Saturday, December 28, 2019

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Queen Under Pressure Guitar Tab & Lesson



Please note I’ve simplified the picking of main guitar instead of alternate picking 










Saturday, September 28, 2019

Top Ten Freddie Mercury Solo Songs You Haven’t Heard



10 Best Solo Freddie Mercury Songs People Have Never Heard


Time original version





Exercise In Free Love 





Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow






In My Defence





Let’s Turn It On





Living On My Own





Man Made Paradise





Goin Back





I Can Hear Music





Mr Bad Guy Original Version





Also check out 


My Love Is Dangerous




Thursday, September 5, 2019

Brian May Guitar Workshop Lessons



Brian May Guitar Workshop Lessons 


Limited Spaces Available Email Rock-licks@live.com 


Options 

1. Spend day with me learning Queen songs


2. Spend day learning songs via Skype 


3. 10 Skype Guitar Lessons 


4. 10 Personal Video Lessons Emailed To You 


To sign up 

Click the Block Book 10 Lessons Option On Payment Page http://rock-licks.com/Payment%20Page.html

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Brian May Red Special Guitar Pick Up Selector Switch Guide






Brian May Red Special Guitar Pick Up Selector Switch Guide 


Bridge & Middle Pickups

In Phase (Humbucker Tone)


We Will Rock You ~ Hammer To Fall ~ One Vision ~ Tie Your Mother Down ~ Now I’m Here ~ Bo Rhap (Main Riff)

Fat Bottomed Girls ~ Bijou ~ I Want It All (Main Riff) ~ Seven Seas Of Rhye ~ The Show Must Go On (Solo) ~ 

Who Wants To Live Forever

Clean Tones (Turn Volume Down)

Under Pressure ~ Save Me ~ Mother Love ~ White Queen ~ In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited (Live) ~ 

We Are The Champions ~ The Show Must Go On ~


Bridge & Middle Pickups

Out Of Phase (Crunchy Tone) 


Acoustic Tones (Turn Volume Down)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love 


Neck & Middle Pickups

Out Of Phase (Screaming Tone)


Solos: Bo Rhap ~ We Are The Champions ~ Somebody To Love ~ Dragon Attack ~ Put Out The Fire ~ March Of The Black Queen ~ Save Me ~ A Kind Of Magic (Live) ~ White Queen ~ I Want It All ~ One Vision ~


Neck & Middle Pickups

In Phase (CelloTone)


Spread Your Wings ~ Love Of My Life (alt tone knob) ~ Don’t Stop Me Now ~ Play The Game 


Bridge Pickup

(Woman Tone) rich slightly muffled 


Middle Pickup

White Man ~ If You Can’t Beat Them 


Neck Pickup

(Rounded Tone) Ideal for blues 


Killer Queen (Solo) ~ Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (Solo) ~ Keep Yourself Alive (Live Solo)


Neck Middle & Bridge Pickups

In Phase (Thick Full Bodied Tone)


You Take My Breath Away ~ These Are The Days Of Our Lives


Neck Middle & Bridge Pickups

Neck Out Of Phase (Rickenbacker Tone Funky)


Another One Bites The Dust ~ Live Killers Medley ~ A Winters Tale ~


Neck Middle & Bridge Pickups

Middle Out Of Phase (Bread & Butter Tone) Rarely Used 


Neck Middle & Bridge Pickups

Bridge Out Of Phase (Violin Tone)


Neck & Bridge Pickups

In Phase 


I Want To Break Free (Live Solo) ~ Brighton Rock ~


Neck & Bridge Pickups

Out Of Phase 

Keep Yourself Alive ~ Stone Cold Crazy ~ Ogre Battle ~ Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Live Solo) ~ Liar ~ 

Death On Two Legs (Rhythm)


List complied from information from Brian May Guitars ~ Mike Ryde ~ Brian May AmpliTube 



















Additional Links https://shop.brianmayguitars.co.uk/brian-may-guitars-switch-settings.html


   http://www.mikeryde.com/switch.html
























Saturday, August 24, 2019

Ik Multimedia AmpliTube Brian May






Amazing new software by AmpliTube to recreate the sounds of Brian May 

11 new models are included, including Vox AC30-inspired combos, May’s compact ‘Deacy’ amp, plus a trio of cabinets: models of 2x12 Vox AC30s with Celestion Alnico Blue or G12H Anniversary speakers, and a 1x6 Deacy cab.



A range of stompboxes are onboard, too, including May Wah, Fox Phaser, Treble Booster and even a pedal dedicated to capturing the sound of the Red Special, offering its unique control capabilities to any guitarist.

Thankfully, there’s also a built-in noise gate, the Star Gate, to tame the hiss of those heavily boosted AC30 models.

A discography of tones have been assembled for the package by Jamie Humphries, guitarist for the stage production of We Will Rock You, while each sound boasts IK’s Dynamic Interaction Modelling to capture the sound of every component in the circuit.









Sunday, July 21, 2019

Saturday, July 13, 2019

50 Best Queen Songs Voted For By You




50 Best Queen Songs Voted For By You


This list is compiled by Classic Rock Magazine Queen The Complete Story Magazine 


Queen were the only band where all four members Freddie Mercury Brian May John Deacon and Roger Taylor wrote hit songs 


Top 40

Bicycle Race 

The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke 

Dragon Attack 

Liar

The Millionaire Waltz

Now I’m Here

I’m In Love With My Car

Teo Toriatte 

Stone Cold Crazy

I was Born To Love You 

It’s A Hard Life 

White Queen As It Began

Death On Two Legs Dedicated To

Breakthru

Keep Yourself Alive

Brighton Rock

You take My Breath Away

Seven Seas Of Rhye 

Princes Of The Universe

One Vision

A Kind Of Magic

Too Much Love Will Kill You 

Tie Your Mother Down

Save Me

39

It’s Late

Crazy Little Thing Called Love 

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy

You’re My Best Friend

These Are The Days Of Our Lives

Spread Your Wings

I Want It All

The Prophets Song

Hammer To Fall

Another One Bites The Dust 

We Will Rock You

Fat Bottomed Girls

The March Of The Black Queen 

We Are The Champions 

Radio Ga Ga 

I Want To Break Free

Innuendo 

Under Pressure 

Killer Queen

Who Wants To Live Forever 

Love Of My Life

The Show Must Go On

Somebody To Love

Don’t Stop Me Now

Bohemian Rhapsody


Notice absences are

In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited 

Long Away

Friends Will Be Friends

I’m Going Slightly Mad

Made In Heaven 

Heaven For Everyone 

Is This The World We Created

Las Palabras De Amour

Play The Game 

Was It All Worth It