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Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Aug 20 2020, 08:20 PM
Aug 20 2020, 08:20 PM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Soldier!! I look forward to your next Mission. I know this is a crazy time with the plague everywhere keeping things upside down. Stay safe and practice!! Sarge You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

IceThrone View Member Profile	Aug 21 2020, 04:55 AM
Aug 21 2020, 04:55 AM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 25 Joined: 11-January 14 From: Northen California	Back from cryo-sleep and recovered (mostly) from noodle arm syndrome. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- By band: https://www.facebook.com/midnightsinfini/

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Aug 21 2020, 10:17 PM
Aug 21 2020, 10:17 PM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Great to see you back in the fight, swinging that Axe!!!! Knocking em down left and right!! Blood on the fretboard!! You really tore in to this one with a vengeance! Let's debrief!! TRAVERSE OF KINGS You may have noticed that these licks have a LOT of string traverse. It's something that feels more natural the more you do it. Your traverse is quite smooth. You are doing very well on this. it's a crucial skill and you have it pretty much sorted. Nice! SOLID PACING Any looping lick like these is about pacing. It's to test your ability to keep a steady pace over a longer length of ground. Your internal metronome is developing nicely. It's in perfect synch to the click. Another crucial skill that you showing great skill at. Score!! ALT PICKING FROM HELL Pretty much non stop alternate picking. The point of this is to see if you can keep up non stop alt picking without missing notes or getting the pick caught on the strings. This will come in handy when you start doing scale runs all the way up the neck. You are putting all the skills you will need in place! Triple Kill! You really KRUSHED this one Soldier!! Impressive Work!!! You just.. LEVELED UP!!! Onward!!! Sarge QUOTE (IceThrone @ Aug 20 2020, 11:55 PM) Back from cryo-sleep and recovered (mostly) from noodle arm syndrome. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Aug 21 2020, 10:19 PM -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

IceThrone View Member Profile	Aug 28 2020, 05:45 AM
Aug 28 2020, 05:45 AM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 25 Joined: 11-January 14 From: Northen California	had metronome at 160 after 170 it started to get a little random sounding You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- By band: https://www.facebook.com/midnightsinfini/

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Aug 28 2020, 06:19 PM
Aug 28 2020, 06:19 PM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	WOW. Soldier you have been putting some time in the woodshed!! You killed this one. Precision, speed, control. It's all there. You are more than ready for the crazy bits that are ahead. Let's Debrief!! MEDALS OF HONOR SNIPER Picking with the the tactical precision of a Sniper. Precision is what it's all about. CONSISTENCY This is the most important thing you can do and your doing it well. This drill is built to give you enough room to show your ability to keep it up over a distance. You nailed it!! MUTE TO KILL Also crucial is a good palm mute. If you have a weak mute, you get string noise. Not here!!!! You are more than ready Soldier!!! Keep going! You just ... LEVELED UP!!! You are on a roll Soldier!!! QUOTE (IceThrone @ Aug 28 2020, 12:45 AM) had metronome at 160 after 170 it started to get a little random sounding You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Aug 28 2020, 06:21 PM -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

IceThrone View Member Profile	Sep 3 2020, 09:49 PM
Sep 3 2020, 09:49 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 25 Joined: 11-January 14 From: Northen California	This one was a finger twister for sure. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- By band: https://www.facebook.com/midnightsinfini/

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Sep 4 2020, 01:53 AM
Sep 4 2020, 01:53 AM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	In this Mission we take my favorite scale inversion and then we move it up the neck! So we have a FINGER TWISTER with constant string traverse and then we add constant fret traverse! This is tricky and you do it smooth as glass! Let's Debrief!!! MEDALS OF HONOR SYNCH OR SWIM: Hand synch is CRUCIAL on this lick. If you slip just once, it sticks out like a sore thumb as I'm sure you found out. Not a problem here. Your synch is spot on and will serve you well as you move forward in to the crazy licks. MUTE OR DIE: Due to the massive amount of string/fret traverse, you gotta keep a good palm mute on this guy or string noise will just wreck it. Loose the mute and you loose control but that never happens here. Nice! AGGRESSIVE STYLE: This is a hard lick to play. You were not intimidated by it at all. You just leaped at it like a crazed lion! Score!! In short you just... LEVELED UP!!! Onward! Sarge QUOTE (IceThrone @ Sep 3 2020, 04:49 PM) This one was a finger twister for sure. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson*: Sep 4 2020, 01:57 AM -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

IceThrone View Member Profile	Sep 4 2020, 04:42 AM
Sep 4 2020, 04:42 AM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 25 Joined: 11-January 14 From: Northen California	Thanks Sarge! Actually this really kicked my ass into playing again. Gonna attempt some rec takes eventually. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- By band: https://www.facebook.com/midnightsinfini/

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Sep 5 2020, 11:26 PM
Sep 5 2020, 11:26 PM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Practice makes perfect as they say! Keep it up!! You are on a Roll! It takes heart and effort to get things moving. Keep moving forward Soldier! No retreat!! No Surrender! Sarge QUOTE (IceThrone @ Sep 3 2020, 11:42 PM) Thanks Sarge! Actually this really kicked my ass into playing again. Gonna attempt some rec takes eventually. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

IceThrone View Member Profile	Sep 25 2020, 04:00 AM
Sep 25 2020, 04:00 AM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 25 Joined: 11-January 14 From: Northen California	Took a bit of break, back in saddle again. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- By band: https://www.facebook.com/midnightsinfini/

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Sep 26 2020, 01:40 AM
Sep 26 2020, 01:40 AM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Well Fought Soldier!! This one is built to break. It's designed to torture your fingers in to making a mistake. It's really an endurance test, sort of like repeating a tongue twister over and over until your tongue slips up. I"m realy just trying to see how many reps you can pull off before it starts to blow up. The good news is you made it all the way up the neck before fatigue started to dig in. Let's Debrief!!! LOOPY: You may noticed that I have you play licks often in a "Loop". This is so that you focus on the lick itself. Also, it allows me to see your playing over a distance of ground. If you rush/lag, it will stand out. Part of what I'm trying to teach you is Playing like a Robot in order to Shred Like a God. It's about consistency. Once you learn to play for extended periods at speed, you can then add your own dynamics and twists in there to make a lick your own and create your own style. NON STOP TRAVERSE: As with a few others, this lick traverses strings and frets non stop. Partially to build endurance, partially to get your hands accustomed to playing long sequences of notes. It forces the hand to adapt. What I'm trying to teach with this is that your hand needs to find a way to use a minimum of energy in order to play for extended periods at speed. You are adapting quite well! ARTICULATION: You are doing a very good job of articulating the pick and avoiding the dreaded "Picking from the Elbow". You are also keeping a good mute and keeping string noise at bay. Well done!! You only had a little hiccup at the very end but you more than krushed it all the way up the neck. You are ready for what awaits!! You've got this down pat Soldier!! You just... Leveled up!!! Onward!! Sarge QUOTE (IceThrone @ Sep 24 2020, 11:00 PM) Took a bit of break, back in saddle again. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

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