Can someone point me in the right direction? Using borrowed notes / chords
I'm a guitarist working on my first solo album. I've primarily played metal and alternative rock all my life, and so while I'm intimately familiar with the minor / harmonic minor scale, my knowledge of chord progressions is very lacking. I want my album to have more of a fusion / groove feel to it. I've done a fair bit of research on my own, and I've learned the basic progressions (I - IV - V for basic rock, ii - V - I for jazz, etc) but they always sound bland or overly emotional when I try to write progressions like this. So I researched some jazz / fusion artists, but I'm having trouble figuring out what they're doing. For reference, this is the sound and feel I'm after. The tune features some borrowed chords, and Guthrie Govan plays out of key here and there, but every time it happens, it sounds so tasteful and groovy. If someone could just point me to where I can learn the theory that would help me write like this, or if you know of any artists with this sort of sound so I can increase the repertoire I can pull from, it would be very much appreciated!