Gab's Army, Any interested? Options

[Gabriel Leopardi]

Hello guys! In this funny thread about instructor's armies, ninjas, spies, secret conspiracies, and many other things that are happening in these GMC dark days , I had the idea to start my own Army to join forces and create the most unique guitar players of the world.

The idea is to assign lessons every week directly related to your tastes, ability and weaknesses. Work on it, give you exercises and feedback to improve and master it. We will use the REC program to also get other instructor's feedback and also will join some collabs to work on theory and improvisation.

Is there any interested in being mentored by me to be part of this Army. I accept everybody that is interested, even spies that already belong to other armies.

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This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Apr 28 2014, 04:37 PM

[SirJamsalot]

Hello guys! In this funny thread about instructor's armies, ninjas, spies, secret conspiracies, and many other things that are happening in these GMC dark days , I had the idea to start my own Army to join forces and create the most unique guitar players of the world.

The idea is to assign lessons every week directly related to your tastes, ability and weaknesses. Work on it, give you exercises and feedback to improve and master it. We will use the REC program to also get other instructor's feedback and also will join some collabs to work on theory and improvisation.

Is there any interested in being mentored by me to be part of this Army. I accept everybody that is interested, even spies that already belong to other armies.

Hi Gabriel,

I've given considerable thought to joining an instructor's mentoring program, and because of my time constraints, I am limited to joining only one. As such, if you have room (looks like you have quite a few people under your thread), I would like to join your "army" so to speak.

A Little about myself - I have been playing guitar on/off for about 5 years or so. I started when I was 19 and stopped around 21 when I took up sports and got married. 18 years later, I had to give up sports due to work obligations that didn't allow me to pursue my normal 3 day/week practice regimen. I can't not have a hobby - I am driven to pursue things I am interested in to see how well I can become. I picked up the guitar again about 3 years ago and haven't put it down. After playing a year alone doing mundane scales and exercises, I realized they were getting me nowhere because they lacked musical context. I found a studiio near my work that forms bands so I joined and have been playing in a band context for about 2 years now, having done about 10 shows and about 100 open mics. We are currently a trio and I'm the singer as well. Playing and singing are very challenging! But I love performing.

I feel very limited in my ability to convey what I want to hear onto my guitar. I'm hoping you can help guide me in pursuing those aspects of my playing that I lack.

I don't desire to be a shredder type of player - I want to be able to take a strong solo with fluid feel and add fast runs where appropriate and land on bends that climax the solo. I'm all about taste with a touch of flair.

Bands I love:
Opeth - side 1: Lamenations
Dream Theatre
David Menaketti : (2:15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woxcM5YTtPI...feature=related
Steve Vai - there is only song by him I like - Tender Surrender
Iron Maiden - still life
Jason Becker - Altitudes

Basically - songs with feel that can climax with strong and fast solos. It's the transitions to fast runs then back-out to slow soulful bends I really want to focus on. Learning good short burst runs, quick tasteful licks that exit to tasteful playing.

I feel I have a mediocre grasp of taste - I know what sounds good and can emulate the feeling in bends and tone to a certain point (there's always room for growth), but what I lack are the technical skills to jump into fast runs then pull out again. That's what I hope to practice.

I found several lessons on GMC I'm looking interested in - not the entire lesson, but small pieces of runs that interest me. If you have recommendations and can help me stick to a lesson plan to develop these, I would be a happy camper.

these are the lessons I've been looking at: all well above my skill level, but contain licks I'd like to try to bring up to a decent speed.
Emir Hot - World Set on Fire (7) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/world_set_on_fire/
-> Emir Hot - Mixing Different Note Groups in Soloing (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/mixing...ngs_in_soloing/
Muris - Alternat Picking (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...ernate-picking/
--> Muris - Legato and Picking advanced (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato...cking_advanced/

Emir Hot - AP Etude in AM - triplet Feel (8) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/ap_etu...m_triplet_feel/
Emir Hot - Climax in a Solo (7) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/climax_in_a_solo/
Emir Hot - Symphony X - (Michael Romeo) Style (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/sympho...el-romeo-style/
Emir Hot - Alternate Picking Etude with String (6) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...tring-skipping/
Mate Nagy - Killer Pentatonics Zak wylde style (7) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer...kk-Wylde-Style/
Mat Nagy - Killer Pentatonics - doug aldrich style (7) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer...-Aldrich-Style/

Pavel DenisJuk - Ionian Scale Speed Picking (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...e-speedpicking/
Pavel Denisjuk - Metal Solo Likcs (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...tal-solo-licks/
Alternate Picking Lesson 1 - (8) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...rnate-picking1/
Alternate Picking Lesson 2 - (8) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...rnate-picking2/
Alternate Picking Lesson 3 - (8) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...rnate-picking3/
Alternate Picking Lesson 4 - (8) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...rnate-picking4/

Sweep Picking Etude (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...-picking-etude/
Sweeping Lesson 1 (3 string shapes) (8) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...weeping-lesson/
Sweeping Lesson 2 (5 string shapes) (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...5string-shapes/
Mixed Solo Licks (7) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...xed-solo-licks/
Luca Turilli Lesson (9) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...turilli-lesson/


Muris - Extreme Neo-Classic (10)
Rhythm meets lead - Johnathan Burgos (6) : https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Rhythm-Meets-Lead/
Johnathan Burgos - Petrucci Style - Arabic Sensation (6) - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Petruc...abic_Sensation/

Regards,
Christian A.

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