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With over 80 courses and over 300 free lessons to choose from, finding something on TXBA you want to study can be overwhelming. Today, it just got a lot easier.

After 12 years, the Influences course that started it all is getting a significant update. Released in 2011 (during the StevieSnacks era), Albert's Influence: Slow Blues was my first artist Influence course. But in the 12 years since, I've improved…

If you're in the mood to relive the Thanksgiving Ballad tradition, here's a list of every lesson and course I've done on the subject.

I'm soon going to be introducing a new type of content for Locals members. Each week I'll publish a new short-form lesson or challenge, often taken from one of my larger courses.

New albums, new artists, and Jason Becker took blues lessons?

Here's a collection of blues-related links from around the web. A little bit of history, and some new music from great artists.

A decade ago I completed a collection of courses called the SRV Style Solo Matrix. It was (and still is) the largest collection of SRV focused soloing courses in the world. Now, 10 years later, it's time to make it…

I'm making backing tracks for my favorite songs, and I'm going to give them away to people who are on the TXBA Email List (and who actually open and read the emails).

If you've ever purchased a course from me, or if you're a member of the TXBA Locals, you can now download free progress tracking documents for any of my soloing and rhythm courses.

I've been using the "Player's Perspective" angle for pretty much the entire 15 years that I've been doing lessons online. In this video I'll explain how I came up with it and how to get the correct tilt and rotation.…

This is one of the most personal videos I've ever made. After sharing my story about living with depression and anxiety several years ago, I've received countless comments and emails thanking me for sharing my story.

This video is for life long Johnny Winter fans, the people who think he gets overlooked by me, and other guitar instructors. I agree with you, and I'm trying to make it right. This is the story about how I…

Several years ago I ordered 250 sets of custom heavy gauge nickel wound guitar strings to sell at TXBA. My primary motivation was simply to have the exact string gauges that felt right to me.

There are some new features coming to the Pro Player and I need some adventurous Locals to start testing these features ASAP.

Pro Player 7.6 (currently in beta testing) will bring some new features and improvements that make studying easier and faster, including Vidmai Pedal integration and adjustable pitch shifting for Courses.

I'm almost done with this massive course and this video will explain everything about it, and how to get it.

For most of 2021 I've been working on a series of courses called "Mixing Blues Rhythm & Lead". The first in-depth lesson from this course is going to be rolling out soon, and in this video I'll take you on…

In 2008 I made my first course and the fretboard graphics were tedious and time consuming. I've been dreaming of an easier way to create custom fretboard diagrams ever since, and now I have one.

May is mental health awareness month, and this is my story of dealing with mental illness throughout my adult life, and how it almost wrecked my marriage and stole precious memories from the first few years of being a parent.…

Mark Hopkins is a guitarist who (like a lot of players) is trying to fill the time once occupied by gigging. So he started interviewing guitarists he knew, then their friends, and before long he's got a whole collection of…