
Chris Liepe is an amazingly versatile player and teacher. With a background that includes professional recording and mixing, piano playing and guitar Chris brings a unique perspective to his lessons.
Lesson 1
Ladies and gentlemen of JamPlay, we are proud to introduce a new instructor by the name of Chris Liepe. Chris has masterfully crafted a wicked rendition of "Carol Of The Bells" for this lesson. Here he...
Length: 25:00 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
Chris brings his ingenuity to this lesson on the American folk song called "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" Also known as "Black Girl" or "In The Pines," this song provides a great opportunity to add...
Length: 26:06 Difficulty: 2.5 FREELesson 3
Chris Liepe teaches both the original version of "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis as well as his own improvised version.
Length: 65:44 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
Chris Liepe brings forward this monster lesson on his original song entitled "Love Someone."
Length: 73:18 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
Chris Liepe teaches the EVE 6 song "Inside Out." Here, Chris demonstrates every aspect of the song.
Length: 93:59 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
Chris presents an explosive and extensive lesson on the EVE 6 song entitled "At Least We're Dreaming." Here Chris covers the main guitar parts as well as the additional overdubs. Also included is an acoustic...
Length: 54:22 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
Chris Liepe breaks down "Here's To The Night" by Eve 6. Here, Chris uses the acoustic guitar to replace the orchestral sequencing featured in the original recording of the song.
Length: 57:06 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
Imagine the music stylings of Switchfoot, Queen, and Audioslave all wrapped up into a timeless holiday favorite.
Length: 68:28 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
Chris Liepe breaks down this classic Judas Priest song.
Length: 61:01 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
Chris Liepe teaches a classic Judas Priest song entitled "Breaking The Law." Chris introduces this very catchy song in a way that is perfect for beginners. If it's your favorite song and you already know...
Length: 39:17 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 11
Welcome to Chris Liepe's demonstration of "I Hate Everything About You" by Three Days Grace! This is a fantastic beginner song that introduces drop D tuning.
Length: 43:14 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 12
Chris Liepe takes an in depth look at the song "Long Way Down" by the Goo Goo Dolls. This song is a great example of how to write simple, powerful, guitar-driven songs like those that were very popular...
Length: 53:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 13
Chris Liepe demonstrates this fantastic 80's rock song entitled "Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest. This song has some great entry level information for anyone who is looking to step up his/her rock...
Length: 34:54 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 14
Chris Liepe teaches the classic Nickelback song "How You Remind Me" from their 2001 album entitled Silver Side Up.
Length: 35:58 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 15
Chris Liepe teaches this acoustic Plain White T's song simply titled "1,2,3,4". This is a simple song, however it offers a great opportunity to work with a second acoustic player to add layers and character...
Length: 37:03 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 16
Welcome to Chris Liepe's rendition of the song "Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News! Chris utilizes this song to show how playing sax lines on guitar can result in a rockin' guitar solo. Enjoy!
Length: 51:50 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 17
The song "You" by the artist Candlebox was released in 1994 and presents some very catchy rhythm parts as well as a wicked guitar solo that will allow a beginner player to get a taste of some intermediate...
Length: 56:54 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
About Chris Liepe
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Chris Liepe was born on September 17th, 1981 in Portland OR. His first instrument was piano which he pursued until discovering his love for the electric guitar in high school. He became fans of such groups as Soundgarden, Collective Soul and U2 inspiring him to start singing, songwriting and helping others in their musical endeavors with teaching, co-writing and album production.
Having moved to Colorado with his family, he began gigging, recording and teaching in a number of music stores as well as out of his apartment until deciding to pursue music full time. He moved to Denver, CO to complete a Bachelors in Music Technology and was then hired on by Sweetwater Productions, a division of Sweetwater Sound and one of the largest, most successful recording studios in the Midwest.
Chris spent nearly 4 years at Sweetwater as a producer, recording engineer, studio musician and writer. During this time he had the privilege of working with many artists including Augustana, Landon Pigg, Jars of Clay, and Mercy Me. He also wrote for and played on numerous independent albums and hundreds of radio/TV commercials.
Wanting to get back to his favorite State in the world (Colorado) and feeling the urge to 'go freelance', Chris moved to Greeley, CO and opened his own recording and teaching studio. He continues to write and produce music for artists and agencies and is happy to be among the proud JamPlay.com instructors.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Hey Chris you did a really good job on this. My question is can it be possible to take the F Minor, can't tell really which notes you were playing, and the extra two notes on the 3rd and 2nd strings which are F# and C#, could they be excluded? Or would it be better to play all chord progressions?
Also in the other pattern where we the open D string, open A and then D and G to 6th fret D and G I am very inclined to barre the 4th fret and the 6th with either my 1st finger or second. Thoughts??? Thanks again.
I couldn't play it that way and get a clean sound every time. If that works for you, go for it! no problem!
I agree with chris on this part.. since there is a slight vibrato, it sounds much cleaning without barring the strings
Okay so I have a question. I am playing the part in section 4 Acoustic by hammering down in the fourth fret and following your example until the part where we go for the D and G string in the 6th fret. I want to badly play this part with my 3rd finger and not my fourth. It sounds great is this a weakness for me? Should I push myself to use my pinky here. I have been trying hard to integrate my 4th finger into play but this just feels so unnatural to me. Almost as though it is too close to my 1st finger to use the 4th. Please pm me any responses if this is not the proper setting. Thanks!
It's always good to try and integrate your 4th finger. It's okay to make the decision to use a different finger, but you have to check your motives. If you feel like you're 4th finger is weak or less capable, you should definitely try to incorperate it in to everything you do. Eventually, you'll want to reach a point in your playing where you don't have a weak finger at all. So, I'd say: Go ahead and try to learn the line with your 4th finger. You'll be better because of it in the long run.
but the span is only 2 notes.. I would think you should be using the 1st and 3rd fingers.. there is no reason to use the pinky here (IMO).. since doing stretch exercises for some time I never would think to lessen the reach of fingers
Great lesson and an awesome job on the demo!
The second page of the bridge doesn't appear to be available for me. Am I doing something wrong?
way COOL!!
awesome vocals Chris!
love this song
Incredible! This is why Im here! Thank you Chris! I really like the way you addressed your audience . . . beginners and intermediate. Thanks for the tips and explaining everything the way you did. Now all I need to do is practice, practice, practice! Funny, I was listening to this on my way home tonight with Raphsody and thinking how much I would love to learn play this song. I walk in the door, hop on jamplay and BOOM! Heaven! Thanks brother . . .
love this song! awesome lesson, CHRIS!
This is a great cover of that Ugly Kid Joe song. ;)
-1 dj.. but I do like that song too.
Hehe.
Really cool Chris.
Awesome song, thanks Chris!
AWESOME.