In this book, accomplished shredder Jared Meeker gives advanced lessons on right-hand technique, phrase construction, rhythms, improvising, and playing patterns. Be prepared to take your technique and soloing chops to higher altitudes and learn new concepts like expanded fingerings, how to use scales and modes in a musical context, fingerstyle playing, strumming, and more. The included DVD features live demonstrations by Meeker.
In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. …