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Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 4 2012, 01:15 PM

Hey mate biggrin.gif this is your personal mentoring thread wink.gif write a few lines on your current knowledge (music theory and guitar wise) and your personal goals so we can start focused wink.gif

thank you

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 4 2012, 10:20 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 4 2012, 01:15 PM) *
Hey mate biggrin.gif this is your personal mentoring thread wink.gif write a few lines on your current knowledge (music theory and guitar wise) and your personal goals so we can start focused wink.gif

thank you

Cosmin


Yeah,cool.

I started playing guitar 4 months ago , nearly from scratch. I played bass guitar a few years earlier, but I had a relative long break and I also played fingerstyle , so picking was new for me. I know some basic patterns ( minor scales and pentatonics), but music theory in general is "unexplored territory" for me wink.gif .
I did some lessons on diificulty 1 and 2 till now, at the moment im focussing on the lessons "Inside/Outside picking" from Ben Higgins and " Easy AC/DC" from Adrian Figallo.
My music taste: Mainly I am child of the 90s ( 35 years old), AC/DC was my first favourite band ( I guess I was 12-13years old) , later Thrash and Death metal bands became my favs, but I was always open for alternative sounds. Faith no more,Rage against the machine and the whole crossover stuff was great. Later, bands from with this style were called new metal, but who gives a shit? laugh.gif I liked them . Limp Bizkit,Papa roach,Slipknot , System of a down and so on. My favourite band of all time is machine head because I think they combine metal trademarks without sounding "retro". "Burn my eyes" is still one of my favourit records and in my opinion it has a timeless sound.
So , my goals... hm, what can I say?
When I started playing guitar, I thought: " Ok, lets do this AC/DC stuff the first 2 months and after that Metallica is on my list." Well, that "AC/DC stuff" is still on my list (seemed a little bit more tricky than I thought laugh.gif) but I guess my goal is still to become a thrash metal guitar beast like Kerry King wink.gif ..... ok , this will stay a dream I guess, since I have not the time to practice 15 hours a day.
I try to practice one hour a day, but often I fell tired after work and I reduce it to half an hour sometimes less.So what is a realistic goal? I guess maybe that I can do lessons of difficulty 5 in a year, but maybe it is too optimistic. Let´s see.

Greetings

Marfol

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 4 2012, 11:02 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 4 2012, 09:20 PM) *
Yeah,cool.

I started playing guitar 4 months ago , nearly from scratch. I played bass guitar a few years earlier, but I had a relative long break and I also played fingerstyle , so picking was new for me. I know some basic patterns ( minor scales and pentatonics), but music theory in general is "unexplored territory" for me wink.gif .
I did some lessons on diificulty 1 and 2 till now, at the moment im focussing on the lessons "Inside/Outside picking" from Ben Higgins and " Easy AC/DC" from Adrian Figallo.
My music taste: Mainly I am child of the 90s ( 35 years old), AC/DC was my first favourite band ( I guess I was 12-13years old) , later Thrash and Death metal bands became my favs, but I was always open for alternative sounds. Faith no more,Rage against the machine and the whole crossover stuff was great. Later, bands from with this style were called new metal, but who gives a shit? laugh.gif I liked them . Limp Bizkit,Papa roach,Slipknot , System of a down and so on. My favourite band of all time is machine head because I think they combine metal trademarks without sounding "retro". "Burn my eyes" is still one of my favourit records and in my opinion it has a timeless sound.
So , my goals... hm, what can I say?
When I started playing guitar, I thought: " Ok, lets do this AC/DC stuff the first 2 months and after that Metallica is on my list." Well, that "AC/DC stuff" is still on my list (seemed a little bit more tricky than I thought laugh.gif) but I guess my goal is still to become a thrash metal guitar beast like Kerry King wink.gif ..... ok , this will stay a dream I guess, since I have not the time to practice 15 hours a day.
I try to practice one hour a day, but often I fell tired after work and I reduce it to half an hour sometimes less.So what is a realistic goal? I guess maybe that I can do lessons of difficulty 5 in a year, but maybe it is too optimistic. Let´s see.

Greetings

Marfol


hey mate! one hour per day will do wink.gif when we have limited time we learn to use it better smile.gif out of what I am deducting, my suggestion would be to focus on rhythm and theory - all the bands you have mentioned have VERY strong rhythmic approaches wink.gif

How does that sound so far?

all the best

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 5 2012, 12:22 AM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 4 2012, 11:02 PM) *
hey mate! one hour per day will do wink.gif when we have limited time we learn to use it better smile.gif out of what I am deducting, my suggestion would be to focus on rhythm and theory - all the bands you have mentioned have VERY strong rhythmic approaches wink.gif

How does that sound so far?

all the best

Cosmin


Sounds good to me.

Posted by: Marfol Mar 5 2012, 10:15 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 5 2012, 12:22 AM) *
Sounds good to me.


Which lesson would you recommend first? Should I do the Easy AC/DC first? Seems to me a good foundation for rythm focussed guitar playing ...

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 6 2012, 09:48 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 5 2012, 09:15 PM) *
Which lesson would you recommend first? Should I do the Easy AC/DC first? Seems to me a good foundation for rythm focussed guitar playing ...


Good morning man - yes, I do believe it would be a fine choice, so let's go with it wink.gif let me know what sort of troubles you might have with this one, k?

Posted by: Marfol Mar 6 2012, 03:03 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 6 2012, 09:48 AM) *
Good morning man - yes, I do believe it would be a fine choice, so let's go with it wink.gif let me know what sort of troubles you might have with this one, k?


Yeah, I think I can do this one till end of the week and post a REC take. Little trouble with grabbing the chords clean, but I think practice will do this.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 6 2012, 09:38 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 6 2012, 02:03 PM) *
Yeah, I think I can do this one till end of the week and post a REC take. Little trouble with grabbing the chords clean, but I think practice will do this.


Looking forward to your take my friend smile.gif don't shy away from asking things on the way smile.gif

Posted by: Marfol Mar 7 2012, 05:10 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 6 2012, 09:38 PM) *
Looking forward to your take my friend smile.gif don't shy away from asking things on the way smile.gif


Yeah, I do, thank you.

So, when I am doing my daily 1 hour "practice routine" , I start with warming up 5 minutes, after that I play scales and technical things for about 15 minutes. Than I play some songs/lessons , which I already mastered for 15 - 20 minutes and the rest of the time I practice new lessons (1-2 maximum). Does this make sense or would you cut time from any section and expand it to another?
I am thinking about doing a "guitar day" once every 2 weeks (since my normal "working rythm" is 10 days work - 4 days leisure time) but I really don´t know how to structure the time ( 8 - 10 hours) : Do you have ideas for this?


Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 8 2012, 11:39 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 7 2012, 04:10 PM) *
Yeah, I do, thank you.

So, when I am doing my daily 1 hour "practice routine" , I start with warming up 5 minutes, after that I play scales and technical things for about 15 minutes. Than I play some songs/lessons , which I already mastered for 15 - 20 minutes and the rest of the time I practice new lessons (1-2 maximum). Does this make sense or would you cut time from any section and expand it to another?
I am thinking about doing a "guitar day" once every 2 weeks (since my normal "working rythm" is 10 days work - 4 days leisure time) but I really don´t know how to structure the time ( 8 - 10 hours) : Do you have ideas for this?


Hey mate, I think the hourly program is good so far, but you should stick to only new lesson each day, until you nail it. Focusing on smaller tasks will get them done wink.gif

Now, I'd say t'would be better to play 3-4 hrs each day in those 4 free ones, rather than playing 10 hrs in one day smile.gif the secret lies in being constant, not in punishing yourself away in one day and not playing for 10 days afterwards.

in 3 hrs of practice a day, you can involve ear training and rhythmic training - I will be presenting a very cool exercise this evening at the v-chat if you wish to attend (8PM London time) and phrasing if you'd like.

No what I'd suggest, is me making up a list of rhythm oriented lessons which you can tackle one by one wink.gif how does that sound - will you be up for mastering 3-4 of them a month? Or is it too much?

let me know

Cosmin


Posted by: Marfol Mar 8 2012, 12:00 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 8 2012, 11:39 AM) *
Hey mate, I think the hourly program is good so far, but you should stick to only new lesson each day, until you nail it. Focusing on smaller tasks will get them done wink.gif

Now, I'd say t'would be better to play 3-4 hrs each day in those 4 free ones, rather than playing 10 hrs in one day smile.gif the secret lies in being constant, not in punishing yourself away in one day and not playing for 10 days afterwards.

in 3 hrs of practice a day, you can involve ear training and rhythmic training - I will be presenting a very cool exercise this evening at the v-chat if you wish to attend (8PM London time) and phrasing if you'd like.

No what I'd suggest, is me making up a list of rhythm oriented lessons which you can tackle one by one wink.gif how does that sound - will you be up for mastering 3-4 of them a month? Or is it too much?

let me know

Cosmin


Yeah, I think that sounds better. 3-4 lessons is absolutely possible. Looking forward to the list :=)
Thanks for your help and see you tonight wink.gif

Greetz Carsten

Posted by: Marfol Mar 8 2012, 04:47 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 8 2012, 12:00 PM) *
Yeah, I think that sounds better. 3-4 lessons is absolutely possible. Looking forward to the list :=)
Thanks for your help and see you tonight wink.gif

Greetz Carsten


I have a question about the AC DC lesson ... when i am striking the D chord I used to grab with index and ring finger the second frets on G and high E string , but in the video Adrian uses his index to cover both frets ... what is the technical "better" play? Or is it matter of personal taste? Greetz

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 9 2012, 08:57 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 8 2012, 03:47 PM) *
I have a question about the AC DC lesson ... when i am striking the D chord I used to grab with index and ring finger the second frets on G and high E string , but in the video Adrian uses his index to cover both frets ... what is the technical "better" play? Or is it matter of personal taste? Greetz


Hey man, good morning smile.gif as I see it, you have to pick the one version which works for you wink.gif it's your hands and you should feel what is easier and in the same time provides the desired result biggrin.gif let me know how it goes, k?

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 12 2012, 10:26 PM

Hi, short update: I am not happy with my "actual version" of the AC/DC lesson, so I keep practicing it this week... maybe I can upload a decent take this weekend. Greetz Marfol

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 13 2012, 09:45 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 12 2012, 09:26 PM) *
Hi, short update: I am not happy with my "actual version" of the AC/DC lesson, so I keep practicing it this week... maybe I can upload a decent take this weekend. Greetz Marfol


Hey man! No problemmo, I'd rather have you go slower than rush things and not get the best of results smile.gif each in his own time and speed smile.gif if there's anything, I am here!

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 19 2012, 03:02 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 13 2012, 09:45 AM) *
Hey man! No problemmo, I'd rather have you go slower than rush things and not get the best of results smile.gif each in his own time and speed smile.gif if there's anything, I am here!

Cosmin


Hey. man .... my job owned me lately... so practicetime suffered a little bit, but soon I am going to finish the ACDC lesson... biggest problem for me are the bends in this lesson or better the correct "pitch" (don´t know if this is the right english term for it, I mean to "hit" the right note)....

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 19 2012, 07:48 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 19 2012, 02:02 PM) *
Hey. man .... my job owned me lately... so practicetime suffered a little bit, but soon I am going to finish the ACDC lesson... biggest problem for me are the bends in this lesson or better the correct "pitch" (don´t know if this is the right english term for it, I mean to "hit" the right note)....


I know what you mean mate smile.gif no problemmo, take your time wink.gif about the bends, yes, getting them in pitch is very important smile.gif once you'll get there you can work on becoming expressive with your bends. Is there anything else I can assist you with?

Can't wait to see the vid biggrin.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 21 2012, 07:32 PM

Taaaa - daah! Tommorow is REC day! Although I don´t think it is perfect but I need some feedback on the lesson.

P.S. Nice cut ! biggrin.gif


Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 22 2012, 10:46 AM

biggrin.gif Awesome man! I'll be looking forward to that and thanks for the encouraging of the new look laugh.gif

Posted by: Marfol Mar 22 2012, 08:25 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 22 2012, 10:46 AM) *
biggrin.gif Awesome man! I'll be looking forward to that and thanks for the encouraging of the new look laugh.gif


Sorry, need one more day, weren´t able to record just one decent take... just garbage... do you have any hints for recording? When I am practicing I definitly play the lesson and it sounds good, as soon as I have to do all this settings with recording and stuff (software,camera etc.) my finger seem to become stiff... if I don´t record a decent take tommorrow I will upload one to this thread.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 22 2012, 09:16 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 22 2012, 07:25 PM) *
Sorry, need one more day, weren´t able to record just one decent take... just garbage... do you have any hints for recording? When I am practicing I definitly play the lesson and it sounds good, as soon as I have to do all this settings with recording and stuff (software,camera etc.) my finger seem to become stiff... if I don´t record a decent take tommorrow I will upload one to this thread.


Good evening man smile.gif it's the pressure of knowing somebody will take a look over your materials tongue.gif I know how it feels. Relax and record A TON! The more you record, the better you'll become at this biggrin.gif send the take to me in any way you want. We will discuss without any fear of anything. I will not punish you, only help you get better wink.gif

Posted by: Marfol Mar 22 2012, 09:30 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 22 2012, 09:16 PM) *
Good evening man smile.gif it's the pressure of knowing somebody will take a look over your materials tongue.gif I know how it feels. Relax and record A TON! The more you record, the better you'll become at this biggrin.gif send the take to me in any way you want. We will discuss without any fear of anything. I will not punish you, only help you get better wink.gif


Thank you,man. It can be frustrating sometimes. I will post it here soon.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 23 2012, 10:41 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 22 2012, 08:30 PM) *
Thank you,man. It can be frustrating sometimes. I will post it here soon.


Awesomeness biggrin.gif let's take a look wink.gif

Posted by: Marfol Mar 23 2012, 06:31 PM

Good evening! So, here is a version that you can listen to without running away screaming wink.gif

http://youtu.be/8azYgu-lI5Y

Posted by: Marfol Mar 24 2012, 09:22 PM

HEy Cosmin, I did a slightly better version (in my opinion wink.gif ) of the lesson today. Your advice recording a TON was very good, I renderd and recorded even very bad takes and listenend to them... so I hope I improve on this. Unfortunately , I did one good take but I the video didn´t record....
So here is the version: http://youtu.be/eHZfmZLPCIA

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 24 2012, 11:52 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 24 2012, 08:22 PM) *
HEy Cosmin, I did a slightly better version (in my opinion wink.gif ) of the lesson today. Your advice recording a TON was very good, I renderd and recorded even very bad takes and listenend to them... so I hope I improve on this. Unfortunately , I did one good take but I the video didn´t record....
So here is the version: http://youtu.be/eHZfmZLPCIA


Hey man biggrin.gif I think your timing is pretty tight and if you'd focus a bit on the following things:

- the tone is too fuzzy - what sort of amp/ preamp are you using to record and what settings?
- once we'll sort out the tone, your tightness will greatly improve biggrin.gif

..we'll transform this into something better!

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 25 2012, 09:39 AM

Good morning! Yeah, the tone is problem, I have to admit. This is still undiscovered territory for me, to be honest. I usually plug in and tune some buttons untill I got a decent distortion and thats it for me ohmy.gif .
Actually, I use Amplitube 3 and Reaper for my recordings. In amplitube 3, I use the british tube lead for distorted sounds.
I have gain 9, Bass 2 , Middle 10 , Treble 3,Presence 4 and Spring Reverb 0.
Anyway, I will have to change strings soon, I guess.
I am not totally sure about the sound of my guitar, do you think it needs some professional adjustment? I am not sure if it is 100% "bundrein" (couldn´t find the english word, it means that the frets sound clean in a whole together)

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 27 2012, 11:12 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 25 2012, 08:39 AM) *
Good morning! Yeah, the tone is problem, I have to admit. This is still undiscovered territory for me, to be honest. I usually plug in and tune some buttons untill I got a decent distortion and thats it for me ohmy.gif .
Actually, I use Amplitube 3 and Reaper for my recordings. In amplitube 3, I use the british tube lead for distorted sounds.
I have gain 9, Bass 2 , Middle 10 , Treble 3,Presence 4 and Spring Reverb 0.
Anyway, I will have to change strings soon, I guess.
I am not totally sure about the sound of my guitar, do you think it needs some professional adjustment? I am not sure if it is 100% "bundrein" (couldn´t find the english word, it means that the frets sound clean in a whole together)


Hey mate! There's a lot of stuff you can achieve by using guitar tone software such as amplitube - though I am a tube guy biggrin.gif and I like the stuff I can put my hands on and that does not have too many buttons. Out of what I have heard your tone lacks a bit of consistency, it is not necessarily because of the guitar but, I think that more tweaking from the software can do it smile.gif could you try a more rectifier oriented amp in there, for instance?

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Mar 27 2012, 09:34 PM

Yeah, always thought about using my Amp for recording, but I am not really into this stuff, I have to admit. Is a USB interface enough or do I have to buy additional hardware for it?
I am not totally sure what you mean with more rectifier oreinted amp, do you mean less distortion?

Carsten

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 28 2012, 08:49 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 27 2012, 08:34 PM) *
Yeah, always thought about using my Amp for recording, but I am not really into this stuff, I have to admit. Is a USB interface enough or do I have to buy additional hardware for it?
I am not totally sure what you mean with more rectifier oreinted amp, do you mean less distortion?

Carsten


Hey Carsten, by rectifier, I mean some amp model in that software, which resembles a Mesa Boogie smile.gif and a bit of gainwouldn't hurt either tongue.gif the POD Farm and the POD Guitar Port are very good and sound awesome! biggrin.gif

Posted by: Marfol Mar 28 2012, 03:46 PM

Hey man,

I found that POD Guitar port on the internet and it sounds good... actually I have an USB Interface by Behringer, but it kind of sucks... I already thought some time about investing into some decent hardware like this one http://www.thomann.de/de/line6_pod_studio_ux2.htm.
I am using a demoversion of Amplitube 3 with just 3 Amps at choice, so I give the others a try and make some experiments for now to get a decent sound.

Posted by: Marfol Mar 28 2012, 07:56 PM

So, I uploaded two more versions. The problem is that from the 3 amps there is only the british tube with an gain potie, so no distortion on the others.
There are also some pedals which I tried: Chorus,Overdrive,Equalizer etc. but the sound remains not the best.

http://youtu.be/E0Lb0FlIY6c Take 1

http://youtu.be/oXVVGKu6ZsY Take 2 with alternate ending (which I like better) wink.gif

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 29 2012, 12:27 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 28 2012, 06:56 PM) *
So, I uploaded two more versions. The problem is that from the 3 amps there is only the british tube with an gain potie, so no distortion on the others.
There are also some pedals which I tried: Chorus,Overdrive,Equalizer etc. but the sound remains not the best.

http://youtu.be/E0Lb0FlIY6c Take 1

http://youtu.be/oXVVGKu6ZsY Take 2 with alternate ending (which I like better) wink.gif


hey mate, I can't see the links as they are on private smile.gif

Posted by: Marfol Mar 29 2012, 02:05 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 28 2012, 11:27 PM) *
hey mate, I can't see the links as they are on private smile.gif


Sorry for that, I fixed it...

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 31 2012, 06:09 PM

Hey man! The second is better indeed, if you could add a bit more gain and lower the bass a little it would get close to a good tone. Also, the flow of the piece should be a bit taken care of as, you are cutting out some chords earlier than you should in order for them to sound tight over the track.

Let's try and tweak the tone in that direction smile.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 1 2012, 04:24 PM

Yeah, the Gain is already at 10 wink.gif The bass is at 2 so I can lower it still... should I use a overdrive stomp with it to get more gain?

Posted by: Marfol Apr 1 2012, 07:05 PM

Hey man, I decided to put one take in the REC Forum... don´t exactly know what I changed but I think it is soundwise a drastic improvement... but listen yourself http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=43752&b=1&st=0&p=0&#entry0

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 1 2012, 11:44 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Mar 22 2012, 07:25 PM) *
Sorry, need one more day, weren´t able to record just one decent take... just garbage... do you have any hints for recording? When I am practicing I definitly play the lesson and it sounds good, as soon as I have to do all this settings with recording and stuff (software,camera etc.) my finger seem to become stiff... if I don´t record a decent take tommorrow I will upload one to this thread.


hey man! No biggie, take your time and RELAX record 100 times if you need to smile.gif there are times when I record 60-70 times over and over until i get things to sound EXACTLY as I want them to smile.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 2 2012, 09:44 AM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 1 2012, 10:44 PM) *
hey man! No biggie, take your time and RELAX record 100 times if you need to smile.gif there are times when I record 60-70 times over and over until i get things to sound EXACTLY as I want them to smile.gif

Cosmin


Hey Cosmin, you quoted an older post (last post from page one) wink.gif Anyway , thank you for the 9 in the REC .

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 2 2012, 08:48 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 2 2012, 08:44 AM) *
Hey Cosmin, you quoted an older post (last post from page one) wink.gif Anyway , thank you for the 9 in the REC .


You're welcome mate! Let's see : what would you like to work on now? Some more rhythm, I'd say, to tighten up your grooving skills wink.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 2 2012, 08:52 PM

Yeah.sounds good. I try to improve just a little more on the AC/DC one (I think there is still little room wink.gif ), but to be honest: I am getting tired of it!
So lets work on my groove... do you have a lesson for me ?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 3 2012, 03:29 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 2 2012, 07:52 PM) *
Yeah.sounds good. I try to improve just a little more on the AC/DC one (I think there is still little room wink.gif ), but to be honest: I am getting tired of it!
So lets work on my groove... do you have a lesson for me ?


Of course, man! But first, because it's important to like what you are learning, I would like to know if you would like taking things in a sphere which is a bit further from rock/ metal smile.gif I mean funk maaaan! biggrin.gif

let me know and we shall proceed wink.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 3 2012, 06:29 PM

Sure, Cosmin. I am openminded in music and I always liked funk rock bands like Faith no more and RHCP . I like also James Brown when it comes to party making wink.gif

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 3 2012, 08:36 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 3 2012, 05:29 PM) *
Sure, Cosmin. I am openminded in music and I always liked funk rock bands like Faith no more and RHCP . I like also James Brown when it comes to party making wink.gif


Mate this could be the next step in your evolution smile.gif be careful about the phrasing, timing and the details wink.gif what do you think? It will most likely improve your rhythmic sense and articulation!

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Groovy-Duo/

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 3 2012, 08:47 PM

Sounds great! Awesome lesson, will start to groove soon wink.gif

Posted by: Marfol Apr 5 2012, 02:44 PM

Hey Cos,

this lesson is fun, I learned the parts so far, now I just have to play them in the correct order wink.gif Soon I will upload a version of it.
I am also going to change my strings, bought some tools today to adjust my guitar. So far I had always tuning issues on my REC Takes and I was wondering because I always tuned my guitar before recording something. After watching Ivans tuning lesson I found out that on the 12th string the higher strings are always out of tune a little, so I will fix that later today.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 5 2012, 03:10 PM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 5 2012, 01:44 PM) *
Hey Cos,

this lesson is fun, I learned the parts so far, now I just have to play them in the correct order wink.gif Soon I will upload a version of it.
I am also going to change my strings, bought some tools today to adjust my guitar. So far I had always tuning issues on my REC Takes and I was wondering because I always tuned my guitar before recording something. After watching Ivans tuning lesson I found out that on the 12th string the higher strings are always out of tune a little, so I will fix that later today.


great to hear man!

Honestly speaking, I have been placed in the situation where because of the cold, while I was onstage, I had to bend almost every note so that it would sound in tune. New strings will do the trick and out of what I've noticed, you have an SG which seems to be a pretty solid axe, am I right?

smile.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 5 2012, 03:50 PM

Yeah, an Epiphone SG. Glad to have it, it was part of a beginner bundle. When I changed the strings I noticed that I had them already more than 2 months ;( ... I am still on bassplayer mode I guess smile.gif

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 6 2012, 07:15 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 5 2012, 02:50 PM) *
Yeah, an Epiphone SG. Glad to have it, it was part of a beginner bundle. When I changed the strings I noticed that I had them already more than 2 months ;( ... I am still on bassplayer mode I guess smile.gif


laugh.gif no problem man, we live we learn, as the saying goes! smile.gif let's see the new lesson and start workin on it! If you have more time on your hands I would like to see your lead skills in action as well wink.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 6 2012, 02:34 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 6 2012, 06:15 AM) *
laugh.gif no problem man, we live we learn, as the saying goes! smile.gif let's see the new lesson and start workin on it! If you have more time on your hands I would like to see your lead skills in action as well wink.gif

Cosmin


Hey man, cool, I would like to do some solo work wink.gif

I recorded 2 takes of the groove lesson:

http://youtu.be/8rYiJQb6N0E

http://youtu.be/rZD6zPj5h-I

The first five takes ... ehem, maybe I upload them sometime in a best of video "Marfols Epic guitar fails" or something laugh.gif



Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 7 2012, 08:18 AM

Hey man! No stress wink.gif let's take it easy and work it to the top!

There are a few things which would transform this into a wonderful take wink.gif

1) Your attack - you're a bit too shy with the guitar - strike it a bit harder and it will roar biggrin.gif
2) Vibrato - do you know how to use your wrist when vibrating? the results will be far better!
3) Your timing is good, but the whole take could use a bit more flow
4) The left hand is also a bit too shy when pressing the positions

All in all, if you work on these aspects, you will improve A LOT wink.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 7 2012, 10:27 AM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 7 2012, 07:18 AM) *
Hey man! No stress wink.gif let's take it easy and work it to the top!

There are a few things which would transform this into a wonderful take wink.gif

1) Your attack - you're a bit too shy with the guitar - strike it a bit harder and it will roar biggrin.gif
2) Vibrato - do you know how to use your wrist when vibrating? the results will be far better!
3) Your timing is good, but the whole take could use a bit more flow
4) The left hand is also a bit too shy when pressing the positions

All in all, if you work on these aspects, you will improve A LOT wink.gif

Cosmin


Yeah,sure.

I weren´t aware of the wrist vibrato technique, I used always just the finger which was picking the note. I have to practice that, but my first trys sound in deed better than the "finger technique".

Posted by: Marfol Apr 7 2012, 01:33 PM

Oh,forget the last post. I thought Vibrato and Bend were the same, but they are differnet , arn´t they?

Posted by: Marfol Apr 8 2012, 09:31 PM

I just watched some videos on the vibrato thing and I am not totally sure how to do it. Sometimes players pull off their thumps and use their whole arm and sometimes they just use their wrist for the vibrato. Which one is "correct"/ better?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 9 2012, 08:55 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 8 2012, 08:31 PM) *
I just watched some videos on the vibrato thing and I am not totally sure how to do it. Sometimes players pull off their thumps and use their whole arm and sometimes they just use their wrist for the vibrato. Which one is "correct"/ better?


Hey man!

Vibrato and bending are the key elements which have to be mastered by EVERY guitarist on this here planet tongue.gif I would be delighted to help out in this matter.

Vibrato can be done in various ways and I think that Ben's videos are one very explicit way to learn and master. Please check out this vid:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey/

as for bending this one is pretty good to start with: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Beginners-Corner-21-String-Bending/

The key idea is that your wrist is the answer to both techniques! wink.gif you will get better with time as you start to bend and vibrate, while focusing on doing it right.

Imagine that your hand has only one finger and your wrist is the only way to move it tongue.gif the wrist executes an 'up down motion' just like you will see in the vids.

Hope this is good to start with! Let's see if you are ok with these!

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 11 2012, 09:52 PM

HEy man, I practiced the Vibrato lesson from Ben and soon I can upload a version of it.

BTW I just bought a new USB audio device (Line6 UX2) and I hope I can record some better sounding takes with it, just have to get into Farm POD , may take some time.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 12 2012, 10:01 AM

QUOTE (Marfol @ Apr 11 2012, 08:52 PM) *
HEy man, I practiced the Vibrato lesson from Ben and soon I can upload a version of it.

BTW I just bought a new USB audio device (Line6 UX2) and I hope I can record some better sounding takes with it, just have to get into Farm POD , may take some time.


biggrin.gif great news my friend biggrin.gif I got somethin for ya biggrin.gif check this out: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=41250 use these tones with your POD farm and your new sound will be amazing tongue.gif

Let me know how it went

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 12 2012, 08:48 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 12 2012, 09:01 AM) *
biggrin.gif great news my friend biggrin.gif I got somethin for ya biggrin.gif check this out: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=41250 use these tones with your POD farm and your new sound will be amazing tongue.gif

Let me know how it went

Cosmin


Thank you so much,man! Those sound awsome, I was completely blown away! Finally my guitar sounds like it should laugh.gif !
I think I´ll upload a version of Bens Vibratolesson tommorrow.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 13 2012, 08:31 AM

Hey man! Glad to know they did the trick smile.gif these were used to record demos for my band ARIA smile.gif so it's more or less the same stuff we used biggrin.gif let's see the recording smile.gif

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 13 2012, 08:39 PM

Sure thing. And here it is:

http://youtu.be/3c3mjuPD8io wink.gif

I still have problems to do the pulloff on the 4th note ( 8th fret on B string) with my pinky, but I am working on it.
Regardless of my technique I am quite happy with the sound --> Thank you again for the POD settings!
So what do you think?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 14 2012, 11:02 AM

Hey man! No problem biggrin.gif well, I say it's building up pretty nicely! I suggest you should widen the vibrato, as it's a bit too sharp somehow. And take care to mute all the strings aside from the one having the note which you're vibrating. There's a strange sound happening because of that, somewhere around second 0.11 Shall we try another take while focusing on these?

Cosmin

Posted by: Marfol Apr 22 2012, 10:30 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 14 2012, 10:02 AM) *
Hey man! No problem biggrin.gif well, I say it's building up pretty nicely! I suggest you should widen the vibrato, as it's a bit too sharp somehow. And take care to mute all the strings aside from the one having the note which you're vibrating. There's a strange sound happening because of that, somewhere around second 0.11 Shall we try another take while focusing on these?

Cosmin


Hey man,

sorry for the long break, was a little bit ill and weren´t in the mood for recording and stuff but I practiced the vibrato lesson and soon I will upload a version... cheers...

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 23 2012, 07:30 AM

Get well soon mate! I am around and ready to assist smile.gif

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