Robben Ford Discussion

Was following ford on FB. Yesterday, he posted video of a pyramid marketing scheme, raving about his wife's lexus, all the money she made, his newfound ability to ease off musical work due to "sn ...

Prices seem a bit high to me. $5 for a short video on one topic? You can find tons of very good guitar lessons for free on youtube. His entire 'clinic' dvd only cost $25. I love RF, but the price need ...

I use a thin pick. 0.38
That's the thinnest I can find. I'd probably go thinner if I could. I never understood how anyone can use a thick pick and play decent rhythm. There is no way to get a percuss ...

Ford is in a class by himself, and I love his playing, but so is Robin Trower. In my opinion, no one can beat Trower for pure emotional playing on a blues scale. Sure, he's just pentatonic, but I've n ...

Hey guys,

Search 'shatner's hairpiece' on you tube and you'll get some links for my band playing 'rugged road' and 'strong will to live' live at the Yale from a couple weeks ago. We also play a fe ...

I just discovered the PDF file, and my recommendation goes up a notch. I was trying to follow what Robben was doing, but since he plays with his thumb a lot, it makes it difficult to see exactyl what ...

Music dispatch.

And wonder of wonders, it arrived today!

I thought it was okay. I was expecting more of Robben's philosophy on playing. The first part where he give some background, is actually ...

I ordered this on Dec 17, they shipped Dec 20, and I still don't have it on Jan 14. Ridiculous. I'm in Canada, so this is a warning to anyone ordering it from the website link that was posted in this ...

Spatzi, why are you dragging Robben's clinics into this? That's a total drag, for you to do that.

Oh brother. What next? How is that a drag? I mentioned this as an EXAMPLE of HOW NOT TO TEACH AND I ...

spatzi,how can you say to ford: your too good ?too good for what?Too good for you ,because
you will never reach that state as a musician

I responded to this stunning idiocy yesterday, but my post ...

Spatzi, loek:

I think what you are both missing in your comments is the all-important "in my opinion" disclaimer. For example, one of you says

"It has nothing to do with 'prefer ...

he spatsi,I feel the need to respond.If you don't hear the different level of musicianship between wh and rf i wonder what you have been listening with all this years.jing chi boring?If you can't a ...

how can you compare an artist like ford with someone like warren haynes,who's band is playing 70's music

First off, Haynes is practically the sole reason the Allman's are still going today, and it ...

Comparing to other artists in the singer/songwriter/ guitar player category, I think that Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule are currently where it's at. I think Warren's songwriting is consistently better ...

My problem with Ford's last four/five albums is that there is nothing in there that inspires me to cover the songs with my band. (Except for 'hand in hand with the blues) Lol! I remember in the early ...