Joel Kosche, guitarist for Collective Soul and solo singer/songwriter, will dissect his style of playing and demonstrate all of the juicy tidbits.
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Joel Kosche, guitarist for Collective Soul and solo singer/songwriter, will dissect his style of playing and demonstrate all of the juicy tidbits.
Begin the CourseThe first episode of this artist series is an interview with Joel Kosche, guitarist for Collective Soul and independent songwriter. He will discuss his life as a musician, how he got where he is today, talk about learning guitar and dish out oodles of interesting information.
24:14 Runtime
1.0 Difficulty
In this lesson, Joel Kosche walks you through his process for writing songs and gives his thoughts on the subject. He also gives an example of how a pop or rock song can be setup.
10:33 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
In this lesson Joel Kosche talks about his picking technique and how it has evolved over his career.
4:37 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
In this lesson Joel Kosche teaches a hybrid picking arpeggio exercise that spans the neck of the guitar. This particular lick is excellent training and sounds amazing to boot.
14:50 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
In this lesson, Joel Kosche demonstrates his technique for playing slide guitar licks without the slide.
5:08 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Joel demonstrates how he uses the open strings to create cascading licks.
4:24 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Joel Kosche talks about creating and composing a guitar solo. He uses his original song "Sunrise" as an example.
11:38 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Joel Kosche talks about his preferred amplifiers for both recording and touring. He also talks about the amplifiers that he built from scratch.
9:25 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
In this lesson Joel talks about his favorite guitars and why he prefers them. He also goes into detail about his self-made Sefton guitars.
10:38 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
In this lesson Joel talks about his preferred methods for recording guitar. He will cover topics including his choice of microphones, which effects he prefers and talk about the importance of recording a second and completely clean signal.
12:25 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Joel talks about his effects setup. He discusses how his effects are routed and which effects he likes to use.
17:22 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
In his second lesson on pedal boards Joel demonstrates how he uses his to create a plethora of interesting sounds.
15:05 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
In this lesson Joel Kosche introduces an interesting device called an E-Bow. With an E-Bow your guitar can sound like a violin, cello or any other instrument with high sustain.
17:46 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Joel Kosche teaches the solo section from the song "You Wouldn't Last a Day" from his record <i>Fight Years</i>. He extends the solo slightly to work in a couple extra licks.
8:09 Runtime
3.5 Difficulty
Joel Kosche takes a look at the solo from the song "A Steel Cage to Ride" from his album "Fight Years."
7:18 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Joel Kosche goes over an extended version of his solo from the song "In the Moment" from his album "Fight Years."
11:13 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
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