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Here is new composition / Video for you all. Enjoy.

Mike Swickis - Modern Aardvark This is an original Progressive Rock composition inspired by Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs.Musicians: Chris Sutherland - Drums, Marty Thiessen - Bass, Matt...

Finding old videos from gigs. Here's a fun one.

Steroids - Oz Noy Cover - Mike Swickis Trio A live performance of Oz Noy's "Steroids" with the mighty Daniel Roy on drums and the groovy Jake Jacobs on bass.

Here's an original tune inspired by the early Joe Satriani era Instrumentals- composed and recorded at home. Feat Chirs Sutherland on drums and Marty Theissen on bass.

L'Homme Fantome - Mike Swickis This is an original instrumental I composed and recorded in my home studio (AKA Laptop). It features Marty Thiessen on bass, Chris Sutherland on drums and m...

Testing 1, 2 ,3.....

Check out the new Guitar Player magazine (Aug 2021) for my lesson on John Scofield's version of "Mama Tried". This is Part One of a Two Part lesson. Part Two will be in next month's issue.

I will be writing a lesson / article for this solo in an upcoming issue of Guitar Player magazine (April 2022). Click the link, have a listen and hit SUBSCRIBE!

Oz Noy - Guitar Solo Transcription for "She's Not There" +++IF YOU LIKE THE VIDEO PLEASE HIT SUBSCRIBE!+++Here's a transcription of the guitar solo from "She's Not There" off Oz Noy's "Snapdragon" album. This is t...

Back when I was the leader of a Jazz Quartet on the Pacific Explorer out of Australia we used to play three Jazz sets a day. After a while we'd try some non-jazz to mix things up. One day I made a chart for this Jeff Beck classic and we started throwing it in our sets. I recently dug through my archives and found one of the versions we did. Here it is.....

Cause We Ended As Lovers-Cover The Blue Room Quartet on P and O Cruise Lines.

Here's a Duet with a Tabla player friend of mine on an old tune from the first Led Zeppelin album. Black Mountain Side. HIT THE SUBSCRIBE TAB WHILE YOU ARE THERE!!

Black Mountain Side A cover of the Jimmy Page version of Black Mountain Side. (Black Waterside) from Led Zeppelin 1. Mike Swickis- Guitar, Martin Daigle-Tabla

Here is an instrumental I wrote last year. It feature some talented musicians from the Montreal area.

Vishish (Demo) An original composition by Mike Swickis. Feat. Mike Swickis-Guitar, Carl Mayotte-bass, Olivier Guertin -Drums, Jake Chapman -Marimba.

I am proud to be a regular contributor to Guitar Player magazine. This issue features my lesson / article on using the 1/2 whole diminished scale.