The following tutorial covers the subject of inventing music (licks and entire tunes):

If you prefer to use YouTube, this video can be seen there at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1sVN5yNF24. The Vimeo video seems to have a much better quality, though.

The tutorial also references a tune that I wrote, called Tricky. The YouTube for it can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1I5AVzVy4

I hope you find all three tutorials useful. Related tutorials:

• FingerStyle Rules: When to Break Them
• Tutorial on a Riff in Jerry Reed’s The Claw
• Play the Music, Not The Notes

I put together a tutorial this evening on how to make up new guitar licks, starting with an existing lick. The tutorial is about 5 minutes long, and gives a couple of examples of taking existing licks and modifying them:

If you prefer to view this on YouTube, it’s at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGcJUa9O5Iw

This video references my tutorial on a lick in The Claw.

I hope you find this useful. Let me know if you have questions or comments.