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About Ivan Chopik

Ivan Chopik founded Guitar Messenger in the Fall of 2007 and is currently running the online magazine as Editor-in-Chief, webmaster, and writer. He is also a guitarist, composer, and audio engineer who graduated from Berklee College of Music in May 2012 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Guitar Performance, Music Business & Management, and Music Production/Engineering.

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Courses

PROGRESSIVE PICKING with Stephen Taranto

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Scar Guitar

Per Nilsson's Guitar Instructional Course [PRE-ORDER: Release July 18]

THUMP! - Tosin Abasi's Guitar Instructional

Tosin Abasi's Guitar Instructional

The Madness of Javier Reyes

Javier Reyes of Animals as Leaders and Mestis breaks down some of his key techniques

Fingerpicking Foundations

With Javier Reyes of Animals As Leaders

Backpfeifengesicht

With Tosin Abasi

Articles

John Petrucci Interview (2007)

John Petrucci is one of the founding members of Dream Theater, arguably today’s biggest progressive metal band. He has come to be known as one...

Francesco Artusato Interview (Devil You Know): Part 2

In PART ONE of our interview, guitar maestro Francesco Artusato revealed details about the formation of his new band, Devil You Know, and gave us a glimpse into...

Michael Angelo Batio Interview

Shred virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio was rated by Guitar World magazine to be one of the “Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitar Players of All Time,”...

Lessons

Stepping Out: A Guide To Playing Outside (Part 1)

Playing ‘outside’ is a term synonymous with jazz rock/fusion guitar players. Within traditional forms of jazz this term is replaced by ‘using chromaticism.’ In blues,...

Red Light District

Hello readers, if you’ve stumbled upon this then I guess you’re somewhat interested in the wide (and very confusing) world of audio production/recording. Throughout this...

Polyphonic Writing for Keyboard: Part 1

Hello and welcome back to Beyond Theory. In this column I would like us to get away from THEORY altogether and look closer at texturing...