Smooth, mellow. This guy can play and is a real good teacher. His site suks big time. There is no help when you have a problem. None of the lessons listed are available anymore. Just as well.
ok wat can i say ben?! ur a beast at guitar! u remind me of slash cus it sounds like ur just playin wat u feel....can u PLZ make a video on how to make a solo
Ben Lowrey comes across as quite a pleasant individual, but I'm not that gullible, I tested the website out very recently before I sent any money, I sent 3 emails 6 days ago, still no reply, I now assume had I experienced difficulty with the lesson downloads I would have been pushing into the wind from now until doomsday, nothing currently seems to be working at his website, all I get is not available.
If you are interested go to Google and type Ben Lowrey's blog, then choose to read "My Life Story So Far", this is Ben Lowrey's story, you will get some insite to what drives this person, and who and what he is prepared to sacrifice for his personal gain, it makes quite interesting reading, I do think possibly in the early start Vguitar could have been genuine, but I think now he has better things to attend to ( profit ) and the site has now been neglected.
You obviously don't know what you're talking about, simply try to get into the forums and you'll soon find out it's not working, but you'll find there's plenty of ways to spend money, just try sending a test email with a question, I've tried it numerous times, still waiting no reply, it's now several weeks gone by, imagine if I had a technical problem with a download etc, I would still be waiting indefinitely,
@konnen2 i bought most of his lessons, it worked for me, but that was for aprox 1 year ago. A new guy owns the website now but i think its under control, and ben lowreys is still providing lessons
To all the detractors, perhaps Ben quite intentionally kept this simple to spark the learners out there to say, "Hey, I can play that". They would then seek more from Ben and we all know where that would lead.
Awesome bit of passive marketing! You deserve to be a rich man, my friend!
Passive Marketing? I would want the teacher to be better than me - and to show what I can achieve to through his instruction. After listening to this piece - I think he is a hack and will never visit his site. There are far too many out there who can show you better.
Mabye you want an impressive teacher, but that's probably because you already have a lot of experience. On the other hand, Ben caters mostly to the first time guitarist who get's intimidated by someone doing some 1/16th note shredding.
Personally, I don't think learning this piece would be so bad, not only cause it's easy, but it sounds like there's a lot of room for improvisation with it.
I would wager to say that he is a far better player than you will ever be. It takes a lot of skill to reduce difficult tunes for beginners. Not to mention his attitude and energy are great!
Is this a joke? Easy is nice and the smoothness shows you can play very very well. But where's the depth? The piece goes nowhere. Sorry, but you are much much better than this.
Some of these guys are right. makin music isn't just about having a kick ass solo or face melting licks you know? its about puttin yourself into a song. Ben does it well here. its a great song and for all you guys who don't think so well then i don't think you know what it truly means to play guitar or write songs.
well done! Very soulful and introspective. I felt your pain. Have you had a sad event in your life latley? You have taught me alot I hope all is well with you and yours. Cheers , James
Lol, some people are saying this is boring and stuff...they really don't know the difference between some people that can turn a small amount of notes into something beautiful, and the people who can shred and just make noise.
That was great! I can't wheat tell I can play like that. It is so cool that you can teach people like me how to play guitar that can't pay thousands of dollars on guitar lessons. I am on lesson 7 and I am learning so much and having a lot of fun. TY for your fee lessons and I will continue to watch your vids and keep practicing.
Ben your the best instructor on the internet, but your staff sucks. never answers plea for help. Purchased everything to made but no help on a question when I needed it.
That was absoloutely fab!! i enjoyed that.. Sat down and watched it with a cup of tea and a custard cream :D Couldn't have got any better unless I was in the room with you! :)
I begain to learn the guitar from You-Tube with lessons from Justin and Ben last year and learnd to play some of my favs, but because of school, I have let it slid. Because of this small video, it has resparked the desire to start over from the beginning and commit to it and see what new adventures and instresting people i meet.
sure, not every solo needs shred. But i personally favour a melodical shred than just a steady solo thats just changing key but not the feeling. Dont get me wrong, Ben is a good guitarist. But this melody wasnt that original, did not have so much dynamics. Just thought that Ben had much more to offer.
Just listen to Slashs "sweet child o mine" solo and you know what im talking about :)
ye, i guess thats true. I was just so anxious when i got an Email from Ben that he had made a video of himself playing guitar. Im a fan of his. So I just got a little disappointed when it was just a chill out solo.
decent video. Although i hoped for something more as i know how good you are Ben. Dont make the solo easy with just plucking some notes, do some shred and some dynamics licks
Sounds deathly familiar, I think I heard this already. Besides lack of originality, you should make music more exciting by adding some killer shredding stuff with a lot of sweep picking and tapping. Badass guitar btw, looks sorta like 1/4 volume
God damnit, stop sending me spam emails. I don't care about your fucking guitar lessons and I don't want 20 emails in my inbox per day about it, alright?
Prefacing each with 'this is not a marketing e-mail' is just disingenuous.
you should should post the songs you teach on the website here.
Guitar1000Manx 4 days ago
Ben , you're so awsome!!!!!!
pirate3245 3 months ago
Smooth, mellow. This guy can play and is a real good teacher. His site suks big time. There is no help when you have a problem. None of the lessons listed are available anymore. Just as well.
knoxbird1 1 year ago
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KenLampl 1 year ago
nice setup
GrandChimpanzo 1 year ago
ok wat can i say ben?! ur a beast at guitar! u remind me of slash cus it sounds like ur just playin wat u feel....can u PLZ make a video on how to make a solo
rockinRYANmiller 1 year ago
Reminds me somehow of Sondre Lerche
Volendammtje 2 years ago
Ben Lowrey comes across as quite a pleasant individual, but I'm not that gullible, I tested the website out very recently before I sent any money, I sent 3 emails 6 days ago, still no reply, I now assume had I experienced difficulty with the lesson downloads I would have been pushing into the wind from now until doomsday, nothing currently seems to be working at his website, all I get is not available.
konnen2 2 years ago 9
Thanks for you comment! I totally agree - the website is very unconvincing.
Jakobbjerager92 2 years ago
Yes my friend,
If you are interested go to Google and type Ben Lowrey's blog, then choose to read "My Life Story So Far", this is Ben Lowrey's story, you will get some insite to what drives this person, and who and what he is prepared to sacrifice for his personal gain, it makes quite interesting reading, I do think possibly in the early start Vguitar could have been genuine, but I think now he has better things to attend to ( profit ) and the site has now been neglected.
konnen2 2 years ago
the site has not been neglected.
hardestcoresoldier 1 year ago
You obviously don't know what you're talking about, simply try to get into the forums and you'll soon find out it's not working, but you'll find there's plenty of ways to spend money, just try sending a test email with a question, I've tried it numerous times, still waiting no reply, it's now several weeks gone by, imagine if I had a technical problem with a download etc, I would still be waiting indefinitely,
wake up and test it.
konnen2 1 year ago
send ben a message on facebook see wat he says
hardestcoresoldier 1 year ago
what has facebook got to do with the download site, and all the technical non answered questions I have sent ,??? I'll say again test it.
konnen2 1 year ago
@konnen2 i bought most of his lessons, it worked for me, but that was for aprox 1 year ago. A new guy owns the website now but i think its under control, and ben lowreys is still providing lessons
magu0117 1 year ago
@konnen2 i think hes doing online marketing schemes now haha
bigboobz 1 year ago
can any1 tab this?
jreisvitorino 2 years ago
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MrsPlatinumStone 2 years ago
You were the man who taught me my first powerchords 9 months ago. I'm much better than I were then.
K1rkHammet 2 years ago
i like it, i think it sounds great, good job man
JDevries5139 2 years ago
do you if there is a tab? or the name of the song?
Ongay23 2 years ago
he wrote the song
hardestcoresoldier 1 year ago
Hey What Guitar Is He Using?
This Song Has A Lot Of Emotion It Makes You Feel Good Dont You Think?
pabloZQM 2 years ago
i would say gibson les paul standard, but im not sure
zeroalex2 2 years ago
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pabloZQM 2 years ago
I've purchased Ben's lessons guys. He is awesome.
To all the detractors, perhaps Ben quite intentionally kept this simple to spark the learners out there to say, "Hey, I can play that". They would then seek more from Ben and we all know where that would lead.
Awesome bit of passive marketing! You deserve to be a rich man, my friend!
jawneblaize 2 years ago
Passive Marketing? I would want the teacher to be better than me - and to show what I can achieve to through his instruction. After listening to this piece - I think he is a hack and will never visit his site. There are far too many out there who can show you better.
citresm 2 years ago 2
Mabye you want an impressive teacher, but that's probably because you already have a lot of experience. On the other hand, Ben caters mostly to the first time guitarist who get's intimidated by someone doing some 1/16th note shredding.
Personally, I don't think learning this piece would be so bad, not only cause it's easy, but it sounds like there's a lot of room for improvisation with it.
Moth5 2 years ago 5
I would wager to say that he is a far better player than you will ever be. It takes a lot of skill to reduce difficult tunes for beginners. Not to mention his attitude and energy are great!
pjccmc 2 years ago
Is this a joke? Easy is nice and the smoothness shows you can play very very well. But where's the depth? The piece goes nowhere. Sorry, but you are much much better than this.
citresm 2 years ago 8
Good....but I've seen better from you, mate.
CyberPirate83 2 years ago 2
dude you play like santana, with expression!!!! most people play what they hear, you play what you feel!! your my idol!
samsamdamagicman 2 years ago
very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
raubtier96 2 years ago
Good stuff Ben and just a real nice tune, keep it coming!
Love the 'I felt your pain' comment from previous writer - LOL !!!!
fivetrax 2 years ago
Some of these guys are right. makin music isn't just about having a kick ass solo or face melting licks you know? its about puttin yourself into a song. Ben does it well here. its a great song and for all you guys who don't think so well then i don't think you know what it truly means to play guitar or write songs.
Great Job Ben
- Jesse
hispanicsk8r16 2 years ago
hi i am one of the guys that has learned two of your lessons
smells like teen spirit and american idiot. both are great. keep the rock songs coming.
p.s.: NNIICCEE PPLLAAYYIINNGG!!
pjccmc 2 years ago
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funkedifeyeknow 2 years ago
hey Bey,
well done! Very soulful and introspective. I felt your pain. Have you had a sad event in your life latley? You have taught me alot I hope all is well with you and yours. Cheers , James
12barbilly 2 years ago
Lol, some people are saying this is boring and stuff...they really don't know the difference between some people that can turn a small amount of notes into something beautiful, and the people who can shred and just make noise.
gpowers7777 2 years ago
cmon ben. you're better than this.
botjac 2 years ago
Boring and simplistic! I've seen you play - you should show us what you can really do.
citresm 2 years ago
cool
crazyfeet121 2 years ago
how did BEN get my e-mail?
ingo007 2 years ago
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annievillacruz 2 years ago
love your amps
leftovercrax 2 years ago
whats song is this
12questcrew 2 years ago
damn your awesome
12questcrew 2 years ago
Nice playing Ben!
arfulwinemaker 2 years ago
Very nice ben =)
Unbornguitar 2 years ago
Cool Ben Im sure you could play something a lil more challenging
aroha1977 2 years ago
Mint!
craigrgill 2 years ago
Great stuff Ben, is this your own song? if so, any chance of a video lesson?
Basson86 2 years ago
Nice to be able to come up with something like that....Great tune..
TheElfenbeinDieter 2 years ago
Nice 5 stars!
Ps2GamePlaza 2 years ago 2
pretty lame
dennisishot 2 years ago
That was great! I can't wheat tell I can play like that. It is so cool that you can teach people like me how to play guitar that can't pay thousands of dollars on guitar lessons. I am on lesson 7 and I am learning so much and having a lot of fun. TY for your fee lessons and I will continue to watch your vids and keep practicing.
Hylksha84 2 years ago
Sweet LP nice tune
gnivri93 2 years ago
very nice melody, good luck with the copyright issues on your site
collosi123 2 years ago
awsome :D
is there anyway i could just get the sound track :p
mrcheeseytw 2 years ago
Wow I love it!
sethchong 2 years ago
wow thats was really good i liked it your guitar lessons on the internet helped me alot i hope you post more vids
danbentley12241 2 years ago
Cool Tune Ben
MegaMetalDave 2 years ago
i really like it !!!! cheers
MegsoXoX 2 years ago
Really nice!
RELAX!(H)
johnkalbach 2 years ago
Nice solo! =)
Florencewhui066 2 years ago
Ben your the best instructor on the internet, but your staff sucks. never answers plea for help. Purchased everything to made but no help on a question when I needed it.
jdef11 2 years ago
I love you, man!
cbmcnulty13 2 years ago
great job ben! you really are an amuzing person and your lesson are fantastic! Keep it up.
~JC
vzlaimprov 2 years ago
Hi everybody.
Ben Lowrey here
thanks for your nice comments
vGuitarLessonsCourse 2 years ago
good to see you back on video,loved your lessons
mgzappa 2 years ago
is this something u came up with? just add some vocals and u have nice song ;)
madsen7 2 years ago
nice dude keep it up
lakshya04 2 years ago
Since you've become an internet millionaire already, there's no need to play difficult jams...
Loved your lessons, they really helped my out!
peace!
beaubryte 2 years ago
very simple and awesome Jam =D
decoversed 2 years ago
Cool jam. Having fun with the lessons btw Ben.
stormgrey182 2 years ago
That was absoloutely fab!! i enjoyed that.. Sat down and watched it with a cup of tea and a custard cream :D Couldn't have got any better unless I was in the room with you! :)
silkkat50 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing that amazing gift that you have!!! and also thank you for the wonderful guitar lessons!! thanks to you i'm better everyday!!!!
darkelide 2 years ago
ggggggrrrrrrrrrr8 song m8 awsome
schembrikyle 2 years ago
Really Nice Ben..
Keep it up Bro!
5*****
BunnyRabbit313 2 years ago
Great video and cool effect at the beginning! How'd you do that?
HittingSystems 2 years ago
the guys a legend. i couldnt have gotten this far learning guitar without him
efgwegwegseger22423r 2 years ago
you are damn right m8 :)
magicbjorn 2 years ago
I begain to learn the guitar from You-Tube with lessons from Justin and Ben last year and learnd to play some of my favs, but because of school, I have let it slid. Because of this small video, it has resparked the desire to start over from the beginning and commit to it and see what new adventures and instresting people i meet.
I only play rythem guitar, but I love it.
Keep up the insparational work and e-mails.
DeShante'
SuaveGuitarGOD 2 years ago
Why does every solo have to have shredding?
Ben it's a nice laid back tune to relax to ....leave it be!
g4geetar 2 years ago 3
sure, not every solo needs shred. But i personally favour a melodical shred than just a steady solo thats just changing key but not the feeling. Dont get me wrong, Ben is a good guitarist. But this melody wasnt that original, did not have so much dynamics. Just thought that Ben had much more to offer.
Just listen to Slashs "sweet child o mine" solo and you know what im talking about :)
magu0117 2 years ago
relax....... it is one piece!
Do you play awe inspiring solos every time?
roost24 2 years ago
My band perform GnR track and yes the solo is great.
However, I'm not sure Ben was aiming for a dynamic song. It's more of a simple chill out tune.
g4geetar 2 years ago
ye, i guess thats true. I was just so anxious when i got an Email from Ben that he had made a video of himself playing guitar. Im a fan of his. So I just got a little disappointed when it was just a chill out solo.
magu0117 2 years ago
decent video. Although i hoped for something more as i know how good you are Ben. Dont make the solo easy with just plucking some notes, do some shred and some dynamics licks
magu0117 2 years ago
Lovely stuff and cheers for the lessons :-)
singabit1 2 years ago
Sounds deathly familiar, I think I heard this already. Besides lack of originality, you should make music more exciting by adding some killer shredding stuff with a lot of sweep picking and tapping. Badass guitar btw, looks sorta like 1/4 volume
TwilightReign666 2 years ago 2
send a vid and do it better smarty!!
shelyl 2 years ago
awsum man.. love the emails + the lessons.. nd this is just an awsome riff.. love ur work .. keep it up!
beazzl 2 years ago
great work ben, love your lessons, =)
bolasdemaderas 2 years ago
very nice..what key are you playing in?
catssquirrel77 2 years ago
Really fucking nice
Luskelusk 2 years ago
your reverb sounds awesome.......... what processor is that ???
itsme5900 2 years ago
God damnit, stop sending me spam emails. I don't care about your fucking guitar lessons and I don't want 20 emails in my inbox per day about it, alright?
Prefacing each with 'this is not a marketing e-mail' is just disingenuous.
hugboxx 2 years ago
lol is that why you gave them your email? and still refuse to take yourself off the mailing list?
tripper4200 2 years ago
He only sends about an email a month, dude.
Stop bitchin' and simply unsubscribe.
vladx22 2 years ago
Do you need a hug?
Cobalt1254 2 years ago
yaaaay 5 stars all the way
idiocyinbubbles 2 years ago
nice... thats a sweet sounding LP and cool solo mate
humbuck59 2 years ago
Very nice Ben!! Put some lyrics to that and you've got a hit.
a027298 2 years ago
...stacks of Marshall amps, a lovely Les Paul standard, and some melodic soloing - what's not to like?
davep42 2 years ago 2
great!!
LadoApi 2 years ago
that was great ben, i wish i could pull something like that :), i hope to see some more from you here
riveraluciano 2 years ago 2
5th of july, it was my bday! :D
Damphr 2 years ago
happy b-day ^^
marine93vovinam 2 years ago
Great stuff as always Ben
bully12v 2 years ago
i watched this video a few times over.. and i like it more and more each time!
Darealrico 2 years ago
Amazing video! You plat some great music...
Can you please comment, rate, and subscribe my channel?
Thanks and keep producing Ben!
HittingSystems 2 years ago