Carl’s philosophy about practicing.

Some practice ideas for visualizing notes and scales on the fretboard.

A challenging and helpful exercise is to go linearly up and down the fretboard, playing four notes from the major scale of a particular key, then change the key according to the cycle of fifths after every four notes.

Carl spends the bulk of his practice time preparing for his next performance. “I Will Not Suck!”

Intensive listening to tunes to understand the production.

Some glimpses into Carl’s Lick Book: