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Posted by: Im here to succeed Feb 8 2012, 06:58 PM
Hi there, I've joined GMC today and i am excited to learn and progress as a guitarist...
Ive been playing for around 5 years on and off but am still pretty average on the guitar considering..
I'm starting a band up at the moment and i am going to be the only guitarist, well, if you count bass as a guitar...
so basically there's gonna be a lot of pressure on me.. so thats why i want to learn learn learn so i can stand out
what is the best way for me to progress?
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 8 2012, 07:16 PM
Hi friend!! Welcome to the site!! You did a great choice joining us. Here you will find lots of lessons, as well as Video Chat sessions every day, Collaborations, REC program and lots of features to take your guitar playing to a new level.
The most important thing would be to set some goals and create a good guitar routine that you should play every day... and record takes for the REC to let us grade you and give some feedback and advices. In order to create your routine you can contact me or the instructor that has a style similar to the one that you like to get some help choosing the topics, exercises and lessons.
Enjoy GMC! 
Posted by: Im here to succeed Feb 8 2012, 07:28 PM
The most important thing would be to set some goals and create a good guitar routine that you should play every day... and record takes for the REC to let us grade you and give some feedback and advices. In order to create your routine you can contact me or the instructor that has a style similar to the one that you like to get some help choosing the topics, exercises and lessons.
Enjoy GMC!
Ok fantastic, can your set me and agenda then, ive started learning your strokes lesson.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Feb 8 2012, 07:40 PM
Hey mate! I'm here for help as well, as Gabe said let us know what we can help you with and we shall do our best!
Start exploring the site and get in touch with our lovely community 
all the best
Cosmin
Posted by: JaxN4 Feb 9 2012, 12:17 PM
Hey mate, Welcome, I like your username!
What sort of music do you like to play? What are you fav artists?
Good Choice in joining us here, very talented instructors that will always help....
Good Luck 
Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 9 2012, 12:22 PM
Hey there and welcome to GMC
The best way to progress ?
Well, the two things I always advise are
1) Pick small, manageable goals that ensure you will make visible progress and keep you motivated
2) Focus on things you really enjoy and want to play, not what you think you should be playing.. guitar has to be satisfying to you before anything else.
Both those things are really based on motivation and inspiration, which are the things that will keep you practising, learning new things etc.
Posted by: Dinaga Feb 9 2012, 02:59 PM
Ive been playing for around 5 years on and off but am still pretty average on the guitar considering..
I'm starting a band up at the moment and i am going to be the only guitarist, well, if you count bass as a guitar...
so basically there's gonna be a lot of pressure on me.. so thats why i want to learn learn learn so i can stand out
what is the best way for me to progress?
Hey mate, welcome to the forums! What's your name?
I'm glad you decided to improve your guitar playing on GMC, you'll learn so much here!
My guitar story is similar to yours... I started playing guitar in high school but I didn't progress much until I decided to become serious about it.
And pressure is a GREAT thing because it forces you to keep playing When you have too much free time, it's easy to get lazy Good luck mate, see you on the forums and if you need anything, just ask
Posted by: Im here to succeed Feb 9 2012, 08:32 PM
Hi guys, thanks for all the responses, My name is Stephen.. I love blues, however my band is hard rock.. so i think i need to develop in that kind of direction, mainly solo's is a big one for me and improving speed.
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Feb 9 2012, 09:30 PM
Getting another guitar player maybe a good idea for hard rock, because you can both play rhythm, and one of you can play a solo when needed. You can also create more interesting dual rhythm guitars.
Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Feb 9 2012, 09:30 PM
Welcome to the GMC, man ! Here you will find a lot of material for your progress ! 5 years of experience is lot of time spent with a guitar. Which is the right way? The question is how far you reached. Do you have a demo, some video,audio, to take a look and see which is the best way for you, maybe ?!
Posted by: Todd Simpson Feb 10 2012, 06:52 AM
Well, step one is JOIN GMC so your ahead of the game there Step 2, PRACTICE! And come to my VIdeo Chat Lesson this Saturday
Welcome to GMC!
Todd
Ive been playing for around 5 years on and off but am still pretty average on the guitar considering..
I'm starting a band up at the moment and i am going to be the only guitarist, well, if you count bass as a guitar...
so basically there's gonna be a lot of pressure on me.. so thats why i want to learn learn learn so i can stand out
what is the best way for me to progress?
Posted by: Zeventh Feb 10 2012, 11:28 AM
Welcome mate! You have indeed found the right place for getting a lot better! this site offers so much interesting and fun lessons/challenges that I bet you won't have any on and off relation with your guitar for a preeetty long time...only a good and healthy ON relationship ;p
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