
Learn rock songs with Allen Van Wert.
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Allen Van Wert teaches his neo-classical rendition of this Mozart masterpiece.
Length: 33:18 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
Allen Van Wert covers the ZZ Top classic "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers."
Length: 24:58 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
Allen Van Wert teaches this Megadeth classic.
Length: 41:01 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
Learn this classic hair metal song by the band Winger.
Length: 67:00 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
Allen Van Wert teaches this epic Megadeth song that has no less than 11 guitar solos.
Length: 120:00 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Allen teaches this song from the great American grunge band Nirvana.
Length: 16:57 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
Allen Van Wert teaches this classic grunge song from the album Nevermind.
Length: 20:17 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 8
Resident JamPlay metallurgist Allen Van Wert tackles the 11 minute epic "Endless Sacrifice" by Dream Theater. Allen meticulously explains all of John Petrucci's guitar parts in this 80 minute lesson. If...
Length: 79:14 Difficulty: 5.0 Members Only
About Allen Van Wert
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Allen Van Wert got the nickname "ROBOT" from his unusual guitar tapping techniques that often sound like a video game more than a guitar. He has studied and played a wide variety of genres. His experimental and eclectic amalgamation of music combining shred guitar, crazy tapping techniques, and electronically infused composition contrasted by a highly emotional soft melodic side, make his debut album a really fun and interesting listen for just about anyone.
Allen has recorded guitar for the famed video game soundtrack composer Jesper Kyd (Composer of Hitman, Splinter Cell and many other big title games) as well as composing and recording for movie trailers and TV commercials. He has also been producing, recording and co-writing for local artists in his small home/project studio.
His three books on guitar technique, ear training and songwriting have helped many students over the past couple of years. Allen has also played in various cover bands in many genres since the age of 16 and has played to over 5000 on a few occasions. He was a featured guest musician on the album "West Coast Shred Fest".
In his spare time, Allen programs video games for fun. Wooo!
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.What can I say dude! You ROCK!!!
As long as its Megadeth with Marty Friedman Im good with it I hate the new stuff with Broderick yuckk.. overall there are a few ok songs but nothing like the Marty Friendman era... I knew this song but never learned all the leads so I downloaded it and will look at it later.. Only thing I noticed is the Bass in the backing track sounds hmm a bit warm not quite pronounced enough but awesome Job Allen as usual ;)
Cool song.. having trouble with the solo where it is open and hammer ons... also with the speed of the solo but I'm working on it. Moar Megadeth!
I absolutely love it! This is how you teach a song. It's great to hear also some theory and not only the notes and chords which I can read from the tab. Also the explanation of how the chorus is divided between the guitars was great extra info that I'd love to hear in all lessons. Keep the coming Allen!
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ah a nice challenge for me thank you man! I love the backtrack set up too.. with or with out guitar awesome!!! \m/--\m/
Finally! Some real metal... too bad i already learned this one :/
Very nice!! Keep them coming!!
We've got 4 more coming from Dennis Hodges as well! It is a good time for us Droogies!
Always nice to see some Megadeth songs on here. This looked like it was a hard one to teach, but thanks for getting into specifics and dissecting the song as you did!
Hell Yeah Megadeth Rulez !!!!!! \m/
YEAH!
You can double that here.
Supp content is coming soon for this.
I haven't gotten past a minute on the intro riff, and it's already epic. It helps to be one of the few to see it before even a skill level is put up, I guess. Lol.