
DJ Phillips lends his expertise to popular music with a blend of ultra in-depth song tutorials!
Lesson 1
DJ Phillips breaks down the 70's hit "Free Ride" by The Edgar Winter Group.
Length: 61:33 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
DJ Phillips teaches his funk tune "Melon Baller."
Length: 22:20 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
DJ Phillips demonstrates how to play the song "Stray Cat Strut" by The Stray Cats.
Length: 79:03 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
DJ Phillips breaks down the epic progressive rock tune "Song for America" by legendary artists Kansas.
Length: 117:24 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
DJ Phillips breaks down Kansas' popular classic "Carry On Wayward Son."
Length: 90:14 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
DJ Phillips teaches both the acoustic rhythm and lead sections of Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again."
Length: 32:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
DJ Phillips breaks down the rhythm and lead sections of The Flaming Lips' song "Do You Realize??"
Length: 37:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 8
DJ Phillips breaks down the Great White hit "Once Bitten Twice Shy." This song propelled the band to stardom, but is actually a cover from another artist.
Length: 67:03 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
Originally written in 1963 by Latin Jazz musician Tito Puente, "Oye Como Va" was made famous by Santana's 1970 cover. In this lesson, DJ breaks down the rhythm and lead sections to this influential song.
Length: 55:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
DJ Phillips breaks down the rhythm and lead sections to the Cheap Trick song "On Top of the World."
Length: 64:01 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 11
DJ Phillips demonstrates how to play the song "So Good to See You" by Cheap Trick.
Length: 28:20 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 12
DJ Phillips breaks down the electric rhythm, acoustic, and lead portions of "Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls.
Length: 42:23 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 13
DJ teaches and demonstrates the punk song "Walk Away (Maybe)" from Good Charlotte.
Length: 33:13 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 14
DJ Phillips breaks down and demonstrates the rhythm, lead and harmony guitar sections for the .38 Special song "Back Where You Belong."
Length: 84:37 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 15
DJ demonstrates and teaches the guitar sections to his former band Brother Big Bad's song "Jenny."
Length: 70:29 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 16
DJ Phillips demonstrates and breaks down the parts to the song "Name" by Goo Goo Dolls.
Length: 63:15 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 17
DJ Phillips provides a thorough lesson on the Goo Goo Dolls single "Ain't That Unusual". This song was a hit off of their album A Boy Named Goo prior to their adult contemporary sound taking hold.
Length: 46:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 18
DJ Phillips provides a lesson on a punk-inspired tune from Goo Goo Dolls entitled "Only One". One of their early hits from "A Boy Named Goo," this song was popular before Goo Goo Dolls hit it big with...
Length: 69:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 19
For his "Style of Keith Urban" series, DJ wrote and composed a song that takes a nod towards this guitarist. Incorporating classic country, rock, chicken pickin', and melodic elements, this song is a study...
Length: 97:06 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 20
DJ is back with another epic song lesson! This time, he teaches The Doobie Brothers' song "Long Train Runnin'". Initially created as a jam track used for live performances, "Long Train Runnin'" went on...
Length: 35:48 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 21
DJ Phillips returns with another song lesson in his Phase 3 lesson set. This time around, DJ is teaching the classic rock hit "Amie" from Pure Prairie League. He breaks down the three different acoustic...
Length: 73:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 22
DJ is back with a mouthful of a lesson! This time he teaches Alan Jackson's snub to the industry, "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Uptempo Love Song." In this lesson, DJ breaks down the main acoustic...
Length: 66:19 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 23
DJ returns to his phase 3 series with yet another classic rock song. In this lesson, DJ teaches the main electric guitar parts for "Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy" by Bad Company.
Length: 20:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 24
DJ Phillips is back with another classic country tune. In this lesson, DJ teaches the acoustic and electric guitar sections for "Angels from Montgomery" by John Prine.
Length: 21:32 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 25
In his 25th song lesson with JamPlay, DJ Phillips breaks down the acoustic and electric guitar parts for the classic country western tune "Amarillo by Morning." Originally written by Terry Stafford and...
Length: 29:07 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 26
In this Phase 3 song lesson, DJ breaks down the funk classic "Super Bad Super Slick" by James Brown. In addition to the guitar on the original recording, DJ has also transcribed several other instruments...
Length: 42:06 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 27
DJ is back with another holiday classic for his Phase 3 series. In this lesson, DJ teaches the electric guitar parts to "Jingle Bell Rock" as performed by Brian Setzer.
Length: 26:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 28
DJ is back with another lesson in his Phase 3 series! In this lesson, he teaches both the acoustic and electric parts to the iconic song "Peaceful Easy Feeling" by The Eagles.
Length: 41:38 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About DJ Phillips
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Like many guitar players who began playing around the same time, DJ began plunking out Nirvana and Soundgarden tunes when he first picked up the guitar in the mid-nineties. While these grunge-y roots certainly have their merit, it wasn't until DJ's eldest sister took him to a Led Zeppelin laser light show that the full potential of the guitar began to come into focus.
With Jimmy Page's Les Paul pyrotechnics as his inspiration, DJ began fervently practicing for hours on end in the suburban jungle of Southwestern Ohio. This newfound passion (combined with his complete lack of athletic prowess and physical coordination thus completely ruling out all sports) led him to form rock bands in junior high and high school. He grew to love the performance aspect of music and soon decided on it as a career path.
College led him to Nashville, Tennessee where he began to pursue a degree in Commercial Music at Belmont University. He also started another band and got his first professional theater gig the following summer. Since that summer, DJ has spent nearly every waking hour finding ways to play music and avoiding a real contribution to society in any other way.
He moved to Minneapolis after college, rocking out between theater gigs with his current rock band Brother Big Bad. He has now convinced the band to move to Nashville where music flows like water.
DJ is elated to be a part of JamPlay and is thankful for everyone's warm welcome and says "Now, let's ROCK, people."
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Really Fun lesson ! one of my favs in JamPlay . Could you post a BackingTrack with DJ's vocals ?
Such an iconic song that all rock guitars should know ! Thanks Jam Play and DJ..
Way to go. Great stuff. Now I just have to put in the time to get it down!
Love this DJ!!! Thanks so much!
Just getting started on the site, and this was definitely a good one! Being a newbie here, perhaps I missed it, but can you share your gear setup? (amp, gain, effects, etc) Tx!
Cool!
Is the Solo The LP version played by Ronniie Montrose or did you use the single version of the song. Rick Derringer played the solo on the single version. Both versions are great but the single cut is the one that got the most radio airplay. Jim Reeves the engineer, compressed the mix to make the guitar parts stand out even more. They also added the Fuzz bass part to the bridge The Edgar Winter Band should have a bigger name in American Rock and Roll history. The Guitar work alone on the Albumn "They only come out at night" should make that albumn as famous as Sgt. Pepper or Pet Sounds. Now if you could just follow this up with Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo. Maybe Montrose Rock Candy or Bad Motor Scooter
I just came back to Jamplay after a long absence, and I was wondering if I would be haopy. Great lesson! Made coming back worth every penny!
Hey DJ, any chance of getting the backing track for this song. Great job by the way.
Good god man, good lesson! how about doing (i love you) by climax blues band,,,thats why i joined this thing.
Supplemental Content is now posted. Sorry for the delay!
great lesson DJ and Jason! I finally got around to watching this beast.
Thanks for the kind words, guys! Jason did a crazyawesome job on this one! @restrummer: It's a 1978 Antigua Telecaster. Thanks for watching!
one of my favorite songs of all time. Great job guys.
what year and model is your fender tele?
Great stuff DJ! Love the way you break things down.
The best song ever. I'm sure Chris agrees.
State007 will be so proud! Great job DJ!
Superstah!
Oh my metal face breakdown! Nice job gang :).
Awesome stuff from both from DJ and Jason!
Supplemental Content will be up real soon-like!
awesome:) very nice done DJ looked like you had a lot of fun with this one, along with the staff too I think ;)
I really enjoyed putting this one together. It's the furthest I've had to go with mixing and mastering in a video, which was great. 2 guitar parts, a vocal, and backing track.
Yeah, DEE JAY!!! That was pretty much awesome.