In Beginner Guitar: No Wimps! I've distilled close to 20 years of experience teaching players of all ages, styles, and ability levels how to play guitar. If you're a newbie on the guitar, there are a special set of problems and hurdles that you face. No Wimps! is the beginner guitar book that tackles them all, head on. With this method book, you are finally taken seriously as a beginning guitar player. 
Beginner Guitar is organized into 21 Sessions. Each is carefully designed to give you exactly what you need, in exactly the right order. You'll take as long as you like to master each Session - it's the results that matter, not the time table. Each Session is further organized into two areas: Physical and Mental. It's this distinction, and the cumulative skill-building that results, that makes No Wimps! such a powerful and effective book. Here are just some of the topics and skills you'll dive into, right away: 
Physical Holding and using the pick - the right way, for maximum speed and power Details of left-hand placement, for the most efficient movement The most useful chords for playing songs right away - and how to master them anywhere on the neck Secrets of clean, crisp, and chunky Power Chords - a staple of Rock & Metal Fundamentals of awesome soloing, like legato, alternate picking, tremolo, bending, sequencing, and phrasing 
Mental How to understand, build, and use chords anywhere Fundamentals of reading rhythm, and how to mix rhythm with TAB Master the notes on the guitar neck, like a real musician Understand how scales relate to chords, and how guitarists use them to write great riffs, songs, and solos How to take what most guitarists only think of as "patterns", and actually make music with them - confidently, and all over the neck 
All that - and a lot, lot more! No Wimps! is as detailed and comprehensive as it gets, while remaining clearly written and easy to understand throughout, with tons of playing examples, exercises, and photos.\nReal Reviews\nI got this book from the Kickstarter project and as a beginning player, I have learned more from this book than any other resources combined! Brett has taken the truly all the important and most valuable aspects of learning the guitar and somehow condensed them into this book like some sort of focused beam of learning. - Ghostrider 
This is really an incredible beginning guitar book. Brett not only supplies you with quite a bit of practice exercises, he also carefully takes the time to explain how to play something and also why you are playing it. There are many visuals throughout the book where he shows his actual hand playing the chord, which helps you to make sure you are playing it correctly. - Bill P 
I backed this book on Kickstarter and was pleasantly surprised by the finished product. I played for years and then took 10 years off. This book reintroduced me to guitar, putting me on the right track to kick my playing back into gear. - Lance P 
Rock steady exercises, great on-line resources and ongoing support make this instructional book a centrepiece of any serious practice session. I bought mine during the Kickstarter campaign, and I continue to be impressed with Brett Miller's dedication to lifting rank beginners into the circle of actual guitar players. - Peter H 
I've always wanted to learn to play the guitar and I've had one sitting and collecting dust because I didn't know where to start. Seriously, Brett lays out a great plan building you up from zero learning the techniques you need in an order that makes sense. - Michael B

Beginner Guitar: No Wimps!

Arts & Photography

Miller, Brett

Music

Metal Guitar Academy MGA

They say that 80% of agents won’t make it. Most agents fail before they have made it to their two-year anniversary. Of those that do make it through those first two years, many are making so little that their income hardly raises them above the poverty line, let alone provides the financial freedom they are searching for. Understand this: If you are a Real Estate Agent, you are a business owner. You may be a business of one, but you are running a business, not working in a sales career. Sales is definitely a part of it, and we even will go over one of the most important aspects of sales in this book, Sales Scripting, however, it is important as a business owner to figure out what you need to do to revamp your business to provide the success you are looking for. This book will walk you through revamping your business. We will walk you through the practices that we have found will have the biggest impact on your business such as setting goals and creating a plan, going over the best online and offline marketing strategies, lead generation and lead conversion, helping you become the expert in your area by developing a platform, review what you should start doing, stop doing and what to delegate. Most importantly, we will introduce the one thing that will ultimately determine your success or failure in this industry. The authors have time and again taken brand new agents to a level of success many veterans are envious of, as well as taken top producers to superstar status. No matter what your goals are, what your background is, or what area you live in, you too can have the success you desire, as long as you are will to go through the process and revamp your business.

Agent Revamp: How to Break Out of Your Real Estate Slump and Explode Your Income!

Business & Money

Lofholm, Eric

Alguire, Cheri

Real Estate

Grow to Greatness Publishing

Sweep picking is one of the defining metal guitar techniques. Frustratingly, it’s also the technique most often taught incorrectly! If you’ve been looking for a guitar book with an unique, effective, and proven approach to sweep picking, then ask yourself: “What if, for the cost of a few packs of strings, I could learn to improve my sweep picking massively?” With "Sweep Picking: Steam Powered", pro guitarist, author, and instructor Brett Miller provides a road map to devastating sweep picking speed and accuracy! There's no confusing music theory here. "Sweep Picking: Steam Powered" is focused on building your technique - period. With over 400 detailed examples, including advanced right and left hand combinations and patterns, "Sweep Picking" is all TAB (no music reading required), and is organized clearly and efficiently for maximum results. You’ll build your sweep technique step-by-step, starting first with two-string sweeps, then moving into three-string, four, five, and six-string sweeps. In addition, all of the sweep picking examples are further organized according to rhythmic feel, with variations on each pattern according to whether you’re playing a three, four, or five-note grouping. These 400+ examples are designed to be connected - in other words, you’ll be mastering the sweep picking technique across the entire neck (not just the handful of stock, boring sweep patterns that most other technique books settle for). This is real-world, practical sweep picking instruction, with an attention to detail that you just will not find anywhere else. Don’t wait any longer. Master the material found in "Sweep Picking: Steam Powered", and achieve a breakthrough in your playing today!

Sweep Picking: Steam Powered: One Book for Commanding Technique

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Some guitar players seem to pick so fast and so effortlessly. Have you ever asked yourself "Why is it so difficult for me to play that way? What am I doing wrong?" If you have, then it's time to stop being frustrated, and to start making real progress. With "Speed Picking: Daily Guitar Gains", pro guitarist, instructor, and author Brett Miller lays out an intensive daily program designed specifically to build picking speed, stamina, and power. These exercises and drills cover all aspects of alternate picking: 2-note-per-string, 3-note-per-string, string skipping, double up-strokes, double down-strokes, linear single-string, arpeggio string crossing, and more. It's all organized into an unique daily program of "Sets", designed to get you practicing and making gains every single day. Open to any page and start ripping, or follow the regimen and build up to an intense 2-hour picking workout. Flexibility is built into the program. There’s a specific method behind the madness of this intensive book - a philosophy about developing picking speed and stamina. Highly akin to building muscle in the gym, developing lightning-speed picking takes dedication, patience, and most importantly, a solid plan to follow through with daily. This one-of-a-kind book provides that daily plan, and with enough variation to keep things interesting. Practice tips are provided for each of the 120 challenging picking drills, with Tempo Tally sidebars on each of 60 pages. What’s that? Places to keep track of your metronome setting for each drill - so you can stay organized and continually push your limits. Never waste time again practicing slower than you should be! "Speed Picking: Daily Guitar Gains" includes a detailed introduction, so that you can use this program for maximum results. Also included is a "Picking Primer", and a bonus 14-minute video detailing important tips and strategies for effective practice routines. If you've been frustrated with your picking, then don't wait any longer - tackle the program in "Speed Picking: Daily Guitar Gains", and achieve a breakthrough in your guitar playing. Start gaining speed and power today!

Speed Picking: Master Month: One Book for Commanding Technique

MGA, Metal Guitar Academy

For guitarists, there's hardly anything out there scarier than modes. And hardly a guitar subject more poorly taught. It's a ridiculous situation. Or at least, it was. Finally, there's a clear, concise, and practical introduction to modes - "Modes: No More Confusion!" from Metal Guitar Academy. Are you a guitarist who's fuzzy about modes? You've heard the names - you know, those weird ones like "Phrygian" - and you know that a lot of your favorite players use them. Maybe you can even play a couple of finger patterns (in one place, of course!) It's still a confusing subject for you - but you sense intuitively that knowing more about modes would make you a better player. Modes: No More Confusion is the most comprehensive introduction to modes that you will ever find. Clear and concise, this Master Manual from Metal Guitar Academy starts right from the beginning, and assumes no prior knowledge on your part. You'll learn what modes are, where they come from, how to recognize their sounds, and why guitarists use them instead of other scales. There are three "master methods" for understanding modes - three different ways of thinking about them, all leading to the same answers. Modes: No More Confusion takes you down all three paths, and shows you which way is the most appropriate for different musical situations. The result? Total comprehension about how modes work, and how to build and play them, all in one concise and readable book. With Modes: No More Confusion!, there's simply no good reason to be confused by modes any longer. Pick up your copy, and start improving your guitar playing today!

Modes: No More Confusion: Guitar Master Manual

When a young kangaroo named, Joey, is gifted with a pair of "magic" boxing gloves, he sets out on a grand adventure towards The Big Rock. On his journey, Joey meets other animals who also have unique gifts to help keep them safe in the rugged, Australian Outback!

Joey the Boxing Kangaroo: Joey's Adventure to the Big Rock

Children's Books

Animals

Independently published

While playing Hide and Seek in the beautiful, yet dangerous Australian Outback, a young kangaroo named Joey becomes trapped by a pack of hungry dingoes! Will Joey discover the mystery behind his magic gloves in time, or become a dingoes breakfast?

Joey the Boxing Kangaroo: Hide and Seek

Literature & Fiction

Memorize chords fast, for Metal, Fusion, and Prog. Packed with chords, simple to look up, and designed for effective memorization. That's what you'll get with "The Chord Book: Movable Chord Shapes for Guitar". Serious guitarists don't want 10 pages of the same chord, written on every fret. They want 10 movable, memorizable shapes for a chord - written on one page. And tons of chords. Can something as simple as a guitar chord book be improved? Made more practical, easier to use? Actually be something a Metal guitarist would want to use? Absolutely - and "The Chord Book: Movable Chord Shapes for Guitar" from Metal Guitar Academy is the proof. If you're a metal guitarist looking to expand your ears and extend your creativity - there's no better way to do it than with chords. This book is designed for the serious player who wants to increase their chord knowledge. In other words, it's for guitarists who want to memorize tons of chords, learn how to build them (with the unique "Build It" feature), and then play them right away. "The Chord Book" contains massive amounts of chord voicings (over 275), all movable - which means you can play them anywhere on the neck. The position of the root note is clearly marked in each chord voicing, for easy memorization. In addition, all of the chord shapes are ideal for use with a pick, with all fingerings and muted strings indicated. There are so many chords here that being able to look them up quickly is key. The book is organized smartly and efficiently by chord family, for easy reference. They're all here, from mundane (Major and Minor) to bizarre (7b9sus4), and everything in between. Whether you're looking to get faster at sight reading, or looking to add more interest and harmonic sophistication to your writing, these chords are essential sounds for prog metal, fusion, and jazz. And now, you can find them all together in one easy to use, comprehensive, and concise book from Metal Guitar Academy.

The Chord Book: Movable Chord Shapes for Guitar

Academy, Metal Guitar

It's A Beautiful Day To Save Lives is a powerful memoir of a combat medic's journey through life as he recognizes his destiny from very early in his young childhood. This life-long journey proves to be very courageous and challenging in the face of adversity. From life-saving situations on a plane to life-saving situations in the military, the author inevitably is placed right where he needs to be as if it was planned by the universe until the roller coaster of emotions and life's pressure puts his own life in jeopardy. This is the story of how one young boy driven by honor and duty for the sake of humanity saves many lives and consequently is forced to save his own life. From the ups and downs of suicide, alcoholism, and depression comes the transformation of passion into purpose, saving one life at a time with an ending that takes the author on a full carousel ride validating his universal destiny. It's A Beautiful Day To Save Lives is a refreshing and inspirational reminder that we all have a gift and we should share it for a better community and a better planet.

It's a Beautiful Day to Save Lives: A Medic's Journey to His Destiny

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

AuthorHouse

It?s A Beautiful Day To Save Lives is a powerful memoir of a combat medic?s journey through life as he recognizes his destiny from very early in his young childhood. This life-long journey proves to be very courageous and challenging in the face of adversity. From life-saving situations on a plane to life-saving situations in the military, the author inevitably is placed right where he needs to be as if it was planned by the universe until the roller coaster of emotions and life?s pressure puts his own life in jeopardy. This is the story of how one young boy driven by honor and duty for the sake of humanity saves many lives and consequently is forced to save his own life. From the ups and downs of suicide, alcoholism, and depression comes the transformation of passion into purpose, saving one life at a time with an ending that takes the author on a full carousel ride validating his universal destiny. It?s A Beautiful Day To Save Lives is a refreshing and inspirational reminder that we all have a gift and we should share it for a better community and a better planet.

It?s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives: A Medic?s Journey to His Destiny

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Miller, Brett. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Miller, Brett