The Steve Stine Podcast

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Live Class: Stairway to Heaven Solo Secrets

2026-11-0558:10

Send Steve a Text Message That Stairway to Heaven solo feels like it’s telling the truth, even when the notes look “wrong” on paper. We sit down with the chord loop under the ending section of the song and build a clear map of what’s happening: A minor, G, and F, plus the practical reality that great phrasing often follows the chord in the moment more than a strict scale rule. If you’ve ever learned a solo from tabs and wondered why it still doesn’t sound right, this conversation is the missi...

Live Class: The CAGED System Explained For Real Guitar Use

2026-10-2901:05:13

Send Steve a Text Message Your hands already know more than your eyes can see and that gap is exactly why the fretboard can feel random the moment a new chord shows up. We take a plain C chord and turn it into a full-neck roadmap using the CAGED system, showing how the five open chord shapes connect into one repeatable framework from the nut to the 12th fret and beyond. We walk through the real mechanics behind movable chords: why shifting an open shape fails without a barre, how a cap...

You Know the Pentatonic Scale. So Why Do Your Solos Still Sound Like Scales?

2026-10-2214:02

Send Steve a Text Message If your pentatonic improvisation feels stuck in “practice mode,” the missing piece is probably not a new scale, a new lick, or a bigger fretboard map. We chase more notes, then hit play on a backing track and wonder why it still sounds like we are running the box. Today we flip that approach and start where real solos actually live: rhythm, groove, and phrasing. We work with a simple, comfortable setup: an A minor backing track at 80 bpm. That tempo gives you enough...

The 15-Minute Practice Routine That Replaces an Hour of Random Practice

2026-10-1517:00

Send Steve a Text Message Fifteen minutes on guitar can either change your playing or disappear in a blur of half-finished licks and random scrolling. We’ve all done it: sit down, noodle, chase a new idea, and stand up feeling busy but not better. So we lay out a simple, repeatable approach that turns short practice time into focused progress without making your routine complicated. We work through a four-block guitar practice routine designed for real life. First comes the “three S’s” of te...

Live Class: Beginner's Guide to Soloing- The ESSENTIALS

2026-10-0801:03:25

Send Steve a Text Message Practice vs. Playing: Turning Scales Into Music Knowing a scale is one thing. Turning it into music is something else entirely. In this discussion, Steve breaks down the difference between practicing the guitar and actually playing/improvising, with a focus on helping developing players move beyond simply running scale patterns. Topics include visualization, metronome practice, connecting scale positions, meandering, groove, eighth-note phrasing, dynamics, space, art...

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