Chris Watson and a few other people commented on the chords I was using for I Will Survive so I thought I'd throw some music together.

This is a standard example of my chord work. I try to use extended voicings whenever possible... maj7ths, 9ths etc etc. When you can fit these sounds into a pop or rock song you should go for it because over time it will open up your hearing and you will be able to easily alternate between standard chords and "jazz" chords.

Here's one of my licks... it uses the b5 and #5 of it's related major scale to get an augmented sound.

When I’m on stage with Drive or at the jazz gig I like to play tight little chords that leave a little bit of extra space in the sound… You end up with something like the chord movements that Wes Montgommery was doing or maybe more like Jim Hall.

Here's a cool little turn around for any standard blues tune.

I love using augmented triads over the V.