Shred Like the Maestro.
"Amazing lessons Tom, I’m LOVING the course!"
- Heitor N.
"I can already FEEL and HEAR the improvements. The format you are using is EXCELLENT."
- Leo C.
"This course is a MUST for shred fans."
- Carlos P.
"To anyone considering getting the course, do it. It's AMAZING. I didn't know I could improve my economy picking this FAST, thank you Tom!"
- Hugo B.
"This is SO MUCH FUN!! I'm getting BETTER!"
- John S.
"Love it. This is so IN-DEPTH. Please do one soon exactly like this for Ed!!"
- Tom G.
"Tom, I have to congratulate you on your course! It is AMAZING!! It's so pro, you are a natural."
- Fran M.
"Thank u Tom! Glad to see that someone has codified [the Maestro's] system and can explain it in an articulate manner…. I LOVE the course so far!"
- Robert S.
"Hey Tom, great course! I'm making PROGRESS
I haven't had for years!"
- Gerrit K.
"Awesome course and presented in such a GENUINE FASHION. I wish this had been around 35 years ago (giving away my age lol) but I remember when [Yngyang] first came to peoples attention."
- Carter G.
"This is what I've been LOOKING FOR for 15 years. Now I'm in my 30s but it doesn't stop me to pursuing my dream! Thanks Tom!"
- Danang S.
"Tom, I can't say enough positive things about this course! I was worried I might be in over my head at first, but have found the lessons to be super APPROCHABLE and INFORMATIVE. I can honestly say that working through the drills has helped me develop technique and speed that I've never had before. Many thanks!"
- Scott S.
"It's so good and well done, but importantly so WORTH THE PRICE. Thank you for all the efforts you put into this!!"
- Raika.
"Best purchase I've made in recent history. LOVE THE DESIGN, THE LESSONS AND THE VIDEOS. Excellent work Tom! Looking forward to more!"
- Jonathan M.
"This is my second day with this course and I can already SEE and FEEL
Improvement. The videos make feel like I'm in the room with you."
- Andrew N.
If you've always wanted to shred,
but never knew how get
your fingers 'up to speed'...
If you're anything like me, you've watched the great shredders like "The Maestro", Van Halen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani...
...and have been knocked over by the flurry of notes, runs, arpeggios, and screaming solos.
If you've tried to learn one of their solos from TAB, you know the confusion and despair that comes when you realize how difficult it is to build up your speed, make correct finger choices, and get your right hand picking like a virtuoso.
Learning from TAB is fine for most songs,
until it comes to shred guitar.
Here's why:
Most "shred TAB" online is incorrectly written by people who don't know how to play the solos that they're transcribing.
This is because the guitar is a non-linear instrument.
Unlike other instruments, the fretboard allows you to play most things half a dozen ways (most of which are wrong).
With most 'regular speed' music on the top 100 list, the average guitarist can fudge their way through the technical bits and get away with poor finger choice and average picking without too much trouble.
This is because most pop music melodies never gets above 100-150 'notes per minute' (usually a mix of 1/4 and 1/8th notes at 120-135bpm).
When it comes to shred guitar, you're cranking the speed up to 600-800 notes per minute (1/16th notes at 150-190bpm).
So if you're strumming out wonderwall for the 183rd time, feel free to use whatever free TAB you can find online.
However, if you're looking to reach 'max speed guitar playing', poorly-written TAB is going to create more problems than they solve - because max-speed playing requires accurate finger-choice, efficient picking technique, and specialized practice methods that TAB can never deliver.
Novice shredders often dig themselves into a practice-hole by downloading the TAB to their favorite shred solos, and taking a scattershot approach to their finger choice & picking technique.
This is why you hear guitarists ripping through small sections of solos, and then tripping over their own fingers when they get to a 'hard bit'.
This is where Swedish Shred Secrets comes in.
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20 HOUR DEEP DIVE
INTO THE MAESTRO'S
TECHNIQUES, APPROACH
& MINDSET
60 MINUTE PRIVATE
LESSON WITH TOM
I've been through the same struggle as you.
I discovered "The Maestro's" music when I was around 16 years old.
I found his playing breathtaking. It was like watching a person fly like a superhero, while making it look effortless. I decided I wanted to feel that way, so like many, I sat down to tackle some solos and licks. My favourite was always the song Rising Force. To me, it epitomised what "The Maestro" was all about. Agile riffs, mythical keyboards, pounding double kick drums and of course, blistering, soaring solos.
When learning the riffs, I found it doable. But when I got to the solo, it was like climbing a cliff face with nothing but my bare hands. I couldn’t even get CLOSE.
I gave in to the belief that the Swedish Shredder’s style was just unobtainable for a normal Joe like me.
I felt so humbled and incompetent. All my usual tricks for gaining speed failed dismally. Metronome practise, repetition, playing it slow, nothing made a dent.
That was in 2002.
In 2007 I started teaching guitar, while studying for my Bachelor of Music. I learned to teach, and through this, I learned many techniques increase my own speed, such as spaced repetition, tempo elasticity and efficiency of motion. These helped me to play way faster, but every few years I’d return to the the Maestro's solos and fail just as badly as the first time. Something was still missing.
This groundhog day experience continued. Every time I tried and got my hopes up, I failed. I believed "The Maestro" was some God-King and I could never even get close.
And then in 2015, something happened. The Maestro came to my home town of Hobart, Tasmania. We NEVER get players like him coming to our small island state. This was a BIG DEAL.
So I went and watched The Maestro & his band play. The stage was pitch black, and after a blazing cadenza from his wall of Marshalls, those epic keyboard chords seared through the fog like a beam of light. RISING FORCE!
I was astounded, I was going to get to see how he played that solo up close. I stood no more than 5 meters from him.
As the song passed the 2nd chorus, I started to feel nervous for The Maestro! He was about to get to a piece of music that I couldn't touch, and I figured it would be hard for him too. Boy was I wrong.
He just stood there in the smoke, lights & deafening sounds, and effortlessly ANNIHILATED it. I was blown away. His picking hand looked so efficient, I almost didn't believe what I was seeing.
After that gig, I left, half blind and deaf from the intensity of it all, with a seed planted in the back of my mind: the Maestro is doing something different in that solo. I don't know what it is, but one day I'll figure it out. It took 3 years, but...
...in 2018, it FINALLY clicked.
I realised that The Maestro uses ECONOMY picking. This had always seemed like a dark art to me, and one that was at odds with my default mode of alternate picking. My militant resolve to stick with alternate picking had been useful, but it was time to learn to swim with the current, not against it.
Not long after, it happened. I sat down to play those Neoclassical licks and solos, and it worked. I could do it. It was like Christmas. Now I was free to fly around like Iron Man whenever I wanted.
Suddenly people began to notice too. Even industry leading players were saying things like “your right hand is monstrous Tom!”. But I didn’t feel like I was doing anything special. All I had done is said yes to economy picking, and stuck with it.
Now, years later, my goal is purely to widen the road to Valhalla, to make it easy & straightforward for any serious guitarist to learn what I have learned. For you to have that 'Christmas Morning' feeling when you sit down to melt faces in A Harmonic Minor.
So why I created Swedish Shred Secrets. This is everything I know about how to play like The Maestro, not only his licks, but his philosophy and his habits. His mindset. Because when you understand how he constructs his licks, it all makes perfect sense. Rather than a flurry of random notes, you'll see lego-brick style chunks that he cleverly uses to build into a face-melting run.
This course is not only the result of my obsessive deep dive intoThe Maestro's playing, but also of teaching guitar to 50 one-on-one students per week for 17 years. So not only have I learned Maestro’s playing, but I've also learned the most effective ways to teach it.
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If after 30 days of purchasing this course, you honestly can't say that it has helped you improve at guitar, I'm willing to offer a 100% 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.
Go ahead, sign up and complete my Swedish Shred Secrets Course, and if you don't feel like you're seeing any results at all, then simply put, I don't deserve your money.
Simply email me at [email protected] and I will refund your initial purchase, no questions asked.
If it doesn't work, you don't pay. It's as simple as that.
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DISCLAIMER:
This product is not affiliated with or endorsed by any public figure or their representatives.
Swedish Shred Secrets is a course that teaches the technical concepts and approach with entirely original content. No Yngwie Malmsteen songs or solos appear within this course in any form.
Premium Edition
$397
SWEDISH SHRED SECRETS
20 HOUR DEEP DIVE
INTO THE MAESTRO'S
TECHNIQUES, APPROACH
& MINDSET
60 MINUTE PRIVATE
LESSON WITH TOM
BEST VALUE
60% OFF
$444
$177
Ultimate Shred Bundle
SHRED
LIKE ED
+
SWEDISH SHRED SECRETS
BOTH COURSES IN THEIR ENTIRETY, INCLUDING ALL DOWNLOADS & PRESETS
Flagship Edition
50% OFF
$147
SWEDISH SHRED SECRETS
20 HOUR DEEP DIVE
INTO THE MAESTRO'S
TECHNIQUES, APPROACH
& MINDSET
Bonus:
SWEDISH PLEXI
HELIX PRESET
SWEDISH AMPLITUBE
PRESET
145 PAGE
PDF BOOKLET
MP3 DOWNLOADS
FOR ALL DRILLS, ETUDES
+ MUCH MORE
30 SECOND PLAYING REVIEW, REDEEMABLE AT ANY TIME
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