Shake Your Head Or Die |
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Shake Your Head Or Die |
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May 17 2017, 02:16 PM |
Sorry for that title but I felt I needed to get your attention here.
Please check out Rated's latest REC take: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=58188 Compare with this new video which he recorded this morning: Please let me know your impressions? This could be the start of an interesting discussion! |
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May 17 2017, 02:22 PM |
Wow
Really getting into it on the second video. Sounds more relaxed and groovier to me too. I think some of us don't nod our head too much due to being a little self conscious of you know what I mean? Nice work Rated -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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May 17 2017, 04:17 PM |
Rated just knows it more by the second take so he's more comfortable cutting loose with the body language.
Both takes are good. The second one is better. I would say primarily due to familiarity and practice. In my experience with teaching, many novice players (young and old) are way too influenced by what they see rock stars doing 'on stage'. That comes after you've nailed the part. Not before. If you can't play the part - at least technically - sitting or standing relatively still ... bobbing your head and/or making big gestures with your arms, etc. is just a waste of muscle energy and focus. Once you can 'play' it right, then go for it. This post has been edited by klasaine: May 17 2017, 04:18 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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May 17 2017, 04:31 PM |
Kris you can shoot me but I like more his first version It's true that the second version sounds more groovy but from my point of view on the solo part this type of "be free" playing can make you lose the focus. You can catch a groovy playing but you can lose the most important things which we must achieve from the GMC lessons...the details. Also the right pitch for some bends is lost in the second version and he really executed these correctly in the first approach. I would be curious to see if somebody can play in the style of "shake of the head" the staccato notes from 0:55 (timing point from original lesson) which must be played after that lazy bend. Rated, I enjoyed very much your take from REC. You made a really great job! I think that when you watch the top players, like Satriani etc, they shake their heads on the easier (to them) bits, but watch Mr Satriani when he does the single handed arpeggios in Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing, his head doesn't move much I think it demonstrates that there is a time for head shake and a time for a more rigid but still relaxed state of body. Give me groove over "total accuracy" any day. Obviously we dont want to hear or be sloppy but groove is what makes people dance Having said all that, I'm always as stiff as a board when playing, for fear of making a mistake. I guess, like with everything, we can get a good head shaking groove AND accuracy over time but the more intricate parts will always require full attention. Great post Kris This post has been edited by Phil66: May 17 2017, 07:54 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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May 17 2017, 07:36 PM |
Just to let you know, I recorded the first take yesterday than the second one was the first take I did today once I picked the guitar up Exactly! You still had an entire day to absorb the music from 1st vid take to 2nd vid take. You had a day to think about it and internalize it. Learning doesn't just take place on the instrument. Most of it is in your head. "If you know where you're going, you will usually get there". Sometimes the instrument is a detriment. Many musicians often times struggle with something for hours or days on end. Then they put the instrument down, walk away for maybe 5 hours or maybe sleep on it ... and nail it the first time when they come back to it. In fact, that's a professional practice/performance technique: work hard, step away, come back. *Another pro practice technique is to practice away from your instrument. When you're having a particularly difficult time with a part or a passage - put the guitar down and do it in your head visualizing your hands on the guitar. This post has been edited by klasaine: May 17 2017, 08:23 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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May 18 2017, 02:44 PM |
This is a very interesting discussion! I've been working with Rated for some months at the mentoring program and I could see the impressive transformation of his playing. We focused on expression techniques like dynamics, vibrato, bending, tone, and groove. Just give a look at the first vids shared there and you'll see his inspiring improvements.
Regarding this new take, I think that it's exactly what Rated playing is needing to move to a new level. At first it can be a bit less precise but it's much more expressive, and with practice it will be supreme. I think that increasing the energy to a higher level to then find the balance is very effective, and that our whole body has a big impact in our playing. I prefer the new take because it transmits me more. I always prefer passion over perfection. However I know that Rated still has room to go for both passion and perfection. Keep going mate! -------------------- My lessons
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