Powerhouse Blues-Rock Soloing

Advanced Techniques And Licks To Power Your Blues Rock Solos

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Powerhouse Blues-Rock Soloing

About this course

Jared James Nichols’ Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing features the most popular advanced video lessons from his top-ranked curriculum on ArtistWorks (our sister TrueFire Studios company).

This cherrypicked collection of lessons has been enhanced with all of TrueFire’s interactive learning tools including video-sync tab, looping, slow-mo, animated fretboards and many other handy controls. Now available “anytime, anywhere, on any device” for download and streaming!

”In the first section, you'll learn to power your solo using a ton of cool techniques. I'm talking about double stops, open strings, legato harmonics, bluesy pedal steel bends, playing outside the scale, and 5 powerhouse bending techniques.

In the second section, I'll show you 5 double stop licks, 5 advanced bending licks, and 5 more licks using bluesy pedal steel tunnels.

In the final selection, we put it all together, playing over jam tracks and focusing on improvisation and creative approaches for crafting powerful and memorable solos."


You’ll have all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools at your finger tips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace. All of the tab and notation is synced to the video lessons. You can loop or slow down any section, and you’ll have all of the backing tracks to work with on your own.

To go much deeper with Jared, check out his Artist Works Blues Rock Guitar course. Jared covers all aspects of playing Blues Rock rhythm and lead guitar, for all levels of play. Plus, you’ll have access to the video exchange platform where you can view other students videos or submit your own — Jared responds to all of them!

Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Jared James Nichols!

What you'll learn

  • Execute 5 different licks incorporating advanced bending techniques
  • Play advanced bending licks over a jam track
  • Combine bending techniques with vibrato for expressive playing
  • Add micro bends for expressive phrasing
  • Understand octave relationships between licks
Release date: 12/08/2022 • 3h 01m runtime
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Sample lessons
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Double Stops
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Double Stops
Lesson 1
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Extreme Bending
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Extreme Bending
Lesson 9
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Playing Outside the Scale
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Playing Outside the Scale
Lesson 12
Improvisation - Part 2
Improvisation - Part 2
Lesson 31

What's included

36 lessons • 18 charts • 5 Jam Tracks

Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing
Hello everybody. This is Jared James Nichols and Welcome to Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing!

This course features a the most popular videos taken from my ArtistWorks Blues Rock Guitar course.

Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. Using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.

Ready to start? Well grab your guitar and let's rock the house with power!

This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !
Introduction to Advanced
This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Double Stops
In this lesson we're going to be covering double stops. We'll kick things off with a few licks and break them all down in detail for you along the way!

This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Pedal Steel Bluesy Licks - Part 1
In this lesson we're going to be covering a pedal steel bluesy lick. We'll start things off with a performane and then we'll break it all down in detail!

This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Pedal Steel Bluesy Licks - Part 2
In this lesson we're going to be covering a pedal steel bluesy lick. We'll start things off with a performane and then we'll break it all down in detail!

This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Incorporating Open Strings
In this lesson we're going to be covering how to incorporate open strings. We'll start things off with a performane and then we'll break it all down in detail!

This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !
Advanced Bluespower Techniques - Harmonics
In this lesson we're going to be covering harmonics. We'll start things off with a performane and then we'll break it all down in detail!

This Jared James Nichols course was curated and compiled from Jared’s Powerhouse Blues Rock Soloing lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Jared, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page !

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Reviews

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SaturnSpins

Verified buyer

03/04/26

Jared is such a great teacher love his energy.

Quickrick66

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12/08/24

Great tips for all levels

tips for all levels. Greg Koch said in his series that if you get one thing from a video, it's a win. There are many wins here.

lombego

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11/16/24

ist der typ geil, wunderbare ausarbeitung der einzelnen chapter.

David

01/22/24

Easy to understand from a Mastermind Blues Rocker

JJN's course has pulled me past my block that I had with other courses. Easy to understand and just works

cb6f8pqbmv

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12/19/23

Okay, not super informative

Great guitar player, so-so teacher. I only paid $10 for the course so I’m okay with that. Had I paid $50, then I would be disappointed.

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