What are your Questions about Improvisation?

I get a lot of emails asking about improvising: how to start, how to come up with ideas, how to not sound like you are playing scales. Are you stuck creating solos or frustrated that they always sound the same? I can help – what are your top 2 questions?

How do I know what chords to use to write a song?

Budding songwriter who wants to start writing your own songs? While some songwriters take a words-first, approach, many prefer to start with a chord progression to serve as the framework for the song and melody. So how do you know which chords to use in which order? Is there a formula for creating chord progressions?