Did you ever see those people that can just pick up a guitar and start making amazing sounding music on the fly? They just start noodling, and everything that they play seems to sound great. People may ask, “what song is that?”, to which they respond with “I dunno, I’m just messing around”…How do they do that?!? People like this seem to almost have some sort of superhuman ability where they can EFFORTLESSLY just play whatever they hear in their head. It’s almost like it’s magic!
Zombie Guitar was created for those of you who wish to become this type of person. It’s not even nearly as hard as you may think either. The fretboard is laid out in a manner where everything is simply just a bunch of “movable” shapes and patterns. That’s the beauty of the guitar! Once you can see and understand this, you will be well on your way!
Now I do understand that a lot of people just want to play songs by their favorite bands. Trust me, I love doing that too. However, rather than constantly needing to have someone hold your hand and teach you songs, why not just learn how to figure out songs by ear? This is a SKILL that can be learned by anyone. While it may take a little bit of time to learn this skill, it will SIGNIFICANTLY cut down on the time that it takes you to learn songs in the future. Watch this 30-minute video to learn this skill:
You can dive DEEP into music theory…or not even worry about it at all and just start jamming ASAP!
Maybe you want to learn how to play a bunch of popular songs and solos…
Maybe you just want to strum some basic chords that sound good when played together in a “progression”…
Maybe you just want to start sounding good ASAP so you can impress your friends and family…
Maybe you want to understand the fundamentals of music, so that you can jam with anyone, always knowing exactly what to do in the given situation…
Maybe you just want to be able to play simple solos, using just a small area of the fretboard…
Maybe you want to be able to solo all up and down the fretboard, in any key…
Maybe you want to learn how to break through “soloing plateaus” where you find yourself constantly playing the same licks and phrases over and over again…
Maybe you want to understand why certain solos have a particular “sound” to them…
Maybe you want to learn how to improvise freely and effortlessly…
Maybe you want to learn about arpeggios, modes, diminished chords, major 7th chords vs. dominant 7th chords, and other “advanced” theory topics, etc…
Maybe you want to be able to transfer the music that you have in your head to guitar, and use the full fretboard to do so…
…And the list goes on.
By creating a free membership to the site, you get a few free lessons from each of the available course bundles. It’s like a “sample pack” that you get for signing up. Free members also can always view the 5 most recent lessons on the “What’s New Page”. On top of that, every single member of Zombie Guitar is welcome to join the private Facebook group that is filled with like-minded people!
What makes Zombie Guitar different than other guitar lesson websites?
This site is geared towards players of all levels – from absolute beginners to well-seasoned players. However, if there had to be just ONE THING that really differentiates this website from all the rest, it would be the thousands of available “Video Backing Tracks”.
Video Backing Tracks
1.) Provide a rhythm section (aka. ‘backing track’) for you to jam along with 2.) Provide a visual aid on the screen that provides you with a framework of notes that will work in the given situation
These are great tools for quickly learning how to improvise!
Here is a 20-Minute Demo Video About “Video Backing Tracks”
Also included with a Free Membership to Zombie Guitar is a course called Improvisation Basics. This course contains 30 additional Video Backing Tracks, so you can really get a feel for how they work. You simply pick up your guitar, turn on one of these videos, jam along with the rhythm section and follow the “framework of notes” that are provided on the screen for you. You will be amazed as to how good you will sound almost instantly!
Here are some reviews taken from the Full Access Member checkout page…
“I’ll say it again your site is terrific for anyone who really wants to learn how to improvise. I spent years trying to learn how to play songs of others. Your course has given me the skills to play my music.”
– Gerald Monahan
“I would like to thank Brian for his dedication to guitar instruction. I struggled to understand theory and why certain notes fit into others. I am still learning from my membership and feel that it is one heck of a deal for anybody who wants to learn how to play or even produce music. You will learn how to free style and create your own music from his excellent ability to break everything down in a way like I have never seen. If you are considering a membership, I can say you will not regret one dollar spent! There is so much material packaged in such a great way that honestly I don’t know why he doesn’t charge more. I have emailed him questions and he immediately responded to me with solid answers. You can tell his true passion is for you to learn and that he enjoy’s the aha! moments you will definitely have with him. Again thanks for all you do”
– Sean Sheldon
“I am a recent member, joining at the end of 2018. There is so much information here it is unbelievable.
When it comes to the song/solo analysis videos, I particularly like the way that Brian not only teaches you how to play it (lots of folks do this on Youtube) but he also explains the underlying WHY it is played like that which is in itself a great way to learn and understand.
My only regret is that I do not have more time to study all the info that is here!!”
– Rob Bonser
“Without doubt Brian is the ultimate guitar theory teacher anywhere on the internet that I have found. For beginners, intermediate and advanced guitarists …Personally To Take your Playing to the Next Level More Quickly ,You need The Theory Behind You .With Practical Examples ,on Screen Tabs ,Backing Tracks & Brian’s excellent presentation…It just makes it all a lot easier & a lot more fun ..with a small outlay life membership & practice of Brian’s lessons,
you will certainly find that your guitar playing will quickly improve to another Level. Also, the guitar neck will no longer look like a jigSaw puzzle . I highly recommend it!”
– Barney
“I just don’t have the words to thank you for the spark you’ve provided me as a musician.
It’s such a deep gift of understanding you continue to give each of us, Brian, I just can’t thank you enough.”
– Alan Miller
“I stumbled on to Brian’s YouTube Chanel a while back which lead me to this amazing site, maybe that’s how you arrived?
I subscribed and have not looked back. If, like me, the thought of all that theory put you off, please don’t use this as an negative, you will learn the theory without even realising, then you will be eager to learn more, and more and dare I say, even enjoy it…
A few months ago I would not have imagined saying that.
Before long, regardless your skill level or wherever you may be on this vast rollercoaster of a learning curve towards reaching your guitar playing goal.
I have only scratched the surface of the vast amounts of materials on this great site and who knows how far I will have progressed in six months time…Can hardly wait to find out.
Thanks Brian for all your hard work, countless hours and complete dedication pulling all this site and it’s brilliant content together and all at a fraction of the price of some of the other sites I have visited. Well done…
Best Wishes.”
– Ronnie
Hey, Brian Kelly here…
My own personal goal with the guitar has always been to understand the fretboard so that I could freely play up and down the neck and always know what I was doing. Not only did I want to know how to do that, but I wanted to get to the point where it was like second nature to me…to the point where I didn’t even have to think at all. In all honesty, I’m not there yet. In fact, I don’t think I will ever get to that point, because you literally can never stop learning on the guitar. It’s a lifelong journey, and I’m about 25 years into it.
Like most players, I started out just wanting to play some songs. In my first few years of playing, I learned hundreds of songs and solos. I had like 5 binders full of TABs that I had printed out from the internet. A few years later into my guitar journey when I started playing in bands, I stopped really focusing on learning other peoples’ songs and instead began to write my own music. It didn’t take me long to realize that I really knew nothing about the guitar (even though I could play a bunch of songs).
Slowly but surely I would tackle new concepts that required several months (or years) of dedicated focus to actually become somewhat competent in. An example would be learning how to play “in key” up and down the entire fretboard with relative ease. This required countless hours of running up and down the different scale patterns, studying other peoples’ solos, practicing improvising over looped chord progressions, etc. Once reaching a point in which I felt that I “had it”, I would then move onto something else…some other concept that would take another several months or years to fully internalize…
I’ve been doing this for over 20 years now, and I still do to this day. Some may say that this obsession to “understand the fretboard”, which often results in a major lack of sleep can have the tendency to turn someone into a Zombie, and that’s where the name came from :).
Anyway, I won’t bore you with my entire life story, but let’s just say that this site is my ABSOLUTE PASSION put into the form of a guitar lesson video site where you can simply pick and choose what you want to learn about and then learn at your own pace. There are THOUSANDS of videos on this site all geared towards sharing everything that I have learned with those who are willing to listen, and I am constantly adding more. As I continue to learn new concepts, I continue to share what I learn. It never ends!
Browse around the site a bit and you will quickly see what I am talking about. My goal is for you to just simply be able to pick up your guitar and start playing EXACTLY what you hear in your head!
“I’ll say it again your site is terrific for anyone who really wants to learn how to improvise. I spent years trying to learn how to play songs of others. Your course has given me the skills to play my music.”