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Apr 19 2014, 03:38 PM |
Hello guys! I decided to start a thread where I invite you to answer a very simple question that has two possible answers: yes or no, and for each answer I have a second question, so here we go:
ARE YOU MAKING MUSIC? 1. If the answer is NO, please tell me the reasons. 2. If the answer is YES, please tell us what you are composing. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 20 2014, 03:38 AM |
https://soundcloud.com/socky42/test
Finished writing it a while back, problem is, I wrote one of the solos in guitar pro and I can't play it. Hopefully I can nail it within a couple of weeks, been wanting to record an EP for nearly a year now but keep running into problems like this. Think there are any changes in the tab I can make to make it easier to play? Transitioning between bars 1 and 2 is pretty rough; and bar 5 is just hard to play cleanly with all the jumping around. I can play everything fine at 80-90% BPM, just got to get it up to speed. |
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Apr 20 2014, 08:01 AM |
https://soundcloud.com/socky42/test Finished writing it a while back, problem is, I wrote one of the solos in guitar pro and I can't play it. Hopefully I can nail it within a couple of weeks, been wanting to record an EP for nearly a year now but keep running into problems like this. Think there are any changes in the tab I can make to make it easier to play? Transitioning between bars 1 and 2 is pretty rough; and bar 5 is just hard to play cleanly with all the jumping around. I can play everything fine at 80-90% BPM, just got to get it up to speed. Lots of good stuff on you soundcloud socky this solo on gp sounds great I look forward to hearing it when you got it down. Got any advice on playing that fast and clean. Right now I'm putting lots of work into some lessons on this and really play slow then a little faster each day is all I'm doing till it's up to speed. Can't wait to get there. |
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Apr 20 2014, 04:50 PM |
At this time no. I've been so caught up In practice And trying to get down new technique I'm practicing at least 2-3 hours a day some days more but I make sure I have at least a couple hours everyday. I want to compose but right now it seems there is so much for me to learn that I don't know how to spread out my time. When I start to write a tune I can spend hours on something simple. When I'm practicing something challenging to me I spend a lot of time on it and before I know it I've been playing for hours. Right now I'm working on some atreyu solos, Darius's alternate picking workout, I feel I really need that skill of fast even picking in my arsenal. And cosmins metal metrics 1 along with several of your lessons. And I want to be able to play these clean and understNd what I'm playing and that's really taking up all my practice time right now. But ultimately the goal is the write. Hi mate. This sounds good. You are very motivated and working hard on improving your playing and that's very important. But you don't have to forget the main reason after all. Expressing yourself, finding your voice (in this case as a guitarist) is something that can be tricky at first so I recommend you to dedicate some time to creation. No matter if you just compose a short idea, a riff, a chord progression but take your musical time and dedicate at least 20/30 minutes to composition. It can even be when you are not playing guitar, you can be traveling to your job. Take a look around and try to imagine melodies, riffs, musical ideas that reflect how you feel or what the things are telling to you. It would be cool if you take a look at this two threads: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=51864 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=51869 Im always playing around with riffs and song ideas. Id really like to do a lot more of that in the future. For now I tend to come up with half songs which mostly I can never seem to totally finish. The stuff Im working on just now is some fuzzy stoner rock and some slightly less fuzzy rocker type stuff Cool! And why aren't we working on this at Gab's Army? https://soundcloud.com/socky42/test Finished writing it a while back, problem is, I wrote one of the solos in guitar pro and I can't play it. Hopefully I can nail it within a couple of weeks, been wanting to record an EP for nearly a year now but keep running into problems like this. Think there are any changes in the tab I can make to make it easier to play? Transitioning between bars 1 and 2 is pretty rough; and bar 5 is just hard to play cleanly with all the jumping around. I can play everything fine at 80-90% BPM, just got to get it up to speed. This idea sounds killer man! It has a very good energy, it's powerful without losing melody. It's very promising! About the solo, it's good to create stuff that is still over your abilities, it's a good motivation to keep on improving your guitar playing. However, composing using Guitar Pro can make you create licks that aren't natural for you, so it would be good if you start practicing it and try different ways of playing the most difficult licks, in a way that you feel more comfortable. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 20 2014, 04:53 PM |
Yes, I'm composing a lot. Here is my newest
-------------------- My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SparrowLesPaul
Download my music for free: http://jeroenvanderput.bandcamp.com/album/...tal-heavy-metal Listen to my first mini album "Victory" on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeroen-van-der-put/s...tory-mini-album My facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JeroenOnFire |
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Apr 20 2014, 04:53 PM |
1) I am not technically proficient enough to make my musical ideas come alive, i.e. I can't translate things that happen in my mind musically to playing them on my guitar.. If those ideas are clear, you could try translating them to guitar pro to then start practicing them on guitar. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 20 2014, 07:52 PM
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Yes. Latest: (WIP)
https://soundcloud.com/vercia/fading-perspectives-wip -------------------- "To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time." -Leonard Bernstein
"The only love affair I have ever had was with music." -Maurice Ravel "There's no such place as dumb question." -Dose One |
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Apr 21 2014, 09:10 AM |
I started writing music too, after a long year of not feeling like it Inspiration can come when you least expect it, but it's also a matter of how much time you spend focused on the idea of opening a door to the world for the music inside you. This year, I have decided to open many doors for the music that has grown inside me - I posted this a while ago, but here it is again A draft of an instrumental idea I am working on..
https://soundcloud.com/cosmin-lupu/sad-theme-in-g-minor This post has been edited by Cosmin Lupu: Apr 21 2014, 09:12 AM |
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Apr 21 2014, 09:15 AM |
Wow Cosmin this was such a nice piece of music. Loved it.. The vibrations I get from this music resonates so well within..
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Apr 21 2014, 08:38 PM |
LOL! that's a very good question. I'll go and upload some fuzzy riffage there right now We are already working!! Yes. Latest: (WIP) https://soundcloud.com/vercia/fading-perspectives-wip Wou! Great stuff! It sounds very fresh. Are you working on more sections for this one? I started writing music too, after a long year of not feeling like it Inspiration can come when you least expect it, but it's also a matter of how much time you spend focused on the idea of opening a door to the world for the music inside you. This year, I have decided to open many doors for the music that has grown inside me - I posted this a while ago, but here it is again A draft of an instrumental idea I am working on.. https://soundcloud.com/cosmin-lupu/sad-theme-in-g-minor yeah! I remember this beautiful melody Cosmin. It sounds very relaxing and inspiring. For the past year and a half, yes - it has been my driving inspiration to have originals, at least ideas to have something to collaborate with others on. Now I have the 6 which I set as sort of a goal. I can't say they're finished, but nothing every is until you spend money recording them I think. For the past 2-3 weeks since all my time has been put into refurbishing that guitar, my mindset has shifted to the point that I am ready to not write, but get back to learning the fundamentals. Start back where my instruction thread left off, and start on lessons to become a better more rounded player. I think my composition skills have gotten better over the past year, my knowledge of how to set-up and record using my gear, understanding Logic, understanding the components of my set-up and putting together my dream set-up which is exactly what I wanted and hoped out of the time and experience, but I didn't really grow as an actual player either, yet, I felt what I've learned is equally as crucial. Now, I want to learn how to shred but mostly, just how to improvise in a scale. Learn patterns and how to work around the fretboard - whether slow or fast, and it to make sense to me. I get these self-imposed goals in my head, and become so focused and driven on them that I block everything out. Unfortunately, I can't mentally dictate what those goals are - they just pop in there and I sort of have to follow the path until I feel I have achieved them, then become obsessed with something else and go down that road. When I joined this site back in December of 2012, I was on fire to learn the essentials, but I had just migrated from Garageband to Logic, and had 2 song ideas of the 6 I had set a goal to achieve. So I juggled between agendas. Still this site is my favorite site, and it keeps what is important to me in the forefront of my thinking. And what is most important, even over having some great compositions and equipment, is knowing your instrument - first and foremost. Very interesting post Spock. Alternating between practice and composition is something that every musician with passion will do until his last days. It's good to find a good balance and don't become to obsessed with technique and practice because we would lose the focus of the most important thing that is creating music that is an expression of your spirit. Technique should be a tool but not a destiny. I think that you are definitely on the right path. Remember that we are here ready to help you so just contact me and we can start some workout at my personal board. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 22 2014, 02:49 PM |
I certainly am. Worked out 3-4 more sections that I'm planning to "prototype" for it. It's going fairly good and thanks for the nice words! Interesting! Do you have some published music? What are your plans? -------------------- My lessons
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