Hey mate! Welcome to your personal thread please tell me a few words about your playing and your favorite music. If you have recordings of yourself, it would be pretty awesome to let me see them

Cosmin

Hi Cosmin,

Thanks for your reply!

Ok, so I wouldn't say I'm a complete beginner. I can play but I'm looking to take things to the next level. My rhythm is fairly good but my lead sucks. I can learn most things by ear and jam along to CDs. I've recently started learning some theory such as the major modes, minor pentatonic, etc., but beyond some scale sequencing and short speed exercises I don't really know how to use them musically. I know the notes on the neck and the scale tones in relation to the key I'm in but I just need to start piecing it all together and start properly playing some music. I'd like to get to the point where I can feel confident enough to start jamming with other musicians and writing my own stuff.

I have a couple of Troy Stetina books that I've been using over the last year or so which have been good for some theory.

I've been into all sorts of music over the years, from Kraftwerk to Pat Metheny, but my passion is in rock and metal (especially when it comes to guitar).

Unfortunately I don't have any recordings or videos to show you, but I'm guessing I should probably learn how to do that. I do have a macbook with built in camera and mic so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

I hope that gives you a rough idea as to where I'm at. So where do we go from here, Cosmin?

Tom

Hey Tom!

mate, first of all, a simple recording with your cam could work wonders as otherwise I would just guess what to direct you towards. The idea is that the more I know what your strong and weak points are, I can tell you what to do to get where you want to go

Please record some lead and rhythm playing k?

Cosmin