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 Jun 1 2012, 05:24 AM
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I am very happy and excited that you have decided to join!!!
I have a few questions so I can get a better idea about you as a musician! -What are your goals? -What is your weakness? -What is your strongest point? -Your favorite guitar players? I am looking forward to start mentoring you! This will be fun! -------------------- |
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Jun 1 2012, 06:13 AM
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Learning Rock Star  Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 1 2012, 04:24 AM)  I am very happy and excited that you have decided to join!!! I have a few questions so I can get a better idea about you as a musician! -What are your goals? -What is your weakness? -What is your strongest point? -Your favorite guitar players? I am looking forward to start mentoring you! This will be fun! My goals on the site are to be able to shred , and become a much more technical player . My weakness is speed, phrasing , lack of full performable repertoire Strongest in musicality, making things sound as musical as I can, improvisation is decent Favorite guitarists: jack thammarat, andy Timmons , Stevie ray Vaughan, Steve vai, Eric Johnson , joe bonamassa Steffen schackinger |
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Jun 2 2012, 12:44 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 1 2012, 05:13 AM) My goals on the site are to be able to shred , and become a much more technical player . My weakness is speed, phrasing , lack of full performable repertoire Strongest in musicality, making things sound as musical as I can, improvisation is decent Favorite guitarists: jack thammarat, andy Timmons , Stevie ray Vaughan, Steve vai, Eric Johnson , joe bonamassa Steffen schackinger Awesome! I am glad to have you on board! To start I would like you to work on your hands coordination! We need to get them synced together! Usually right hand is fine and the left hand is the trouble one! I have a perfect exercise that will do the trick! Here is the tab:
Guitar Pro 
Hands_workout.gp5 ( 4.5K )
Number of downloads: 21Practice it at a very slow tempo with a metronome! You will se results very fast! Let me know if you have any questions or need help! -------------------- |
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Jun 2 2012, 06:07 PM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
Thanks Alex ! So how long do I stick to this exercise? And do I record myself doing it or something ? Cheers!
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Jun 2 2012, 08:11 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 2 2012, 05:07 PM) Thanks Alex ! So how long do I stick to this exercise? And do I record myself doing it or something ? Cheers! That would be awesome if you can record yourself playing it! This way I can see your progress!  You can let me know when you are ready and either do a recording of yourself or just let me know and I will post a new assignment for you! -------------------- |
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Jun 4 2012, 10:14 PM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 2 2012, 07:11 PM) That would be awesome if you can record yourself playing it! This way I can see your progress! You can let me know when you are ready and either do a recording of yourself or just let me know and I will post a new assignment for you! Hey alex! so, ive been practicing the hand exercise for a few days, so far 102 BPM is my maximum (where im fully relaxed in both hands) i'lll post a video for you in a few days! |
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Jun 5 2012, 01:02 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 4 2012, 09:14 PM) Hey alex! so, ive been practicing the hand exercise for a few days, so far 102 BPM is my maximum (where im fully relaxed in both hands) i'lll post a video for you in a few days! Sounds great! I am looking forward to hear your progress! -------------------- |
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Jun 6 2012, 06:30 AM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 5 2012, 12:02 AM) Sounds great! I am looking forward to hear your progress! Up to 106 now ! Will post when I get to 115:) |
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Jun 6 2012, 04:28 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 6 2012, 05:30 AM) Up to 106 now ! Will post when I get to 115:) Good job! I am looking forward to hear your take!
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Jun 15 2012, 08:26 PM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 6 2012, 03:28 PM) Good job! I am looking forward to hear your take! hey alex! so my recording set up is still in the works, should almost be ready, but anyways ive been doing your exercise for 30 minutes every day and i really cant seem to get to 115 even, at 115 everything falls apart at those last few bars , so let me know what i can do thanks! |
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Jun 15 2012, 10:44 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 15 2012, 07:26 PM) hey alex! so my recording set up is still in the works, should almost be ready, but anyways ive been doing your exercise for 30 minutes every day and i really cant seem to get to 115 even, at 115 everything falls apart at those last few bars , so let me know what i can do thanks! The thing about this exercise is slower you do it better results you will get! You don't have to bring it up to 115 or 120 BPM Just do it at a comfortable tempo even if it's 10BPM doesn't matter as long as you are doing it the right way! I am looking forward to hear your take!
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Jun 16 2012, 08:49 AM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 15 2012, 09:44 PM) The thing about this exercise is slower you do it better results you will get! You don't have to bring it up to 115 or 120 BPM Just do it at a comfortable tempo even if it's 10BPM doesn't matter as long as you are doing it the right way! I am looking forward to hear your take! so you just want me to record a slower one?
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Jun 17 2012, 04:51 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 16 2012, 07:49 AM) so you just want me to record a slower one? Yeah! If you can that would be great! I just want to make sure that you are doing it right! After that I will assign you a musical exercise and a backing track that we will be working with! Looking forward to hear your take! -------------------- |
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Jun 22 2012, 07:35 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 16 2012, 07:49 AM) so you just want me to record a slower one? Hi! I just wanted to follow up and see how is everything going? I have a new melodic assignment for you! Let me know if you are ready! -------------------- |
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Jun 28 2012, 09:57 PM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 22 2012, 06:35 AM) Hi! I just wanted to follow up and see how is everything going? I have a new melodic assignment for you! Let me know if you are ready! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR31ub-qCBA&feature=plcp hey alex!, here is my take, sorry its sideways, and sorry it took so long i have so many other musical projects going on right now!, im excited for your melodic exercise though! cheers |
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Jun 29 2012, 08:00 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 28 2012, 08:57 PM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR31ub-qCBA&feature=plcp hey alex!, here is my take, sorry its sideways, and sorry it took so long i have so many other musical projects going on right now!, im excited for your melodic exercise though! cheers Perfect! You did a great job! I would like you to add this exercise into your warm up routine! And you will se a huge progress in no time! Let's get into melodic assignment! Here is the backing track I would like you to use to practice! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/withguitar It's a minor blues The chord changes are: Ami7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 - Emi7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 I have a really good exercise that will help you develop your own style! I want you to start creating your own licks! To start we will use A minor blues pentatonic in 3 positions:    You can use any notes from those positions !Try to combine them together and turn them into short licks! I would like to hear what you can come up with before I will give you examples! Let me know if you need help or have any questions! -------------------- |
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Jun 29 2012, 08:38 PM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 29 2012, 07:00 AM) Perfect! You did a great job! I would like you to add this exercise into your warm up routine! And you will se a huge progress in no time! Let's get into melodic assignment! Here is the backing track I would like you to use to practice! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/withguitar It's a minor blues The chord changes are: Ami7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 - Emi7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 I have a really good exercise that will help you develop your own style! I want you to start creating your own licks! To start we will use A minor blues pentatonic in 3 positions: You can use any notes from those positions !Try to combine them together and turn them into short licks! I would like to hear what you can come up with before I will give you examples! Let me know if you need help or have any questions! mind if i add in some blue notes in there as well?
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Jun 30 2012, 09:53 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jun 29 2012, 07:38 PM) mind if i add in some blue notes in there as well? Yes please!! It will sound great!!!!
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Jul 10 2012, 09:08 PM
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Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 4-July 11 Member No.: 13.277 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jun 30 2012, 08:53 AM) Yes please!! It will sound great!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-0ApqM_IVA&feature=plcp enjoy!, sorry it took a while again a very busy week! |
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Jul 12 2012, 01:53 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (leonard478 @ Jul 10 2012, 08:08 PM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-0ApqM_IVA&feature=plcp enjoy!, sorry it took a while again a very busy week! You did an amazing job! I like your take! Very nice playing! Can you actually do audio recording? I am asking because my next assignment will depend on it! Let me know! -------------------- |
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