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Dec 28 2014, 01:12 AM
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Great photo and guitar man - welcome to GMC!
 It is really good that you have your goals set and working towards achieving them. I'm curious to know how would you define a professional musician from your perspective? If you try the "impossible" and make up a small list of professional musician traits, you could use it as short term goals list (for example : finding good tone, getting control over vibrato etc) and work towards achieving those goals step by step. Are there maybe videos on Youtube of your band available? BTW - just hanging around musicians will help a lot and you'll catch upon many cool details and things. I really feel it has and still helps me learn heaps of stuff "passively", even without the instrument in my hands, so see you around the forum 
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Dec 28 2014, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE - Since im using mostly economy picking, learning better alternative picking wouldnt hurt - Various vibratos - Various bends and pre-bends - Clean picking and legato technique in low/mid/high tempos - Using picking dynamics This is a very good list and it hits a lot of important aspects which in my opinion make up a "professional guitarist". These techniques lead to more expressive playing and control over details which make a lot of difference in performance. I think you should incorporate these topics in your practice routine, you can search for those terms to find lessons you like and practice them. I'd suggest finding one lesson you like and submitting a REC take, just so that you can get reference where you are standing with your current playing/level. More info about GMC REC program here. I think a great practice for those above would be to play a completely different style than what you are used to (metal?). For example, try tackling a blues or pop rock lesson which features expressive guitar playing. Even though you might not play that style with your band, it will allow you to unlock a completely new dimension in your playing. Besides what you mentioned (internship), I'd also suggest hanging around the forum as we have a lot of experienced musicians lurking the boards Start a new topic and post if you have thoughts or questions on any topic and we'll discuss it in more details.Thanks for sharing the audio track, I think you have very nice timing and tight playing. Did you play the drums? Really impressive if your only experience was playing drums on Guitar Hero
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Dec 28 2014, 06:16 PM
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Welcome to the family Karri..
Enjoy the journey and prepare to improve Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Dec 28 2014, 07:57 PM
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Hey mate! Wellcome to the site. Thanx for Your kind words - yes it is a special place - not just a tab and licks source but a full care from instructors and more experienced students as well
Nice sample - I think some pure metal fans would love it If You need any help on alternate picking do not hesitate to go through some of my alternate picking lessons and a one huge workshop here:https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Altern...Picking-Basics/ You'll need more than hour to go through it but |You'll might dins some usefull tips since it is not a typical lesson You'll probably used to see |
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Dec 28 2014, 09:14 PM
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Welcome to GMC Kaaba!
 You have already got some good advice. Another thing that can help you speed up learning, is if you can identify the 1-2 biggest problem areas. Basically what you perceive as the biggest problems with your playing/musical journey. It can be anything, examples: not enough inspiration to write songs, technical progress to slow, legato technique not working etc. Usually we have a few of these, and not only might we be able to help you overcome these problems. But by identifying them and discussing them, we can identify other problem areas which might be the real root of the problem(s) you experience - although you do not realize it at this stage. And if this is the case, you are guaranteed a substantial bump in learning pace A lot of people seek instructional help just to get a second opinion and some new perspective. Btw here is a video I recorded on a similar topic. |
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Dec 29 2014, 06:27 AM
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QUOTE (Darius Wave @ Dec 28 2014, 06:57 PM)  If You need any help on alternate picking do not hesitate to go through some of my alternate picking lessons and a one huge workshop here: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Altern...Picking-Basics/ You'll need more than hour to go through it but |You'll might dins some usefull tips since it is not a typical lesson You'll probably used to see Thank you so much for that workshop! Ive always just went with the most natural feeling techniques (being mostly self-taught), and watching the video got me into so many more options, from which I will for sure find the best ones for myself Did a few REC's and now Im working on Ben's Land of Legato 2 Would really appreciate all of your constructive feedback on them! |
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Dec 29 2014, 09:08 PM
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I saw these RECs and I am going to post my general impressions:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=53606 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=53607 The #1 thing that will make you sound more pro is a better and more elaborate vibrato. See how the different instructors apply vibrato depending of where they are on the guitar neck. Try to decide whose vibrato you prefer (as a starting point) and then try to emulate that instructors' exact hand/arm movement. Secondly, you should try to find a sound with less distortion that you think sounds good/ok - aka a more "dynamic" sound. It will feel very uncomfortable at start, but in the long run it will force you take care of details in your playing (such as control of dynamics, hands sync etc). Nailing all those details is an absolute necessity to sound pro. If you keep playing with a highly distorted sound, you will most likely never realize you have got such subtle issues to work on - and you will not make huge of the fantastic expression potential of the electric guitar. Technique wise you have already come a long way, I would advise you let technique rest/mature a little bit while you focus on tone and vibrato. (of course you can always turn on that metronome when no one notices ) I know it sounds strange, but by getting a better tone/vibrato everyone will automatically perceive your fast runs as much cooler. In fact, they will probably even be perceived as faster. Speed is relative and in the eye of the beholder.
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Dec 30 2014, 11:54 AM
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QUOTE (Kaaba @ Dec 29 2014, 11:44 PM) Huge thanks to all of the feedback on my REC's! I will work on finding a good tone with less distortion, it has always been a problem for me, since ive usually just cranked up the gain and started jamming  Do you have any suggestions for lessons/courses/workshops about vibrato? Based on great feedback, I was thinking of changing my practise routine to focus on vibrato/bending and since I have lots of time to play guitar at this time, I will also focus on outside picking, which I realised, is definitely the biggest problem on my alternative picking. Thanks again! Hey buddy Step by step, if you are curious and hard working, you will definitely evolve! Now, about the gain, yes, try to find a setting in which you will have enough gain to sound mean but also defined and expressive.I would like to recommend Ben Higgins' 'Vibrato Oddyssey' series, starting with this one: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey-5/ It focuses on the basic vibrato bending/vibrato movements and it will prove itself very useful as a basis on which you can build afterwards. The other lessons in the series, involve other phrasing elements, most likely proving themselves a bit more difficult, so start with this one in order to make sure that you will get as close as possible to mastering the pure technique. |
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