and Thank you,
David Edge
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By rvig, at July 06, 2007
Hello Dan,
I've been playing the guitar on and off for 30 plus years, mostly rhythm guitar to accompany my vocals. I have played the Bass guitar in a few bands because my guitar playing was just okay...(it helps if you actually practice)...so I invested in you "Amazing Guitar Secrets" and I have been playing...my fingers still hurt because I'll play for hours. I've found your course to be the motivator that I was looking for. I have to say that I'm interested in your lead course, I know several licks that people have showed me over the years, but I don't have enough knowledge to make them my own. I actually play an amplified acoustic guitar and haven't ever own a good electric guitar, because I never felt my playing was up to it, but I have begun to change my mind about that primarly because of your course...so thanks!
Take care...and I'm going to check out your Blues Course...
Susan Haseltine
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Hi Dan and friends.
I purchased Amazing Guitar Secrets and used it instead of paying outragous amounts for private lessons. As far as my guitar playing goes, it was the smartest investment yet.
My wife bought me a starter guitar for Christmas a couple of years ago. I'm self taught, with Dan's help. I've dedicated my guitar playing to the Lord and using it to help those suffering from alcohol and drug addiction. I've also played praise & worship music for the church. The Lord has laid a couple of good songs on my heart with an awesome and powerful message. With the help of Dan's course, I've been able to put some really good guitar music to those songs. See Dan, I bet you didn't know that you were doing God's work through that course. Maybe you did. Either way, keep up the good work.
The reason I'm excited about the new course is because I've developed well in the rhythm guitar, but what my songs need to really make an impact is good lead solos between the verses and such. Nothing grabs the listener's attention like a good lead solo. Mastering the scales and modes is an adventure. I can't wait to see what help I can get from the new Lead course.
I'm also ready to upgrade and with a new Strat, I really think it will make the difference when playing for those listening who need to hear the message in the music. I believe the Strat will fit the music perfectly. The sound is unique. I've used the church's Strat.
Last year in July, I suffered a serious shoulder injury. After my surgery, as soon as I could endure the pain I had that guitar under my arm and I was playing it again. I've been out of work since and can't justify upgrading from the starter guitar my wife bought me.
Whether I win the Strat or not, I want to thank you Dan for helping me develop so quickly that I've been able to bless many with the music. It's definitely been a dream come true. Your courses are truely a blessing and very easy to understand.
God bless all of you and your families,
Joe Yuodis
By Joe Y., at July 07, 2007
My name is Zach Burns and i love to play the guitar. It is my absolute favorite thing to do. I am real excited about this course because I really want to learn how to apply the right scales, to the right areas. I really can't write solos because i don't have much previous experience with fundementals, techniques, and how to apply the right scales to make a solo. Sure, i can form a solo, but with the release of this new course i will have a better understanding of HOW to make a solo instead of just hoping I get it right. When i see the pros playing their solos I want to know how they do it, it frustrates me, and I really want to learn. When it comes to playing, I am shy, this is because of what I previoulsy said, i really don't know how to apply multiple scales to a solo. So if you could help me out, to become a better player and more confident, this strat would be a great addition to the new course, and a good upgrade from my $100 Silvertone guitar.
Thank you for taking your time to read this and I am really looking foward to the new solo course.
Zach Burns
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
hey, dan. i heard about this contest and i had to enter. im almost 16 ,ive been playing guitar for about 4 or 5 years and i played violin for about 5 years before that. im exicited about lead guitar secrets because ive just started learning how to solo and i want to go in depth with it. im serious about becoming a professional musician and music is my life. i feel that the only way i can express my emotions is through playing guitar. i feel i deserve the strat because im a serious musician and i want a nice instrument to play. ive played strats before and thers nothing like one. its so classic. i believe your lead guitar secrets will improve my playing because even though i know a little about soloing already, there is still so much to learn. and, the big problem i am having with soloing right now is playing smoothly. i beleive this lesson will help me with that and many other things.
so, in conclusion, i think your soloing secrets will help me on the road to a succesful career. and, why not go down that road with a nice guitar?
- Eric Ziegler
p.s. my email is ericziegler@verizon.net
By Eric Ziegler, at July 07, 2007
well probably after playing for some years ,ones come to stage where he want to create his own music ,his solos on a chord progression.Thats why I'm very excited of Dan Denley new lead guitar course where actually I would be able to learn to convert scales into solo or rather to use alphabet from scales and start creating words from them,where I can understand the relation between various scales,modes and chord progression.As I already own cd of Dan earlier course ,I know that he is the best person on the net who can lead me to the next level of playing which I and surely other guitar players dream of.
By Varun Nidhi, at July 07, 2007
well im not going to talk about the whole childhood speach.so ill keep it short.YES its always been a dream of mine but im making it reality and with the help of your lead guitar secrets it can take me to the next level. The finger speed training and accuracy will help me inprove my playing and with wickead solo techniques i will become the next best thing and complete my life and love for music. With help from the FENDER i can do it with so much more confidance.
Charles Bannister
By Charles Bannister, at July 07, 2007
The reason I am exited about the new Amazing Lead Guitar Secrets course is because I was hoping it would help me come up with really excellent solos like Ace Frehleys'from Kiss. Like the solos from Strutter, Love Gun, etc.etc.. I have always liked Ace Frehleys' solos and style of playing,but I was never able to pin down what he was doing to get that sound.I have known how to play the power chords,bends,slides,trills,pull offs,hammer ons,etc.,for many years but not the theory. I know you (Dan) are big on the pentatonic scales,and I read somewhere that Ace Frehleys' solos were created using the pentatonic scales,and thats how I think the new course will help me in my quest. I have not had a good electric guitar since about 1986 and this little Esteban my youngest brother gave me about a year and a half ago has a bit of a problem. Although Fender is not my first choice in guitars i'm sure it is a well made piece of machinery,and sounds nice,it also has 22 frets which is what I need the one I have only has 18frets.Thanks for everything Dan,Jody Bush
Email:bushimports@sbcglobal.net
By Jody, at July 07, 2007
this is mitchell trying and praying hard to get a good fender strat guitar for a long time,and i felt like this is like a miracle for me,since i cannot own or buy this guitar personally.
and the reason why i am very exited about this Amazing Lead Guitar Secret Course is that this will really help me in bringng out ditterent and new style if music.
this course really help me and give me a lot of ideas and skills to take ne to that level of being a professional musician.
And moreover i am a christian and i am working in an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) here in India.
and i think its a high time for a christian musician to come up to the level of being able to compete witn the secular musician out there.
and i think this challenge is fall on me,and that's why i'm taking this course so that it will really help me to go forward skillfully and and take me to that level of a professional musician,
thank you so much for this opportunity to be able to get the guitars of my dreams.
hey thaks,bless u.
mitchell
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
I want to have this Fender Strat, and that's one of two reasons why I write this comment. The other is I like Slash, lead guitarist of Guns'n'Roses and I really like to become a lead guitarist just like him.
By amy, at July 07, 2007
Guitar secrets means so much to me because i think most people are to scared to take on lead guitar, it can be difficult and annoying and dam right frustrating at times trying to write solos and play as good as everyone else!!! And being a chick on guitar there are not many girls out there who have the nerve to do what lead guitarists do on stage...... Lead guitar is to me the most awsum guitar thing you can do and every guitarist deserves a chance to have that feeling!!!!!!
Nat xox :)
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Guitar secrets means so much to me because i think most people are to scared to take on lead guitar, it can be difficult and annoying and dam right frustrating at times trying to write solos and play as good as everyone else!!! And being a chick on guitar there are not many girls out there who have the nerve to do what lead guitarists do on stage...... Lead guitar is to me the most awsum guitar thing you can do and every guitarist deserves a chance to have that feeling!!!!!!
Nat xox :)
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Hi Dan!
What I want out of your courses (which are great!) is that I want to KNOW what I'm doing (which I now know. For me as a young player at the age of 18, it's quite hard to get the money to a such guitar as the Fender you are giving away, on that, I wont stop when i come to the 13th fret anymore (still just have a acoustic one)!!
And I have to tell, you also made me listen to a little more kinds of music!
Peace and Love
//Charles
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Hi, The reason I'm writing to you is... for the first time of my life I'm actually very intrested in a guitar-course like this one. When you're on the net it always pops up some worthless advertising saying " do you wanna learn how to play like Slash?". I've never belived in it because I don't trust it but I trust you and your courses. I've seen your videos several times and I find your way of teaching very exciting and easy to learn. I'm convinced that I'll buy this course cause it contains all the things that I need to improve my guitarplaying. My friends and I got a band and we're doing just fine but all the other members are going in a music institute and they're doing their last year there right now so they're improving very fast. But I have to study at home to even be able understand what they're talking about. And I'm the lead guitarist so that means that I'm the one who's supposed to take the solos, but that's where my problem is. So far I've been able to handle "the lead guitarist dutys" but at this level it's pretty hard to create a solo that fits the style of our music. I want to learn how to use the entire fretboard while playing solo, and also learn the basics of some speed training. And your cource seems to contain all the important techniques that I need to improve my playing. So this cource is like a gift from above to me. I've seen some of my favorite bands like motley crüe, wasp, twisted sister and Hanoi rocks and their music is the best and so are the solos. And I wanna learn how to create solos just like that and I'm sure that this video cource is a great learning on my way to the biggest dream of mine, to be able to play the most beautiful solo ever heard in front of a big audience. By the way I can tell you that I'm from Finland and I'm just 16, so my english is not the best but I'm sure you'll understand the most of it, I hope. Thanks for all the tricks you've teached me, I really appreciate it.
Rock on!
Simon Enkvist, Finland
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Hi ya all!
Put short: Dan has helped me(a late starter in my late 40´s) to peel off all the mystical prejudice I had towards playing and thereby has given me confidence to practice, practice and practice. I´ll be there someday. Without his coursed I would not believe it.
By DrJerry, at July 07, 2007
well I dunno why I should have these very Very fine and beautiful guitar but well I have always wanted to play guitar and learn all the secrets..but The time i have on practicing isn't much.. actually almost the very beginning I realized that my old acoustic guitar was broken I depressed so much ... well I have been searching new guitar but they are too expensive and my money situation isn't going well.. but I still try cause I really wanna play some day Metallica songs completely I hope that won't stay in a distant dream in my mind
Mel T.
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
dan
i was like in the middle of the road, dosent know which step to take. but i found his guitar course and love his videos explaining every doubt of me, at first i have a problem understanding scales but now i am mastering it easily. i have a band that rocks, every course of ur was helpful n perfect so this "lead" will too.
thx dan
By rob, at July 07, 2007
hi,
i am so excited about your new lead guitar secrets course because i have been saving up to buy it so i can improve my playing as i have only been playing for just over a year(since my 13th birthday). i know the course will help me to create amazing solo's and and use scales up and down the fretboard. ever since i was 6 years old when my dad bought me a toy guitar i have always dreamed of having a fender stratocaster, however i can not afford such a thing of beauty. i hope you can fulfill my dream. if not i am sure i will still be satisfied by your new course as i have been with all your other courses, of which i own.
Sam Lambert, Peterborough, England
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Why im exited about lead guitar secrets. we'll i'm always trying to improve my technique and overall knowledge, i believe this will help enormously, and i'm particularly interested in the chord scale relationship aspect of it, this will improve my jazz studies greatly as i'm normally confused about what scales go with the more exotic chords. I'm also a great fan of the way Dan teaches its really easy to understand (thanks Dan). I hope everybody can benefit from this new programme, all the best, Tim!
By tim, at July 07, 2007
I think its pretty much self explanotory why i'm so exited and thrilled about lead guitar secrets.
The quality of the videos and excersices are just mind-blowing!
With regular e-mails on brand new content never seen like it on the interenet and links to get your playing up to high standards.
When I first signed up hoping to learn some pretty decent stuff, I just thought it would be like all the other sites that cost and have ads for other sites but I was astinished by how it was free and no other company's mithering me.
(And whats even better is it's my birthday on 6th July and there was a competetion for a great guitar.) I would like to say to any new comers choose this site and leave with knowledge of timing, improvising, riffs and much more.
By Joe, at July 07, 2007
Hello D.D. ! I can't wait to get my Lead Guitar Secrets because my big dream is to form a band and I want to be the lead guitarist. It has been my dream since I was 6.That's when I first got into music. I'm still doing my regular chords and trying to make some little solos but that isn't enough. I want to know how to create chords, how to mix them to get a masterpiece, play wild solos over the whole fretboard, use different techniques like I've been using them my whole life and develop my own techniques. Before contacting you I didn't even know how to read a tab or do one single scale. But with your help I passed those moments. I owe you a big "THANK YOU" though it isn't enough for everything you came up with to help me learn guitar. Thank you very much Dan and can't wait to buy the new "Lead Guitar Secrets"!!
Yours sincerely, Simone.
By Simone Luck, at July 07, 2007
WOW!! When i first saw the new lead guitar secrets pack i was amazed at the wide variety of hints and tips to help make players become closer to how good they want to be. I am excited about this course because it seems to give a real insight on how to play and helps people to master difficult techniques. The tips on how to increase speed and accuracy whilst playing seem to be valuable help with hard to do skills that i have not yet managed to do succesfully. The course is especially good because it is a convenient source of information that is otherwise hard to find. All the methods contained in the course seem to be worthwhile and would probably be a big help to most players wanting to get more out of playing the guitar
Andy Brooks
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
I'm an average guitar player and I'm excited about this program because I could surely improve my playing specially that i am involved in church music. i may not be a rock player but i beleive that having a better guitar playing technique could help me improve the quality of the music that I play and make people appreciate more the gift of music that God has given to us. Add to this the significance of the release date July 20---It's my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't this red-wine guitar a great and fitting gift?
Rodulfo F. Ceniza (jfceniza@yahoo.com)
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Hey Dan this is a great thing you are doing!!!
I am from India, down here one cannot get a good decent guitar without a lot of troubles..
I would do anything for a U.S Strat!! Its my dream!! I dont think i will be able to afford one anytime soon..
About your Lead Guitar Secrets, i think its very rare to find someone to help you sincerely
and since you are doing just that!!
I am sure it is more helpful than anyother of its kind!!!!
By Jeffy, at July 07, 2007
Hey, I would soooo love to win a Fender! I only have an Epiphone Les Paul, which is ok I guess, but to have such a great guitar, coupled with your excellent teaching would fire me up to try even harder to become an ace guitarist. Your lessons are the BEST!!!-others I`ve tried are pretty dismal, not to mention c***. Oh. please, please, please make my dream come true !
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Heh, can't believe im doing this *grins*. Theres a one in a million chance that I may actually get this even worse with my luck...hmm a well, I'll give it a shot. Hope im charming enough ^^. Well, I love my acoustic but im sort of sick of playing in the background all the time, plus not being able to jam/freestyle just yet. My brother plays the drums while my dad is the best, and i do mean the best, guitar player ive met (it is my goal to outplay him) so when dad comes down ( up i should say) i cant play with them [that sounds kind of wrong if i really think about it... AHEM (lose that train of thought)] but im sure learning lead is a good way to be able to jam. Im also attempting to learn other styles of guitar eg. flamenco rumba or just flamenco so learning lead will help expand the range. Ive been using the online courses (i dont take lessons) to improve and it has helped, but i think a better and newer guitar would help *nudges* hint hint. Naa joking, it would be cool to have a new electric...would this be a good time to start flirting? *grins* cyaa
By schokman, at July 07, 2007
Well, I am new to playing guitar. I think my weakest area of skill is soloing. I am old metal head and would love to be able to play some solos. Right now I am slow and could use some help in trying to work up my speed. I have a Fender Strat starter pack as my guitar, and it is great to start with. But I would sure love to be able to play a quality guitar. My goal is to some day play with other musicians. I have the amazing guitar secrets and I love the drills they have. Dan Thanks for all your help in getting me started
By Steve Bacon, at July 07, 2007
I just realized that i didnt really answer the questions... hmm *shrugs* o well. Good luck to yaalll(sorry for taking up space! ((comes with being a bit on the plump *blows cheeks out* side)))
By schokman, at July 07, 2007
hello!
I love Lead Guitar Secrets, because this course helps me to play solos just like my favourite guitarist in very short time. Now I tell anyone who ask me who teaches me playing guitar, that I have only one teacher Lead Guitar Secrets.
I told to my friends about Lead Guitar Secrets and they are suprised too.
THANK YOU 100000×
P.S: Fender Stratocaster is my favourite guitar.
By Matej, at July 07, 2007
i love lead guitar secrets! there unbelieveable! my fave guitar makes are fender and esp. i can play the guitar better than i could of before thanks to dan denley, i really Appreciate it. i haven't got an fender guitar so i would love to have one, lol
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Quite simply, Dan is professional.His courses offer the friendly but serious approach that is second to none.
I really feel that the new course "Lead Guitar Secrets" is going to offer a new dimension to my playing, through teaching me all the aspects that I need.
My excitment spurs from the fact I know this course will excell my playing far beyond any other methods and hits all the key learning steps I am after.
Not only this, but I have full faith that hundreds if not thousands of other people will get better due to this course.
Satriani watch your back.
Nik Bishop
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Good evening Dan, and all others!
I just want to say, that i am very curious for your new Lead Guitar Secrets, and i would like to tell you what i have accomplished with your help so far:
1) I always wanted to be able to play 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC, and you know what? With the help you've given me, i now play Thunderstruck like Angus himself(may be a little exagerated).
2) My soloing skills have greatly improven, as well as my knowledge of the scales.
3)Before i got your amazing guitar secrets course, i hardly played the guitar, because i didn't know what to play, but your course really got me back, and now i play every day 1 - sometimes 2 - hours a day!
I really hope your new course will be what i expect of it, for i expect nothing but great stuff from you.
i hope it will help me get even more into soloing, and the pentatonic scales, and i also hope there will come alot of nice cool jam tracks with it.
Thank you so much man!
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
Having already studied BGS from Dan; I'm looking forward to Lead Guitar Secrets for more indepth lessons on adopting different styles and approaches to my playing.
I've been playing rhythm guitar for about 20 years but have never really developed my solo ability. Dan's BGS DVDs have really been a help in doing just that. I find I'm able to solo over chord progressions without difficulty now which allows me to broaden the scope of my ability and contribute alot more during our jam sessions.
Shortly after I received Dan's DVDs I was struck by a car while riding my motorcycle to work. The DVDs helped me pass the time and focus on something other than my broken leg and the month two months recovers. Subsequently I had to sell my guitar to make ends meet so it would really be great to receive one of these Strats and get back to playing.
Thanks Dan for sharing your understanding of the instrument.
Eric Bachman
By ebachman, at July 07, 2007
Zelo dobra zadeva, da te kap. Dosti se naučiš in nič pridobiš. Zelo pomembno je trdo delo
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
I've been playing guitar for three years and have bought numerous amounts of guitar books and it's not as good as someone sitting there and showing you what a minor scale is. One on one practicing, even if it's only a dvd, is better than only me there to try and train myself. I feel like I'm going nowhere in my skill of guitar playing, a sort of infinite neutral gear that I can't get out of. I'm also trying to put a band together so we can let the world or at least other people locally hear what we are. It is somewhat foolish to try and accomplish that but, the level that I'm at isn't going to cut it. I need to move forward in guitar playing and that will ultimately let me move forward in life. Lead Guitar Secrets is the missing key to my door. Being able to at least sit down with a group of musicians and play a lead/solo to whatever they're playing by using the right scale would be a monumental leap in my guitar playing. I still practice everyday. I want to be able to utilize techiques in a manner of not showing off but to make a song sound good if not better. I don't like the progress I've made and I want to change that.
By Matthew, at July 07, 2007
Hey Dan first of all THANKS for making a guitarist out of me. I am now confident enuff to take the stage even half asleep... :-)
But as far as being excited bout your lead guitar secrets course...u can say i am not excited...........rather i am thrilled.......I am really lookin forward to getting my hands on it and wat better way to start it off than with a strat...
Hi, I am Rajdeep from Calcutta,India and to be honest with u its gonna b tuff(and expensive) to get hold of a genuine fender strat here. But once i start makin some money i will definitely try and get one and use your smacking lead techniques on it.... OOOHH THATS GONNA B SHWEEET......
bye now and dude U ROCK!!!
By Rajdeep, at July 07, 2007
Rock on!
By Nitro, at July 07, 2007
hi dan....
well y i want this....is unexplainable....i love music..nd that says all....carry the good work...good luck nd god speed...cheers
By ankit, at July 07, 2007
WELL I AM EXCITED BECAUSE THE " LEAD GUITAR SECRETS" I SBY DAN HIMSELF I MEAN HIS VIDEO LESSONS ARE SO VERY HELPFUL THAT I CANT SAY HOW MUCH BENEFITED I AM..
I REMEMBER PRETTY WELL THAT I WROTE BACK DAN SOME BITTER WORDS SAYING THAT UR LESSONS R RUBBISH BUT.. I WAS WRONG THEY R GRT AND DUR TO THE LESSONS THAT I AM ONE OF THE FASTES AND MOST WANTED GUITAR PLAYER IN MY TOWN.. AND I HAVE DEVELOPED TREMENDOUSLY,, TODAY I CAN PLAY FROM VAN HALEN TO CHILDREN OF BODOM ANYTHING U GIVE ME BUT ITS FOR HIM... DAN IS AS A MAN A GREAT PERSON AND A VERY GOOD FRND I AM EXCITED BECAUSE IT IS HIS BOOK..
A GREAT FRND A FRT HUMNA BEING AND A FURIOUS GUITARIST....---- ALL COMBINING INTO A FANTASTIC GUITAR TEACHER... SO IWILL DEFINITELY GET HIS COPY AND PRACTICE MORE AND MORE..
I SALUTE U DAN U ROCK.. ALL OF SUCCESS IS FOR U THNKS FOR TEACHING ME [:)]
By debasish, at July 07, 2007
I want to play lead guitar that I can get out of my head all the sounds and songs what are there in. I´m getting mad soon, if I don´t learn soon;)
By Robert, at July 07, 2007
Hi Dan ,I'm from Singapore. i don't care wether i win the fender guitar or not but important is practice and application what is in the Lead Guitar SEcrets that makes your better guitsrist. i 'm excited what Dan have done for us to become a better musician and guitarist. i believe we can improve more in our guitar theory and apply pratically in our music life. Beside i'm going to share with people who want to learn . i will also intoduce this LGS course to anybody who to want to learn more about lead for theirselves learning.Cheers to DAN DENLEY
By mohd, at July 07, 2007
Hey Dan Im excited about the new course.Because I know you have alot to teach.And I know there's going to be alot graet video footage.Ill be looking foward to finger strenth and agility exercises.The 50 guitar licks your licks are great by the way.Ive always been interested in information on pentatonic scales that will be great.I think the mode thing will be great.I really need to get a good grip on the modes.The 14 solos will be great to work with working with the differnt techniques.And also the scale cord relationships will be great to work with.Well anyways I have the Amazing guitar secrets course.And the BGS course and there great courses.With lots of great information with DVDs video footage and great books.I have taken quite a few guitar lessons.So I know what you pay for with your courses.Is well worth it.Thanks alot and I Will be looking foward to the new course.Thanks again Eric Jacobs
By Eric Jacobs, at July 07, 2007
I've been "a beginner" for the past two years and have been "sponging" every bit of free information that I can find. Dan's website has been invaluable to me for tips and techniques and his e-mails are always a welcome addition to my routine when I come home (I'm a trucker who only gets to practice when they load or unload me); my wife especially likes it when I come home and sing to her (wink, wink).
Last week, she got me a small practice amp (a Peavey Rage 158) and now I need something to plug into it-- your Fender Strat would be perfect! And if I could learn how to play LEAD, instead of just being the "strum" guy... well, that would be the cat's a$$!!
Good luck to all, even if I don't win the sweepstakes, I'm already a winner with Dan's Courses!
By Mike Holcombe, at July 07, 2007
I have used Dan's guitar lessons from the VERY START He has made me all that I am! The new Lead Guitar Secrets is the next step for me to learn how to play. Dan's lessons cover everything you need to know about guitar, how the rock legends did it, how to unlock your playing potential, but this takes it a step further! I always wanted to be able to come up with fantastic solos, leads, and scales. This is exactly what I need! If you want to learn how to play lead guitar, or even just how to use more of the fingerboard, buy this guide! I can't wait to get my hands on this and start blowing away everyone I know!!!!
By Jacob, at July 07, 2007
Hello, my name is Seth Wieging.
I have been playing guitar for a little more than 6 months. When I first started playing guitar I felt like I should be in the music video of “juke box hero” by Foreigner. I didn’t have any idea on how to play guitar or if I was even going to stick with guitar and actually play it. But I knew that with my guitar slung low it felt GREAT in my hands.
I had gotten the guitar that I play now as a Christmas present (it’s an Ion guitar with a little practice amp) Along with this present I got some lessons. There I learned the CAGED chords, finger exercises, how to read tab, things like that. I would then go up to my room and practice! Practice! Practice! I would get in 2-3 hours a day practicing. I remember after that first lesson at my local music shop (a tiny place named Pontones music) I practiced all that my teacher gave me (which was about 5 finger exercises) and did nothing but those exercises for 2 hours. Then my teacher begun giving me some little blues licks to practice. These licks were so much fun and made me fell great to be actually playing pieces of songs! Not just notes on the fretboard that improved my finger speed. This lead to me practicing more and more. I was finally having fun with guitar.
After I got my knee down on those exercise and had dexterity and could grab those chords pretty quick I found myself learning intros to songs such a Sweet Child of Mine and Back In Black. I would then take what I learned on my own and try and impress my teacher. (Of course this lead to him showing me that I was doing this, this and that wrong. This would make me realize I need to put more work into these intros.) Then one day when I tried playing back the intro of Texas Flood my teacher told me how this one little section or lick of Texas Flood is based on the Pentonic scale. And he would try and teach me over and over again how this scale worked and how it’s used for soloing. But none of it clicked. The way he was teaching it to me was so complicated. So I spent a while on the net searching for scales and how you use them and there was nothing! That’s when I came across your older course (the first one you made) and signed up for everything on your website I could find. Now I find almost every day an email of info that I get from you. I even have a separate folder filled with all your guitar emails, (I have 68 messages in that folder of guitar things sent to me from signing up for your emails.) I scrambled for so much info trying to find how scales worked and how to solo with them. Then I thought well I will work on this skill later.
About 4 months later and 5 months of lessons I had found that I had made some progress. I realized then that I had found my passion. When people ask what I like to do for fun I answer quickly “guitar, I love playing the guitar and play it all the time” That’s it. From loving this instrument so much I have practiced like crazy learning so many *intros* to songs. Only the intros. I couldn’t follow many of those solos, they were crazy. Filled with things I never had heard of. And it frustrated the heck out of me. I wanted to be able to play a full song but these stupid solos were slowing me down. But man they sounded AWESOME! That’s when I realized it goes back to what my teacher (who I know longer take lessons from) said about the scales and soloing. Then about a week later I get an email from who else but you! Saying you’re coming out with a lead guitar lessons course. Man was I excited. I finally felt that I will be able to tackle solos. Then after reading the emails I got and watching your video lessons time after time, I realized your course isn’t just gonna help me play those face melting solos from YYZ, or other songs but it will help me so I can solo on my own! I was dumbfounded. Starring at the computer screen and just thinking of the actually thought that I could learn to solo and finally tackle those scales. This made me extremely excited and made me think how I KNOW this course will help from all the reviews you get from your other courses and how because so many people have been super impressed and have not just made progress but improved fast. This also shows in the emails I get from you for I have improved too. What also is impressing to me is that I have improved from just emails and not even your actual course. I can just imagine what I will accomplish with lead guitar secrets.
Reading your email gave me such an awesome feeling knowing that with the dedication I put into practicing and by getting a well made course I made from a very trusted man that I could become a great and improving guitarist. This is why I have become excited about your course. Because I want to be able to (dare I say it) SOLO!! To be able to do it on my own just sounds amazing. Thanks for this contest, and to allow me to express how I feel about guitar.
Good luck to everyone!
By Seth Wieging, at July 07, 2007
man, i'm always excited about a dan denley release. this dude is beast, he knows his stuff and how to do it. I haven't been playin' long, but thjis guy's guidin' me thru. I would like or hope to expand my "musical vocabulary" on this one. hopefully expand upon my range, which mostly lies upon the first five frets right now. Cant wait to see it.
Thanks and lots of luck to your release,
Mike Keating
By mike keating, at July 07, 2007
Hey, personally to start off I would like to say thank you. Your product is what I need to reinvent my playing. I have been a musician for about 12 years. My Dad owns an accoustic that sat around my house for years and when my eyes met the guitar I wanted to play it. My dad quit playing and I, in tern, had no teacher and teachers get pricey. Piano was my first musical endevour and was fun but not what my soul wanted. I couldn't express the emotions I had accurately. The allure of drums came in to my life and honestly it changed it. I am in a high school band and we are pretty good. I would never trade the feeling of creating music for anything. The problem is that I play for my church every wednesday and lugging those things stinks and practicing at home is hard to do when it's loud. There is no melody to love and unite with. The passion is there but it's hard to write a song on drums. Then my dad buys me my own accoustic. This seriously shatters me. I play like all day. The problem then started. I know a few chords. My rhythm is good because of drums but that was it. I soon got a guitar teacher who was sick. He could play anything. He was also alot of money. At the end of the experience he taught me basically nothing except that i have a long way to go. This killed me. I had lessons for two years and had nothing to show for it but an empty wallet. My parents thought I have to grow up and on. So I was in a rut. Then Dan comes along with something that I need. Guitar secrets. And holy crap, I have improved. Things start to click. I can play songs now. SONGS. My sisters like to listen to me play now but leaves when I start singing, now if only dan could... lol. But seriously. I feel stronger with my playing but need to spice it up. To be able to express yourself is what music is all about and the new lead secrets is the way. It's the spice i need to fully unite with music and express myself as a musician and stop being the drummer who tried but a musician who has what it takes. So Dan, you have no idea how excited this makes me. I love playing this instrument and my countless hours of toiling has paid off. No more sections of songs. No more "anybody can play that". And no more being afraid of playing in front of people because i feel like i am not good.
This course will help me with jamming with my friends and comming up with a sweet lead and interesting and colorfull things to play rather then messing with the pentatonic the whole song and that gets really old, fast. I can play like my favorites from the past along with the cd's so it's like I'm jamming with them. I can freaking use the fretborad because what use is it if I stay in one spot the entire song. It sucks for me and the peaople watching and listening (which is the worst part.) Again thanks and I can't wait for the new product, it's going to be awesome. Joe Vazquez (the drummer who tries and loves to play his guitar).
By Anonymous, at July 07, 2007
The first time I tried to learn guitar, I was nine. Once a week I trudged up the stairs of the old brick house, where my teacher would show me how to pick out Go Tell Aunt Rhody and The Old Grey Mare. But I didn't want to play Go Tell Aunt Rhody and I didn't much care that "the old grey goose is dead." I wanted to play Paradise By The Dashboard Light and Bohemian Rhapsody. I quit after a year or two.
I picked up the guitar now and then through high school, trying to teach myself how to strum a new song. But most weeks the guitar gathered dust in the corner.
The next time I tried to learn, I was in university. I'd met a beautiful girl who played guitar and piano, and I wanted to impress her. So I learned to play Heart of Gold and a couple of Arlo Guthrie tunes (we were both in a retro phase). It was better than Go Tell Aunt Rhody, and it must have impressed her at least a little, because she married me. We danced to I Got You Babe. And long after our wedding we kept playing and singing, reading the chord charts and turning the page on any song that had B chords in it because we didn't know those ones too well. The guitar didn't gather dust, but my playing didn't improve much.
A couple of years ago, we got involved in a new church with a contemporary music team. I started listening to Third Day and David Crowder, and tried to play some of their songs. I learned to play the B chords, and even started to practise regularly, hoping that perhaps I could get good enough to play with the church band.
One day at a party, I was chatting with a man who had worked as a session guitarist. I told him I'd been getting a bit more serious about my playing. "Are you learning to play guitar," he asked, "or are you learning to play music on the guitar?" Anyone can learn to play guitar, he explained -- doing tricks and memorizing licks. But the real secret to playing well is to learn to play music on the guitar. "If you want to know why one thing sounds good and another thing doesn't, you need to understand theory," he said. "Only then will you really be able to play music."
So I started looking at online courses, and realized he was right. Some of them teach guitar, and some teach music on the guitar. Dan's courses really seem to teach music on the guitar. I've got the motivation to play; with Lead Guitar Secrets, I'm confident that I'll finally have the instruction I need to learn to play.
By Andrew, at July 07, 2007
After 7 years of learning how to play guitar without lessons, I finally became open to some help to further me even more in my guitar playing. After seeing Dan's secrets in a google search, I found that it was exactly the opposite of what i thought. My immediate thought was "it's going to be the whole practice, practice, practice" method. In reality, he was a very calm and collected guitar player, who acted more like your buddy than your teacher. After using a ton of his finger exercises, I've grown so much in a much shorter time than I would think possible. Since then, I've been trying to get as many lessons from Dan as possible. After hearing about the lead guitar secrets, I knew that this could be one of the most major lessons in my guitar playing career, and I honestly cannot wait. After thinking I'd be on my own again, here comes Dan! If his lead guitar secrets is anywhere close to his other lessons, it could help so many guitar players that think there is no hope left. I have faith in it. :)
By wrbernbr9437, at July 07, 2007
Hey
Guitar is my LIFE! I live in Aussie (australia) and im using your course to improve my soloing and overall playing ability. Ive ben playing for about a year and a half and im 14. I started out on my acoustic, then i bought a cheap Ashton something guitar which i still have. I dont really have any money for a new guitar and i feel i need a better one to improve and play better. Ive been teaching myself some of my favourites like old rock (Clapton, GnR, Nirvana) and some more modern metal (A7X, Metallica) and some other acoustic stuff. Me and some mates just started a band together and the sound isnt to great, probably cause of my guitar and they all say i should get a new one but i cant afford it. Since ive been teaching myself, ive learnt heaps but i couldnt really learn to solo. Thats when i discovered your course. It was awsome, i got the e-book and now I impress at least a few in school band! You dont know how happy i would be if you gave me this, it would practically change my life. PEACE!
By Ryan Magor, at July 08, 2007
well, to be honest im not as excited as everyone else writing in is faking to be, i grew up with my guitar and im self taught but, in the last 6 months i have been studying many forms such as sweeping, tapping and arpegios. I am completely thankfull for what D.D has taught me over this time both technique, speed and finger strength wise, so i am more ambitious (rather than excited)to continue mastering the art of guitar. And i am sure that in this little time i have imporved so much and i know that ill imporove so much more cause GUITAR FOR LIFE! its my meditation and my life
By Devarmont, at July 08, 2007
hmm...what changed in my life after signing up for such a great course? Well..basically EVERYTHING! Dan gives away great newsletters, guitar secrets
and awesome promotions to spread the love for music. Lead guitar secrets is exactly what im talking about. From even the most basic course to the more in-depth ones, this lessons have proved invaluable to boosting my guitar skills. Instead of the noise like someone scratching a coin against metal, i actually make really cool music and help out in my church youth group. Lead guitar secrets can help me improve on my skills and contribute less to the noise pollution. haha, anyway, i would love to learn more about the strumming."Amazing Guitar Secrets" has helped me a lot and i bet with a course like Lead guitar secrets and a cool Fender =), i can
show the world what is a guitar really for. Finger strength training is what i need and many other ppl around the world so even if i don win the guitar, who cares man its the love of music im talking about and good luck to everyone..lets spread the music everywhere!
Stephen Lim
P.S JR is NOT junior^_^
and buy Lead Guitar secrets!
By stephen lim, at July 08, 2007
i am not doing this for any guitar.......i have reaallyyy improved with dans methods of teaching..though i havent bought it..i have seeen all the videos..and the second i see this his videos it makes me go and pick up my guitar and rock!!!!!
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By -£ïrzåñ- þrïñ¢ê ð£ Rð¢k, at July 08, 2007
HI I AM FIRZAN. I AM ONLY 11 YEARS ONLD AND I HAVE AN INTEREST FOR GUITARS (ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY PLAYED ONE)IT SEEMS FUN TO PLAY ONE. SO, I JOINED DAN'S NEWS LETTER. IT IS AMAZING. I'VE JOINED SEVERAL NEWSLETTERS BUT I HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE AMAZING GUITAR SECRETS NEWSLETTER IS FANTASTIC. GOOD JOB DAN! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE RELEASE OF THE NEW WEBSITE.
By -£ïrzåñ- þrïñ¢ê ð£ Rð¢k, at July 08, 2007
U r asking me y? well ...my sister have waited for 9 years to buy a guitar cause we had no money to get it and then i found this site and it really rocked and looking my sister have learned a lot about guitar thnx to u ppl( and thnx the guitar we got after nine years of waiting ) i think its a really big deal having this at home
thnx so much ppl god bless u
By sony, at July 08, 2007
I'm very-very excited about the Lead Guitar Secrets course because I had bought your earlier course (Amazing Guitar Secrets) and I must say that I firmly believe that its one of the best Guitar Learning resources available (IMHO) and I'm really happy to have learnt a lot from it.
I'm posting this comment not only to enroll myself in the contest of the Fender Guitar give away but also to express my true feeling about the upcoming lead guitar course.
If I may speak personally, its been my dream (right from my childhood) to own and more importantly to even get a chance to HOLD a Fender Strat. Its my dream Guitar and i have never even seen one ! I'm from a small town here in England and I'm totally self taught. I would definitely have bought a Fender Guitar already if I could afford one. I would be genuinely very happy if I won the give away :) Anyways all the best to everybody whos taking part :) May the most needy of us win the Guitar :) (IMHO)
Just to introduce myself as a Guitarist, I've iuncluded the following links to my video of me playing :)
Tears In Heavn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpFP39TSOM
Unchained Melody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39ZYZ8CYyo
Fur Elise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50eyJM6tDRU
Californication - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Lm0GEqO9g
Take care and Have a Great Day !
Lots of Regards to Everybody !
Charlie :)
p.s BTW my email id is chazinblack@hotmail.com
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
I'm very-very excited about the Lead Guitar Secrets course because I had bought your earlier course (Amazing Guitar Secrets) and I must say that I firmly believe that its one of the best Guitar Learning resources available (IMHO) and I'm really happy to have learnt a lot from it.
I'm posting this comment not only to enroll myself in the contest of the Fender Guitar give away but also to express my true feeling about the upcoming lead guitar course.
If I may speak personally, its been my dream (right from my childhood) to own and more importantly to even get a chance to HOLD a Fender Strat. Its my dream Guitar and i have never even seen one ! I'm from a small town here in England and I'm totally self taught. I would definitely have bought a Fender Guitar already if I could afford one. I would be genuinely very happy if I won the give away :) Anyways all the best to everybody whos taking part :) May the most needy of us win the Guitar :) (IMHO)
Just to introduce myself as a Guitarist, I've iuncluded the following links to my video of me playing :)
Tears In Heavn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpFP39TSOM
Unchained Melody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39ZYZ8CYyo
Fur Elise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50eyJM6tDRU
Californication - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Lm0GEqO9g
Take care and Have a Great Day !
Lots of Regards to Everybody !
Charlie :)
p.s BTW my email id is chazinblack@hotmail.com
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
Hello there, I love amazing guitar secrets and suprisingly that is what i found when taking this awesome course!!
I have previously signed up for so many online guitar lessons but none of them were working for me, when i found www.amazingguitarsecrets.com i finally found what i had been looking for.
The best thing is it is my dream to be a lead guitarest and now with lead secrets on its way i can live that dream.
I want to learn basic scales and learn to improvise guitar solo's and i know that lead secrets will teach me how to do that.
I want to say thankyou for making this all possible and good luck to everybody who has entered the competition for the fender strat, i have owned a squire strat my whole life pretty much, so it is my dream to play on a real fender!!!
Thankyou, Charlie.
By Charlie, at July 08, 2007
i have spent a small fortune on guitar lessons,and then i heard of dan,he over the last cuople of months have been showing me various techniques that i have never heard of,he has made them so simple to play and understand,i think my guitar playing has with the help of the master improved 100%,thanx dan denley
By gary abraham, at July 08, 2007
I'm very interested in learning Guitar and have purchased Guitar S ecrets and have 3 dvds that came with course. I find that my acoustic does not afford me all the needs I require and am very interested in a Fender to advance my learning.
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
WOW!! After just reading a few glossed over comments and buttery thoughts Dan should be blushing for a week!! Now I don't own a American Strat just a cheap copy and light weight amp, and winning one is just in my dreams and hopes. I don't own Dan's course yet, I do get his newsletter and enjoy it very much. I have bought a quite a few courses on the net and have learned quite a bit here and there but I'm rural and have dial up so most videos take so long to load I just pass on them but I have down loaded a couple 0f Dans so far and learned that the over the shoulder learning technique works for me. I have been getting more out that than anything so far. I play for myself and most of the time use head phones to practice so I really enjoy soloing and have been struggling with quite a few techniques watching videos on tape and only guessing and trying to figuring out what they are doing. But Dans is completly explained and well though out from what I have seen. Just what I need to improve and as a AARP member I need all the help I can muster or get. Thanks to Dan I think this next learning experiance may be my best attempt to finially get really started playing the guitar and I would love to do it on a USA made Fender Stratocaster. I don't have a blog account or google account so I will just leave my name and home town.
William W. Gray
Mascoutah, Illinois
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
when i watch people like...slash, richie sambora, kirk hammet, joe satriani, gary moore etc. i think, how on earth did they get that good? obviously i realise that they've just practised for years and years but it makes me very conscious of how long ive got to go and how much i need to practise to get anywhere near that level, it's sometimes depressing and makes me want to give up. when i heard about dan's teaching i wasn't really that excited or anything i thought it would just be another bunch of crap that would be way too hard for the likes of me. but as it turns out, it wasnt! Dan's teaching is an excellent resource for all guitarists of all levels...his lessons make hard stuff seem easy, i get excited when i can play them and that makes me want to keep on going...before i knew it im alot better than i was when i started because Dan's teaching has accelerated my talent and continues to renew my passion and love for guitar...im so excited about the release of lead guitar secrets because i believe its going to put my talent into overdrive and make the level that those insane guitarists are at, not seem so far away, its going to being out of me, new levels of talent and i'll be having fun at the same time, in my own time!
God Bless,
Lachlan Grigg
By Lachlan, at July 08, 2007
What Great lessons! what can i say more than just great and purely explained guitar lessons from complexity to simplicity by the best guitarist Dan Danley.I usually open my laptop everyday and look at guitar videos but all i can say is that none of the tutorial videos are easy for me to understand...Infact Dan,you have taught me to play chords very fluently by watching all ur astonishing guitar bluesy videos,and it would be an honor for me to recieve the best fender strats from you.
May God bless you and your family most importantly,
Ramzy Eid
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
Hello everyone,
I am extremely excited about the new Guitar Secrets course! I have been playing for about two years now and am really looking for a course that will help me move past my friends who have been playing longer than I have. Plus the guitar lessons I've taken have only helped my scratch the surface. I'm thirsting for more information and wanting so despiratly to learn more! I've been researching and I have found Dan's course to be the best! You can say that I'll be counting down the days until I can buy it!
I want to learn how to be an amazing soloist. I've played guitar long enough to know that I love to grab ahold of a new solo and just jam on it for hours! But there are so many things that I have yet to learn... So you can guess that I can only go so far. With this course I believe I will be able to go so much futher in my learning!
It would also be nice to be able to start the new course with a new Highway-one Fender Stratocaster! (Which ironically is the guitar I've been drooling over for the past few months!) I have only been drooling over it because I can't afford one and the guitar I have is basically a fake SG Special that I got in one of those starter kits when I was 15...
So to end I would like to say that Dan is amazing! He is a killer guitarist and even better is that he doesn't just show off his talents but instead uses them to teach others!
Thanks!
Jon Hagler
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
Hello Dan!
I know that new Lead Guitar Secrets course is great, becouse I trust You, Dan! I have recieved so many free lessions from you that really helped me improve my guitar playing and cleared up some things about understanding musical theory, scales etc. (pentatonic scales, movable patterns...)
What I really like about your lessions is they being well supported by theoretical bacground, but still in very understandable way. And that's very important for playing lead guitar!
Keep up the good work Dan and stay tuned! ;)
Andraž Mehle (Slovenia)
By F(r)iend, at July 08, 2007
Dan I really doubt that I have much of a chance to win but I want to say That your blues course has helped me make some serious changes not only in my music but in my life.I am 51 and have been playing since I was 18 all my life it seems .I have been very unhappy with my music as all I could ever do was play rythym .I worked hard at it and pretty well understood about chords and keys and transposing and could play about whatever I wanted .But it was just never enough to satisfy me it seems as if lots of guys just had a knack for it and I didnt .I took classes and practiced but just couldnt seem to get it .Then I found your blues course WOW your teaching has opened up a whole new world to me after just a short time of your study and I really get it now oh I still have a long way to go but its because of my practice time limitations now not because I dont have the understanding .Just this weekend at a family reunion one of the guys I have always really admired was there and ya know what he doesnt know what I know now I was so thankful for you your ears had to have been burning.So Dan I would love to win the new Strat.but if I dont I have won a great new confidence in myself and what I consider a GREAT music Mentor from now on.I cant wait until the new lead course comes out as I will forever be a return customer.My hat is off to you sir.
Gary Leggans
By Gary Leggans, at July 08, 2007
Haha! You really want to know why i'm excited? Well... My idol guitarists are Herman Li (dragonforce) and Yngwie Malmsteen (who i think you've all heard of). These two fantastic guitarists have been self taught from the ages of 16 (Li) and 5 (Malmsteen). I am a self taught guitarists but i count your "lessons" as tips, hints and tricks that make it that much easier! If i can get my hands on one of these Gorgeous guitars i would be so chuffed to bits! 50 new solo licks?!?!?! are you kidding me?!
With 50 licks i'm bound to blow away audiences and impress some ladies *wink wink* As for my guitar playing... Well my self taught method has kind of come to a bit of a standstill as there is nothing much more i can do...with your courses I will hopefully be jamming alongside Herman and Yngwie with a *hopefully* U.S. Fender Highway One Strat! A Fantastic guitar that I one day wish to own myself. All my regards and best of luck to you,
Tom
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
Hey Dan my name is Nathan Phelps I've been playing for about 2 and a half years now self taught, but I've always wanted to increasingly get better in whatever way I possibly can. I am 14 and currently play in my churches youth band and adult band as an electric guitar player. I told my dad I would to get lessons sometime but instead he purchased Amazing Guitar Secrets. I could not have chose a better teacher. Everytime I check my email there is a new video on improving my guitar playing skills. Why spend a 30min a week when you can constantly learn? Ever since I have began to do the finger exercises etc. I have noticed my tapping endurance, tremolo endurance, etc. etc. has increased a lot. I now understand a ton more on musical theory, what notes to play, what modes correspond to, how to solo in all the separate keys and scales. I now am playing lead guitar for both my bands, and everyone is always talking about how quickly I have improved. And I can honestly say it you have greatly influenced my musical life. I have told many of my friends in my band about you and they have signed up for some of your courses. And I can already see them getting a lot out of it!! Thanks a lot man! DAN FREAKIN ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeaaa! Well Thats about it :) Keep it Real and Rock for Life
Nathan Phelps - Maryville, TN nadaphelps@yahoo.com
P.S. Definetely looking forward to the new lead guitar course! Thanks!!! Btw your DVD kicks butt too, Later
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By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
i hope to win this guitar because my guitar is really bad one , and i have a big talent in playing the guitar but unfortunatly i can t efford a for me more or less convenient guitar
mohamed from morocco
By mohamed, at July 08, 2007
WOWEEWOWOW! I can not wait for the new lead guitar secrets. You have no idea how hard it is for me to play lead. You have to thing so much. What key? what would sound good? Should I bend or slide? What should I do ohter then pantatonic? AAAAAHHHHHHHH!! This is exactly what i need to be a proficient guitar player. Warmups for speed (I need it) Other scales rather then pentatonic. How to use the fretboard. Good sounding licks that i can go to incase of a blank. Scale chord relationships is the big one. If you want to be good at lead that is a must know. And good techniques. Its a must have. Seriously I must have it. My playing is getting stale and lead always sounds the same. It sucks when the lead can't grasp how lead works and can't do it well. Or if the lead does the same thing over and over to the point where even my friends say I need to spice it up. Jeez Dan, it is stinkin great timing too. I about to go to college and our band is doing a last gig and i'm also trying to place in music at my college and This is what I need to differenciate from the other guys. To be my own player. Sweet! CAN NOT WAIT for the new lead secrets man. Hope Im the first one to get it. Thanks man. Peace. Jovi Vasquez
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
HI Sir,
I excited about Lead Guitar Secrets because i can played guitar but i don't understand what am playing? when i joined this Lesson, WOW!!!! its really AMAZING, now i know what am playing and know where and when to apply the riffing and solo.i really beleived about Lead Guitar Secrets, its make me want to know more deeper about others kind of musics likes reggae, blues,although am playing more on heavy metal songs but with Lead Guitar Secrets, now i can played blues, raggae ect.... i really owe you Sir!!!Thank you sooo much, now i enjoyed playing my Gibson Explorer. with the teached of Lead Guitar Secrets.I can played like my favourite guitarist,like Michael Schenker(MSG).Richie Blackmore,Vivian Campbell ect.....
I definitely will recommend Lead Giutar Secrets to those who are just started want to play guitar.Its really FANTASTIC and they won't regret it. Good luck and THANK YOU to Lead Guitar Secrets,
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
I am excited about Dan Denley's new course because of what he has taught me so far. I play in the school and church band and I could'nt keep up with the other musicians if my life depended on it. I am getting there thanks to D.D's guidance and knowledge. As well, a goal of mine was to play any style and be able to sit in for somebody if they couldn't make a gig or something. I want to be able to express myself through my guitar, without any guesswork and I want people to feel what I'm feeling. It will improve my playing because I hardly know any scales, and a few chords. Lead Guitar Secrets will lead me on the right track towards being like one of the gods of guitar.
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
I think Dan's advice and information is among the best on the web. He has always been so helpful and I am very grateful because I sucked at playing guitar initially. I have 2 brothers who play phenomonally and I've always felt like the outsider. I know that through Dan's course, I will learn what scale to use for solos and I'm also excited to learn how to better perform hammer-ons, pull-offs and the like. Pretty soon, I'll be able to keep up with the rest of my family. God Bless.
By Mitch, at July 08, 2007
When i was learning to play i used to spend hours surfing sites, downloading lessons(tht turned out to be crap), asking people if they had any videos and stuff. But after i subscribed to amazing guitar secrets i literally had to do nothing. Except for to open my mail and check out the awesome lessons. All the lessons covered everything so well and i owe it to D.D for helping me improve soo much. Thanks man! The seprate lessons for certain songs with audio and tabs was great. Looking at how great the previous lessons were it's hard to conclude how awesome Lead Guitar Secrets would be. Im certainly looking forward to it. And about the fender. Someone i know had a strat. I got lucky to play it and it was the best feeling ever. Seriously the guitar was so kick ass. One of the best guitars i had ever touched. Literally. And if i get my hands on one of these it would be like a dream come true. Anyways, keep up the good work guys, and thanks for everything.
Cheers,
Ahmad Akmal.
By Anonymous, at July 08, 2007
Hi
I like country gospel music . I like singing. That is why i needed Lead Guitar Secrets and I believe it will improve my skill. I strongly beleive this is will be a major step for me to integrate to the world of guitars and music.Beleive me in a few(1-2) years to come i wanna be the best and favorite guitarist in the world.
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By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
I was having the blues myself when trying to learn to play the blues. After taking your blues lessons I don't have the blues anymore, I AM the blues!
Now, with your new Lead Guitar Secrets course, I'm expecting the same experience.
I let you take me by the hand to learn me some (if not MANY) tricks for better playing lead guitar.
Almost every day I'll "force" myself (and this is a pleasure) to grab at least 30 minutes the guitar and take your lessons. This resulted in an amazing improvement in my guitar playing.
Even my friends, who are real critics, admit this.
In short:
First, have fun during learning. Second, have even more fun during performing.
By Corné, at July 09, 2007
There are SO many courses out there for beginning guitar and learning basics, but precious few about lead guitar. I don't have the internet at home either so I have limited access to resources, and - being in a small town - even less to decent ones. It would be good to have something I can sit and watch when I want, without restrictions. I like learning licks: not to "regurgitate", but to draw from and expand on and skew so far that it can't be identified as the original any more, but something new, that's MINE. I've done this with many a lick and it's great.
I'm always looking for ways to improve my finger strength as well because this was an area I wasn't good with initially. Not that speed is the be-all and end-all...but it is always cooler if you can play faster, even if you don't at times, plus it well help improve my intonation, which is crucial for an aesthete such as myself.
I have recently been searching to expand my chord-scale knowledge - mostly for arpeggios sake - but also because there are times I revert to pentatonic scales just out of uncertainty of what notes will sound like garbage and this can lead to repitition, which I hate. I can write well, but I'm looking to improve my improv. It would be good to have the knowledge in the back of my head to be able to relax and know I'm in the right mode or whatever. I have some knowledge of the modes, and again it shows in my composition, but I tend to lean towards the root and fifth as tonal centres, again especially in improv, so how and when to apply the modes would give that extra kick I need.
Creating runs is also something that I have been somewhat mildly brooding over recently. I can do phrasing and play some cool licks and make some funky noises that turn heads, but there are times I can feel a run is needed but I don't know what to do, so I choke or fall back into patterns I've used before.
Dan's Lead Secrets sounds like an exciting tool to draw from in that it contains what I'm looking for, and more importantly, it would be accessible, particularly at times when I'm at home and can't get to somewhere with the net, or on rainy days.
Above all, even though I play plenty of instruments and everything, I'm essentially a lead guitarist at heart; I can't steer away from it, but I know I'm limited in myself and need what's available to...avail my ability. That and I don't have an electric 'cause I gave my others away to people who wanted them so it would be cool to win one lol.
By Cookie, at July 09, 2007
Hi my name is Guido Ferra, I'm from Italy and I just wanted to say that I'm amazaed!!! your free mini course was just some kind of bomb for my playing and I can just imagine how useful your full Lead Guitar Secrets course will be.
I sincerely need your course because i always wanted to play those mind-blowing solos by the zeps or the iron maiden and even beacuse i'm the lead guitar of a group, then i read that yo also explain theory wich i alwayswanted to learn ;)
so you definitively ROCK man!!
btw my e-mail adress demon_inside_666@hotmail.com
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
Hi my name is Guido Ferra, I'm from Italy and I just wanted to say that I'm amazaed!!! your free mini course was just some kind of bomb for my playing and I can just imagine how useful your full Lead Guitar Secrets course will be.
I sincerely need your course because i always wanted to play those mind-blowing solos by the zeps or the iron maiden and even beacuse i'm the lead guitar of a group, then i read that yo also explain theory wich i alwayswanted to learn ;)
so you definitively ROCK man!!
btw my e-mail adress demon_inside_666@hotmail.com
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
HiDan,
Your way of teaching is precise and easy to understand for the begineers. The level of confidence increases by following your ways of learning. I thank you so much for the efforts taken by you to spread the knowledge of music to the world
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By Isaac Bishara, at July 09, 2007
When Robert Johnson met the devil at the cross roads he wasn't scared - Oh Robert knew fear once long ago but he feared no one now not in the least the devil, because he knew a secret so secret not even th devil knew it.
The devil looked at Robert and saw in his hands a beat up old guitar that had played the blues til it cracked with the pain of ten thousand sad songs...The devil laughed at Robert and said "what you think you gonna do with that thing there boy? How you gonna come up on me like some raggedly old fool and s'pect me to believe you can outplay my demons with that old box a fishing string boy? Hell, it ain't even electric and where is yo amplifier boy?"
A cacophony of lustful laughter exploded from the hoary hordes of hell hounds...
That is until they heard the music coming from Robert. His fingers making love to the old guitar and producing moans of soul wrenching sadness from the gut of every note he played...he played on until every emotion had been bled from the now defeated demon hoard whose tears were like the rivers of babylon searching for redemption in the song.
Robert's eyes were closed but he could see as if in crystal form every note he had practiced on the Dan Denley internet lead guitar course had been planted into him and was now blossoming in the stairway to heavens rock n soul
little did the devil know that Roberts secret was Dan's course - he'd been a member of Lead Guitar Secrets since the day he was born...he had transcended the programme and attained one-ness with its deepest mysteries, he knew the devil's hordes had no chance to survive this onlsaught...he was delivering a tonal atom bomb to their very souls - and they were detroyed by its simple truth...
No one of mortal origin was there to witness that song but its resonance has since imbued the world with all the sadness and pain and pleasure and love lost and found and lost again that any song before or after had ever expressed or will again until the next Robert comes along...
The Devil knew before the last note rang out that he had lost - in a rage he swallowed the hordes of demons and lashed out with his tail and whipped the very skies with thunder until silence fell...amidst it all Robert stood supreme, calm, tranquil...
The devil accused him of harboring some mystic weapon of hoary powers and demanded an inspection of the foul contraption...
Robert gently gave the devil the guitar to inspect - and sure enough no magic or spell rested with it...all he could see were the impressions of a single word on the maple neck...FENDER...the devil shook his horny head IN CONFUSION and cried how, what, who?
Robert spoke, "You have correctly assumed that the magic lies in the instrument!"
Puzzled the devil said "But I held your guitar in my very own hands mortal and I percieved no magic in it...what madness do you speak of?"
Robert spoke again "I say you are correct no magic lies in the guitar for it is not the instrument, I am! That is merely my weapon of amplification - the conduit of my inner voice made manifest in phenomenal Fender humility"
The Devil stunned asked "But if you are the instrument and that is merely a tool then magic beyond imagining you must possess to defeat my demonic funk hordes?"
Robert smiled knowingly "I am the possessor of the seventh secret handed down by a seventh son of a seventh son...this secret has been passed down by the man who created its course and in whose ancient practice lies the deepest mysteries of all guitar playing - you stood no chance...
He who molded my very essence is the mystery of all mysteries who manipulates my arts of the sacred Dan Denley's school of lead guitar and manifests my modes of resonance into harmonic magic beyond any scale imaginable by any of your hoary hellish psychofunk hosts - there has never been one like me nor shall there ever be another - except for one who is yet to come..."
The Devil asked slyly "Pray tell...who might that be oh sage one"
Robert smiled and said "Should he who writes this blog become the possessor of a Divine Fender, to him shall true guitar might and fecund song production fall like no earthly time in history or herstory before - I warn you devil and take heed...test him not for he shall make my besting of your hordes likened to a school band competing against the hosts of heroes of rock n roll, jazz, blues and metal...where I have beaten you he shall humble you beyond reprise with mighty Fender in his hands.!"
With that Robert Johnson left the cross roads and walked into myth.
I would do no less with a Fender in my hands Dan - the devil is waiting for me and he's hungry for souls - would you leave me defenseless Dan - you've given me the secrets and knowledge to realise my destiny but now I need the weapon my tool of divine deliverance...my soul is my instrument but it needs a weapon of love for the world to be saved...as the mystery is my witness and as I am the instrument so let a Fender resound with my spirit.
Oh great Dan I offer my heart as food for thee and give praise to your most excellent zen lead guitar course...
in your hoary hands I entrust my destiny
By Isaac Bishara, at July 09, 2007
hey i m a poor child and have a guitar but it was not possible to learn .so i took the healp of the amezing guitar to learn .i m thanful to the respected author .i can able to know about solo,finger position and so on...........
By soumya prakash, at July 09, 2007
hi dan denley,first of all i want to congradulate you on realeasing of ur new lead guitar secerets.
you know it would be totally inadequate if we all could do measure the treasure of all guitar learnig secerets we are recievin through your capibilities its just because of you trust me i just wana say east or west dan denley is the best you are the best my dear.
by zeeshan
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
Dan,
Obviously you are going to be inundated with entries for the contest, but here is why you should choose me for one of the beautiful guitars.
I started trying to play the guitar 25 years ago. Garage band, power chords, etc., but I never really learned to play the guitar. I decided last year to dust off my old, cheap acoustic guitar and give it to my 13 year-old daughter when she expressed an interest in learning to play.
She has been working with that guitar for a while now and using your lessons. She is getting really good. She enjoys your lessons as you are a real person when you teach and there is no pressure.
She has asked me about getting a Strat-style electric. I don't want to get her a cheap imitation as I feel that all jobs worth doing require good quality tools and I want to get her something that will last a lifetime. A real, American made Strat is perfect but way beyond what we can afford.
The strat you are giving away would help to give the gift of music to my dausghter for a lifetime.
Thanks for listening and thanks for the great lessons. The new ones will allow my daughter to expand her knowledge and skill while she has fun doing it.
Best regards,
Howard Corder
hkcorder@aol.com
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
HI DAN AND THE GROUP , IM A BRAIN ANEURYSM AND STROKE SURVIVOR FROM OCT. 2003. I JUST TURNED 50 YRS OLD AND BEEN PLAYING SINCE GETTING MY FIRST GUITAR AT AGE 13. I HAVE BOUGHT OTHER GUITARS OVER THE YEARS AND SINCE HAVING MY STROKE ALONG WITH GETTING CARPUL TUNNEL FROM A CAR ACCIDENT IN 2005, ITS BEEN DIFFICULT GETTING MY STRENGHT IN MY FINGERS AND COORDINATION FROM THE STROKE . I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE DANS COURSE AND TO WIN THE GUITAR TO PRACTISE WITH . IM SO EXCITED TO KNOW YOU ARE HAVING THIS CONTEST AND I HOPE I WIN ! BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE AND I WANTED TO THANK DAN FOR IVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER HIS CONTEST .
WITH LOVE AND HUGS ,
YOUR FRIEND,
PHILLY JO
XXOO
By PHILLY JO, at July 09, 2007
Looking forward to Lead Guitar Secrets. I've always wanted to learn how to wail a guitar solo (like Jerry Garcia) and understand where the notes are coming from. I think Lead Guitar Secrets will explain all the relationship in a clear, precise way enabling me to hone what talent I have. I also would like to use this information and pass it on to my kids who enjoy watching me play. They have developed a facination by watching me and in the future, would be nice for all of us to jam together.
Steve DiCristina
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
May all of your dreams come true!
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
I can play rhythm and chords with the best of some I could never put more than 3 or 4 notes together in a row that sounded like they belonged in the song. Oh I could hear them all in my head but it wouldn't couldn't communicate with the fingers. Then I go a computer and found he world online, and more specifically this site. Currently I am up to almost 8 notes and headed for more.
A new Fender guitar might be the missing key who knows. I've looked at them for a long time, just never had the money for one of the good ones.
If I win the Fender I could maybe make it to knowing a whole lead run, and on more than one song too.
Maybe even get that recording contract we all dream of someday.
So vote for me and I'll be thanking all of you that did when I play that first note.
By Merlin, at July 09, 2007
dear dan
this mo to helped in fact I knew definitively rather here so that of the things and my sense of improvisation is of another level that good ear my friends really that guitar must be with me to make a pair in jamming
with that guitar podre to be at but level and to make sound it as it must as standards we go it gives votes by my serious another favor that me
pakopage86
By Anonymous, at July 09, 2007
a mi me gusta tocar guitarra por que me hace despejarme del ambiente de mi casa y por que me encanta hacer algo que a los demas les agrade, y el curso que eh seguido por algunos mese me ha ayudado a mejorar mi manera de tocar y con la guitarra practicaria mas de lo que ya practico, para tocar algunas canciones de los red hot y nirvana.
By humberto salvador, at July 09, 2007
dan u r great.first i used to learn guitar by myself and i was so slow that i started getting annoyed but then i found u on netand u made it so easy for me.now i am so much good at playing guitar. all credit goes to u
By rohit, at July 10, 2007
Hey Hey Dan !!!!!
Should I REALLY giv a reason y I'm exited !
Frankly I cant type dat much or my fingertips will go sore n I wil not b able 2 play my guitar 4 sme time !
My reasons r jus lik ne other fellow learners who wanna b a good player n wanna form der own Band !
All I will say dat I learnt a lot lik Scales , Bends , Pull Offs , Loads ofSolos ......
Well d list iz simply endless !!!!!
I now hav a gr8 speed n accuracy due 2 practice of d solos n scales !
Dats all !
Wish Me Luck !!!!!
By Ajeet, at July 10, 2007
Dear Dan,
The reason for looking forward to your course on Lead guitar is simple.
I wont to play the way you and other lead guitarist play. And to describe them in one word "Mind Boggling".
Regards,
Chester
By chester, at July 10, 2007
Why do i need the course? cos i play like i'm apologising for what i sound like, hesitant, nervous and in the wrong. I bluff what i don't know and till now hesitate about asking 'how to' why? because i think i should already know how and finding out would only highlight how shit i really am. Result: I kid myself my shit don't stink, nothing changes. I want to be on the glide with an 'Albatros' and 'fly like an eagle' and make my 'Little wing' sound like 'The sky is crying'. Im at the 'Crossroads' and feel the 'worry worry' it's like i'm 'Live in Cook County Jail'. but i want to feel like i'm 'stealing the devils guitar' and 'Born to be wild'. So Dan be my 'Doctor Doctor' let your 'secrets' clear the '|smoke on the water' and 'Gimmie some lovin', i want your help to Rip it up' and after doing your 'Blues Guitar secrets know your the man with the plan. 'HELP'
Regards Chris Cowley
By Anonymous, at July 10, 2007
Hey Dan:
I've been playing for about 2 years now. I had a private teacher for about one year, but in three weeks I learned more from your course. What is amazing about that is that my teacher is very good. I'm one of those guys with little talent, but I will work my ass off to get where I want to be. I'm excited about lead guitar secrets because of the simplicity with which you teach with and my work ethic will surely make me the best that I can be. Hopefully I can put a brand new strat to work.
By Anonymous, at July 10, 2007
Hi Dan,
I did a search looking for beginning guitar lessons and found you! The book I had bought wasn't doing to well to get me where I wanted to go.
Your lessons are easy to understand and easy to do. With practice, I'm finding it easier to teach myself and play! Your website is great and has alot of good posts for people like me. I've played many wind instruments, this is my first crack at a stringed instrument.
I started to learn guitar around the age of 8, but my parents got divorced and I never was able to pursue playing. Now I'm back at after 26 years of waiting. A friend gave me a Hoffner accustic that is not in the greatest of shape, but I'll play it until it breaks in half. My inspiration comes from watching my favourite 80s bands play. There are some awesome players and I love their music enough to want to play it myself.
Also, I have written songs that I want to start writing the music for it, starting with guitar and working my way through keyboard, bass, drums ect. My daughter is learning to play the drums and I will be lead. The rest is up to the good Lord to provide us with a full band.
Thank you for all your lessons and hard work!
Becky
By Rebecca, at July 10, 2007
Hi Dan,
Well, well now this is something worth while to wrtie about. I recently purchased your Amazing Guitar Secrets and man are they amazing. I have been playing for the last 9 years and have not managed to go past the 5th fret of the guitar.
I told my wife that I need to purchase an Electric guitar and well my first choice was a Les Paul Gibson and well my wife just said NO.
Anyway getting back to material, I have even gone and purchased some finger weights to increase my speed, this book is FREAKIN' awesome, so all I can say that if this is the standard well then there is really nothing to say about Lead Guitar Secrets.
Let me just add that I have searched the web through and through to try and find something that is really worth while and well I know there is a Rock God when I landed on your site.
So about that guitar, how awesome is that, I stay in South Africa, you cannot imagine the price of instruments in this country, I mean I managed to get my current acoustic guitar because when my old man passed away, that was my inherritance, so I think that I have to do him justice in going past the 5th fret of my guitar, and I can now play barr chords, how cool is that.
Oh yeah and I have started to read music again, the last time I read a music I was 8 years old, they say it's like riding a bicycle, but thanks to your Amazing Guitar Secrets book I think the peddaling has just become that much easier.
Thax a mil for all the effort and follow up.
Regards
Wayne
By Wayne, at July 10, 2007
IM 38 YEARS OLD AND IVE BEEN PLAYING CHORDS AND RHYTHM FOR 20 YEARS. ID LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY LEAD SO THAT I CAN PLAY ALONG WITH FRIENDS AND ALSO I LIKE TO HELP YOUNGER GUITAR PLAYERS WITH WHAT I LEARN. I MAINLY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE FRETBOARD FITS TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT CHORD PROGRESSIONS SO I CAN SOLO AND PLAY ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLES CHORDS. THE MAIN THING I LIKE ABOUT THE PROGRAM HERE IS THAT I CAN DO IT ON MY OWN TIME AND AT MY OWN PACE. I ALSO LIKE THAT I CAN USE EMAIL AND GET QUESTONS ANSWERES ABOUT THINGS I DONT UNDERTAND. HOPEFULLY IN A FEW YEARS A BE A MORE COMPLETE GUITAR PLAYER. WELL, THATS IT, PRETTY PLAIN AND SIMPLE
JOE G
joe greenleaf
By Anonymous, at July 10, 2007
HI ! MY NAME IS PHILLY JO (JO) . BEEN HAVING SOME DIFICULTY LATELY IM A BRAIN ANEURYSM AND STROKE SURVIVIOR . MY RYTHEM HAS CHANGED A GOOD DEAL AND CURRENTLY HAVE DEVELOPED CARPUL TUNNEL FROM A CAR ACCIDENT MY STRENGHT IN HANDS AND FINGERS ARE SO WEAK THAT GETING AN EMAIL FROM DAN ABOUT HIS VIDEO OF 6 LICKS TO LEARN HAS BEEN AMAZING ! IT HAS GIVEN ME THE WILL POWER TO PRACTICE AND PRACTICE AS I BUILD UP MY STRENGHT ! TY DAN FOR SENDING ME AN EMAIL ABOUT YOUR NEW COURSE ETC . SENDING HUGS YOUR WAY ♥ LOVE, JO ♥
By Anonymous, at July 10, 2007
I have been playing guitar for about 30 years, but have only played chords. I want to learn to play leadguitar, and better guitar as well. I hope Dan can be an inspirator for me. I look forward to play guitar in a better way. Maybe 0,5 % of Eric Clapton.
Tom Nilssen
Norway
By Tom Nilssen, at July 10, 2007
Ooooooo weeeeee and boyee howdee, Guitar Secrets is the dang finest easy source of guitar teaching technique that I ever come across in all my live long days. I wanted to learn how to fingerpick, play the length and width of the fretboard and learn some of them technical thangs like scales, chords, modes and their relationships. Did you know they's cousins? Anyways, thanks Dan for the learnin'. Guitar Secrets sure made it easy. I been able to breathe new life into my ol' geetar. I reckon I'm a gonna try it out with Pa's banjo too!
By Anonymous, at July 10, 2007
hi guys
Lead guitars made it easier to undestand the science of the fretboard and am more comfy with my once paralytic fingers now cruising the guitar like it were home! Thanx alot! i borrow my cousins guitar now n then when he's not using it to practice what i learnt from here and am lookin forward to winning this fab price! good luck to you all too!
peace
By Murdock, at July 11, 2007
so far so good eh? well, that gives away where I'm from, but for the sake of so many who are similar to me, a dad with kids, a five pack of decades of age armed with the discovery that playing guitar can be accomplished by anybody, but how that unfolds is indeed the topic of interest! I've picked up everything that Dan has put together for all of us so far, which means the purchase of the leads course is next in line. There are at least several mentors of learning how to have fun and learn to play, and all of these friends are worth supporting. Notice the use of the word "friends", no, I don't drop by Dan's place for a BBQ, but Dan is a lot more than just a "talking head" (apologies to David Byrne).
Dan isn't going to be phoning you next Monday to remind you to put down that bag of cheese puffs and shut off the telly, but if you have enough drive to pick up Dan's material and spend some of that precious (?) time of yours to learn something, Dan delivers. Despite my efforts so far to become confused with things from either Dan's basic course or Blues special collection or teaching about modes with the funky red pen on it, I have not ever had to go into frustration mindset ever. Dan is just like a "guitar dad" to me, even though I am older than he is! That slow sure voice of Dan's goes over things many times, just like I need him to. Even if something does elude me, it is obvious that Dan follows up with all of us, because before I know it, there is another course ready to go with the answers to my needs. OK, in conclusion I'm gonna give Dan an A on the report card and drop one in the suggestion box so I can ratn about something! What the heck is this pinch harmonic thing about, my boy isn't gonna think I'm cool enough if I don't make at least one Zakk sound like on the video, right? And guess who is gonna use all of Dan's course material for his learning curve, that would be that one that looks like me and spends a lot of time perfecting his skill on Play Station and XBox at the moment. All I gotta do is get him to spend as much effort on six strings... hey I know, why don't I offer a contest to win a great strat guitar... and don't disqualify me cuz I gotta pay some import taxes into Canada either... it only depends on a number on a piece of paper, we can work it out!
best wishes on your pursuits-Richard W-Abbotsford BC
By Anonymous, at July 11, 2007
Sorry
i am never vining the guitar.
Johnny SWE
By Anonymous, at July 11, 2007
This is really great cos I am constantly improving with no end to the learning.My fingers are actually on a free flow over the fret-board.Thanx Dan
By Anonymous, at July 11, 2007
Having been born and raised in Chicago, I have always loved the blues, and have wanted to learn how to play. With Dan's Amazing Guitar Secrets I have started that journey. I now live in Denver, and have started a new life for myself. I have re-married and my stepson has a natural ear for music. I have used guitar secrets as a method for Him and I to bond and develop that father-son relationship that, until now, he has been without. Guitar secrets has helped me realize that it is possible for me to become that guitar player, and father figure that I have always wanted. The new lead guitar secrets will give US a chance to really develop our skills and take it to the next level. This will be something that we can do together, and I want to be able to look back at this time in our lives and know that I made a difference.
We share an Alvarez acoustic, and don't NEED a new Strat, but it sure would make those sweet blues sound good!!
Keep up the great Work Dan! Thanks for your sharing your skills with us!
Eric Gielow
eric_gielow@msn.com
By Anonymous, at July 11, 2007
Dan,
Having purchased Guitar secrets and learned something from it, I took a look at the solo offering. It's better than Amazing Guitar Secrets.
I'm looking forward to the July 20 release because the preview demonstrates the licks in a manner that is easy to grasp. The licks are very expressive right from the start, so I learned to add the vibrato while learning the lick. I can learn an expressive lick in a very short time.
The video lessons actually have an advantage over an instructor in one sense. You don't get sidetracked and lose focus. Learning on one's own might actually be faster than a "live" instructor.
Mike Gray
mike_gray_engineering@yahoo.com
By Mike Gray, at July 11, 2007
It actually comes in naturally to write to you, Dan,if you allow me to get personal :)
This doesn't happen with most of the people out there willing to share their guitar knowledge. They either play a cool lick or smth. of the kind and then they "explain" it in a hurry, leaving you in a deep haze.Oh, but if only you would buy their guitar lessons suite, you will find hundreds of such in-depth and hands-on lessons. Nooo,thanks!
But your videos on YouTube and your site really caught me and taught me most of what I know about guitar AND, even nicer, out there was a dude I felt I could really reach out to, not some lame guys with the vanity of a hundred rock stars. They all have a story they try to sell to you along with their guitar course. And they couldn't even teach a lesson to a five year old(well, some of them are really that bad). There are people who know what they should teach, but sometimes they can;t be followed.
You, on the other hand, have a manner of teaching...After watching your videos, nobody can say they didn't get it. And I mean not even the five year old!
However hard-headed I may be, I learned some things about the blues. And only you taught me! Well, BB King, too(I watched some interviews with the Man where he was talking about his technique). And I'm really caught in the blues right now, trying to make up my own progressions(right here in this spot I reaaally need your guitar course!), although I'm not very proficient, technically speaking. Besides, I have only an acoustic guitar, rather mediocre, I guess, but I'm not complaining.
Actually, I'm planning on buying an electric guitar. Oh, but my folks woulnd't be very happy about that, so I'm saving money(oh,my happy penniless youth...). And my dad says I'm never going to be able to play a song to its very end. Well, actually I am, but I am also a lame singer, so I can't really perform under the family limelight. I would probably make all the neighbourhood dogs howl, and we don't want any animal protection investigation, do we? Anyway, I'm indeed prone to take bits of songs and play them than rather the whole tune, which isn;t alright. For example, I can play the intro the rhythm guitar parts and the first solo from "Fade to black". What about the tough part, eh? Hey, I know intros from a bunch of songs, I've made up some of mine, but I'm very lazy about learning a song which doesn't sound vey attractive on just an acoustic.
An electric guitar would sure motivate me! And a Fender, wow! The Fender Stratocaster is like THE AXE, the archetypal guitar!(And I'm not hinting at your generous prize, no Sir, nu-uh!) If it were only about her shape and would still make you wanna slap your mama!(Oh,ma', really, it's just a figure of speech!Don't hurt me, I'm your..like.. your flesh and blood). But it's also her sound and all that! If I had enoough money, the first thing I would invest in would surely be a Fender! But wait! Maybe I win the competition and Dan sends me the divine gift. Oh, how cute, but you know, it's like a chance in a million. Riiight, but I can't help myself from dreaming. What would you like, I'm a teenager in a town from a country over the hills and far away, fed with blues and rock. You can't blame me! Hehe
Anyway,if I don't win the Fender, I will buy an electric, prolly a cheap replica of a real Fender(oh, my-oh-my). I'm not sure whether I'll have money for Dan's newe course.
However, if I DO win, I'll surely buy Dan's course. And I will finally learn how to solo reasonably. I'm dead sure Dan will teach me properly! Actually, I can solo jes' a bit, especially in a single scale. I'm able to play around for minutes only in A Pentatonic, for example, which is nice, but that's not much of a variety, is it now? So I hope Dan will teach me to solo over chord progressions and do it properly, in the right scales. What I'm doing now is just hoping to nail the right scale. In other words, I'm either guessing or playing it by the ear(hey, to err is human, and my ear is veeery human indeed). So I'm sure Dan's course will help me there and also with my musical theory, which is quite absent at the moment(but not totally, I even learned AND understood the Modes from Dan's videos). These are two huge lacks in my guitar playing and knowledge, among about a hundred other petty ones, which Dan will fill in.
Before finishing(is he going to end this nonsense already? you may be asking yourselves),a few words about my guitar background, as the tradition requires :). I've been playing guitar for about 10 months now. My first teacher was a bloke in his late fifties, a professionally trained muscian who could play other instruments as well and sported a discreet moustache. He soon found out we couldn't communicate very well musically. My bad!, I'm the one who reads music with the blazing speed of a turtle, if at all! He asked me what genres I would like to play and I said "ROck" and he was like "OK", but was quite uneasy. I mean, his knowledge of rock was reduced to "Yesterday" and "Proud Mary", but,man!,he rocked, not in the way of Slash, but I didn;t expect that. Really now, no irony, this 50 smth year old guy could bring it on. And I owe to him the very basics if guitar, and some tips I found very useful in time, like right posture and stuff. Anyway, I only had 5 hours with him (he was a busy man and I wasn't exactly the ideal student), but it was the foundation of my guitar playing. Then I found Dan Denley's site and now I'm on my way to stardom.
Hehe..dream on,boy!
Sorry for your wasted time over my lengthy post and rock on! Thank you,Dan, for the opportunity to express myself and for your wonderful work!
Yours, Catalin Taranu
By Catalin Paladin, at July 11, 2007
I dream about it every night
I’m centre-stage and bathed in light
My solo makes the people cheer
I wear a grin from ear to ear
I’m sad to say I’m not that good
To play those licks I never could
If Dan can get my solos nailed
Then he’ll succeed where others failed
My skills will grow with every lesson
Improving with each practice session
He’ll teach me hints and tips essential
To help me reach my full potential
Most teachers are just second-rate
But friendly Dan is truly great
He tutors students old and young
At last I’m learning, having fun!
So if you’re Dan and reading this
you’ll know by now your feet I’ll kiss
I really am your biggest fan
So thank you, thank you, thank you Dan!
OK, so you can see that my song writing skills aren’t up to much. Dan may not be able to work magic on my lyrics, but I have absolute faith in his ability to transform my playing.
Why am I excited by Dan’s new lead guitar course? Until now I have only been able to dream of playing anything beyond chords. There’s a world of difference between strumming along to your favourite songs and actually playing the lead on your own masterpiece. I just know that getting my hands on the new course could be a life-changing experience, and things don’t get more exciting than that! I can’t wait for July 20 to come – every day I pick up my guitar and count down the days until Dan’s course is released. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five...
How will the course improve my playing? I have no doubt that even experienced players could benefit from Dan’s tutoring, let alone a novice like me. There’s little point in me just copying the topics and skills advertised in the course literature – jeez, I don’t even know what most of it is. What I do know is that I’m desperate to learn lead guitar and I want Dan Denley to teach me!!!
Good luck to all contestants in the Fender Strat competition, and remember – we’re all winners with Dan Denley by our side!
Rachel Welfoot
London, UK
By Rachel, at July 11, 2007
Hey Dan;
Love your site and the samples you've shared so far. What keeps me coming back to your site and is the samples that you send to me via hotmail. Also, I check out other sites. I am always on the hunt for song sheets that I can learn to play, which brings me to places like chordie, and ultimate guitar tabs, and other sites like OLGA. I have been playing guitar for about 20 years (off and on) now and have been able to get-by using the basic chords. With some of the samples you've shared I have been able to practice the blues scales. I have not taken any formal training and have been self taught and by playing with others who have shared their knowledge. To these people I am truly grateful. I typical stay away from barre chords but have been know to use them strategically. I am impressed by those who comfortably move freely up and down the fret-board and wish I could do the same.
As a father of two, I find that my oldest daughter(11) has taken an interest in music. She would like to learn the guitar. Well that pretty much just blew my mind. The thought of being able to play along side of my daughter was awesome. The only thing was she needed to be able to practice. Like most young girls big on intent, short on effort. Still all was not lost as this year we put our heads together to compose an original song for her schools VIP (Values, Influence, and Peers) program that teaches kids about being better citizens. With my help we put her ideas to music and made a CD to which she and her friend sang to the whole school about the evils of gossip (a real proud dad moment for me!)
She still doesn't practice her guitar much, (Her reasons are that her guitar goes out of tune to fast, and she really wants a red electric guitar), yes I am sceptical that she would practice. However, I know that I would definately practice.
This brings me back to the reason I keep coming back to your site about your courses. As I had said I have been playing for sometime and I have put my daughter into lessons that didn't really pay-off. Since reviewing your course severral times and comparing it to other courses out there. I believe that not only will this course make me a more rounded guitarist and improve my playing ten-fold. I believe that my practicing and improving will also help my daughter to jump right in beside me and learn along with me. That will then create the dream of that father/daughter duo I had originally talked about. Plus as an added bonus we can learn more about the right combinations to add to here original compositions (she's still writing more lyrics) And even if she doesn't jump in at first she can take it up later as I pass the torch to her years from now.
PS Her first original song was "Hurts Inside"
Michael Saulnier, Canada
By Michael Saulnier, at July 11, 2007
Dan,
I'm excited about the Lead Guitar Secrets course because I made a decision this summer that, after over 40 years of strumming chords and playing a few licks I picked up from tabs and other players, I need to REALLY learn to play.
I've dedicated myself to this. I bought a cheapie electric guitar so I could play higher on the neck than on my trusty acoustic. I searched the Internet for tips, tricks and lessons. I bought a set of DVDs (not yours, and I now regret that). I even gave up golf to spend more time practicing and learning!
I'll be completely honest. It wasn't until I started watching your videos and using the lessons you have for download, like the pentatonic workbook, that it suddenly started coming together.
The light bulb (compact flourescent) went on, and now I SEE and understand the fretboard like never before. The flow of patterns up and down the neck always escaped me, but now, for the first time, I get it.
I don't think Lead Guitar Secrets will improve my playing. If the course is anything like what I've seen so far, I KNOW it will.
I jam a lot with other musicians. I even played bass in bands for over 20 years, but I don't want to be the bassist or rythym player anymore. I want to ROCK, and I know a Strat in my hands would complete the picture.
If you close your eyes, I bet you can see me bending notes and firing off solos like I've been doing it my whole life. I'm the bald guy with the Strat!
David Berman
By dberman, at July 11, 2007
Hi I am a 50 year old man that has played the Guitar on and off for 40 years.I have reunited some old friends to form a band and we do songs from the 60's 70's 80 and so on,I though I new how to play,and I realized that I needed help so I to Dan D and he is indeed the guy you want when you need to know things,he explains things so well,and he has such a mild and easy way about him,I have learned so much from him,how to read tabs and notes and play some solos the guys in the band are amazed and my speed of getting this stuff,and I want to say thank you Dan from the deepest part of my soul,You have a wonderful gift,and by shareing it you make alot of people happy.
yours truly
Jim Adoluca
Montreal Canada
By Anonymous, at July 11, 2007
hello my name is chris and ive been playing for a little over a year now and id say ive learned quite a bit.. not to brag but i think ive learned a little more than the average person I do play alot o have a lot of spare time and i use it to play guitar. Usually around 3-6hours a day. And im not the type that would be like oh you suck or your too good or w/e i accept anybody thats willing to teach and if there not as good i work with them. i dont judge anybody on there playing skill. But i think i rather not deserve but would like this stratocaster for something new to play and it would be nice to have. It would not go to waste. It something that i would enjoy and seeing as my birthday just went by 7/11/89 it would be a great present.
~chris aka Snglz
Email. its_snglz@yahoo.com
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
This is AWESOME! Thank you sooooo much for the many kind words. You guys (and gals) are the BEST. We'll be releasing more videos today here on the blog. I'll send a quick email to let you know when they're ready.
Cheers!
Dan
By Dan Denley, at July 12, 2007
Hi Dan,
I started playing guitar at the beginning of this year when I bought an electric acoustic. I searched the internet for tutorials and some were ok teaching basic chords, strumming etc. I decided to take the plunge and buy a online guitar course. The only problem was that it assumed a whole lotta prior knowledge as a beginner and my progress was slow and frustrating. I decided to pay for some private lessons. The teacher was nice enough, but I think we was a young rocker wanting to make the big time and teaching was some pocket money. He didn't have any passion for teaching, nor was there any structure. I was disappointed again (after 6 or 7 lessons at $25 each). I think the problem is that people who have been playing for a while forget how hard it was as a beginner to form chords, strengthen the fingers, barre chords etc. I then bought AGS and found it was very down to earth, structured and explained things step-by-step, making no assumptions. It's one thing to play the guitar well, but it another to explain to someone else. One of the biggest things I have learned is the lesson taught in the book - Ultimate Success Secret. Many times I have come across hurdles, pain and frustration. But what has kept me going are those words that encouraged me to take action. I am really looking forward to Lead Guitar Secrets because I expect that it will contain the same passion, attention to detail, quality and sweat that made AGS. Every time I look at my notes, videos or audio files, I think to myself "man this guy has put some work into this!!". I'm playing soon in a church band as a rhythm guitarist. I think Lead Guitar Secrets will also improve my playing/soloing by taking me to next level to play lead guitar. LGS will be my private teacher to get me there. Trust me, I've tried other methods (mentioned above) and they haven't worked too well. No doubt it will take me some time to work through the material, but it is a labour of love.
Kind Regards
Stephen Cheung
By Stephen, at July 12, 2007
Im so excited about amazing guitar secrets because it every thing i need as a guitar player it is the most structured course i know. out of the course i want to lean to create solos from scratch so i can shred and in all become a better player
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
Hi Dan,
I purchased the Amazing Guitar Secrets course for myself and my grandson. He flew through the book at lightning speed learning everything in the book. He hungers to be fed more about lead guitar so he can become a professional musician. I believe the Leads course would teach him the scales, modes and process to write and perform. It would help me also but I am just an old fart in today's world. He would grow tremendously with the course. He looked at the free lessons and said this is what he wants. He has an old beat up guitar and desperately needs a quality instrument to show his real talents. All the instruments he has played to date are mine and they are old. My electric doesn't even have a brand name. So please consider me as the recipient of the guitar so I can give it to him from you.
By Darrell Litle, at July 12, 2007
I started playing guitar when I was 6 years old. I quit when I was 18 after I had a long fight with my dad about me being a professional musician. I had just played in front of 1500 people in an outdoor concert and I was stoked. I believed that I could make a living from playing guitar. He told me that dreams do not come true and I should do something with my life. I pawned a Gibson Flying V and Marshall Stack for $800.00 and joined the US Army.
Now I am 40 years old and I have started playing again with the local church in front of 3500 people every weekend.
I need Lead Guitar Secrets because I want to bring my "A" game every time I play. I have not played in over 22 years and it amazes me when I see guys that have been playing under 5 years and they are just as good if not better than the guitarist I grew up listening to. It sucks not being as fast or good as I used to be when I was younger and that's why I need the Lead Guitar Secrets. I want to be the best guitarist that I can be. You are never too old to ROCK.
How do I believe Lead Guitar Secrets will improve my playing? It simple I will learn everything that's included in the material so that I can become a master of my craft. This will be my secret. I won't tell anyone. The next time they ask the old man to play a solo on a song it won't be a problem. People will wonder and I will just smile and keep them guessing. I have looked at alot of courses online and nothing compares to the Lead Guitar Secrets kit.
You are never too old to rock!
By Mortgage Dead Pool, at July 12, 2007
Simply because life is too short not to understand the depth of sound and timbre created by a well played guitar. The lead guitar secrets course will undoubtedly improve and focus my practice and my playing skills, particularly in knowing the scale relationships, strengthening my fingers and being able to incorporate these skills into my playing with the hope of one day being able to call myself a guitarist rather than a dedicated student.
The opportunity to have lessons available when ever they are needed
and of such high quality; Is unmissable for any student wanting to progress and improve, which I certainly need to do.
Thank you Dan for taking the time to produce these courses and share your skills with your students.
Greshna Dibble
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
Lead Guitar Secrets can only help me with my guitar playing cause my playing sucks.
Bill
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
I have been learning to play the guitar for 35 years now , I purchaed Dan's Amazing Guitar Secrets and have learned many new things , finding myself all over the frets not just stuck in one place. Being a self taught guitar player that can not read music this course has helped me allot.
Thanks,
Steve Finnern
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
I have been playing guitar for a few years, but have yet to really become "good." I hope with this program and more practice to become not only better, but a good, if not great player.
By Frank, at July 12, 2007
Dan, my story is I am sure similar to others. I started out with an acoustic and could chord and sing along ok as long as I stayed within mostly the open chords. I found a few interesting ones of my own....or so I thought. At some point I was just another 'also ran' and got busy with life and even laid the guitar down for a number of years.
At some point I picked it back up as a need for an outlet other than my job. I ran across the Amazing Guitar Secrets course and all previous boredom went away. I progressed quickly and then got to Soloing with the Pentatonic Scales. WOW ! What fun and people loved it when I joined in.
Then came along your Blues Course.....right up my alley. Can't say enough.
I look forward to your new Leads course with anticipation. A way to add styles and riffs I don't have in my hands now. I collect backing tracks like they may never come again to practice with but need those new patterns you will offer for my continued progression.
Thanks Dan,
Val Kanaga
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
Definitively learn lead guitar secretes it´s the way to use the tecnique to create not just music but art, i´m excited a about it,because it´s a great way to get to know the guitar more thgan just scales intervals and really learn the ways of the guitar, chord progression, scales are fundamental for a good song a good solo, even a good arrangement and musical production, modal construction an combining those modes to create exotic or interesting music, learn techniques like vibrato pull-offs to improve the expressive side of the music, thatt´s the way you can improve your lead guitar and your rithm guitar, learn guitar solo from other guitarrists, but really know them not just copy them but understanding the solo and what comes with it, kick the pedal to the metal, o kick some balls with the blues and evenmake your own signature sound, thanks man
Alberto Villagran
progred_leader2004@hotmail.com
By juan alberto, at July 12, 2007
I believe that I will learn so many fantastic ways through "Lead Guitar Secrets" to improve my guitar playing.
The Finger strength training for speed and accuracy is a definite must for all players, new and old, and the 50 must-know solo licks will hopefully bring my solo playing to a professional level.
The In-depth study of scale-chord relationships (how to choose the right scale for your solo), will improve my knowledge tremendously, so i will be able to go on stage and "wow" whoever is listening.
The How & when to use the seven modes of the major scale, will be a "MUST" to improve the tricky scenarios of what chord to play and also, how to expand on the mundane tabs.
I cant wait to learn the solo techniques: bends, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and creating runs will have me playing like a star - Jimi Hendrix, eat your heart out!!!!
I have been using all of your previous lessons, and already I can see a difference in my playing. I believe these new ones will push me to being closer to a proffessional.
henry mcilroy
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
HEY DD i just whanted to tell every one about my life turn around i had made some bad choises in my life and got to the point that nothing mattered or cared i was homeless and depessed i got help and a job but still was not happy i was looking on the internet for a better job when i came across LCS i read every word and thought yea right well to make a long story short i now have axe and amp and play better and faster then i did when i was a kid and best thing i got out of it is that im HAPPY i have a great job and realy nice place to live and i can play as loud and long as i whant and no one complaines THANX DD for a new start S.R.HUTCH
By stacy hutchings, at July 12, 2007
Hey Dan, I have been looking forever on the web for this kind of info. I can get bits & pieces, but no one seems to be able to put it all together. Scales here, modes there, exercises on this page, etc. It looks like you have done that! And at an affordable price as well. I am self taught, primarily by ear rhythm player that just needs to know how to put it all together! I have been getting your emails with vids & they seem to pretty much explain it in a thoughtful, understandable manner. I look forward to this release!
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
The greatest products aren't the most comprehensive, or the most popular. They're not even the ones with the most recommendations. The greatest products are the ones that become so valuable you'd gladly pay twice the cost. Lead Guitar Secrets excites me because it just may become one of the most valuable products ever offered for guitarists like me.
Why? Just think about what Lead Guitar Secrets offers:
- Learn finger strengthening exercises to develop speed without buzzing.
- Use that strength and speed to fly through 50 essential solo riffs.
- Finally understand scale and chord relationships to dazzle friends with improvised solos!
- Learn valuable techniques used to sound like seasoned pros, such as bends, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs, more!
Knowledge is power.
Lead Guitar Secrets promises to be Powerful Knowledge.
Now that's value!
Steve Brannon
By Steve, at July 12, 2007
Dan:
Just wanted to say thank you! Iv'e been playing for a long time and now since I have been using the lead guitar secrets, I have opened up a whole new world of music. Iv'e struggled with so many guitar programs until I found yours! Now I'm learning so much and YOU are a great teacher! Thanks bud!
Clink
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
The Lead Guitar Secret gives finger strength training. It also gives in-depth study of scale-chord relationships. Teaches different solo techniques like bends, vibrato, hammer-ons and pull-offs.I think its all you need to a be master lead guitarist to the likes of Eric Clapton or Santana.
By Anonymous, at July 12, 2007
In 1972, I had to sell my Fender Strat (USA) and amp to pay as a downpayment on a mobile home. You see, I was in the Air Force, a real high paying job, ;0), and getting married to the prettiest girl who ever payed me any attention.
I had been a pro musician, bass guitar, for about five years. It had helped me pay for college.
When my band broke up, I sold my bass equipment and bought the Strat, hoping to learn to play guitar much better.
But as mentioned, life trumps dreams, at least temporarily.
At 59 this month, I have finally got back into music about three years ago. I practice every night after the wife goes to bed. She has to get up earlier than I do.
Yes, she is the same one I gave up my guitar for. She was and still is worth it.
I am so looking forward to "Lead Guitar Secrets". I have been invited to play bass with a local jam group that occasionally plays gigs - primarily Blue Grass. I want to surprise them as I pull out my new Fender Strat (USA) I just won and impress the hell out of them with the licks I have learned from "Lead Guitar Secrets"
One of the players is the person who originally taught me guitar when I was about 15.
I just want to prove that dreams can come true, even if you have to wait a few years.
Live Long and Prosper,
Mike Franklin
By Mike Franklin, at July 13, 2007
Dan – I am ready to receive the keys to the kingdom. I've been standing outside the gates of the great hall of lead guitar since I first picked up an ax way back in my teens. All of the years that I've been playing, I've never been able to cross over on my own from the land of rhythm guitar to that high flying place where my fingers can finally perform the searing solos I hear in my head. Some nights I've dreamed that I was able to play like my favorite guitarists, only to wake in the morning stuck right where I was the day before. The internet has been great for turning me on to a lot of different approaches to guitar, but most programs out there never seem to live up to their promises. When I finally found a great guitar teacher online named Andrew Koblick and tried his Amazing Guitar program, things began to change and I saw real progress in my playing, as well as gaining a greater understanding of the fingerboard. Well, Andrew does a great job of keeping in touch with his customers via email, always sending us news on other superior programs he's found out there in the big, wide world. Andrew has never steered me wrong, so I listened when he started talking about this guy, Dan Denley, and his incredible new course, Lead Guitar Secrets. I started following the links Andrew sent me to your free online sample lessons and I was amazed how clear the LGS teaching method was. Suddenly I began to understand how to play the lead riffs you were teaching in the videos – my fingers were actually able to do great sounding, musical things they had never been able to do before! Well, that filled me with excitement and enthusiasm that even an old guitar dog could finally learn some new tricks. So, Dan – I am ready – I want in on the "Secrets!" I'm ready to be shown the scales I need to practice and where to play them on the fingerboard, the excercises I need to get my fingers working towards lightning speed, the patterns and riffs that underly so many guitar solos, and the way to apply all of this to be able to improvise my own lead guitar solos. Yes, I am ready – to watch, read, listen, learn – AND PRACTICE, but I need your Lead Guitar Secrets to show me the way. Maybe someday soon I'll find myself soloing all over the fingerboard, playing wild lead lines while my buddies hold down the rhythms – only, this time, it won't be a dream. It will finally be my dream – come true!
Wishing you all the best with the launch of Lead Guitar Secrets! - Rik Vig
By rvig, at July 13, 2007
Hi Dan!!
I love, Lead Guitar Secrets, because Dan startet my secone guitar "carrier ??". I had a band i the 60's and we played on schools etc. then i sold my gear. In 30 year i havent touched a guitar. THEN i found Dan's, Lead Guitar Secrets and his site, i joined for a news letter. Now i have a Fender mex strat & a Gibson Les Paul and i'm "training" 2-3 hour's a day, which gives me lots of pleasure in a hard world. (sorry for my english, i'm Danish).
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
because i wanna be the gretest rocker and wanna show myself asa musician and singer to the world...
By dileep kumar varala, at July 13, 2007
Hello there,
I've started picking up the guitar since a rather young age, like 14 years old. The reason why I got the exposure was that I was in a church and guitar playing seemed rather common, like during gatherings someone would just start strumming the guitar, a form of fellowship i would say. And i thought why not give it a try too since my brother had an acoustic!
So I got my brother to teach me some chords sufficient to bring me through simple songs, and I really enjoyed it. He eventually started picking up the electric guitar, but eventually sold it and switched to bass.
Now that i think back, some years have passed since and I guess I'm pass the stage of just being contented with knowing how to strum the guitar and play a few chords. Frankly I've imagined myself playing the guitar along side with him but I guess I need to improve exponentially to be on par with him. He takes the effort to rent instructional videos for me once a fortnight but I don't really seem to get much out of it. Either they just give a brief lesson on what I wanted to know, or its just too hard for me to understand.
& so with the many positive comments written for Lead Guitar Secrets, I believe I will get to learn how to apply the scales and not just know where they go on the fretboard. I've been trying and the solos I've come up with are always too structured according to scales, or plain boring with no feelings.
Simply listening to players like Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B King, Buddy Guy, and the G3 blows me off my seat and keeps me motivated to keep going.
Lead vs rhythm? I chose lead, and foreseeing the day I get to play great music.
By Ryan Chong, at July 13, 2007
I believe that Lead guitar secrets would open an opportunity for me to understand the know how’s to create my own solo that would satisfy both the technical part (creating parts with shredding, hammer ons, and fast picking techniques.) and the musical composition part. The guitar is just the tool you use to create master pieces, it’s a must have to create a good solo but it’s as important as knowing how to create the solo and use the tool (the guitar) and then it becomes more important to have the talent and knowledge to play, the guitar merely facilitates this. I suppose if I give slash or Angus young my fake Stagg guitar they would play beautifully on it. But on the other hand a Fender Stratocaster would be wasted in the hands of somebody devoid of talent.
By seif, at July 13, 2007
I have been playing for about a year now. I have tried just about every online lesson I could find to improve my ability. From what I have seen about Lead Guitar Secrets, I can not be anything other than excited! This is just the shot in the arm that I need! I have always been fascinated with how people can come up with amazing heart wrenching solos on the fly. That is just where I want to be. I truly believe that Lead Guitar Secrets will do just that for me. Since I discovered this, I either lay awake at night imagining how I will be playing soon or dreaming of nothing else. This is truly a God send for me!
By John, at July 13, 2007
I have never had a decent guitar I never even had a new piece of gear, i would always get a used squier or something that doesnt work properly. I just really wish that I could get somenew for once. I would really appreciate something this awesome.
Alex Stchur
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
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By Ujay, at July 13, 2007
Hi, I would like to say a lot but limit my words to just the precise. I'm an Indian and I came across this site accidently, and bet me it's the best thing that could have ever happened to me. I went through the site and as I read, I was intuitively knowing that this is the site "AmazingGuitarSecrets.com" which will answer all my questions and help me be a better musician.
I play the guitar myself, and I would like to give the listeners a feeling of relaxation when I play and not frustration and anxiety. So as I ran through the various avenues of this site I was satisfied that this is the bread to my soul and nothing can beat the courses offerred by Dan here. As I've been mentioning it right from the begining, it's the one step, the first step towards a journey that courses a thousand miles across the Ocean of Music.
Ujay A. Vincy
By Ujay, at July 13, 2007
I bought all Dan's courses: Amazing Guitars Secrets & Blues Guitars Secret; both courses are very well prepared and very good material.
The contents of the courses are at professional level providing the student a solid theory fundamentals as well as plenty of useful tips to improve your playing.
Also Dan provides his students continous information and advances on techniques.
I can't wait long to get his new Lead Guitar Secrets course. I'm sure this course will be FANTASTIC as his previous courses.
For sure these are the best courses in the market.
By eporcell, at July 13, 2007
Why am I excited about D.D.s new guitar lead course? Because I have benefited so much from his guitar secrets course that I believe that I have improved my playing by at least 150%, and I have been playing guitar for about 30 years. The understanding that I now have of scales has led to a whole new dimension in my music, to the extent that I am actually composing songs with original leads. I used to play rhythm guitar in a band in high school, and now I play in a church band as a hobby. I must say that our band really rocks ( as much as you are allowed to in Church) fortunately our pastor is very progressive and allows rock as long as it has a positive message. In any case I thought that the course was going to be another investment in a dust gathering book, however I was proven quite wrong and feel that the it was well worth the tinvestment. If the new course is half as good I think that it wiil be a good one.
Rock On D.D.!!!!!!!!
By medinamd, at July 13, 2007
This is amazing!!! I have waited for this since well forever! I have always wanted a simple system to use and enhance my playing ability. There are many course out there and none of them surcomb to the sheer genius of Dan Denley!! He is men amongst men and a sherr brilliantist when his playing comes from his heart. For most its for the money but he does it for the music! He is an idol of mine and has been for a while. His program will be snapped up so quickly it will be unreal!.
I am looking forward to strengthening and stretching my fingers for precise fret strumming and tapping, maybe no infact i know his techniques will get me 8 finger tapping like hendrix himself. Soon i will be a brilliant guitarist thanks to Dan Denley!!
I have always wanted to take lead but i have never been any good at it. Well thats going to stop the moment thhis product is released.
Its cheap and very very useful.
I advise everyone from professionals to beginners to buy this software
Wish to meet you in person someday :D
Shane Cooper
xjackskellingtonx@hotmail.co.uk
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
Hi, I am so exited about guitar secrets because music is life! Guitar Secrets will allow me to create amazing solos and blinding riffs to amaze my friends and family. I have been playing the guitar for a while now, and the fretboard is never far from my fingers. Guitar Secrets will give me the confidence and skill to take the lead parts in songs and to be a living testimony to the strength of Guitar Secrets. I would do anything to improve and THAT is why i am unbelieveably excited about guitar secrets!
By Benjamin Sandy, at July 13, 2007
I bought (Santa brought) my eight year old son a Squier Mini-Strat for Christmas. After watching School of Rock last week, he finally wants to learn how to play. Me teaching him though is like the blind leading the blind! That's why I'm so excited about this program. I can pry my boy away from the XBOX and sit us down in front of the computer and we can both learn at the same time (and with any luck we'll have matching guitars). I honestly can't think of a better way to spend more time with my son and my wife can't complain about it!
Thanks for offering this great contest.
Sincerely,
Brian Parente
By Brian, at July 13, 2007
I've gone the length of learning the major scale patterns of the CAGED system. I'm in the process of learning the major pentatonic scale patterns. But I need to know how to put this knowledge together to actually be able to solo over the entire fretboard. I've been playing guitar for a long time, but have always struggled here. I believe the program is going to give me the tools I need to go from a good guitarist to a great guitarist!
By Tim, at July 13, 2007
DAN
i`m a awe of your lesson structure and teaching approach, i`ve ordered , or plan on ordering your new course, unfortunately i suffered a mild stroke on my right side{ i`m 46 yrs old }. i was making huge strides with your other courses, until this unfortunate period of my life, since i ws a little kid, i wanted to play guitar, after many lessons and teachers, i gave up, my addolescent attention span would not let me buckle down, to get it right, now in my OLDER years, i`m much wiser now, and know that patience is a virtue. my pick hand is starting to make progress slowly, buts it`s been a frustrating journey so far. i own a fender squire strat, and with minimal equipment, i don`t know how my progress is REALLY coming along. any how, it would give me immensce pleasure to see how a REAL strat sounds, and see if my chops are really improving. i have a long journay on the road to recovery, but knowing a real , guenuine strat would be waiting for me at the end of the tunel would really stoke the old practise flames. i`m not trying to sway your winning blog choice, but it would really blow me away if i won
thanks for letting me vent my frustration on my medical condition, it really takes mental toll, as well as the physical aspect of it
looking forward to the lead course, and any other great courses you have in the works, because i`m there
thanks for letting me chew your ear off
thanks again for your dedication to us rookie guitarist, and showing us that IT CAN BE DONE WITH PERSEVERENCE AND HARD WORK.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
SCOTT
By scottpchooch, at July 13, 2007
My Story...
My folks picked up a hitcher in Kansas when I was almost 12 years old. That dude could really wail on the harmonica! Anyhow, I was so enthralled because I knew I couldn't make a harp sound like that. He noticed and gave me one of his harps with some pointers when we dropped him off.
Man I played that harp till I blew it out. Then I picked up some more. I played until my brothers & sisters ears bled & they cried for mercy. I played & sat in with folks whenever & wherever I could, but never really pursued it as a career.
Then one day I heard my neighbor playing guitar - We hooked up for a jam session & some brews. After 3 sessions he handed me his Les Paul & said "You should play this." I was scared to touch it for fear of breaking it!
The first song he taught me was "She's Got The Jack" by AC/DC. After a while I learned he was playing almost exclusively in open E tuning! So I started learning about standard tuning chord forms, etc., on my own.
We had the proverbial garage band for a while but I always played rythym & others always played lead. Needless to say, that didn't last -(Crazy drummer issues). And, my family finally convinced me to go to school so I did.
While in college I took classical lessons - (Carcassi method), because I knew I wouldn't have time to play otherwise between work & school.
Well, it's sad to say, but I wound up setting my music aside for over 15 years after college for family & career.
Two years ago my Grandad passed on and he left me some of his music stuff. An old guitar, amp, and harmonica. It was like an epiphany for me and made me realize I should play now because life is short.
So, since then I've been woodshedding a bit and hitting the jam sessions in town. (Blues & Rock scene). At first it was mostly on harp, but lately I've also been playing some guitar.
Do I think I would benefit from properly structured lessons? Of course! Most of my playing over the years was rythym oriented. So, learning more about lead playing is one of my woodshedding goals for guitar...
Jam On!
-B²
By RockinBob, at July 13, 2007
hey guys,
I just got started plaing guitar about a year ago. And for the first 6 mounths i never got past the "ok" stage until i got started taking these amazing lessons. Before i got started taking these lessons when my friends came over and asked me to play i realy couldn't do much. I new a couple of intros and that was about it. My fingers were really slow and i was alway playing the wrong string or was on the wrong frett. I tried to look up tabs online but they were always wrong. Then i tried these awsome lesson. And after just 1 week i was playing sweet solos and great songs. It's so much better than taking expencive lessons in person. The best part about them is that he takes the time to video each lesson. Then he videos then up close so you can see his fingers. Also, he gives you the exact tabs for the music. And he plays awsome songs and sweet solos and licks. He also has awsome warmups to help with finger speed and learning the frettboard. It is deafinatly worth the price and even more no matter if you stink like i did or really good. The lessons will also help you write your own songs/solos. So if you are looking to have an amazing guitar caree or just to be good at a fun hobby take his lesson and become much better than you ever could with those other rip off lessons on the internet.
Anthony Taylor
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
Hey just wanted to say that I would love to practice with that strat. The Ibanez for 16 years searved me well but you know
my son would love to have it and if I won then he could call it his.
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
You have all heard the hype I need not rehash. The system is simple you must learn the when where how and why. Of the few lessons incomplete as they are did just that. I posted about the Ibanez and my son. He thought that knowing other songs on the radio would make him the guitar god.oops!
He has come a long way as far as notes chords and aray of other skills. WE get excited when we learn new things, with Dan''s help that should be more often.
Even if I don't win we will keep pickin.
DRW...
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
FENDER, a name synonamous with the Blues. You can't really play them until you have lived them and man, I am there. If living them would win this, I would take this hands down, but the trials of life are not what this is about. This is about Guitar...that sweet sounding chunck of wood that can make you laugh and scream for more. I have a cousin that was afraid of Iron Man by Black Sabbath when she was four years old. Now she is a Metal Head! She like the "Impulses" as she calls them. The sudden 'shock' when the guitarist picks away on a lead solo and it is turned way up and the notes can actually STING you in a sonic kind of way. She likes the sounds..the sounds of a FENDER with a Gibson in the backgound. She likes the sound of AC/DC and the sceaming Gibson of Angus' as he takes of in a violent spasm of notes and chords. She likes my Les Paul when I can make it swell up and snap at you, but it is the FENDER that we both love. I was fortunate enough to have a TELECASTER in the years of 97 to 01, but some as$ho#e ripped my house off when I was in the hospital, so no more FENDER TWANG! I was so depressed. I went and bought a cheap DEAN to keep focused on my chops, but it was hard..knowing that some fool was banging up my guitar. I miss my FENDERE adn NEED to feel one in my hands again. Help this old disabled Veteran out and stop the Flashbacks...( no, not the HIPPIE kind )...and vote to let me once again hold that thing of beautiful tone and sound in my hands. Guitar, It can make you cry too.
Keep on Pickin'
Ernie Gollan
By Ernie G, at July 13, 2007
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By Sam, at July 13, 2007
I have done my due diligence in researching on-line guitar lesson courses. Frankly, most are somewhere between barely passable (on the high side) and downright awful. But from my several viewings of your video course teasers (which are actually full lessons in their own right), I am convinced you’re the real deal.
But it doesn’t stop there. I abused my Google search engine in tracking down every bit of info on the Dan Denley course. I couldn’t find one bad thing. On the contrary, I found many high praises for the course. Now, one might read this and think, “If you’d been practicing instead of web-searching guitar lesson courses you would probably be a better player,” and I would have to respond that the little bit of research now will pay dividends later.
I’ve been playing seriously for the past four years. At first I took lessons. I was very pleased with the instructor and still maintain a friendship with him (even sing in a band with him), but it got costly and constant schedule changes hurt my ability to schedule a consistent lesson time. I still play every day, but it’s during my available time, which makes the purchase of your system perfect. It’s a “my time” schedule heaven.
Why (or how) this system will help me is because it’s laid out in a logical, go-at-your-own pace fashion. Your lessons are clear and concise in your explanations and the best part is that you do everything at least TWICE. One time is slow and the other at regular speed. Following along is easy. I practice scales daily. However, soloing is more than scale runs. It’s the proper use of those scales. That “next step” is the bane of every struggling guitarist. I am excited to see how this lesson course takes the rudimentary knowledge of the most important (or most used) scales and transforms that knowledge into the creation of original soloing technique and writing or composing. Guitar World/Guitar One are great publications but the printed word is difficult to translate into hands-on playing. Your course is as hands-on as having a private instructor in your home.
Why I’m excited about this system can best be summed in one sentence: it’s the best I’ve seen on the market, bar none (or since we’re talking guitars, should that be “barre” none?). It’s also affordable, especially when compared to private lessons. My calendars (email, cell phone and Strat calendar at home) have 7/20 circled and noted. I can’t wait to buy the system.
My best friend has twice told me to “enter the contest already!” so here I am.
Thank you,
Sam Thomas
Sjt9000@yahoo.com
By Sam, at July 13, 2007
hi folks i have one thing to say about amaxing guitar secrets i learm more playing with there vidio and there lead guitar course i have received from them when i first started to play again there course is the best you can buy on the internet want to thank you guitar secrets.
don
By don lake, at July 13, 2007
don lake said...
hi folks i have one thing to say about amaxing guitar secrets i learm more playing with there vidio and there lead guitar course i have received from them when i first started to play again there course is the best you can buy on the internet want to thank you guitar secrets.
don
donl_1956@msn.com
By Anonymous, at July 13, 2007
My name is Candie. I am from Midwest USA. I am an absolute Music Lover. I love all styles of music, and it has played a strong role in every day of my life and I could never imagine life without music making people for me to love. I've wanted to play guitar since I was a young girl, and have always been aware of the affect really good guitar playing has had on me. I love when a musician can make their fingers dance on the strings, sliding up down making me feel it, omgosh I get chills.
This past May and on Mother’s Day, my two charming sons went together and bought me my first guitar. My heart is pounding just telling you about it.
I'm so excited, about Lead Guitar Secrets because I really want to learn to play, and because of all the creditable people that are excited about Lead Guitar Secrets. I’m also thrilled because my favorite color is red and those Fender Stratocasters are absolutely beautiful!
I appreciate Dan offering his skills and time, so that others can benefit and learn. When the student is ready the teacher appears :). Keep Rockin~Keep sharing the Music All.
Sincerly
Candie
By Candie, at July 13, 2007
Hey Dan,
Main reason I'm excited about the new course is so that I can generally improve my lead skills all around, I have been playing 3 years and reached a so called "Musical Block" Although I am learning new licks and riffs off other bands whenever I just go to sit down with a book, I just get straight back up again. With the videos you offer in your course, i will be able to just turn on my pc and watch, no flicking through books just watching videos and learning. I am becoming more of a lead guitarist at my church, and i find that having someone who has a very wide knowledge of scales can play something very simple but can have an amazing effect on the worship. that's what I want to be able to do, be the best Guitarist i can be for God, and I think your course will help me loads :)
Thanks
Ben Burnett
By Ben, at July 14, 2007
WOW! Timing is everything. youe are such a great guy to give away something so beautiful to your customers. Well first let me say one thing foresure. Dan programs go far well and beyound teaching styles that currently exist today. He definity knows how to make it simple while using great examples. For years, I struggle in pulling answers off the web about the theory of guitar. Everything on the web just teaches licks and only focuseed on teaching tunes. No room for using your creativeness to create your own music style rather duplicating what's out there. Dan gave all of the most important tools to becoming a musician not a guitar hacker player riffs and songs of other know musicians. Don't get me wrong these tunes for other musicians are great it just we need programs more like Dan's to pull out the unique muscian out of us so we can too make a hit tune someday--I think it's all in us we just need to have right skilss set and Dan's programs do this perfectly . I purchase the amazing secrets and use a least once week. I go back to finite my skils and know when I pick a guitar I play with not hone in on my creativeness but I have a full understanding and knowledge why and how it works. So thanks Danny boy you are God sent. Also, I'm looking forward to your amazing lead guitar secrets to again break the secret code all the greats know and understand which separate them from just hackers and now become musicians. If it's anything like his other program I will be using several times to recodition myself to have full and wiser understand what I'm doing. It's funny knowing stuff is not the answer it's understanding how to use it which is required and Dan's demostrated this effectively.
Oh yeah--the timing thing. My wife and I have two wonderful kids who enjoy Music. However while we were out celebrating our 15 year anversary. My daughter got a hold of my strat guitar and dropped it down the stars(15 to be exact). When we can home my guitar was togehter only beacsue of the strings holding it into place. Now it has a broken neck and due or current fincial sitaution( I just lost my job too) :( we can't afford to buy a new for quite a long time. So Dan this may really help me as I don't have strat anymore and I love the ones you are offering. So my wife and I have our fingers crossed in hopes the good lord will help me on this one as I love to play very much and haven't been able to--it kills me but I can't be angry and my daughter she didn't mean to do.
So I will be purchasing your next program but will have to bug my neigbour to use his guitar while he's not gigging unless I win!
Eric Verscheure
7710 COlin Place
Saanichton BC
V8M 1N6
1-250-652-0490
By Anonymous, at July 14, 2007
Hi my name is Ray I am from Kaiapoi which is in New Zealand I just love Music I started learning to play the guitar back in the 60s when I was in my teens and managed to get a few tunes and chords out but time just pasted on,Now retired I brought a fender squire but it had been played around with and the sound is just not there. Have been playing for about 12 mths now but must say if Lead Guitar Secrets had been around when I first started to play the guitar my wife would have handed me my fender everytime, Instead of grabbing her earplugs ,And now what a prize a new fender do I need to say more.... Ray Adams
By Anonymous, at July 14, 2007
Dan, I spent two years in Memphis while in the USMC.It was the mid 1960's and for a New Hampshire boy it was an eye opener.Those two years gave me a love that still runs thru my life.Blues and BBQ. I just turned 60 this year and started playing the guitar.The Amazing Guitar Secrets and Blues course have been just what I was looking for. Easy to follow,logical instructions with all the videos as personal lessons.I know that the new lead guitar course will be the same high quality and I am looking forward to the release.
Thanks..DJ
By skeezixmoon, at July 14, 2007
Hey man, I'm really excited about Lead Guitar Secrets because its really good and will make me play better, and I really want that Stratocaster man!
All the best,
Matthew McDonnell
P.S.
I'm not gonna get the Strat, am I?
By Malicious Matt, at July 14, 2007
I am going to keep my coment shgort and sweet, not like all the other comments here.
I am excited, not because of your guitar course but because i love the guitar and am always looking forward to learning more.
I believe it will improve my playing because i am not the best and there's always room for improvements. it will most likely improve me on my lead guitar scales
p.s. i really want this guitar
By Anonymous, at July 14, 2007
I am a solo guitarist i love just making up new solos in my spare time i use any lead/solo guitar sites and vids that are sent to me the really help D.D's vids and tips really help and have improved my playing i am really excited for his new lessons. I hope to be going to college for music ie guitar so i need all the advice i can get i will definately be checkin out his new stuff i have always wanted a fender strat it would be awsome to play it with my group and at shows
good luck to all
Becca Cameron
By Anonymous, at July 14, 2007
Hi this is Dustin I have been playing guitar for four years now. I just love all the different styles of music you are willing to show people who are learning how to play guitar. most recently I've fell in love with your pentatonic scales book it has brought me to new levels in my guitar carer. Your lesson have capitivated my life in guitar, and have chage the way I do Guitar. Thank you and I hope you will graciously give me this guitar
Your friend Dustin
By Dustin, at July 14, 2007
All,
At 47 years of age, I began my guitar learning venture about 2 years ago. I found an instructor began to learn guitar and about 3 months into the lessons and because of the work I do, I could not go to an instructor and he was not willing to be flexible with my schedule. (I understand, he has a living to make.) I knew then the only option was I had to learn guitar when my schedule allowed. As I began my search and started buying the computer based music courses you see in the stores, I realized very soon that these were not the courses that would help me achieve my goal. I then began to search the internet for courses. I learned what to look-out for and what to stay away from. As I began to read and bookmark the sites that appeared sound, I then had to narrow down to one course and that course was Amazing Guitar Secrets.
I read the promises, I read that I had to commit myself to practice, and studied the money-back guarantee. I had nothing to loose, and at best - I would learn to play the guitar. I placed my order, received the CDs and lessons and upon receipt, I began to view the first CD just to see what it was about.
“WOW”, I played through maybe the first 20 minutes of the videos and CD and got so excited that I got my guitar in my hand, started the CD over again and continued to practice, play, and replay until I felt I was ready for the next step!
What a way to learn, it was fun, it was challenging, but when you begin making music from what you learn you cannot stop from smiling and it just keeps you motivated to continue.
I knew then (if even by luck) I made the right decision on the right website and the right instructor. (When it all comes together, what can you say?)
I have always loved the blues. My goal has been to learn to play like Buddy Guy, Albert King, Johnny Copeland, BB King, Freddie King, Johnnie Winters, etc... The next notice I received was that Dan was coming out with a Blues course. Again, I said to myself, this was meant to work out as things began to fall into place. Having experienced Dan's Amazing Secrets I knew I would not be disappointed. (I also knew I had a money back guarantee)
Again, I received my order and "BAM" this time with no wasted time, I had my guitar in my hand and began playing the videos and within a couple of weeks, I was kicking out licks and riffs and just kept smiling from ear to ear. Every lesson laid the foundation for the next level and every level gets me closer to my goal.
Now Dan is coming out with his Guitar Leads course, knowing his background and my experience with his courses, I have already asked to be put on list to be notified the minute he begins to offer his new course.
Everyone, my time is coming! I see it, I feel it, I can touch it, I believe it, I prepare for it, I practice for it, I have the right courses for it, I have the right instructor for it, I have all the right ingredients for it.
Mario Lopez
By texasiguana, at July 14, 2007
"Lead Guitar Secrets" is going to be the final-solution/answer for me - a guitarist who grew up focusing on ROCK and JAZZ while somehow discounting the blues (the root of our great American music forms). How? Dan and his buddy - Griff Hamlin, have professed to the world, via the super-highway that their methodical approach to Guitar teaching is a to-the-point instruction on finger-strengthening, chord-scale study, mandatory fingerboard technics and SOLOing that a true master-to-be Blues Guitarist needs to absorb and utilize in order to reach that silver-platter realm of gettin’ yo’ mojo on! As an experienced intermediate level guitarist, I have researched their claims and truly, truly believe them. Dan, I will participate in your web-mentoring – thank you for taking the time and effort to share your gift with us and for just being!
By Teddy M., at July 14, 2007
Hey Dan and the rest of the AGS community,
First off, I have to say how perfect this is… The very day that I got my Amazing Guitar Secrets course in the mail, it was announced that Lead Guitar Secrets was only 2 weeks away, and this contest is open… How could it get any better?
Well, to introduce myself, my name is Ben Blomberg. I got my first “guitar” when I was 3 or 4 years old. It was a little plastic toy, with nylon strings. I don’t think it even had six of them! My parents never thought that all these years later I would actually pick up the guitar and start playing seriously. Now, I’m almost 19 (my birthday’s in august), I’m a pre-med student in college, and I’ve been playing guitar for almost 2 years. I’ve gotten to be a decent rhythm player, but I’m definitely ready to really take my playing to the next level.
You know, one of the reasons I’m most excited about this lead course is simply because of who’s teaching it. I’ve done other online courses, I’ve taken private lessons, gotten books (even Guitar for Dummies…yeah…) , and never have I had a teacher as incredibly dedicated to his students’ success as you have been, Dan. I’ve been getting your emails for over a year now, and I have to say, I’ve gotten more guitar-playing “juice” from them than I could have ever dreamed of! Heck, I have your book on pentatonic scales to thank for whatever soloing abilities I have now! I’ve been going through the Amazing Guitar Secrets course for the past week now, and as in all of your other materials, your casual, clear teaching style gets the material across smooth as butter.
But if we want to get into the nuts and bolts of how this course is going to improve my playing… I can sum it up in one sentence. I want to be able the play the whole song, and I want to understand it! I don’t want to be stuck just learning the intros to song, or just the rhythm parts, I want to be able to learn it all, and I want to be able to understand why Jimmy Page used those scales for the Stairway solo, and how Allen Collins put together that epic solo from Free Bird… and maybe, just maybe (with tons of practice, I know) I’ll be able to start playing those solos, and start crafting my own, and the difference for me will be that with Lead Guitar Secrets, I’ll understand the why and the how of it, rather than just memorizing the tabs without thinking. And with that knowledge, I’ll be able to choose my notes and my scales wisely when I improvise over a chord progression or when I write music. Simply put, learning the theory and technique (the why and the how) of lead guitar through your course is going to take my playing and overall musicianship to levels that I have only dreamed of before now, and I’m totally committed to putting the time and practice into it that is necessary to get there.
Now, I’m going to be totally honest with you. My goal isn’t to become some kind of ultra-popular, touring rock star. I’ll be going to med school in a few years, and I’m committed to helping others as a doctor. But if there’s anything that bringing music into my life for these past two years has taught me, it’s that there are more ways to heal and to change people’s lives than using medicine and therapy, which brings me to why I really am so thrilled about this new course. Playing music has had a tremendous impact on my life; I sometimes consider it like my own personal therapy… With the help of this lead guitar course, I will have the tools to express myself more fully through music, to put more emotion and power into the music I make. And then I’ll be able to use my newfound levels of expression to share the profound effect that music has on me with other people… and to have that gorgeous wine-red Strat in my hands as I did it… that would simply be beyond my wildest dreams.
Many thanks and rock on,
Ben Blomberg
By Ben, at July 15, 2007
P.S. Sorry I forgot to put spaces in between the paragraphs, I realize that makes it a bit harder to read. Thanks for taking the time to read what I have to say anyway!
---Ben Blomberg
By Ben, at July 15, 2007
G I am excited about your course.I am the lead guitaris of a South African rock band and the band, "brakwater", in my language have won some competitions and we're using your courses in some of our stuff and we can't wait for a new course that we can improve from where we are now.You would not believe how many people in South Africa are using yor stuff.Thanks for everything.
Dan Murray
capoopriggel3@hotmail.com
By Anonymous, at July 15, 2007
Hi All
What I wanted to say has already been said
So instead today here's some words in my head
I've decided to write a little refrain
In the hope that it might possibly entertain
I'm forever trying and being at a loss
So I'm gonna be buying Dan's new course because...
............................
It doesn't seem that long ago
When I could barely play a note
I'd reached the tail-end of my tether
I couldn't string two notes together
I heard about a man who can
A virtuoso by the name of Dan
His course provided all the gen
It made me want to play again
It's not my intention to be mindlessly praising
But Dan's Guitar Secrets is really Amazing
Providing the knowledge to help understand
What to play when, building strength in my hand
With progress so far what I now really need
Is top class tuition on how to play Lead
Hammer-ons, tapping and unison bends
You supply the means and I'll make the ends
The countdown is on to when I start to fly
A new chapter starts on 20th of July
I'll absorb every word on every last page
Front my own band and get up on stage
Wow the crowd with my wild histrionics
And scales, runs, and crisp pentatonics
Blow 'em away with thunderous sonics
Topped with screaming artificial harmonics
Accurate speed on every string
I want to become the genuine thing
And not just another back-room pretender
So come on Dan, please send me the Fender!
Good luck to one and all, but with LGS, who really needs luck?
Cheers
Simon Maren
Leicester, England
By Anonymous, at July 15, 2007
Every aspiring musician’s dream is to master their prospective instrument in hope’s to be a virtuoso. In that quest for musical dominance of one’s instrument there is that insatiable thirst for acquiring the best instruction: One-on-one lessons, books on Theory and Technique, and instructional DVD’s showing a myriad of special skills and techniques that will make you a better (fill in your instrument)
As a student of guitar, perhaps the best instrument ever conceived of and manufactured, I, like many others, desire to master this versatile instrument. In so doing, I have investigated and purchased several “Learn ______ Guitar” DVD’s, purchased music books and I am currently taking guitar lessons. I believe there are many excellent study guides and DVD’s out there, but sifting through the morass of advertisements can itself become a full-time exploratory.
Yet, my research has brought me to several of Dan Denley’s teaching methods on DVD. Depending on the genre of music you are interested in learning, or if you are like me and want to learn everything about how to create any kind of music from your guitar, Dan Denely seems to cover all aspects of Guitar methods and styles, with emphasis on the foundational techniques leading to advance practice.
Now Dan is introducing Lead Guitar Secrets. After pursing through his example tutorials it is easy to see how his lessons on Lead Guitar Secrets can be very beneficial for any aspiring guitarist.
Dan has an unexpectedly accurate and precise ability to make the complex easy to understand. After downloading his “How To Solo With Pentatonic Scales” e-book, I was very pleased at the ease with which I was playing these scales up and down the neck. I figured that if I could pick this up just reading his e-book, I would excel with his tutelage on 6 DVD’s and a 200 page book packed with versatile methods and techniques for mastering the guitar fret board with the most advanced guitar leads.
The reason why I am excited about Lead Guitar Secrets, along with my guitar lessons, which are definitely helping me, is that Lead Guitar Secrets will propel me light years ahead of my expected time for mastering major and minor scales, the modes and the pentatonic and blues scales in ways only dreamed of by wanna-be guitar virtuosos, giving me the highly guarded secrets to make those scales sing, scream and soulfully move with ease to produce awe inspiring music.
So, the next question to answer is, “How will it improve my playing?” By providing me with the essential skills that are critical to master the following: solos, licks, speed and accuracy, finger and hand strength to reduce fatigue, judiciously choosing the right scales to perform solos over the right chord progression (understanding scale chord relationships), using the 7 modes of the major scales and how to apply them, which will expand my repertoire of musical styles so I can develop new solo possibilities of rich tones, and major-minor harmonies, and to utilize these skills to formulate my own unique riffs, solos and hot licks.
I’m looking forward to your new Lead Guitar Secrets DVD’s Dan.
Sincerely,
Dale Hogeland
By DrCrimwitt, at July 15, 2007
Hey Dan,
IM not sure on What to write so im just saying what comes to mind. I hope your read this
Okay first things first my names andrew im a 14 year old who lives in small a town idaho me and my 2 of my friends are looking to start a band but we only have 1 guitar. Were not that wealthy and with football and looking to purchase your new course when it comes out and everything else weere involved in we cant afford to buy anything more then a crappy walmart giutar
:[
But anyways..
Im excited for when this course comes out because im really intesreseted into learning on how to play complex solos and actually know where the notes are in the scales rather then making up small licks and trying to shred when the notes dont even match the chrods being played anyways sorry f im bad at writing this and u probly wont pick me but im seroius about getting better in all aspects of the music i play and since me and my friend both share a giutar its difficult to learn. but thats really all i have to say i cant wait to buy it when it comes out :]
Andy Christopherson
By Anonymous, at July 16, 2007
I am not going to write long paragraphs, poems and lies about how I love you and "Lead Guitar Secrets" as others did. I wanna play guitar. And I just want the red-wine Strat. Yeah, I know, when everybody cries and tries so hard to win one of those guitars, what I'm doing is quite risky if I want it. Yeah, I want it. What I want is not just a guitar, not just a Strat... I want that red-wine Strat! And not the black one!
Hey, the questions!
WHY (am I excited)?
Just because it's about guitar and music.
HOW (it will improve my playing)?
Not sure. I will try my best and the rest of it is yours.
Ersagun KURUCA
By ersagun, at July 16, 2007
I'm not interested in becoming a famous or professional guitarist, I just want the self-satisfaction of knowing that I can truly play on a professional level. I went to a bluegrass workshop back in the spring. I was told that it was for all playing levels. Well, guess what? I was the only beginner there. I have been playing the guitar for 7 years, but I wasn't even close to the level of the other workshop participants. I wasn't able to fully get out of the workshop what I thought I should due to not having all the knowledge and training that I needed prior to the workshop. At the beginning, we had to do a solo so the instructor could see what level everyone was on. Well, everyone but me was able to do a solo up and down the neck of the guitar to very in-depth songs. I, on the other hand, played a song using one note at a time in the G chord. So extrememly simplistic that anyone there could have played it. The instructor did say I had good sound quality, but you could tell he was a little disappointed that I wasn't on a higher playing level. I stuck with the 2 hour workshop, but I won't go back to another one until I can play much better!
I have Dan's Amazing Guitar Secrets Course and have found that it was just what I was looking for. It explains things exceptionally well, goes step-by-step, and builds onto each lesson. If Lead Guitar Secrets is anything like the other course (which I'm confident it is and more), then it's well worth the investment! Before I came across Dan's website, I searched all over the internet to find ways to better improve my guitar playing, but there was so much information that I didn't know where to start and got discouraged. I knew what I wanted to learn on the guitar (playing the entire fretboard, scales, chords, improvisation, solos, etc.) but didn't want to search all over the internet for bits and pieces of information. I wanted all the information in one easy-to-use book. Well, Dan has provided that! I was overjoyed when I came upon his website! Again, it's worth the investment, and it's everything a guitarist of any level needs to know and can use to become the best guitarist possible!
Thanks, Alissa Burnett
By Anonymous, at July 16, 2007
"Lead Guitar Secrets" looks like a secret weapon. I guess it is the derrick that will destroy the wall that separates us from the stars (the ones in the sky, I mean). It will surely make my soul play for me. That's what I hope! See ya, guys!
By Rafael Santos, at July 16, 2007
Hello Players of the Guitar World!!
My name is David and IM jumping UP and DOWN in Anticipation of Dans new guitar course " Lead Guitar Secrets "!!
IM so excited that my fingers are Tingling to the Bone because I can't wait to sit down in front of his video and start learning the Secrets that Dans New Course has to offer.
You see, nothing is going to be quite so Sweet as being able to sit down and learn how to play my guitar like a professional. To be able to create my own solos and dance my fingers up and down the fretboard with the confidence and know how after having learned the fundamentals and techniques from Dans new guitar course.
I know Dans Lead Guitar Secrets is going to help me to become the guitar player that I want to be.
I know this because Dan is a great teacher and he loves to share his knowledge with others to help them become the Rocking guitar players that they want to become. The Solo Artist of the next decade or the Leader of a great band. Maybe even just a Legend in your own living room. But if it's a guitar player that you want to become you have come to the right place.
His Lead Guitar Secrets has already gained the attention of other great teachers out there such as Tony Aja and Andrew Koblic who are also great Players and Teachers that offer up their talents as well. How wonderful it is to be able to gain the knowledge that these great people have to offer.
Ask me if IM excited? Do I think Dans Lead Guitar Secrets is going to help me?
Well, I have already learned a number of things from Dans new course because he has been good enough to share lessons from his new course with us all and he has asked that we share what he gave us with others and to ask them to join us. The mark of a true Leader and Teacher.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
My answer is YES! IM EXCITED!!!
I loved his lessons and I have already gained much from them and I can't wait until "Lead Guitar Secrets" is out so I can get my copy and Mabe even Win a Beautiful American Fender Highway 1 Stratocaster. Man wouldnt that be great! TRULY AWSOME! Good luck to everyone.
I have been a subscriber of Dans newsletter for some time and I can tell you that if you truly want to learn how to play your guitar that there is no better teacher out there for you to learn from.
Thanks Dan!
From Dave the Fat Strat Cat,
Treatem like you want to be treated
Email: David1059563@aol.com
By Anonymous, at July 16, 2007
Lead Guitar Secrets is almost out and I can't wait, because I've been playing for several years now, and I'm tired of random doodling in the hopes of accidentally writing writing something I'll actully want to remember. I'm tired of learning other peoples great songs and solos, it's fun but I want something more, I want to write my own great solos, I want to learn how it's done, because anyone can become a good guitarist and play other peoples music, but it's the great guitarists who write the music other people want to play, I want to be one of those great guitarist.
I took classes when I first started and it helped, but at some point or another I thought I had learned all that I could from them, and I started looking around for my own resources - yup, the internet, I looked around and took some courses that claimed to have it all, I can't say that they didn't help at all, but the improvement was so minimal that I always ended up dissapointed and with a wallet that wasn't exactly thanking me. And judging from all the other videos and lessons I've seen from Dan and Amazing Guitar Secrets, I honestly think that this is the answer, not some mediocre guitar instrucstion site after your money. I think the finger strength training will help alot because I want not just speed but accuracy as well. Cool solo licks are always fun to play, so with the 50 coming in the course I think I'm going to have a good time, and I'll hopefully even be able to apply them to a solo I'm hoping to write. I want to be able to use scales and chords all over the fretboard, thats why the biggest part of this course that I'm looking foward to is the study of scale chord relationships, becuase I know next to no music theory, and knowing Dans style I know he'll make it really easy to understand for those new to music(me). And the solo techniques in the course are gonna be great to jazz up any solo. I started guitar for a reason - I have a goal. And to answer the contest prompt of why I'm excited about Lead Guitar Secrets, I'm excited because about Lead Guitar Secrets becuase I have a goal, and this course is going to be a big step towards it.
*Dans the Man* :)
By Andrew, at July 16, 2007
i posted the comment above, just wanted to leave my email adress and home town, contanct me if i win
Andrew Mendoza
Palo Alto
California
andrewm50@gmail.com
By Andrew, at July 16, 2007
I'm extremely excited about the Lead Guitar Secrets course because I'll finally get to put the tools that you provide me with, together with some dedicated practise and hopefully start playing like some of my favourite guitarists ie. Santana, George Benson who utilise most of the tools you have listed in the course description.
Dan, you're the best!!!
Awaiting eagerly,
Andy Plarinos
Andy.P.Plarinos@team.telstra.com
By Andy Plarinos, at July 16, 2007
I subscribed to your newsletter some months ago.. the preview and the ads were promising. I am actually subscribed – to be honest – to several other newsletters for guitar tips&tricks, methods, licks and so on, I get 5-10 mails per day. But above them all I find your mail, which I first notice and open. Some feedback first. The videos’ quality is good enough to show a clear image in a short time. You explain very accurate and it is approachable for both beginners and advanced players (I am somewhere in the middle, I’ve been playing for two years but I advanced most in the last 8 month. I am currently playing in a band and I aspire to become a great lead guitarist and soloist and to have our first concert as soon as possible. We will play thrash-death, and the solo hints I received were very useful and I improved my improvising and blues technique in a quite short time, just practicing 20-30 minutes per day.
On the whole, just the tips received by email are a good use. I would love to study your method on a Fender Stratocaster (any guitarist’s dream). If a two-minute video brought me a great satisfaction in a short time, I bet the method will just boost my skills and bounce off the “stuck in a rut” guitarists and break all the limits. Rock on!
By Coman, at July 17, 2007
Hi this is Khurram .. to be very honest as to why am i excited about Lead Guitar Secrets is that i've spent my last two years (or mayb more than that) with an acoustic guitar .. not being able to go to any teacher i tried goin over the net .. got really brilliant video clips to learn frm .. but that didn't work for me .. my current stage is pretty much of an amateur i barely know ANY lead scale i possess no speed no accuracy and no melodic touch of professionalism.. i try to hit random notes ... but they eventually make no sense and out of frustration i end up throwing my guitar away ... i've had a dream to be an awesome lead guitarist .. but what my current stage is .. i barely think it's going to happen ..
i enter my self to this competition not only to show my concern regarding the release of this instructional video ... but also as an hope to win this wonderful guitar .. hoping probably i'll be able to win it (if im THAT lucky) and then start practising my guitarist properly .. since i m unable to afford an electric guitar .. this is my ONLY hope to move ahead with my dream ..
I had to be honest .. so i did .. i hope GOD helps me through this ..:)
cheers ya'all!
By KayaM, at July 17, 2007
The Lead Guitar Secrets? Who wouldn't be excited about it? I'm excited about it as it will help me to the next level! I played years ago, doing whatever my teacher suggested (extra practice, join a band, etc.), but always seemed to make small progress. Then, I joined the military and stopped playing (I'm still kicking myself!). I had hit 'the wall' back then and was fed up. Now, 20+ years later, I got interested in guitar again and decided to give it another go. I've a buddy who is a good guitarist and he has shown me some popular tunes to work on/play, but our work schedules clash as he has a 'normal' job and I'm a locomotive engineer for a Class 1 Railroad (always on call and work odd hrs). I came across Dan's program on the internet and gave it a shot. I'm thrilled with it! A great price and I don't have to go back to the beginning to get caught up. I've made some progress and am looking forward to another piece of Dan's courses so I can 'mix it up', not 'plateau', and continue my growth as a guitarist. THANK YOU DAN! Charles @ abcdenny@earthlink.net
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
How are you Dan?
The reason why i'm so exited about the release of Lead Guitar Secrets is that i live in Uruguay (Southamerica) and things like Lead Guitar Secrets dont get here, so it has been difficult for me to learn guitar, because there arent lots of teachers that teach the kind of things you teach, and the few there are are very expensive.
So you see, all of my learining in the last year has been thanks to your courses and lessons, which have been really amazing and worthwhile, and i have learnt a lot from them, and im sure that the Lead Guitar Secrets will continue to help me.
Thnaks for your time
Martin Mera
By Martin, at July 17, 2007
Hi Dan,
When I'm playing guitar especially playing solo, sometimes I feel like I have no idea what melody pattern should I use to make my music unique.
It makes my heart feel empty when playing it, and also I cannot enjoy my music and melody.
Then I started to seek solo guitar technique in the internet and I couldn't find any course that could satisfy my desire like these one.
That is the simple reason why I really need this course.
This courses give me the way to improve my solo technique and I believe these courses will give inspiration to me when playing guitar to create great melody of music.
Thx all to Dan with your courses and I hope that other people would get inspiration when hearing my music.
To me, music is the beautiful art that can affect people's emotion. And it's not cheap man!^^
Regards,
Davin Pradipta (dp_koticz@yahoo.com)
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
Dan,
I always wanted to learn the guitar and was crazy about playing solos like the rock and heavy metal guitarists. I confirmed that what i found was an ultimate solution once i began receiving your updates and videos.They've been realy helpful and has mademe learn as much in such a short time. The lessons that you give are perfect and easy enough to grasp by a beginner. The videos enhance and inspire the learning process. The site truly stands upto its name. Its nice to know that you've been helping a lot of people in the same way and that they also reciprocate to this extent. I think this clearly portrays how much your teaching has reached them and made them realize their dreams. Keep up the good work.
good luck & regards,
Vibushan Lakshminarayan,(vibushan@gmail.com)
By Vibushan, at July 17, 2007
Hey Dan,
I need you to help me complete my “Triple Crown of Music Studies” I have already completed the “Amazing Guitar Secrets” (Kentucky Derby). I have also completed the “Blues Guitar Secrets” (Preakness). The only thing left for me now is to make it to the finish line and complete “Lead Guitar Secrets” (Belmont).
That was for Dan, now this is for anyone thinking of buying “Lead Guitar licks”. Go For It! My name is Terry Sullivan. I’m presently a rhythm guitarist in a band that I formed last fall. About 2 yrs ago I was just a person that had a couple of guitars (acoustic & electric) that would pick them up every now and again, play a couple of songs (music book in front of me) then procrastinate about being famous or in a band. Well those procrastination days are gone. I searched the intenet for some music lesson/theory. Traditional lessons didn’t work for me (content & time schedule). I found Dan Denley’s “Amazing Guitar Secrets” and decided to give it a shot even though I was still pesimestic about it. I found it to be awesome, very well layed out. I started from the beginning which even taught me some things I thought I already knew. The theory was very easy to follow and I found myself being able to communicate with higher skilled musicians, speak their language (majors, minors, to the 7th position etc). This was a confidence builder. When “Blues Guitar Secrets came out I purchased it as well and I noticed my playing felt good, I was comfortable moving around the fret board. My friends were even commenting that I was sounding half decent. That’s when I got some guys together and formed a band. I will buy “Lead Guitar Secrets” so I can take my guitar playing to that level (lead guitarist). Sometimes I feel like a kid in the candy store waiting for the next lesson, and you know something, theres nothing wrong with feeling young and good about yourself, especially these days. Thanks for the ear Folk’s and Thanks again Dan.
Terry Sullivan
By Terry S, at July 17, 2007
I have progressed from open chords to E form barres then A form barres and I am ready to move the next level. I play rhthym guitar in a band and have been playing gigs for 2 years and I am ready to take some of the load off of the lead guitar player. By the way I am 50 years old and am at least 15 years older the next oldest member in the band. It is never too late.
By Mike, at July 17, 2007
I have been banging on a guitar for many years now. I can make noise with the best of them. Now I hope to make music with the best of them, and after using Dan's guitar course I believe that his lead course will allow me to finally make the transition! I am not musically talented; I have to work at every little thing I do, and the method in which Dan presents his courses gives someone like me the ability to learn, make progress, and feel good about what I have accomplished. I am 53 years old and learning more about the guitar than I ever have. Thanks, Dan!
George Dixon
cajunkingkong@yahoo.com
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
Someone once said - "you don't need words for speaking if you have a guitar and some message that you want to say to this world." But how can someone send a message without a good guitar?! Even the experienced profesionals like Satriani; Zakk Wyld and David Gilmour couldn't tell their message to the world if they would not have good guitars. I'm so excited about this opportunity, because I have a lot to tell, but I don't have a good guitar to play on and improve my skills, so I would be really excited if I could improve my skills on a Fender Stratocaster, and put out my words into sounds, wich could inspire so many people...
yours sincerely
Kristaps (pievilts@inbox.lv)
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
A friend purchased Dan's original series Guitar Secrets and it has helped him to move past a block. He recommended this course to me and others and when I purchased both courses currently offered - WOW!! Dan has a way of teaching beginners or veterans alike and I can not wait for Lead Guitar Secrets to take myself to the next level of playing. If this course is anything like past courses it will teach me to better handle difficult solos with the ease of playing a bongo drum. I plan to use the scale applications taught to Soloing to assist me in being able to perform more freely and confidently. I have also recommended this course to others looking for a method to learn to play like the professionals. Thanks for providing us with courses that assist us in becoming better, more rounded Guitarists.
Thanks!
By Donald Pelc, at July 17, 2007
It looks like really great stuff! The wait is killing me but I'm sure it'll be worth it!
By Hal, at July 17, 2007
well being hearin impaired i love the lessons i get from dan as with
video to watch and listen plus tab and chords etc it really helps me as
i cant rely on just my hearin and so i always check out the tidbits he
offeers such as this since i also am on low income and cant afford any
courses cheers keep up the great work
Star
star_de_diva@hotmail.com
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
Hi!
I watch so many times your videos and try to work with them that I beleive I can buy it to be a much better guitar player. Today is July 17th and I am still waiting to get the course from Dan. I hope to receive it before the contest ends. I am sure that it will be the consecretion of a new guitarist because of you. I am very anxious to play with you.
Thanks a lot for your help and I work it out every day until I play like you.
Michel Bélisle
midibel@videotron.ca
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
Hey Dan,
I've been involved in music for as long as I can remember. My dad plopped a guitar in my hands before they were even big enough to hold one. I had trouble learning on my own so I waited until I could take guitar classes in school. I joined band and tried to learn as many instruments as possible; I started on clarinet, moved to bass clarinet, picked up guitar again in highschool, dabbled in percussion and keyboards, I picked up trombone for jazz band, played a bit of bass guitar for drumline, learned a bit of classical guitar, and I even joined choir for my senior year. I wanted to do it all and I think I did, but the problem with that was I only learned the basics of one thing and moved on. Now that I'm out of highschool I really want to focus on guitar. I know the basics, and I understand the simple music theory but I think with your help I can really move past this stage in my playing. With Lead Guitar Secrets I can go forward and express myself through my music instead of just playing the same old thing. Anyone can pick up the guitar and learn the basics but it takes a lot of hard work and effort to push yourself past that point and I am ready to do that.
Thanks for everything that you do Dan, and I wish the best of luck to everyone else.
Melissa Ward
By Anonymous, at July 17, 2007
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By Matt, at July 17, 2007
This course is going to help me find freedom on the fretboard. I have played guitar for about three years and I've reached a plateau in my playing. I take lessons and have tried to increase not only my speed and accuracy, but my stylistic ability and the theory behind the notes that I play. I begin my leads but soon get stuck in a rut, using the same pentatonic licks and solos become chores, it's fun to jam out with my band, and then the solo break comes, and everyone knows whats coming. THis course is going to teach me how to create innovative and fitting leads for the songs I play live, and at my desk practicing. In addition it is going to expand my musical horizons, as of now I mainly play rock and roll, but lead guitar secrets is going to change that, it will teach me to play the blues, jazz things up, and more. Thanks for the great course, I can't wait to order on Friday.
Matt Higgins
bighigg42@gmail.com
By Matt, at July 17, 2007
tell ya what,I can't wait to get my hands on this corse,from what I've see so far its got to be without a doubt the best corse out there.I have been play'in several years now,and have tried so many corses,books,dvd's,and teachers.The problem is with all the different aspects of learning music,I would learn parts here and there but never connecting everything together.But now with the way you put the course together with book,dvd,and you instructing,this course is THE MISSING LINK!!!!With this course I belive I will unlock Pandora's box to expressing myself through my Guitar.It's one thing to look at a book,or to hear something but understanding what your doing and how chords and scales relate to one another is the key to playing like a true pro.Oh and fender strat might help too. Brian DeWeese
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Hi Dan, hi everyone out in the big world. I'm a late starter in guitar and was a long time affraid of trying it out, or talking about it to someone. Then a sad event and a good friend made me do, what I consider the right decision today, I started.
The same thing most of you have gone thru happened to me too, I got stuck somewhere inbetween, no progress and somebody saying, "Buddy put the guitar away it is not your thing!"
Shotly after I got aware of Dan's course and bought it right away. And I started moving. I got on with chords, they are still not my best friends, but I know some stuff about them. So when Blues Secrets was about to come out it was sure I had to get a copy. The Blues in any form foundation of so many styles and mastering it, with Dan's help. With work and a home business my time is really short for my hobbys but thanks to Dan there is another one I really enjoy now
By Marco, at July 18, 2007
And when you get really excited you make mistakes! Only reason for is the soon coming Lead Guitar Secrets by Dan Denley. Guess that's what I forgot in the other message. Of Course I have to get it, playing lead solos, thaught by Dan, the best has yet to come!! If there is a follower coming out after LGS I am still with you Dan! No clue what it could be but I am sure you already have an idea? Havn't ya?
By Marco, at July 18, 2007
I've been "playing" guitar for a few years now and what I've learned is that you have to have the right tools in order to at least sound good. Winning this would be a dream come true. I have been searching for the right type of lessons to learn and I believe I have finally found them. Dan's course covers everything you need to jump start your guitar playing. I am so glad I stumbled upon your web page and look forward to learning so much more from you.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Jamming Jeff
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Hi Dan: I need help! believe me, I've tried most of the guitar courses you can find on the web over the past five years. All of them probably taught me something about how to play scales. I can even play rythmn pretty good but I can't play lead where it really wails. I want to sound like Brad Paisley crossed with Jimmi Hendrick. I'm ready to give your new course a try. Do you think it will help me be a better guitar player? I'm itching to give it a try. Please hurry!
This is from Jake writing from Dale Earnhart's hometown.
By Jack Kee, at July 18, 2007
Dan my story is like most of everyones here. Hoping to find that one couse that give me what I need to take me to the next level of playing. Keep up the good work!
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Where to start? The beginning of my yearn to learn the guitar was near 40 yrs ago.
At the age of 9 or 10 I got my first 6 string. I should mention my mama could play a truck load of instruments and never had a lesson to learn a single one of them.
Though I'm sure I was blessed with her keen ear, I unfortunately didn't inheirit her stamina or ability to learn the art on my own.
She was convinced the way she learned was the key to grasping the art.
Mom was born in the 20's, so I think it might have been a total lack of choice that kept her searching for keys rather than the key to her ability. Of course I'd never tell her that even if she were still kicking. Fact is I wouldn't have to say a word, she'd know by the way I'm picking, this definitely is an easier way to learn.
I loved sitting around the table Saturday nights through the years with family & friends. Singing every song that came to mind. anyone's mind. I have a good ear. I'm certain if I could have played the guitar back then I could have made a living.
My brothers and sisters were musically inclined as well. One played guitar, my twin played drums another played drums and played guitar.
They recognized my ability to sing just about anything and often tried to learn me basic chords. For some reason I couldn't acquire the knack.
Every time I'd get tuned up and turned on it seemed to me anyway, I'd get pushed back from the mic. The way it works is he who's strumming gets to pick just what he'll be picking. So it was something I genuinely had an interest in learning. For whatever reason I had a mental block when it came to learning the guitar from my brother. Now don't get me wrong, I love him bigger than life. He can strum like Earl Scruggs but, a patient teacher he's not.
I guess it was bred in me.
I've always wanted to play the guitar.
Well Dan's courses sure enough made it happen. I've got where I can play better then I ever would have dreamed. Don't get me wrong,Eric Clapton I'm not. But, his easy to follow lessons and straight forward approach has given me the ability to remove a learning barrier I thought (and others) was impossible.
I am having a ball. To be honest, my schedule doesn't afford me the level of practice I thought was needed.
Dan's technique's make it like riding a bike.
The awesome videos show how the pro himself manuevers the frets.
The tools and technique of Dan the guitar man added confidence to my practice knowing I could rewind as many times as I needed to get it down. You wouldn't ask a teacher to repeat a lesson or trick more than a couple times. Rewind it 15 or 20 times, try it a time or two and rewind some more to see where your going next. It's literally fail safe.
What truely was most helpful for me and something I was unaware of is the chords natural progression from one note to the next. Dan's lesson gives you all the info to complete any song from start to finish with basic secrets known only to accomplished musicians.
If your starting from scratch the chord progression lesson teaches you exactly which chord comes next.
It quickly becomes second nature. You'll find yourself rolling through song after song in no time at all.
Thanks Dan, I had all but gave up on the instrument I've wanted to play all my life.
I'm playing it now my friend and can't wait to see what comes next.
Tom in Denver
By finely pik'n & grin'n , finally, at July 18, 2007
Hey Dan!
You know, I can still remember the exact moment when I realized that I was meant to spend my life making music. I was 15 and it was the summer before my last year of high school. I was in my room playing guitar when suddenly, something in my mind clicked and it all became so very clear. The best way for me to describe it is that it was as if I had been incomplete and that in that moment I had become whole. I knew without a doubt that music was what I was meant to do. So from that point forward I have lived and breathed music, especially where the guitar is concerned. Now almost 19, I’m planning on studying music at university next fall, leading to a career in teaching where I hope to inspire the same love of music that I have in elementary school children. Naturally, I spend everyday trying to improve my playing anyway I can. The internet has proven to be an invaluable tool in helping me to perfect my skills and techniques on the guitar. Video lessons like yours often make the difference for me between being able to sort of play something, and being able to play something perfectly and with ease! So let me take this opportunity to thank you! You’ve been a great help!
So now we come to the question at hand. Why am I excited for “Lead Guitar Secrets”? Well you see, Dan, over the course of the last several months I have been overcome with the desire to really find my own voice. I want to be able to get my feelings and emotions across just as effectively as the rock and blues greats I find so much inspiration in, like David Gilmour, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer and Alex Lifeson. Their success as guitarists lies in the fact that each of them has a very unique way of inspiring certain emotions within their listeners through their music. I would love more than anything to be able to do that, and I believe with unwavering certainty that “Lead Guitar Secrets” would provide me with the necessary tools to accomplish this (and being able to do all that on a brand new Fender Strat would be pretty terrific, too :D).
Thanks again, Dan!! I look forward to watching my playing improve thanks to “Lead Guitar Secrets”!!
Yours truly,
Michelle Monette
By ML, at July 18, 2007
Hello.
My name is Julia Baldursdottir and I’m a guitarist. I haven’t been able to call myself that until a couple of months ago. See, I bought my first guitar when I was 12 years old and for years I spent hours and hours every day struggling to play, serching the internet for lessons and I even went to professional teachers, but I never made any real progress. So after years and years of playing, when people asked my if I played guitar, I still answered: “Well I wouldn’t really call myself a guitarist, I just know a few notes”. When me and some friends were hanging out, and they wanted to start jamming, I always made up some excuses for not playing, because I was embarressed for not being better after having played for all those years.
And as a result of that I finally gave up and my guitars biggest purpose became looking cool on my wall, rather than being played. I still picked it up from time to time, but I was starting to think that I just didn’t have the talent, and that thought killed me because ever since I was a little kid I have loved the guitar, it’s perfect sound, those strong melodies that go straight to your heart. I always wanted to be a guitarist. When I was a kid I just knew it for sure that this was what I was destened to be, and as I grew older I decided that I would do anything in my power to make that dream come true. But after all the hard work and no progress I finally lost hope.
Until I found the Amazing guitar secret course. One day a friend of mine who is an awsome guitar player introduced me to this course. Since I had tried like a million of them I didn’t have much faith in this one. But since my dream was still becoming a really good guitarist I decided to give it a try. There isn’t a single day that I regret that decision. For the fist time in my life I’m able to play the way I have always always wanted toplay . I have build up a good finger strenght, I can pick up pretty much any song I want to, and when I’m soloing, I have no worth to describe it, my fingers are going so fast I feel like their playing on their own and I just sit there and watch it happen. But the most important thing is not only how much better I have gotten (and that is ALOT) but also, that now I play with a feeling. I don’t know excatly how to put this into words, but now somehow I’m not only just playing the guitar, I’m expressing myself with it. It’s like I can make the guitar explain my feelings, what I’m thinking while playing and how I feel. And that is Amazing.
I am better than I ever hoped I would get, but I am still just starting. There is always something more to learn. That’s the amazing thing about the guitar; you can always get better.
And I belive the Amazing Guitar Secret course is the best way to do that. It doesn’t just teach you to play this and this song, but it goes into the scales and chords and all the theories that you need to know in order to play the guitar the way it was ment to be played.
I choose this course becourse I am tired of struggling without any success. I choose it becouse I want to be able to feel like I’m somewhere up in the sky when I play my guitar. Thank you, for this amazing course, it made me better than I ever wished for.
Julia Levi Baldursdottir
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Greetings Dan from Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom! Yup, no toys here just bad guys who want nothing more than to keep us good guys from playing guitar forever. Actually there are some really good Afghans who want nothing more than be rid of the bad guys and play guitar too! We work hard with them so that one day its a reality. I'd love to grab your course, but I left my precious guitars in safe keeping with my wife for my return, and besides, just a little bit busy here anyway. Will do when I get back from the war. Please stick me in the blog if you can for the Strat - Uncle Sam blocks blogs to us - sometimes stuff gets out that isn't supposed to and good guys get hurt. Not good.
Stay safe America!
Mick
maniago@att.net
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Why am I excited about Lead Guitar Secrets, First of all Im not going to suck up like everyone else and say all this stuff just to get a guitar im saying this to show you Dan or your friends how good your products are and if they are working. The reason i am excited is i am an musician who plays multiple instruments guitar being one and I need help learning to play solos for writing them for my band and because of your lessons Dan i have become a better musician. and because of this i want to Thank You for helping people like me understand playing guitar better, so Thank you. I do have a QUESTION for you. How is Alvarez the brand for a 12 string Acoustic Guitar? E-Mail is skinerybull@yahoo.com
By Von Davis, at July 18, 2007
Hi Dan,
My name is Randy, I've owned and tried to play guitar since the mid 1960s. I really just slogged around mostly fingerpicking some folk stuff and a classical tune or two up until 1995. At that time, I started taking lessons from a guy out of his garage. We made some progress over a couple of years. He had a masters degree in music, had a lot of music knowledge, had a lot of skill, but was only a fair communicator, musically speaking. I did however, learn more Classic Rock tunes, a Vivaldi piece, and Nina Rota's "A Time for Us". About July 2002 I took a National Guitar workshop class in Austin Texas. It was a great class, I learned a lot of music theory, but most of the players and instructors were way over my head performance wise. After that, I just worked on learning more songs, developing some concepts etc. I've always wanted to play killer lead, but in June 2005 I had a stroke and lost a lot of my physical ability on my left side. I had acquired 6 guitars over the years, after the stroke, I could barely play a note at a time, so I gave 5 guitars away. I gave a Hamer Strat copy and Amp to my nephew. I kept one dreadnaught. So now I just try to use guitar as therapy. I'm playing scales some now, and trying to form a few chords. It's difficult for me to form even the easiest open chords, like D major, C add 9, G major, A minor and E minor are about all I can do now. Improvement is incredibly slow. Your lessons through the e-mails have helped a lot. Winning a Strat would make it easier for me to play Chords since an electric is easier to fret than my accoustic.
Anyway, that's my bit. Someone else is a better candidate to become a good guitarist, but hey who knows someday I may get my dexterity back. Dan, your stuff has been a big help to me and since my stroke, I've learned so much more about guitar playing, and music theory. Keep up the good works.
Randy Edwards-
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Man what can i say words can not express the way i feel about this amazing internet source it has blown me away and made me the guitarist i am today. I wanted to learn to play the guitar for ever now because my gram and gramp and my uncle played and i thought i would carry on the family tradition and they had happened to play fenders.
i could never find anything for me to watch and learn. If i did they ether went so fast that my head had spun around or they just stunk at playing. Dan has got to be the best guy to go to if you want to learn guitar. I actually told my cousin about dan, he had never picked up a guitar in his life, right now hes doing better than i was at that point in learning.
Now im goin a lil personal but my favorite guitarist is stevie ray vaughn and everytime i hear him play its as if hes giving his soul thew the guitar.. i know that he played a fender from all the cd's i own.. Just to be able to play the same guitar that srv played would be heartstopping... Guitar is my life.. If im mad i play hard rock if i feel a little blue i play the blues exc. Just to be able to express my feelings through a guitar make's me get threw life easer, and dan has helped me through the hard times with this source. I know allllllllot of people are wanting this guitar. But for me this isnt just a guitar it's a blessing, to even been thought about getting as such as an amazing guitar as the fender is. I would have gotten one already but money is an issue. It would be such and honor to be awarded this guitar.. But even if i dont win it will not stop me from coming to this site for help... I hope the best for all the begineers and the experienced the best of luck. This site is the place to go to acheive your goal.
God bless you all and most of all KEEP ON ROCKEN
By shandy, at July 18, 2007
What's the difference between a "wannabe" guitarist and one who really develops skill and confidence to play lead guitar the
way most of us have always wanted to?
I don't know about you, but I've never wanted to be an average guitar player at this stage in my playing. My folks always told me that that we can all pretty-much be whoever we want to be.
I quit playing in a band whan I was 16 years old and yet love to listen to great lead guitar. Only problem is, I quit learning whan I quit jamming with a band, jamming with friends who each had older brothers or sisters teaching them stuff they taught me. since then my playing has been helter skelter-and not the Beatles' version!
What's the solution- the remedy for frustration in guitar playing?
Have you listened to Dan Denley's Amaing guitar secret newsletter instructional video clips?
I think the difference between wannabe guitar players, and the ones who really rock and play lead guitar well is a systematic approach followed in regular practice. It's not rocket science, but for most of us, I bet it's been as hard to find someone or wome way to approach learning lead guitar as it has been to find someone to teach us rocket science.
Good news is that even a blind hog finds an acorn sometimes. I've been enjoying Dan's newsletters for a couple of years now. And I really enjoy the guitar tab and video downloads Dan sends.
I've just gotten a second part time job to get the money together to order this new series from Dan. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, right? So since a hit-and-miss approach to playing guitar has not worked so far for me, I'm going systematic with Dan's lead gitar secrets. I'm carving out 15 minutes a day to play. and not looking back for a year.
I can only imagine right now what it would be like to master the licks and solos, and finger skills and blues scales and songs in Dan's amazing Lead Guitar Secrets course.
Imagine--
-playing guitar solos with your favorite bands- all the way through
-creating your own solos
- being able to find your way around the whole fret board
- enjoying the fruits of regular practice of proven systematic guitar teaching.
- not wasting 45 or 60 bucks on a couple lessons here and there, but having at our finger tips a video and audio and guitar tab system that reallly gets us into lead guitar at a level we've always wanted to get good enough to do.
Thanks Dan, for sharing a way not only to Imagine it, but to DO IT.
Bruce R
Media, PA
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Hi,
My name is George Scutch. I began playing guitar with my father when I was about 8 years old, he taught me some basic chords and notes and I would play along with him using a Keystone electric (never heard of this brand since) and he would use an old Epiphone acoustic, back then I thought he was the greatest guitar player around. Eventually my father suggested that I take lessons from a real instructor (at least two that I remember). I took lessons for about 5 years and unfortunately I learned more theory than actual hands on skills that would make me a good guitar player. By the time I was about 13 or 14, practicing became a real chore and I quit playing altogether (lack of interest due to little or no progress made). For some reason I don't remember my father continuing to play after I quit.
Now, more than 30 years later I've begun playing again, last Christmas my sister got me a lower end Ibanez acoustic (the old Epiphone and Keystone are still around but in horrible shape from being in an attic for all these years) I've managed to improve my playing through a mix of several different internet sources, too many can cause some confusion, but I feel I'm a better guitar player now than when I was 13.
I'm really looking forward to Dan's Lead Guitar Secrets course. Due to my poor track record with guitar instructors I was a bit hesitant to order any courses online, but after recently receiving sample lessons from Dan including samples from his Lead Guitar Secrets, I feel that Dan has passed my audition in impressive fashion (ha, ha). I can tell that Dan really enjoys and knows what he is doing and his presentation and instruction is detailed and easy to follow. I'm especially impressed by how Dan will slow down a lick to make it easier to pick up on (Dan's solo licks are remarkable, real time and slowed down). With Dan's Lead Guitar Secrets I hope to learn the intricacies and attention to detail that makes a good lead guitarist (ie: bends, sliding, pulloffs, vibrato, etc.). Whether it be blues, rock, or metal, I would like to be able to play up and down the fretboard comfortably and with speed. Most of all I feel Lead Guitar Secrets will keep me focused and excited about being a guitar player (I feel the excitement building already, July 20th) and gain the confidence to play in front of or along with others (my fathers no longer around to jam with).
I wish Dan's Lead Guitar Secrets and his other courses were around 30 years ago, I may have never quit playing.
Good Luck everybody,
George Scutch
(moosefist@msn.com)
By Anonymous, at July 18, 2007
Hey there Dan,
My name is Ananth (you call me K !!). More than being an entry towards your Fender Strat contest, I would like to take this blog entry as a chance to thank you for your courses, videos and general email help. That shows a vast amount of commitment from you and that evokes (at least is supposed to) a similar dedication from us.
Guitar playing started off as a fancy, became a hobby and thats when I seriously started to get concerned if I was cut out for this. It is true that if you practice for long enough anything will come by but with regards to music, which is more of an art form, a certain feel and in-built tonal ear is required (that was my opinion). But once I launched myself with the Amazing Guitar Secrets course, I must say that I dont subscribe to this school of thought anymore. They say it is good if you jump into music early on in your life, makes is easier to grasp and retain - I thought I was too old for all this. But then once again this course proved me wrong. I am not saying I now play the guitar like a pro but I believe in myself and I know one day, with enough practice I will make it up to my own preset benchmarks/standards. That much confidence this course has given me.
The success of a course can only be warranted if the instructor is as dedicated and has an eye/ear for every detail as our Dan has !! He must be able to put on the shoes of anyone attempting to master the guitar - right from a blundering amateur to a full-fledged pro. I think this course does that - it not only spoon feeds the theory, it has enough practice lessons to implement them. Thats a wonderful balance to strike and I am sure the next dispatch from Mr Dan would be as good.
Needless to add, I am extremely excited about the lead guitar course and I am positively going to be one of the first 1000 !!!!
Keep up the lovely work, there are more people than you know who are sending a silent thanks your way - now thats an achievement to be proud of !!
Cheers,
Ananth
By Ananthakrishnan, at July 18, 2007
Dear Dan,
When I first started reading and indulging in your courses, I was what many would call a mediocre player. My licks were bland and uncreative, and I constantly found my playing treading into dissonance at times.
That being said, I found that my playing has improved tenfold since taking your courses. I get compliments all of the time on my playing. People can't believe a person of that experience is that good. I always recommend them to you. Your courses saved my guitar playing. They opened my mind to fields of creative material I had never even thought to trample upon. In short, your courses helped me become a a good guitarist. Your courses opened up numerous creative concepts I had never even dreamt of. It is cool knowing that, thanks to you, after only playing guitar seriously for a year and 5 months and being 14, my worship team for which I play lead guitar for made it to the National level of the Fine Arts competition(an Assemblies of God talent competition in which scholarships can be gained). You saved my lead playing, and you opened my mind to numerous concepts.
I'm definitely looking forward to your next course. I believe that I will improve my lead playing even more with your next course Lead Guitar Secrets. I'm also exicited of the new harmonic concepts and creative ideas I will be able to gain from your course. I really hope that you can help many other struggling students like I was become great guitarists in the future.
Thanks and God Bless,
Cody Miller
By itscodyxx, at July 19, 2007
Hello,
My name is Dylan Bourne and I’ve been fascinated with guitars from since I was a toddler. Growing up in a small town, I remember being engrossed with images with of guitars from magazine photos to TV shows or the rare live band performances, where everything and everyone else would seem to disappear and the guitarists would be my focus. The bassist, lead or rhythm guitarist didn’t matter to me- each and every one of those ‘guitarmen’ were my heroes in the sky!
Back then there were very few opportunities for music education in my town and the few musicians around either had their skill passed down from player dads or learnt to play by ear either from our little church band or on their own. All in all musicianship in my town was only occasionally appreciated (festival days etc) and had no celebrity status whatsoever. This however didn’t kill my passion for guitar in the least and I resolved to one day follow my guitar heroes and to pick, strum and slide just like them once the opportunity arose.
The years rolled by and finally a small music school was opened in my town and their deal was that instruments could only be taught with an attached music theory course and an external exam taken every 6 months! Well I enrolled in classical guitar (the only one offered) and did quite well at the theory but struggled with the practical mainly because of the tutoring method which was only 30 minutes once a week! So while I did learn to read music and play Bach and Handel on an acoustic, this was not what I had grown up to yearn. In the end I backed out of the program, and one Tuesday deciding to grab the bull by the horns, drove 42 miles away and bought myself an entry level Squire Strat electric. I would make it happen now- even on my own.
With my new electric I became quite the after-work zombie and downloaded tons of song chords and tabs, bought CDs of Al diMeola, Dire Straits, U2, Steve Vai- anything with prolific guitar players and set about ‘immersing’ myself. Quite by accident I stumbled upon Amazing Guitar Secrets (AGS) course by Dan Denley while online and have been ‘feeding off it’ for about 5 months now. This course has definitely put much method to my madness and I now have a new-found appreciation of scales, modes, timing and chord building and all those 'syrupy-sweet' things :) I can now say that I’m well on my way to a solid foundation in electric guitar playing because of AGS and I can’t wait to graduate to the eagerly anticipated Lead Guitar Secrets (LGS). Man, this has got to be a guitar student’s dream come true.
Right now I’m focusing on learning the entire fretboard in every which way, to start me off on soloing, so the Lead Guitar Secrets course gives me something to work up to. I learnt the basics of note-playing back then in my classical guitar course so I’m really excited about LGS’s soloing techniques helping me to build on this with how-tos of pull-offs, hammer-ons, bends etc. Hey, and just for the record, I’m already drooling over the featured 50 must-know solo licks!!!
Admittedly I’ve got a major soft spot for jazz and blues so soloing and improvisation are my two big neon-signs in the night sky! It seems like LGS is the best place to start me off on a specialized training regiment to reach those goals. Being a ‘home-schooled’ guitar student, I’m faced with a few challenges e.g. ensuring proper playing technique, but once LGS continues in the same great style as AGS (as I’m sure it will) then all of those shall be overcome by following the clear and intuitive DVD examples.
The promised finger strength training exercises by LGS really got my blood pumping, as I’ve learnt the hard way: use it or lose it! If I don’t do basic finger exercises for as little as 4 days, my speed, coordination and accuracy take a nose dive! Believe me even though you don’t practice/play solos or chords daily, do the finger exercises EVERYDAY! Count on me to practice what I preach when I grab my copy of LGS.
Furthermore, Dan’s teaching style is simply a blessing from God! While Dan’s certainly an accomplished guitarist he feeds you the stuff in bite-sized pieces and then afterwards pulls everything together sometimes with a riff or solo so you can see how all parts of the whole come together. Pure genius! In my experience I haven’t seen any other tutor do it quite like him.
All the best to guitar students worldwide!
Sincerely
Dylan D. Bourne
Guitar Student
By Dylan, at July 19, 2007
I can remember listening to music with my older brother and falling in love with the electric guitar. No one could convince me there was a better instrument in the world. Its power and versatility are simply unmatched and the fact that it can be found in most forms of music is a testament to what you can accomplish with it when you have the right skills.
And those were skills I wanted to learn, but growing in rural Upstate NY, I didn't know anyone who played. So, unfortunately, the only way I could enjoy that beautiful sound was to listen to radio and to cassette tapes of my favorite bands. My parents worked hard for everything we had, but it was all they could do to put food on the table and give us a decent Christmas so an electric guitar was out of the question. They managed to put an acoustic under the tree one year, but with no one to learn from, I quickly grew frustrated and after a while, it became just another space-eater in my closet.
I have a family of my own now and one day last year, I was listening to some music with my four-year old son and he told me how much he loved the sound of the guitar. I told him that was my favorite instrument as well and he asked if I could play it. When I told him no, he asked "How come". I told him I never had a chance to learn. Like every inquisitive four-year old, he asked "How come". As we talked, I realized what a good question that really was. How come? What was stopping me from learning now? I did some research and found a relatively inexpensive electric guitar that received good reviews and put it on my Christmas list. My wife came through and I was ready to begin my journey into playing great music...now I just needed someone to teach me.
After finding free instructions on the Internet, I realized this was a hobby that I truly enjoyed, but I could only go so far with the limited information that provided. I began searching for courses and came across several that promised to make me a great guitar player in a few short lessons. I tried some, getting one course for Valentine's Day and another for Father's Day, but I was disappointed in the results. I then came across a course where the instructor made it very clear that the only way to get better was to practice hard every day and that if you weren’t progressing, you were going backwards. I knew I had found a great course because I found one that had an honest instructor who didn’t promise results that were impossible to attain. If I didn’t work hard, I wouldn’t become the guitar player I wanted to be. That course was Dan’s Amazing Guitar Secrets and I’m extremely satisfied with my progress. As much as I learned, I am ready to take on new paths and want to keep challenging myself.
With the help of Dan’s Amazing Leads course, I know with my continued dedication, I can grow to the point where I may be able to do something “Amazing” with the guitar. Not only can I learn the instrument I've loved most since I can remember, I can pass along what I've learned to my son, who seems to love it just as much as his dad. I really can’t explain how this course can help me in my quest or why I want this set of DVDs any clearer than that. Thanks for your time.
By David, at July 19, 2007
I have been playing guitar for years, if you all strumming chords really playing. I took about 15 years off, and then decided I wanted to really learn to play. So I purchased Dan's Amazing Guitar Secrets DVDs, and it has taken me further than I ever imagined. But I still have a long way to go.
I am beginning to hear better, but it still takes me hours to get a handle on a riff, if I even get it at all.
I am hoping that the "Lead" course will get me over the hump and tie what I learned in his earlier course with lead guitar and allow me to really play how I think I can and be comfortable playing in front of, and with, other "players."
My kids are studying music, and it has been a blast playing together, but I still have a lot to learn. I feel that the better I can play guitar, the better I will be able to get my kids to appreciate music that much more, regardless of which instruments they choose.
By Jack, at July 19, 2007
DISCLAIMER: This is a second version of a previous comment. I felt that I could have added a lot more information and cleaned up a lot of things. Sorry for the inconvenience
Dear Dan,
First off, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Cody Miller, and I am a 14-year old (soon to be 15 August 2nd) guitarist from the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania. I have been playing guitar for about a year and five months seriously, and I love it with everything I have in me. I choose to play many different musical genres including Christian, Jazz, Blues, Shoegaze, Grunge, Punk, Experimental, Progressive, Folk, and Alternative. I feel that playing many different genres helps my express myself musically more.
When I first started to get indulging in your Amazing Guitar Secrets and Blues Guitar Secrets course, I was what many would call a mediocre player at best. I knew little theory, and I had no idea what I was doing. Worst of all, my playing was horrible. I could barely strum a chord.
That being said, after completing both of these courses, my playing was changed forever. You inspired me to take my playing to the next level. I went from knowing little theory to knowing an excessive amount, because your courses inspired me to tread into the complex areas of guitar.
After completing both of those courses, I felt I needed to learn even more theory and learn much more about lead guitar. I then went through a tremendous struggle to learn other aspects of guitar playing, and through much practice, I made an amazing amount of progress. It was not easy though. I was extremely confused as I had no dedicated teacher to teach me these things, and I was hopping around websites attempting to find as much info as I could on lead guitar. I actually ended up teaching myself a lot of theory and lead material. I only wish I had your future Lead Guitar Secrets course in that time. It would have made things a lot easier!!
As for the actual progress I made from the inspiration and fundamentals from the courses, much practice, and dedication, I got asked to play lead guitar for my church's worship team on both Wednesdays and Sundays after only playing seriously for 7 months. It has been an amazing experience that helped me tremendously improve in my musical journey. I also play lead guitar in a worship team that has made it to the national level of the National Fine Arts competition. (an Assemblies of God sponsored competition involving many aspects of ministry such as music, art, poetry, etc.) I also got over $1000 per year for my college education just from making it to the national level. It was all because of the fact that I started the two courses I previously mentioned (Blues Guitar Secrets and Amazing Guitar Secrets) which taught me many of my fundamentals that I needed and inspired me to take my playing to the next level.
When people ask me what to use when they are starting guitar, I offer a helping hand, but I also recommend your course Amazing Guitar Secrets. It helped me gain a firm ground on my needed fundamentals.
Now, you may be asking, "What does this have to do with how you are looking forward to my next course?" Well, I gave you this information to help explain why I am looking forward to your next course.
I am not necessarily looking forward to it for myself as I know a lot of things in the course to come. However, I am really looking forward to the students you will be helping with this. I cannot stress enough how much this would have helped me if you would have released this course while I was in my struggle to learn lead guitar. It would have saved me countless hours struggling to find information on my new guitar venture. I am really excited for the students this will help. There must be thousands of people that were like me struggling to play lead guitar because of lack of resources. This will be the answer for them. I'm going to recommend this course to a lot of my friends who were in the same situation I was in. I can't wait to see their progress as they take part in your course. They will have an amazing teacher that actually cares about his student's progress, and they will have information from your course that they will use for the rest of their lives. That is exactly why I'm anticipating your course. I still am purchasing your course as I still need to work on my modal theory and some of my technique. It will be great to have you help me further my skills on guitar as I feel your teaching methods are great. I feel that my purchasing the guitar method I was add another dimension to my playing through my further understanding of modal theory and the use of modes in musical situations. Also, I'm very excited about learning much more about scale-chord relationships. I feel that I could use this a lot more. As for the licks part of this future course, I really would love to expand my knowledge of licks, and I am anticipating the creative ideas I will gain from your 50 new solo licks.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to even read my comment, and good luck with your future trials and tribulations in this journey we call life.
God Bless and Live Long and Prosper,
Cody Miller
By codester, at July 20, 2007
Greetings. It is said that we all have music in our souls. The problem is, how do we release it. Some people can just do it, while others cannot find a way to let it out. I fit into the second category. By finding the technical prowess to free the music in me has long been a dream of mine. I have been fortunate enough to have seen many, many musicians, those with names, i.e. Santana, Robben Ford, B.B. King, Miles Davis, Grover Washington, and many musicians who are without name, but can be found rock'n in countless local clubs, bars, and parks across America, as well as around the world.. The shear joy they bring to listeners whom they share their music with, either through live performances, which by the way is the greatest of all listening experiences, CDs, videos, and DVDs. For me, I have chosen the guitar as the tool to express myself musicically. But, I do need some help. I need the training to reach inside and tap my emotions, to be able to reach anyone I can musically, even if just for a moment. The language of music is the language I want to speak. By becoming technically profiecent, I hope to be able to speak this beautiful, worldly gift. In looking over the contents of your Lead Guitar course, I feel like someone was listening to me when I asked for help in learning to play the guitar the way I want to play. I know better than to try to be another............., and with your help, and I can be ME, and become as good as I can and possibly as good as I want to be. To be able to create a solo to fit the music that I am playing at that time is my goal. Looking forward to getting started with the course. Simply put, I love music, al shapes, forms and styles. And if I can make someone happy with my music, I mean our music, because it is to be shared, then I will feel truely satisfied. Thanks for reading this. Harold Wilson
By Harold, at July 20, 2007
I lead our praise band at Holy Family Catholic church in Missouri City, Tx. I didn't start out to lead the band but when our musci minister left and we had no leader, I was asked to lead until we got another music director. At the time, I was supposed to be the lead guitar player as the other guitar player played only rythym guitar. I felt excited with the prospect of leading yet frightened because in my heart, I knew I was a 'hunt & peck' lead guitarist with no real understanding of music theory, the fret board, modes, etc. I knew I had to do something about it so I would have credibility with our other members so I got online and started searching for some type of music instruction. Since I don't believe in coincidences in life, (it's a faith thing...I know Dan understands this as we have the same background in that regard) my first find was Amazing Guitar Secrets. Bought it, studied it, (am still studying it!) In about 6 weeks, my improvement on guitar and my understanding of music theory skyrocketed! Trying to keep this somewhat short......I kept on and kept on and eventually bought the BGS course. Same results, same type of quick improvement! The band still has the same lineup and with my new found confidence and ability, I stepped down from the leadership position in order to give our other guitar player a shot as he has been wanting to lead the group and confided in me as such. Yet, when he asked me for the chance he made sure I agreed to continue to teach the rest of the band things I had been learning. I agreed with one requirement......that he purchase your courses as well as I knew how much it would do for him. He did, it did and today, we both raced to see who could order the LGS first (I think I beat him, he's at work and it's my day off!! LOL) That's the why of it.
How it improves my playing is this. I do what Dan asks me to do. Step by step. Why argue with someone with his credentials. He's proven time and again to me that his system is the best on the market and one other thing......he's available to each of his students. I called him early in the game...he wasn't there so I left a message. He actually called me back, we shared some personal things of our lives, had a few laughs and he anwsered my questions. There's really nothing more to say. That says it all!
Peace,
Mark Lee
By Mark Lee, at July 20, 2007
I have been playing the guitar for over 7 years now and one thing which I don�t actually know how to use the scales. I just don�t know how to connect and apply one scale with another and how to create solos using the scales. I think the Lead Guitar Secrets will give me a different approach of how I can use the scales and how to master my solo techniques too. It will help me with the solo techniques like bending and hammer-ons etc. These things will help me understand better the music of great bands like Led Zeppelin and The Eagles and Genesis. Thanks for all the help you�ve given me and for all those awesome videos and lessons.
Regards,
Marija Debattista
By Anonymous, at July 20, 2007
Who would'nt like the new Guitar Leads program, I can't wait. I have been playing guitar for about three years now, and I was not able to get solos down, I could memorize the solos but I was not able to do smooth sounding bends and with me just joining a band I felt that I was not good enough to play in a band if I could not do solos. But now that I have been practicing with Guitar Leads my bends have been smoother my solos have been faster and more noticable. Since I love to play songs from Guns n' Roses I need to get the Slash feel, and also bands like AC/DC, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and expecially solos by Eddie Van Halen I need the perfect sound for the solos and Guitar Leads is the perfict place to get my solos down pack. Thank You for the great lessons and the help.
Michael Evans
By Anonymous, at July 20, 2007
Good wishes. My name is Noel Frascatore. I am a beginning-intermediate student of the guitar after *ten months. This difficulty rating has been established from Mel Bay’s Modern Guitar Method Expanded Edition 2. In hopes of producing melodies from maladies. At the present time, the only audience entertained is myself, and perhaps the neighbor’s dog basking within earshot. I think that dog laughs at me.
Regardless, there’s something more important without delay. A scene from Alice In Wonderland. There’s a relation between myself who understands the direction I‘m heading, (that of a lead guitarist) and Alice, who needs direction too, (but is ignorant of her path.) She became startled by the Cheshire Cat who was seated in a branch a few yards away. Alice began, “Cheshire Puss,” she spoke rather timidly, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?“
“That depends a good deal, on where you want to get to,” stated the Cat
“I don’t much care where--” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” reasoned the Cat.
Nice job Kitty! Having concise goals seeks out the highest caliber of instruction. A perfectionist must obtain the choicest teachings. Instructions must be comprehensive in style, allowing full potential for great technique and a solid foundation. Alice was void of a plan. I can‘t afford to be. I will not settle for ineffectual groundwork wasting time with substandard lessons, conforming to imitation rather than theory of expression. And I do not deserve a collaboration of rehearsal hours failing somewhere over the discord. I cannot hear my guitar painfully importune, “Noel, why won’t you open your ears, and mind to entreat me? You distress me all the way up my neck.” Without careful attention to my approach, this mediocrity could be heard in the dissonance.-- Do, Re, Mi, or kiss your potential Sol La pal.
So, even with goals driving me closer to the best choices, how do I decide which guide is right. Who deserves my time? Browsing the internet I came across a place that seemed worthy of a look-see. As I pulled a full bend to the side and double stopped, my attention came upon AmazingGuitarSecrets.com. As I investigated Dan Denley’s site, I read a pentatonic e-book that anyone can download for free. This showed wisdom on his part and encourages goodwill. I was warming up to his generosity. I also liked the way Dan openly expressed to his audience a mistake that was found in his book, (when it might have gone unnoticed.) I like it! A businessperson who admits a slip in free content, demonstrates character that would most likely provide exemplary service to paying customers. When expecting service for our needs, aren‘t we alike, paying attention to businesspeople who supply value, and courtesy with pride. And there it was, I had my answers to what was needed, and who should be my guide. I found reassurance! This was the beginning of a revelation.
Dan is excited about his new Lead Guitar course, without hesitation so am I. My own excitement over the skills needed to play lead guitar screams ambition of ownership. The title of this system, Lead Guitar Secrets has the allure of fragrant flowers, as with the colors of sweet grapes entreating to be plucked. It is at the very core of Secrets, where my expectations truly exist. The definition of the word SECRETS includes: that a secret is not widely known. It is known by only a few people and intentionally withheld from general knowledge. This incitement whispers to me a curiosity to discover its hidden gems.
The key belief, the major musical key needed to unlock these secrecies is INSPIRATION. Found at the heart of Lead Secrets is something that wants to stimulate my mind to creative thought. “Now is the time to unravel this knowledge, and let inspiration be my source,” I say firmly. “All the concepts and questions that I cannot request, because of beginning limitations, will eventually be answered from Lead Secrets.” One day, this credence will bring myself an internalization of Dan’s studies, where I can improvise without really having to think about it. Attention to details, and such illustrations will swell my conviction. I believe Lead Guitar Secrets will deliver the goods, sparkling vision towards a blaze of glory, and an energy lightning up my fingers as I kiss the sky. From its inner charms, pleads an eagerness for this all-inclusive package to become unwrapped.
In finishing, firstly, I am excited that Lead Guitar Secrets step-by-step method will advance my playing to a superior level. The SECRETS inside, hold promise to enlighten confusing concepts. Secondly, I believe INSPIRATION makes work profitable. As America is our place for dreams, let me strive with an untiring self-belief to attain what I set my sights on. I have fantasized of owning a Fender Stratocaster for sometime, and winning the guitar, it would be treated as a lifelong gift. Nevertheless, if I am not the chosen owner of this beautiful instrument, my wish goes to a person who would also continue to B augmented in abilities, and amplified in heart to reach their aspirations.
Thank you Mr. Denley for the knowledge you embodied in this usage, and for the convenience of AmazingGuitarSecrets.com. This roadmap back to you has won a place in my Favorites folder. To all friendly guitarists out there; B Major kind to one another, and don’t B diminished in your pursuits.
Sincerely,
Noel
Noel K. Frascatore
nkfrascatore@yahoo.com
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By Noel K. Frascatore, at July 20, 2007
Hi Dan.
As a young bloke, I played drums in a local band and, while we didn’t set the world on fire, we had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, as you do, I allowed work, marriage, kids and then other distractions to divert my attention.
Now that the kids have left home and our lifestyle has become less hectic, I have been able to invest in my long-suppressed passion. So much so that, not only do I have a set of electronic drums, I have also acquired several shiny guitars (I think there is a medical term for this?) that are just sitting and looking at me and begging to be played.
I have fiddled about with a few different “learn to play” books and CDs but could never find any level of enthusiasm in them (do this, do that, blah, blah). Finally, in frustration I set about checking Internet reviews for online tuition.
Then I struck gold. I saw a video sample of your Blues Guitar Secrets course (which, by the way, was given a great independant review) and it all became so obvious. Everything I saw made perfect sense. Flashing lights and thunder, and WOW!!!
I bought your Blues Guitar Secrets course and then your Amazing Guitar Secrets course and have been slowly working my way through them. But now, now you are bringing out Lead Guitar Secrets!! Life just keeps getting better. Talk about exited. DOUBLE WOW!!
Mate, I can’t wait to get hold of this one. Most people just can’t appreciate how much peace and enjoyment I get from locking myself away at night after work and making my own music, albeit at a fairly basic level. I know I have a long way to go, but I can see more improvement coming with the Lead Guitar Secrets course. And with the three courses always available as references, I will always be learning. It's all positive. How good does it get???
Thanks Dan. You've helped me regain some of my youthfull excitement for life. I can't tell you how much that means to me.
Trevor Lane
By Trevor Lane, at July 20, 2007
Hi all. I have been following Dan;s expertise for some time now and have benefited greatly from his guidance.
I am in a jamb right now...My house burned to the ground and my 3 guitars went up in flames along with my vintage amps. Needless to say my insurance would not cover my guitars as they were also vintage and they would not except the estimated price of them. So right now I am practicing with a borrowed guitar. I really need a new one but restoring things after the fire has become very costly. Let me know if I win. I would love a new Strat. Thanks for your time.
By Axebender, at July 21, 2007
Hi Dan!!
P.S: I wrote Earlier but i didn't write my name and Email adress....
I love, Lead Guitar Secrets, because Dan startet my secone guitar "carrier ??". I had a band i the 60's and we played on schools etc. then i sold my gear. In 30 year i havent touched a guitar. THEN i found Dan's, Lead Guitar Secrets and his site, i joined for a news letter. Now i have a Fender mex strat & a Gibson Les Paul and i'm "training" 2-3 hour's a day, which gives me lots of pleasure in a hard world. (sorry for my english, i'm Danish).
Michal Rommedahl, Denmark
michaelrommedahl@mail.dk
By Michael Rommedahl, at July 23, 2007
Hello Everyone! This is Tina, the winner of last year's contest. I didn't enter this time...for obvious reasons...but I voted!!
Isn't this fun??!!?!
By Tina, last year's winner!, at July 31, 2007
My God, you guys suck. Stop posting silly comments and get a fender strat from the guitar centre.
By Anonymous, at August 29, 2007
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