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New song - finally got the mix right! And the new result is beautiful! ... the song is called "Breathe" ... about that situation we've all been in where the relationship ends for one person before it ends for the other ...

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2803038

New song/recording - August 1, 2010 ... "Shine On" ... which I personally call "Big" ... it's very radio friendly - so feel free to share & pass it on!

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2782274

I uploaded one of my new songs - "She's Not Catholic" - to uplaya.com ... they claim to have developed a scientific program to rate songs by comparing them to lots of things, including current & past music Hits, to determine if your new song will be a hit ... and the result was ...

8.9 Platinum ...

Thanks Arcadia ... and thanks for posting the Pappo video the other day!
Glad you like them - hope you'll download them & share with friends!

Peace! xo

A friend of mine who teaches mastering took pity on me & voluntarily remastered both of my new blues songs - "The Thrill Is Gone" & "Let The Good Times Roll" ... they sound great! Thanks so much to Craig C. White!

The new versions are posted on my myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com ...

Hey remember that article I did last month on A Simple Way to Understand Modes for Guitar - they actually posted it this week on GuitarNoise.com - way cool! :) ... here's the link:

http://www.guitarnoise.com/lesson/understand-modes-for-guitar-part-1/

They just posted the first section so far ...

Just posted a new full band recording of "Let The Good Times Roll" with me on vocals & lead guitar on my blues myspace page - check it out! <br>
http://www.myspace.com/bethisbellbluesband

OK, so I just finished recording & posted a new cover version of The Thrill Is Gone by BB King ... I'm singing & playing lead guitar on the track ... and it's the first recording ever featuring me on lead guitar! Hope you dig it!

http://www.myspace.com/bethisbellbluesband

I updated my guitar modes article today to include a bunch of examples of popular songs which use each mode so you can hear and recognize the unique sound of each mode, and to provide an even clearer explanation of how & why each mode creates its own unique sound, how to apply modes to individual ...

I've been a busy girl! Recorded vocals on a full band track I've been working on last night - a cover of BB King's "Thrill Is Gone" - & created a new Blues band oriented Myspace page & put the song up on it - so listen to it & let me know if you like the vocals! There's no lead guitar on it yet (if ...

Yep, Doreen, after your original message I did go look at the link for Tom's book & saw that ... I can't afford to buy anything at this point - flat broke, but I did bookmark his site so that when I can, I can go back & find it!

Thanks for the suggestions Doreen. And yes, I'm familiar with Tommy ... I have a friend that runs sound for him. He's an amazing guitarist! He might currently be the best acoustic guitar player in the world.

A note about the previous article on Modes for Guitar ...

As to the article, the thing that "unlocked" modes for me in doing all this research was the concept of looking at them as ways to connect the diatonic chords, instead of as scales, which is how they are often taught & creates a lot of ...

<center> A Simple Way to Understand Modes for Guitar
©Beth Isbell 2010 </center>
I've had a real breakthrough in understanding & explaining modes! And I'm sharing! :)

I sincerely hope that this article makes it easier for you to understand this typically frustrating concept, and make it easier ...

More Free Guitar Lesson Resources!

This is one of the most helpful blues lead guitar free lesson sites I've found on the web (also available as a free download on itunes) ... http://www.steviesnacks.com/

Here's a really really useful link to LOTS of free guitar lessons ... http://truefire.com/tftv ...