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Neo-Soul Learning Pathway

Become an expressive neo-soul guitarist in 3 months.

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WHo it's for

Intermediate guitarists

Looking to add neo-soul spice to your rhythm & lead skills? This course will help you level up in a BIG way.

Time

3 months

Melanie and Sam will guide you through 6 grades of ultra-guided instruction and daily practice.

Outcome

Buttery-smooth playing

By the end of this pathway, you'll have the silky sounds of neo-soul guitar locked under your fingers.

Keep going

Take the next step

Once you've mastered neo soul, keep progressing with advanced Master Classes and guided pathways.

What you'll learn

From fundamentals to advanced techniques, capture the iconic sound neo soul in your rhythm and lead playing.

  • Make your guitar sing with expressive embellishments
  • Stank up your soloing with neo-soul vocabulary
  • Learn how to play like iconic neo-soul guitarists
  • Get custom feedback on your playing
How it works

Your guided Learning Pathway

In this 3-month Learning Pathway, Melanie Faye and Sam Blakelock will take you on a journey through all things neo-soul guitar.

Fundamentals

To kick things off, you'll build a foundation by learning essential neo-soul techniques as they apply to rhythm and lead playing.

Grade 1 consists of seven gradually-paced days. The lessons are suitable for intermdiate guitarists and qualified beginners.

Building up

In Grade 2, you'll continue building out your neo-soul foundation.

Our goal with these first two grades is to get you playing right away so you can have fun and incorporate these lessons into your unique playing style.

Neo soloing

In Grade 3, you’ll step into the spotlight as you learn the art of lead guitar through the lens of neo-soul.

The skills you learn here will enable you to improvise stank face-inducing guitar solos with an iconic neo-soul sound.

Grade 4. Extended Soloing Applications

Take your soloing skills to the next level and unlock your fretboard by exploring new scalar territory.

Grade 5. Studying the Legends

Behind every great guitarist lies a lineage of musicians who have inspired and informed their playing. In this grade, you'll learn how to play like some of neo soul's most iconic guitarists who have defined the genre.

Grade 6. Six Neo-Soul Solos

To cap off the Learning Pathway, we'll put the focus on making music with six tasty neo-soul solos for you to sink your teeth into.

Curriculum

Stay focused with this step-by-step learning program designed by our expert team of music educators.

3-MONTH Plan

Grade 1. Fundamentals

Take your first steps into the world of neo-soul guitar.

Day 1. Introduction to neo-soul feel

Get acquainted with the world of neo soul and learn about what it means to play with feel.

Day 2. How to play neo-soul chords

What makes neo-soul harmony so alluring? You'll learn that secret today as you add a bag of tasty neo-soul chord shapes to your chordal vocabulary.

Day 3. Easy minor pentatonic soloing

Want to know the secret to a great neo-soul solo? It's not fancy vocabulary. It's all about feel, and we'll prove it with today's lesson as you add some secret expressive sauce to the minor pentatonic.

Day 4. Double stops 101

Beef up your melodies with this essential technique that blends rhythm and lead playing.

Day 5. The music theory of neo soul

A little theory goes a long way when it comes to navigating the world of neo soul. We'll make it quick & easy, don't worry.

Day 6. Adding feel to your soloing

Remember, it's not about what you say – it's about how you say it. Here, you'll continue to work on expressive techniques that'll breathe life into your soloing.

Day 7. Recap and history

Review what you learned, and join Sam Blakelock for a lesson on the roots of neo soul.

Performance pieces

Once you work through the lessons, we have 10 silky-smooth neo-soul songs for your to choose from. These are designed to take what you learned and put it in a purely musical context. The best part? We have live-band backing track videos so you can get a taste of what it's like to play neo soul LIVE.

Once you ace a performance piece, you'll have the opportunity to submit a video of yourself playing it to our team of professional guitarists for custom feedback on your playing.

Final quiz

To cap off the Grade, you'll complete an interactive quiz that'll ensure you're ready to move on to Grade 2.

Grade 2. Building up

Continue building your foundation by exploring a diverse set of jam-ready concepts.

Day 1. How to develop your feel

Developing proper feel is key to becoming a convincing neo-soul guitarist. To kick off Grade 2, you'll drill through expressive techniques that will seriously sharpen your skills.

Day 2. The four levels of neo-soul chords

Now that you have some fundamental neo-soul shapes in your pocket, we'll show you how to take them to the next level. You'll start with bar chords, work on expressive embellishments, add in some passing chords, and incorporate a backbeat to really drive things home.

Day 3. How to write neo-soul chord progressions

Scratching your head at how a neo-soul guitarist composes a song? We'll walk you through the theory of neo-soul harmony with three seriously colorful progressions.

Day 4. How to play neo soul with the major scale

Today, you'll add two notes to your pentatonic soloing foundation and explore lead guitar techniques as they relate to the major scale.

Day 5. Double stops and thirds

Take your double stops to the next level and learn how to harness thirds in your playing.

Day 6. Minor-key songwriting

While the major scale is the center of our Western music theory universe, learning how to view neo soul through the lens of minor keys is essential. Why? Become most songs are written in minor keys to achieve that smooth and alluring sound.

Day 7. Recap and history

Review what you learned, and join Sam Blakelock for a lesson on the history of neo soul.

Performance pieces

Once you work through the lessons, we have seven silky-smooth neo-soul songs for your to choose from. These are designed to take what you learned and put it in a purely musical context. The best part? We have live-band backing track videos so you can get a taste of what it's like to play neo soul LIVE.

Once you ace a performance piece, you'll have the opportunity to submit a video of yourself playing it to our team of professional guitarists for custom feedback on your playing.

Final quiz

To cap off the Grade, you'll complete an interactive quiz that'll ensure you're ready to move on to Grade 3.

Grade 3. Neo soloing

Put the spotlight on lead guitar as you dive into essential melodic vocabulary.

Day 1. Pentatonic scales

Pentatonic mastery is fundamental to every style of guitar soloing – neo soul is no different. To kick things off, we'll dive even deeper into how you can bring the pentatonic scale to life.

Day 2. Major and minor scales

Explore both sides of the coin! You'll learn about relative keys and how you can harness them in your soloing.

Day 3. The altered scale

Now it's time to enter the big leagues. The intriguing sounds of the altered scale play a big role in neo-soul guitar. Today, you'll get acquainted with the scale and learn how it's birthed from an altered-dominant chord.

Day 4. Combining minor and altered

You're only getting more powerful here! In this lesson, you'll learn how to blend the minor scale with your new altered vocabulary.

Day 5. Tasteful techniques

We'll stop to take a breather from all of that vocabulary to remind you that all the fancy scales in the world won't do you any good if you can't make them come to life with feel!

Day 6. Adding chords to solos

Next up, is a detour into jazz land as we explore the art of chord-inclusive soloing. This is an advanced technique that you'll recognize from iconic jazz guitarists like Joe Pass, Ted Greene, and Lenny Breau.

Day 7. Recap and history

Review what you learned, and join Sam Blakelock for a lesson on the history of neo soul.

Performance pieces

Once you work through the lessons, we have seven silky-smooth neo-soul songs for your to choose from. These are designed to take what you learned and put it in a purely musical context. The best part? We have live-band backing track videos so you can get a taste of what it's like to play neo soul LIVE.

Once you ace a performance piece, you'll have the opportunity to submit a video of yourself playing it to our team of professional guitarists for custom feedback on your playing.

Final quiz

To cap off the Grade, you'll complete an interactive quiz that'll ensure you're ready to move on to Grade 4.

Grades 4, 5 and 6.

In the last half of your neo-soul learning journey, you'll explore advanced soloing techniques, learn to play like the greats, and cap off the course with some extremely fun soloing.

Grade 4. Extended Soloing Applications

Day 1. Pentatonic positions 2

Continue on your quest to pentatonic mastery.

Day 2. Expanding major and minor scales

Here, you'll build out your scale maps and feel your fretboard really start to unlock.

Day 3. Altered position 2

Today, you dive back into the alluring sounds of the altered scale. Plenty of guided practice exercises and jamming to be done here!

Day 4. Minor + altered position 2

Rome wasn't built in a day! Neither is your soloing skill set. Your hard work will pay off here, and we'll make the process fun along the way.

Day 5. Tasteful techniques

Now that you've done some serious scalar digging, we'll work on making it sound neo-soulful!

Day 6. Adding chords to solos

Here, we're back to the land of chord-melody soloing with extended applications to spice up your soloing.

Day 7. Recap, history, and connecting positions

You'll know the drill by now. On Day 7, we recap and get a history lesson. But wait, there's more! We have a bonus lesson on how to really smooth out your soloing by connecting scale positions.

Performance pieces

As with the previous grades, you'll cap off this grade choosing from 10 songs that we'll challenge you to learn. You'll once again have live-band backing tracks and an opportunity to get custom feedback on your playing.

Final quiz

To cap off the Grade, you'll complete an interactive quiz that'll ensure you're ready to move on to Grade 5.


Grade 5. Studying the Legends

Day 1. Spanky Alford

Join gospel guitarist TJ Whitelaw as he walks you through how to play like Spanky, whose playing has an overwhelming influence on neo soul. He’s the archetypical father of the style, fusing gospel and R&B sounds to create the neo-soulful sound we all love.

Day 2. Jonathan Dubose and quartet guitar

Here, TJ Whitelaw will break down Dubose's style, whose singular approach to chording structures, rhythm, and lead lines is foundational to the neo-soul style.

Day 3. Erick Walls

Today, we're joining back up with Melanie as she gives us an inside look into the stylings of one of her favorite players: the wide-ranging Erick Walls. His mastery of slides, whammy-bar vibrato, drop-2 voicings, and top-three string combos have had a massive influence on Melanie's playing.

Day 4. Eric Gales

New day, new Eric! Gales is another master whose playing has had a profound impact on Melanie's style. His playing has that rare “best of both worlds” quality – there’s a deep soulful expressiveness, while also a very high ceiling of technical ability. Toss in some really lyrical vibrato and it all comes together to make up his amazing style.

Day 5. Isaiah Sharkey

The man. The myth. The master. Isaiah is a monstrous player – so much so, that he's John Mayer and D'Angelo's guitarist of choice. If there's only one guitar player you listen to when learning neo soul, it’s Isaiah. The way he fuses gospel chords and harmonies over modern grooves is remarkable. Sam Blakelock breaks it down for you in this lesson.

Day 6. Melanie Faye

Today, we check out the style of your very own neo-soul mentor, Melanie! Her playing took the internet by storm a few years ago, and she's since become an in-demand artist whose unique guitar-driven sound we're following very closely. Melanie breaks down her favorite techniques today.

Day 7. Mateus Asato

By now, your neo-soul know-how and swag level are at an all-time high. Oslo-based producer and guitarist Nicklas Myhre will close things out with some pro tips as he dissects the style of Brazilian guitarist and Instagram sensation, Mateus Asato.

Performance pieces

As with the previous grades, you'll cap off this grade choosing from 11 songs that we'll challenge you to learn. You'll once again have live-band backing tracks and an opportunity to get custom feedback on your playing.

Final quiz

To cap off the Grade, you'll complete an interactive quiz that'll ensure you're ready to move on to Grade 6.


Grade 6. Six Neo-Soul Solos

Day 1. Nicklas Myhre-type beat

Today, we’ll write a solo over a Nicklas Myhre-produced beat from his neo-soul Master Class.
Sam will guide you through different soloing approaches and help you build a framework to write your own memorable solos.

Day 2. Minor solo

Today you’ll focus on how to use your improvisations to your solo-writing advantage by playing a solo with intention over a simple form.

Day 3. Lofi solo

Today we’re going to access a hypnotizing lofi aesthetic and build a solo in that dimension. Lofi beats have become ubiquitously beloved by instrumental musicians, songwriters, and anyone with a pile of work to focus on. The beautifully imperfect atmospheres provide a trancelike vibration and help creatives achieve a flow state.

Day 4. Major solo

We’re here again and ready to keep the creative writing habits flowing. Today, simplicity will serve you as we learn to craft an ear-worm hooky solo.

Day 5. Stevie Wonder-type solo

Today, we’ll tackle writing a solo in the style of Stevie Wonder’s Isn’t She Lovely. We’re finding ourselves today at the crossroads of familiarity, fun, and challenging. Isn't She Lovely is an uplifting, ultimately pleasant, and unmistakable hit, but for all its charm, it does call for a bit of prep work to get inside the changes.

Day 6. Acoustic R&B jam and solo

One more chance to try crafting a memorable melodic solo. Today is the tenderest of all – we’re getting into acoustic R&B jams, so you can serenade your lover even if you don't have access to electricity.

Day 7. Submit your solo

Today, you’ll pick one of six songs to write your own melodic soul solo over and video yourself crushing it.


Performance pieces

As with the previous grades, you'll cap off this grade choosing from 10 songs that we'll challenge you to learn. You'll once again have live-band backing tracks and an opportunity to get custom feedback on your playing.

Final quiz

To cap off the Learning Pathway, you'll complete an interactive quiz that'll ensure you're ready to move on to new material.

Student stories

Learn how Neo-Soul Learning Pathway has helped real guitarists break through their playing plateau and realize their potential.

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Vicki Huang

United States

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James Harrod

United Kingdom

“One of the things that's been the most fun for me has been the SongSquad challenges... connecting with other people in the Pickup Music community on Instagram and just encouraging each other as we're learning songs and practicing.”

Vin Thomas

United States

"Pickup Music really helped me push my musical boundaries."

Wytse Hokwerda

Germany

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Is Pickup Music right for me?

Are you a guitar player who feels like you haven’t made progress in a few months… years… or even decades? 

You’re probably stuck in what’s called the ‘intermediate plateau’. This is very common and can be very frustrating.

What’s the cause? Well, it’s pretty easy to learn the basics on guitar. Learn a few open chords and you can play Wonderwall and hundreds of other songs. Learn a couple of scales and a few licks and you can play some lead. 

But what then? Triads? Modes? Arpeggios? The phrygian scale?!

Without a clear plan and learning system you fall back to playing the same old chords and licks over and over again. Or you bounce around free lessons online but nothing seems to stick. It’s a recipe for a lot of practice without much progress. 

That’s where Pickup Music can help. We specialize in taking players stuck in a guitar rut and turning them into advanced guitarists.

We do this through Learning Pathways that take you on a step-by-step journey towards fretboard mastery. We give you a highly structured system that shows you exactly what to work on each week to make serious progress. 

These Learning Pathways take the guesswork out of your practice routine. You are guided through a proven grade-by-grade system with daily lessons, play-along practice exercises and interactive workouts. 

But it’s not all about theory. We apply everything you learn to real music. That’s why every grade of our Learning Pathways build up to performing a song with a live backing band. This simulates what it’s like to play a real gig, with real musicians. It’s the absolute best way to learn. 

You also get 1:1 video feedback on your playing from our expert instructors and can attend weekly live lessons. This personal feedback makes Pickup Music the closest thing to taking in-person lessons, but at a fraction of the cost.

So does this method actually work? Will you see results in your playing?

The most common thing we hear from new members is that they’ve made more progress with Pickup Music in a few months than in years of teaching themselves. As one member recently told us, “I'm finally seeing progress for the first time in many years”.

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Going to a music academy will cost you about $40,000 a year.

A Pickup Music membership will cost you  just $180 for the whole year. 

That works out to 50 cents a day! 

But it’s not just about the money. It’s about not wasting your precious time. It’s about making actual progress on this beautiful instrument. 

By following our proven Learning Pathway system, you can stop wasting your time and effort trying to guess what you should practice next. Our guided programs eliminate the guesswork so you know exactly what you need to focus on each day and week to make lasting progress with guitar.

What makes Pickup Music better than other guitar lesson sites?

Most online guitar lesson sites are very good at teaching one-off songs and licks. Or they get super famous guitarists to record one-hour video lessons talking at length about their particular style and career.

The problem is that these approaches don't stick. They don’t help you to actually get better as a guitarist. You can waste a lot of time bouncing around these types of unconnected, one-off lessons. It’s a recipe for a lot of practice without much progress. 

Pickup Music takes a different approach. We give you a highly structured system that shows you exactly what to work on each week to make serious progress. We take you beyond the basics through a step-by-step journey towards fretboard mastery. 

By following a Pickup Music Learning Pathway, you are getting the most guided way to learn guitar. Over 6 grades, you are taken through daily lessons and practice exercises that carefully explain what’s going on behind the music. 

Each grade then builds up to song performances that apply everything you’ve learned with a live backing band. These challenges - where we simulate what it’s like to play a real gig, with real musicians - is the absolute best way to learn. 

The Learning Pathway method takes the guesswork out of your practice routine. Most guitarists start to see a rapid acceleration in their progress in a matter of weeks.

You can also get 1:1 video feedback on your playing and weekly live lessons. This personal feedback makes Pickup Music the closest thing to taking in-person lessons, but at a fraction of the cost.

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When you become a Pickup Music member you get unlimited access to our huge library of lessons:

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How do the Learning Pathways work?

Learning Pathways are kind of our special sauce here at Pickup Music. They take all the guesswork out of what to practice. 

You get day-by-day lessons, play along practice exercises with your instructor, interactive jams with the Pickup Music live band and you can submit videos of your playing for feedback from the Pickup Music team. 

We designed this system so that you will know exactly what to practice every time you pick up the guitar. This means that even if you only have time to practice with us once a week, you will still make great progress by following a Learning Pathways. 

How often do I need to practice to see results?

Ideally you would practice about three times a week for 30 minutes at a time. But we know that life gets in the way sometimes! So here’s the good news: deliberate practice matters so much more than how often you practice.

After working with thousands of guitarists, we’ve found that the most important thing is to know exactly what you’re going to practice before you pick up the guitar. Even if you can only use Pickup Music a few times a month, you will still make really good progress if you stick to the step-by-step structure of our Learning Pathways.

How long are the lessons? 

Pickup Music's lesson plans are designed to suit the amount of time you have available to practice.

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  • Ready to really commit to a multi-week program? Try one of our Learning Pathways. Over 3 months and 6 grades of learning, these detailed courses will take you on a day-by-day journey to master each level in the genre. Learning Pathways include daily practice exercises so you know exactly what to focus on. These courses are the best way to make lasting progress.

Whichever approach you choose, we recommend building the exercises you learn into your daily practice schedule. The best way to improve as a guitarist is through a consistent practice routine rather than sporadic, longer sessions. Learning guitar is a day-by-day, life-long journey.

Can I take the lessons at my own pace?

Everything on Pickup Music is designed to be taken at your own pace. There are no deadlines, so you can work at your own speed. You can stay on a topic until you really understand it before you move on.

While we divide our Learning Pathways into ‘days’ - this is a suggestion only. Some learners might take a few days in one sitting, while others will spend a few sessions on a single day. You can go at the pace that feels most comfortable to you.

How does the 1:1 video feedback work?

We want our members to get the closest thing possible to in-person lessons but at a fraction of the cost. That's why you can now get individual video feedback on your guitar playing from our team of expert instructors.

Here's how it works:

  • Choose a performance piece to learn at the end of each grade of a Learning Pathway.
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  • An expert instructor from our team will review your playing and send you back a detailed video on what you're doing well and what you need to work on.
  • Repeat for each grade of the Learning Pathway.

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Is Pickup Music good for beginners?

Absolutely! We make learning the guitar fun and simple – the way it should be.

Too many people get frustrated with guitar because they develop bad habits and poor technique. Avoid these costly and time-consuming mistakes by taking Pickup Music's structured and step-by-step approach to learning guitar.

You'll start with Pickup Music's introductory program Beginner Learning Pathway. Over three weeks, we break down everything from simple chords and melodies to rhythm and lead playing. By the end of the program, you'll be able to play any simple pop or rock song (and even write your own).

Most importantly, we make sure you don't get stuck in the beginner's plateau - a common pitfall for guitarists who are just starting out. You'll keep making progress through Pickup Music's guided Learning Pathways. These programs are designed to quickly take you from a beginner player to an intermediate one who feels comfortable across the whole fretboard.

Is Pickup Music good for intermediate and advanced guitarists?

Pickup Music is the best platform available for intermediate and advanced guitarists. Our courses take you beyond the basics to advanced concepts like the CAGED system, triads, arpeggios, modes and improvisation.

The biggest trap for intermediate players is bouncing around from lesson to lesson without a plan or structure to get to that next level. We are known for taking intermediate and advanced players who have hit a ceiling and busting through until they reach the next level.

Am I too old for guitar lessons?

Many of Pickup Music’s members are in their 60s and 70s and have seen amazing success with our programs. Our platform is designed to be user-friendly for all ages and skill levels. And our supportive community is made up of guitar learners of all ages, cheering each other on.

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Is it easy to cancel?

Absolutely! You can cancel at any time (although we'd be sad to see you go). Cancelling is easy, no tricks. Just go to your account page and click a button.

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What’s the difference between the annual and monthly plan?

The only difference is the price. The monthly membership is $29.99 charged monthly and the annual membership is $179.99 charged once a year. 

That means that if you select the annual plan you will pay 50% less and save $180 over a year compared to the monthly plan. 

We'll also send you reminders before we bill you each year so that you don't accidentally forget about it.

We give such a big discount for annual members because it aligns with our long-term vision to inspire and support lifelong guitar learning.

Can I buy lessons individually?

We don’t sell lessons individually. But the good news is you get access to every single lesson on Pickup Music through the one membership. If you’re only interested in one lesson, you could purchase a monthly membership and cancel when you’ve finished it – we have a hunch you’ll want to stick around though :)

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