What the pros are saying... "I downloaded the course and found it to be much more informative than I expected one of these courses to be! You lay it out very clearly and the musical ideas are all super cool, especially the II - V - I bebop phrases. I also liked your solos over "All the Things You Are" and the other tunes, too. In fact, all your solos have good, solid construction and a very swinging feel. I think this course will be very helpful to anyone that's looking to play over changes. Playing through this course will give the serious student of the instrument a more linear way to play up and down the neck, and in turn expand their range on the guitar. I can tell a LOT of work went into this project....All the best!" - Carl Verheyen, LA studio guitarist "Chris - your program is seriously good! It's well thought out and easy to use. It's bound to appeal to players who can play but want to learn jazz. I'm totally impressed with the intelligence and organization of this. You are also a totally natural teacher . Well done mate! " - Tony Smith, guitarist with Roy Ayers. "Chris - this looks great and the formatting, visual presentation and overall organization of the material is excellent! You look great on camera and seem very comfortable and natural in your delivery. I think this will be a very popular series and I wish you a lot of success with it!" - Frank Potenza, Professor, Chair studio/jazz guitar program, USC What the students are saying... Dear Chris - Won't give you a running commentary but the way you build this up is brilliant! Within 10 minutes of seeing 'chord of G and here are the chords that relate to this key' suddenly a massive penny dropped through the ceiling and I stopped at that point, got out a backing track to a tune in G and was off! So bloody obvious really, I know this stuff but no one has made it accessible. I can see all those places to play without having to remember anything! I guess now if I highlight the target tones 3,5,7,9 in each position it gets better! I think it is amazing that I don't just want to jump to learning licks - this first bit has opened up the fret board like I never imagined. Next time the boys meet up for a rehearsal it's gonna be awesome. Got up at 5 today, can't play till the kids are up! Many thanks - Howard "Hi Chris, Your JGVM 1 course is fantastic! I am one of those guitarists that learned to play guitar when I was a little boy many years ago. But for various reasons I never had any real progress in my playing. Too much recycling of knowledge, I guess. I've bought some books from Amazon, but that didn't help much. JGVM 1 made a huge difference. I have made much more progress in the last two weeks with JGVM 1 than the previous ten years. The blend of video and high quality written material is just awesome! The amount of information is overwhelming, in the best sense of the word. I have things to work on for months. The guitar is once again my friend. Thank you very much for the JGVM 1. I am really looking forward to volume 2, 3 and beyond. Keep up the good work! Best regards", Bjorn Johansen "I really like the fact that you shared your personal philosophies with us regarding what makes music sound good. This makes you someone I connect with and believe in or trust, you know? I use JGVM along with other materials that I have and it ties in nicely with the entire package for me. I enjoyed your cd that you sent along as well ( it's in my car cd player right now actually) Hands on demo's are always welcome from my perspective and you articulate your messages very well. So all in all, I must tell you that I like the program and am happy with the content, Chris. Thank You. Warmest regards" Steve Vetter "I like this format a lot and especially the ability to watch the DVD on my TV set simultaneously with the book. I like the vocabulary part which helps me improve my techniques and the improvisations over standard progressions" - Joel Jakubowicz "This version is pretty awesome....Your program is an outstanding learning tool and I will use it as often as possible!" - Skip Bauchman "The comping class is great! The recording sound is exellent, the layout of the class is exellent, the pdf booklet for print is handy, and all in all it's a professionally designed tool (like all your work). In conjunction with the rest of your work, you offer a very thorough total package of recordings, backing tracks, music sheets and study material/classes. I am very pleased with your work in general, and have used it for years already. Thanks a lot!" - Rolv Magne "Hi Chris, I am finding the above extremely useful and an excellent addition to the Play What You Hear course. A great course many thanks for all your effort. - Love all your records real cool stuff! Kind Regards" - Derek Leviston