Rippin! I'm IN!!

TM. your vids Kill! Biggliest time. rockbilly with alt and upper partials, give it a great blusey, western swing, hillbilly jazz vibe. i love yer fashionista styely. i'm a gerry hattrick, who does my own orig stuff, and i love refreshing my chops with yor kickin' vids. whatever genre that i'm working on, my wife n i put on our threads 'n' shedz. Cheeers from a HockeyBilly geezer in SpoCanada. (1 year late).

From san diego via cape Town south africa 🇿🇦, thank 🙏 you very much dude real 😎

@tommein

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Your teachings are exposing my weaknesses. Great job! More work required. Thank you for taking the time out of your life to hand us the keys to the palace. You’ve got style and your playing is phenom. Appreciated.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and thanks for watching! New vid this weekend!

I'm new to rockabilly .., your vid was very helpful to me . I'll continue to watch for your other ones ! Thanks a bunch !!!

Well......Tom.....whenever you are ready to put your KZread instructional videos on CD or even better DVD .....buy as many as you make.....I'm waiting !!! Text you in the past over this.....excellent work most appreciative for your generosity by sharing.

@tommein

6 ай бұрын

Thank you my man. Its been a while. Stay tuned

What a treat! I love to see people so enthusiastic about their music. Good lessons, easy to follow. Cool sounds, clothes, guitars, everything! Thumbs up from me.

“Eggs, chips beans & honeyroast ham”. ? I’ll get my coat….

@tommein

5 ай бұрын

Love it!

These lessons are fantastic. I’m a noob, so I really appreciate the break down and all the camera views. Looking forward to more! Now....if only I can convince my husband that we need a Gretsch Falcon in the toolkit. 😂

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying them Marcie!

@markfahey3921

3 жыл бұрын

If my wife said go get a white falcon, I'd be out that door so fast!! But, A G5420t is going to have to be the one to be going on with!!

I've been a metal guitarist all my life and i'm so gratefull to you, who made it easy for me to relearn the guitar with a music that i've been rediscovering. I'm 61 years old, and it's never too late to learn ... thanks again from Quebec, Canada

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

So great to hear! Thank you so much Serge!

OK.. dude. your lessons so far are great. I seem to have a irresistible draw to this style of music. I attempted to participate in your youtube open mic but, once your part was complete I could not continue to watch the next musician. Probably because I wasn't subscribed to the next talent in the line up? IDK. Anyway, the only thing I can suggest to make your channel any better is perhaps a "listening lesson". For example a song or two that highlights the concepts you're teaching. Good luck man! I pray for lots of success for you and your channel.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ronald! That's a good idea! You should be able to watch the next act on my Facebook page. They aren't linked up to my KZread as of yet; I haven't figured that part out :) keep watching though, more to come! I appreciate your support!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Its actually a Facebook open mic and I stream to my youtube. My Facebook page is facebook.com/tommein

My wife just bought me a new Korean Gretsch electromatic, and I have been watching your videos at 1/2 speed and trying to play along to learn all these kool riffs. I will probably watch them over and over until I get the riffs down! Thanks for sharing these great videos.

The "Nicolas Cage" thing got me... Lol, VERY effective... Been singin it for 2 days solid now, lol...

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

That was a fun lesson! Glad you enjoyed it!

Just what I have been looking for! Thank you!

Hi Tom, lesson 1, lesson 2 and lesson 3.. good work! When number 4? 😊 Ciao from Italy

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Grazie Livio! Glad you like the channel! I am working on number 4 right now. Coming soon! Ciao!

For the rhythmic word... Rock-A-Billy

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Good one! Thanks!

Thanks Tom

this is what I was looking for a long time ago, thanks !!!!!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! More to come!

If youre an experienced player and you want to skip the part about endings, jump to 9:00 to just watch the licks. Enjoy!

@tasosdiaforetico7377

3 жыл бұрын

Great teaching and love ur vibe

Real gone cat 🤪🤟💣💥 !

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Thanks! Hello from Russia!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Hello my friend!

Thank you so much for your videos ! 😊

love you videos and learning many stuff.

Fantastic love your content

Another Great Video !!! Thanks Tom !! Len from Chico, California

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Len!

Oh heck yes! Keep em coming brother!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

I will! Thanks Witt!

Great video Tom

Outstanding series of videos. Thank you. LOVE yer cool licks and yer cool look!

@tommein

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love your channel, especially your relaxed and unintimidating approach. Can’t wait to see your next installment

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great stuff. Excellent lesson Tom!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Art!

Man these rockabilly vids are awesome. Great instruction!

@tommein

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Loving the videos Tom! Thanks man, helping me get over the Covid blues!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent ! Thank you for watching!

Very entertaining! Keep it up, Tom!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will give it my best!

So cool Tom. Best tunes, best show and tell, and tabs made it all work.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks. Love the look!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin!

You Rock Tom!!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!

Excellent lesson. I particularly liked the diminished licks! Thank you, Tom!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Very welcome! Thank you for your support Andre!

These lessons are killer!!! Great instruction. You keep it simple and tasty! Like coconut shrimp. Thanks, Tom!!!!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy!

Great video! I hope more videos coming up about how to use diminished licks in rockabilly

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

More to come! Glad you liked them!

Very thoughtful and insightful teacher!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Another great lesson, thanks Tom

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan!

Tom .. these lessons have been fantastic ... Great Stuff !!!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Arron!!

Hello! I´m from Spain! your videos are great, don´t stop doing this lessons i´m learning a lot, thank you so much!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Inaki! More lessons to come!

Again, nicely done! I've always had a great appreciation for Rockabilly. I'm glad you're doing this, it's very helpful. I'm hoping in future lessons you'll cover appropriate phrases over chords been utilized. Thanks!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely more to come. I appreciate your support ZS!

Great vids ! I never really intended to play rockabilly but no doubt there are a lot of tasty licks and chords and you showcase them very well. Props for the camera work too\m/

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Tom your Rockabilly videos inspired me to go out and purchase a Gretsch G5410T Rat Rod. Keep the videos coming you are a positive influence on many aspiring guitarists . Keep up the great work and may you and yours have a better 2021.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

You too ! Thank you for the kind words and the support!

Love your content! Keep grindin’ cool cat!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks son!

Subscribed !

Hi Tom. Cool channel I just tripped across! Fun and informative for someone like me just learning guitar. I never picked up a guitar until almost two years ago, I had no idea what I was getting into. I practice every day and see improvement every day but it’s turned out to be a lot more of a challenge than I originally “thought” Thanks again, I’ll be looking forward to your new lessons.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Kerry! More to come! I also teach online using ZOOM if youre interested in private lessons. Keep rockin!

Love the laughing lick

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks David!

VERY cool stuff here; thanks!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sebastion!

Gracias maestro. Aprendo mucho con Usted. Por favor continue con las clases !!!!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias mi amigo!

Man, you're such a great player! I am trying to learn guitar & these are the most valuable lessons. Cheers from an old Las Vegas drummer!!

@tommein

Жыл бұрын

Thank you friend!

De, dah, de, de Twenty Flight Rock. Great lesson. New subscriber alert.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

I like it! Thank you for watching!

Da da da da “Make the girls scream”

great video again..im a blues gitarist en now starting some rockabilly..it nice ..you explain it so clear

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

"I should get a... leopard skin shirt " or " DA DA DA DA .. dippidy doo" that's how I will remember the cadence ! Enjoyed your three in a row lessons. Fun , easy and sounded good. I was better sounding with each of them. And I did like the leopard skin stuff ! Liked and subscribed ! Mike from Boston

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael! Hey I like that one! Watch for my next video, I'll put that one in there. Thank you for your support

This is really good tutorial to sneak into rockabily. The first one, I watched from the beginning till the end without hopping. Gimme some mo´, baby!! I will stay tuned with my hungry Gretsch.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! More coming!

I love your video's man and I of course love rockabilly music. Please make some more diminished/ jazzy hot licks/ runs and maby some ryhhm chord patterns (spicy chords) . Thanks al lot for sharing you're work. Love it... Mike

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike!

Love that laughing riff!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great lessons.Cool guitar!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

My favorite was the diminished arpeggio licks....Being a metal player, I constantly use the diminished scale to get that exotic sound....and in rockabilly, it sounds totally badass......Great video

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I love diminished sounds. They are useful in any type of music! Rock on!

My Favorit lessons now here!! this man Rocks🎸

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks JW!

@JW-de3wk

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein i Play Metal,but i Like Rockabilly now i Order extra a hollowbody Axe lol..ist great fun!!

These are great tuition videos. I play Big Band Jazz when we're not locked up, locked down or locked in by the Covod-19 pandemic and really enjoyed working through these lessons. Keep 'em coming. PDFs? Downloads?

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love big band, I played in a big band for 5 years! I am currently working on pdf downloads for subscribers and will have them up soon!

You're fantastic.

@tommein

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

You’re da best brother

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my man!

Your lessons and teaching style are great, thanks for posting these. A suggestion would be to show where the root is in the licks so they can be easily transposed to a different key or over a different chord.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. Thank you!

“Zoom zoom zoom zoom, COVID 19!” 😂 Nah, I’ll stick to “Let’s all eat some coconut shrimp!” 🍤 I’m loving these lessons and learning a lot. Thanks man, keep ‘em coming!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha COVID 19 works too! Never thought of that one - good call! But youre right, too depressing :) Glad youre enjoying the lessons ; thanks for your support!

Great, I gotta go buy a new guitar now. Thanks!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Great excuse to buy a new axe! Haha!

I really enjoy the way you walk through the instructions. If I could make a suggestion, you should go through your equipment and give breakdowns on the various gear the same way.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea man. Thank you!

Love your channel. What key does the laughing lick work in? Keep the videos coming.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks David! All the licks are played in A but can be transposed to any key. Whatever the key is, make the first dim chord the same root as the key and it will work (eg - if youre in G start the lick with the first chord 2 frets lower than shown - x x 14 15 14 15 ). You can really make it work almost anywhere; dim chords are fun that way. Hope this helps, and enjoy!

Super👍👍

@tommein

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Tween you and me, Drinkin my tea, Just wait and see, Double the fee, You can go on and on. Thanks Tom Your lesson gets the creative juices flowing.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the line! Your rhymes sound real fine. Better than mine! Must be a sign ...? Thanks, your comment made me smile!

I wish I had your videos 30 years ago😉😆😆😆I'd learned all rockabilly tricks with a lot of hard work😣😣😣😣

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Better late than never! Thank you for watching!

Hey Tom Good Job, how about some Travis picking lessons? I’m really interested in the embellishments on the four.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a future episode! Thanks Doug!

vraiment super

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Merci!

@gualdinopinto5309

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein C'est un plaisir !

A cool phrase “Billie Jean King”

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

That's an ace! Thanks!

Excelent motivation to take my Gretsch out of its case and leave the Strat resting for a few weeks.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Keep em both out! Make it a party! Thanks for watching!

@Freakenbacker

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein great material, man. It helps a lot. Thanks!!

How bout this for an ending: Tom Mein Gui Tar! 4:57

Words for the Classic Rockabilly Ending Riff Rhythm: "Elvis is cool!"

@larsfocken3456

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your great videos which I only discovered a couple of days ago.

Nicolas Cage 😂🤟🏻🔥

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Coconut shrimp! :)

@JoshLocke

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein buffalo wings 🔥

@JoshLocke

3 жыл бұрын

In our band we call it the ‘let’s end it there’

Tom I have a Guild X 175 Manhattan. I am contemplating adding a Bigsby to it. Would B60 or B70 work. Thank you. I also have a Gretsch G2655T with a B50. Im trying to keep the cost down. lol! What do you reccommend. Thank you. BTW your videos are very clear and concise.. Thank you for posting.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a good question. I will ask my guitar tech guys at Atomic Guitars and get back to you. Thanks for watching and rock on!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Just talked to my friend and master luthier Tim at Atomic Guitars ( www.atomicguitarworks.com ). He said that he would need to measure to make sure, but typically, on an archtop, a B60 would probably be better because the angle from the bridge is already good. A B70 with the hold down bar is helpful for solidbodies that are flatter because it helps to give a sharper angle coming down from the bridge, while an archtop already has a good angle coming down from the bridge. Bear in mind that this is without seeing and measuring the guitar. Hope that helps! I will probably be having Tim guest on an upcoming video to talk about technical stuff, so watch out for that. Thanks!

@konjunto2477

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein Thanks for the quick response brother. I don't plan on doing this for a while so I have time to plan. Thanks for the videos you do a good thing.

The tab is showing chamber on from 5 to7 on the G string

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes! should be b string. Dang this tablature! Thank you!

Rhythm phrase: "A Ver-y cool cat " might fit

Just sub. Cheers

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rev!

@ReverendHellbilly

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein right on I know the struggle on the KZread.🍸🍸

I wish you would use a more straight camera shot of what you're doing. When you shoot at an angle your first finger tends to hide what the rest are doing. Which leaves me to guessing and trial and error. Yeah the chart helps, but is too time consuming . Try some straight on shots and see if your followers like it better.

On which chord would you play the first diminished lick?

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

That is a great lick to play right before you change from the I to the IV chord, or any place there is a change from one chord to another. Thanks for watching!

Theres definately something very cool about these endings(and coconut shrimp!) but quite how its going to sound with my awful playing is another matter.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Are you playing the “ G “ string ? It sounds like it’s only the B and E string. Please advise

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct Edward. Good eye! Thank you for pointing that out; the tab was written incorrectly. I cant fix the tab in the video, but: Here is a link to the correct tab. drive.google.com/file/d/10gWNKlNCR-3zFH-I2wBaMLzmCPIQR3jp/view?usp=sharing

Hi Tom...great lessons!...The tab is incorrect and should be 5 -7 hammer on the b string, not G string... I believe?..

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I believe you're correct. Man I need a proof reader. Apologies!

@MrBonzoMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein Fine!..it's easily done!...I try and play a variation of that lick sometimes and hammer the B string!...lol

Tom I have a question is the on screen tab correct ? .

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Edward Which tab? I think I have had some typos. If you caught one, thank you!

Dodgy shirt Tom but great stuff from you! Thanks

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you Nigel!

Just watched all three videos over twice... and I'm in the office haven't even got my guitar with me!! Excellent ideas and presentation. One, hopefully constructive, comment is that whilst I understand the licks are all moveable it may be an idea to indicate which key they are in and which chords they link when you play them to the tab. Would make it easier to transpose for newer players or those like me who struggle to pickup key signatures, although I think these are mainly in all in key of A? Thanks again for your hard work.

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Arch! Yes they are almost all in the key of a, and I will make the key more clear in upcoming vids. Check out video 4 , all the keys are listed :)

@AthelstanEngland

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein will do Tom thanks.

Bravo et merci de France

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Merci mon ami!

If you’re hungry you can have “Buffalo Wings.” And it’s always good to watch the game with “Pizza and Beer!” My friends in the UK might say; “Meat and two Veg.” 😉

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Those all work, and now I'm hungry!

hers is my take... Ice cream man is david lee roth

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Hey that fits! Thanks and thank you for watching!

Vlog when?!

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Putting the idea together for that now

I need a Gretsch

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Cant beat em!

Join the Marines

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

I would but I'm too old. But great phrase! Thanks!

From this time hence forward, you must make the Nicholas Cage Face when you play this ending! Roflol 😜

@tommein

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be an amazing world of everyone made that face. :) Cheers Master Joe!

@JoePariseauMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommein Yes sir, I believe it would! 😋