Stinger’s Mastering Lead Guitar , for Gab's Army |
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...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
* Don't know where to start? Just pm me and we will sort it out directly, I am online every day.
* Join My Army. Sounds aggressive? It is! We can study anything from the most fearsome picking techniques to bombastic songwriting. A medal of honor awaits the brave. Seriously, this is an opportunity for you to get a personalised learning experience...what are you waiting for?!
* Join my next video chat! GMC startpage holds a video chat schedule. We always cover a lot of ground and have fun. Remember that you don't need any previous knowledge, and you can be passive in the chat.
* Jam with me - you will find active collabs here.
* Post a topic on this board, guitar related or not - doesn't matter! You will find that chatting with instructors boosts your motivation to practice.
* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Finally I want to tell you a secret. Nah I changed my mind - pm me instead ;)
Stinger’s Mastering Lead Guitar , for Gab's Army |
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Mar 13 2012, 03:23 PM |
Hi Stinger!! Welcome to your Gab's Army thread!!
Could you please tell me a bit about you, your musical tastes, influences, strengths and weaknesses? I would need some videos of you playing rhythm and solo guitar, so please post your best material here. If you have some music or ideas of your own, also post them here. Also let me know how you think that I can help you and what are your expectations for our job. You can check the other Army's thread to discover the different modalities of this project. The principles of our Army are: + Improve your technique + Make music and solos + Have fun + Destroy the enemy (hahaha not realy just kidding... ) -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 13 2012, 09:26 PM |
Hi mate! Thanks for your introduction. The Army is basically a project to help GMC students to take their playing or composing abilities to a new level. I adapt the modality of work to each student so we can develop it together. The idea is that I give you assignments, lessons, exercises or anything to work on basing on your main goals (in this case Lead Guitar playing). It would be very important to at least hear you playing the exercises, it would be awesome if you can also film yourself at least with a webcam. This could help me to see your posture and hands movements and give some feedback about it. To start working I should hear your playing (you can use a cell phone of something) or you can tell me your level based on the lessons here at the site.
I also would like you to join some collabs at the site and help you with it, so if you finally get a recording interface we can also go for it! By the way the first thing that I would like you to work is in this exercises: LESSON #1 – WARMING UP & ENDURANCE -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 13 2012, 10:23 PM |
That sounds great mate! I'll send you a PM now where you'll find video with the stretches.
I'll be waiting for your takes! -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 10 2012, 07:12 PM |
Well, I've managed to record some riffs I was working on... unfortunately it's not as precise as I wanted it to be, but I still have problems with the metronome/recording synchronization. Making a video is also a little challenge, still working on it. [attachment=27067:First_recording.mp3] Hi mate, your playing needs some timing adjust but it's not bad. You palm muting sounds good. It would be great if you can record something using a backing track and I would also like to help you improving your tone. How did you record this? -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 13 2012, 12:40 AM |
Hi Gab, I recorded it through my PC interface using a Boss GT-8, but the sound is still under development What would you recommend as a backing track? Some cover songs that I play or just a drum beat? What about using a lesson in the style of the bands that you like? There are many metal lessons here at the site... what do you think? -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 13 2012, 04:39 PM |
Great idea, I'll try that! Do you have any ideas? Check Lian's or Ben's lessons! -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 14 2012, 04:49 PM |
I think I'll give Ben's Scorpions style rhythm lesson a try - sounds like I could do it with a few hours of practice. See you around Excellent! Please post your take here! -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 20 2012, 03:52 PM |
Excellent! Please post your take here! Hi Gab, I have recorded a first take of the Scorpions style lesson. I still have problems with the timing, but unfortunately the backing track is only available at full speed. I'll post a more precise take, but for now here is the first version... See you around. Scorpions_style_rhythm_take1.mp3 ( 551.86K ) Number of downloads: 134 -------------------- "Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo." - Kirk Hammett
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Apr 20 2012, 10:37 PM |
Hi Gab, I have recorded a first take of the Scorpions style lesson. I still have problems with the timing, but unfortunately the backing track is only available at full speed. I'll post a more precise take, but for now here is the first version... See you around. Scorpions_style_rhythm_take1.mp3 ( 551.86K ) Number of downloads: 134 You definitely have to work on this one at slower tempos. You can ask Ben for the slower tempos. Send him a PM and he will send them to you. You aren't still comfortable with this tempo. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 23 2012, 05:44 AM |
I've asked Ben, he'll send me the file when he has found it P.S.: The next takes will hopefully come with a video. Great! -------------------- My lessons
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May 7 2012, 11:36 AM |
Hi Gab. Unfortunately I didn't have much time the last week, so I wasn't able to practice and record much. Here is another take of the Scorpions style rhythm at 100bpm. One passage is still breaking my neck, maybe I should try another lesson first... what do you think?
scoprions_style_rhythm_100bpm.mp4 ( 6.75MB ) Number of downloads: 125 -------------------- "Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo." - Kirk Hammett
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May 7 2012, 07:21 PM |
Hi Stinger! That's not a bad take. Your timing is good, the problem appears in the faster AP parts. You should isolate those short scale fragments and practice them as a loop over metronome. We should definitely start working on another lesson but without missing this one.
Do you have any lesson in mind? -------------------- My lessons
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