New Member, Intermediateish Player., Help setting my musical life straight! Options

[Nahz]

Hey guys I just joined. Seems like a great site and im very excited to dig in.

The underlying reason I am here:

I have been playing guitar since i was 19. Im 30 now...yet even still i struggle with technique and direction honestly. I have always been an ear player. Learning the wrong way because I wanted to play fast as I was into black metal and only had an acoustic guitar haha. So now i find myself here, with the chops but a lack of technique and direction. Learning arpeggios and the thrash gallops has been ok..but its more of a scales thing i am missing. I know my G major and what not, I guess what im saying is I need some direction on how to tackle these beasts. I feel gimped and overwhelmed having learned so many small bits from here and there..

I want to clean up my act. Practice to a metronome, learn my scales and get my hand techniques shining.

Do i memorize every note of every scale? Are there tips or lessons on how to remember this stuff easier or is it 8 hours of metronomes a day? Thats ok if it is...a problem i have is when i get warmed up I like to just start thrashing out on my fretboard haha..its an attention deficit thing.

Any disciplinary tips or advice is so welcomed. I hear more mainstream guitarists like Jon Schaffer or Nergal (I know they arent very comparable) and I envy their precise attack and execution. This is where i should be and I am not. Thank you for reading this unorganized cry for help.

Looking forward to frequenting here.

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