I am happy that you have decided to join my program!
Very excited to start working with you!
I have a few questions before we will start!
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
Looking forward to start working with you!

Hi Alex.
First of all thanks for helping out !
awesome, my goals are alternate fast picking ( dream theater style )
my weekness is alternate speed picking, my strongest points are sweeping and legato shredding.
haha I don't really have favourite guitar players I love them all. ( Steve Lukather, John Petrucci,) but my best
sounding hero is Marcus Lavendell, He was here a long time ago I think.

Note : I haven't got a active subscribtion at GMC bacause I am underaged in my country for a credit card
, won't mean I can't do lessons because I do most stuff by ear.
because sometimes instructors use youtube that comes in handy for me.

thank you for your time !

ps : my soundcloud filled with pink floyd for now : www.soundcloud.com/marc-thalen

oh and before I forget, my weakest point is theory I guess, I would love to know how
to improvise on progressive metal. When I try to do it now I just try every note and if that note sounds
right I write it down to find out the scale. But can't find the logic haha.

Great! I am very excited to start working with you!
I have a backing track for you!
Here it is:
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/guitar
First I would like to give you some hands workout exercises those will develop your alternative picking technique very fast!!!
The trick is to practice those at a very slow tempo and get your hands connected!
It is very important to master mechanical exercises you will get great results and will see progress very very fast!

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Here is GP5 file!
Click to view attachment

Please let me know if you have any questions! I am looking forward to hear your thought about the exercises!!!
They're really work!

Are you sure it's that backingtrack ?

This backing track will be used for your future assignments!
For this exercise you should use metronome only!
Sorry I didn't make myself clear!
I am preparing arpeggio connections assignment for you mixed with alternative picking!
It is gonna be very very fun and challenging!

awesome ! this excercise is really good, I use it as a warm up now, and trying to remember all the notes
of the last part Thanks !, looking forward to that next excercise. but this one sure helps out !

can't thank you enough!

I am really happy that you like it! I will give you more cool stuff!!! Very soon!


I am really happy that you like it! I will give you more cool stuff!!! Very soon!

Just wanted to follow up and see how is everything going? Do you need any help?

I think I master the piece unfortunatly can't record till I have my new x3 that I ordered !.
but I think this piece is going smoothly.
thanks !

Maybe you can create a little video without a backing track? Just so I can see your progress?

I just wanted to follow up and see how everything is going! Do you need any help or have questions?
Also if you are interested in other subjects/licks/styles please let me know and I will add it to your mentoring!

Hi! How are you? just wanted to see how everything is going? Do you need any help or have some questions?

yes, just back from my holiday. I am trying to record with my x3 into audacity but it gives me really anoying buzz throughout the recorder.

Cool! How was your holiday? Where did you go?
The noise can be because of the monitor/computer frequencies try to move around the room and see if it will go away!
It happens sometime!

Norwayy, Im going back this summer again . well, for the monitoring I have no clue, my x3 monitors it to my headset but
the pc doesn't monitor. strangee. I am going to record it at a friends pc . and I will try to also collab with you !

greetings from the netherlands

Marc

Perfect I am glad you figured it out! I hope you will solve your problem and will be able to record at home again!
I am very happy that you have decided to join my collab!!! Looking forward to your takes!

Hi! I just wanted to follow up and see how are you doing and if you need any help! Let me know!!!

Hi! How are you doing? Ready for a new assignment?

sorry to let you wait so longg. Im more back then ever
that picking excercise worked very well. But it takes really a lot of time to learn it without watching the tab.

as you noticed I tried to learn all the fretnotes because I hear all these guitarist say that it is really important.

Further I have been busy with my progressive metal band : https://www.facebook.com/Infinutum
And I just finished my ending exam for high school.

Sooo yesss. Im ready for a new excercise Alex

I like your band! Sounds very good! I also liked your Facebook page!
So to learn the neck might seem very complicated, but it's not as hard as it seems!
Let's simplify it!
First and sixth strings are the same and after 12 fret everything is starting over!
So all you need to learn is 5 strings up to 12 frets!
Here is the trick!
First I want you to learn all the dots and open strings!
Open strings are easy to remember if we will use a little rhyme starting with a low E
Eat
All
Day
Get
Big
Eeasy

So for now I want you to memorize this:


To speed up the process play a note and call it out loud and than check if you are correct!
Don't go any farther just yet! Let me know when you feel comfortable and I will show you what to do next!

Yes I can name those notes without watching
Im ready !

Awesome! So now let's take it to the next level!
That's what I would like you to do:
Take open strings and learn the same notes on the rest of the neck
Find it on every string!







Etc.

It shouldn't take too long to learn so tomorrow I will post the next step!
Let me know if you have any questions!

I got em

Perfect! Now we need to fill out the gaps!
Opened strings now let's go to the first dot's it will get easier because notes will repeat themselves!
So do the same thing for all the dots!
Here is an example:






Learn notes from all the dots! You will start getting the system and will understand that the neck is very easy to learn! All notes repeating themselves and as long as you know the patterns you will have no problems memorizing them!
We still have 4 more exercises to go and by the end you will know the whole neck
This one shouldn't take too long!
Let me know if you have any questions and when you are ready!

I can see the pattern

So how does it work so far! Let me know! I have the next step ready for you

Well, I think those excercises didn't only help me know the notes on the board, but also hear the notes better.
because of that last excercise I can now find the differences better between notes. and all the octaves on
the fretboard of a note. I see improvement every day that I am learning these.

thanks !

Marc

I am very happy! Please let me know when you are ready for the next exercise!

So by now you should feel comfortable with the neck! Let's add two more dots fifth and seventh frets! Same thing as before find notes on the dots and the same notes on the rest of the neck!









As you have noticed notes are repeating themselves over and over again and it should get much easier for you at this point!
Let me know when you are ready we have two more two go!

this one is a bit harder to remember, Im on it

Awesome! Just keep it up! We are almost there!

I am ready for it

Ok! Here is another exercise!
The same idea as the previous but now we will add two more frets!


this will get a little harder but you are almost done!

Here is an example:


Let me know if you have any questions or need help!

indeed that first one is hard to remember, but I will try, I will post next week because I haven't got much time this weak due my graduation and I have to create a portfolio for my Game Architecture and Design intake ,

thanks !

Yeah this one will be a little tricky!
But you are 90% there!
Congrats on your graduation! Take your time and let me know when you are ready!

Just wanted to see if you are ready for a big and the last challenge! Let me know!

I am ready Alex
just went to graduation and Graspop metal meeting !
My motivation and inspiration has reached over 90000

Perfect! I will post a new assignment in a few hours!

So I have got a few cool things for you!
First I have a very good exercise that will help you to master the neck plus work on your modes plus will bring your alternative picking to the next level!
Here it is!

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Guitar Pro
Click to view attachment
I would like you to start by getting use to those shapes and when you will be learning them try to call out notes it will help you to master the neck better!
And here is a cool part of this exercise!
I played a track and would like you to play along with me! This exercise will help you with picking technique!
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/modes-workout

Let me know if you have any questions or need help!

Hi! I am just following up! Wanted to see how are you doing?

o I didnt see that last one, yey, on it right now !!

I am glad you have seen it now!
Let me know if you have any questions or need help!

I just wanted to follow up and see how are you doing?

Hey man , I heard that you are going to leave well it has been a pleasure learning from your video's and learning some of the licks. I hoping to hear from you in the future !

Oh and since you are the one that thought me to remember the fretboard, check this out, its our bandpage and there is a demo of our band on there.

www.infinitumband.com

Cheers

Marc

Awesome!!! Thank you very much it was a pleasure to be your mentor!
I will check out your band page for sure!


BTW where did you hear that I am leaving?