
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 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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Member Comments about this Lesson
Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Shame I had to tab the lead myself.
Tabs are included in the Supplemental Content section of the lesson. Leads are in there! It's never a bad thing to get some practice writing out stuff yourself though!
jammn soon everybody
i will be jammn soon hehehe
Great lesson, great playing and great vocal. Thanks, Heinz from WV.
Nice lesson easy to follow, thanks. Wee haa Keep it country!
fun lesson-very entertaining.
Love this song! can't stop playing it now. Thank you!
hey BJ this is a great lesson and wow you can sing very good and it is good to see a young guy that loves country music and I really have been getting a lot out of this lesson. Thanks again. Gil
great lesson you break it down well
I'd like to see a bit more detail on what you called the twangy "chicken picking" stuff. That was kinda neat and perhaps an interesting subject for another lesson.
Check out DJ's country guitar series in Phase 2. He covers chicken pickin in detail.
Hey DJ, great song choice. Can you tell me something about your acoustic guitar? is that an Arts & Luthiers? thinking of getting an acoustic guitar and would like to know what are your thoughts on this... thanks, man!!!
This is actually my guitar that we used for the shoot. This allowed DJ to only have to carry one guitar with him on his trip to our studio. TO answer your question, the guitar is a nice piece. It's sound is warm and playability is excellent. I had been looking at Martin's and Taylor's but felt that this guitar played as well for quite a bit less.
DJ Thanks for this. I really enjoyed it, especially the "Backtrack" Dennis
Great job on the song. Will you be posting tablature soon? It would make it much easier to learn. Thanks.
DJ should be posting the tab and written notation shortly.
Love the song choice! Fun lesson as always.
DJ - Thank you soooo much! I really appreciate not only this lesson, but this excellent breakdown of a great song. Thanks again.
Every part of the song was broken down and explained very well.Great job dj
DJ - I am really enjoying this series of good old songs to play. Thanks so much for sharing! Glen in NJ