Academy Of Tone 252: Blues Rock secrets with Sean Athens & Thomas Blug

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:22 - Thomas and Sean play us some bluesrock
00:06:36 - Welcome to AOT 252
00:07:39 - Mitch Ryder
00:08:56 - Upcomming gigs in April
00:11:04 - A nice little riff
00:12:27 - Let's talk about the Mitch Ryder tour and Mitch's success in Germany
00:17:48 - Thomas wants a "Flying V" guitar?
00:19:53 - Sean's pedalboard for the tour
00:28:01 - What guitar is Sean playing, and comparing it to THomas's Les Paul
00:33:24 - Clip from the tour
00:39:52 - Blubox vs Miced cab
00:41:18 - Some pictures from the show
00:43:54 - Building a solo to a climax
00:46:42 - Repeating patterns
00:50:51 - Raking into the notes
00:52:01 - Check out Thomas's Blues Rock masterclass
00:53:37 - Shredding into the blues
00:57:00 - Take Van Halen as an example
00:59:52 - The dominant 7th challenge
01:08:37 - Boxes
01:12:06 - Legato licks
01:14:17 - More fast legato licks
01:17:09 - Pick slanting
01:21:17 - Combining and reflecting on licks
01:24:40 - An expensive lick
01:27:52 - Jazzing it up
01:32:44 - Listen to the notes you are playing
01:38:11 - The way to simplify things
01:38:59 - Yngwie Malmsteen
01:41:34 - Crossroads traffic on an A-train
01:43:53 - Spinal Tap 2
01:44:29 - BB shreds
01:45:25 - Stevie Ray Vaughan
01:49:29 - Ritchie Blackmore
01:54:12 - Grooves
01:57:00 - Phrygian dominant in a minor blues
01:58:00 - Marker 38
01:59:08 - Gary Moore
02:01:34 - Check out the Thomas Blug workshop
02:04:41 - am-pm
02:05:58 - Thank you all for watching, see you next week
02:07:40 - Outro