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HEY MAN, I really need your help...
...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
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May 5 2015, 02:31 PM
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Well, I'm sure that you note that some parts are more difficult for you than others, so if the question is "how to do my practice time more effective?", the answer is, take the difficult parts, write them down and focus your practice on these sections for 1 week. I don't mean that you don't have to play the whole lesson a few times every day, but you need to focus on the problem, discover why it's giving issues and work on it. Search for exercises that can help with it, and create variations of the part as exercises.
After a week, you will notice that your practice time has been very productive. -------------------- My lessons
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May 10 2015, 08:51 PM
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QUOTE (bleez @ May 9 2015, 05:57 PM)  That makes a lot of sense, I should have thought of it myself! Ive been trying it for the last few days and its working out great. Im spending about an hour per day using the metronome with 3 of the parts which Im having difficulty with. Good idea, thanks dude. Cool! It's great to know that you tried it with good results! 
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May 17 2015, 05:23 PM
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Gab, could you have a quick listen to these lessons?
Tasteful Blues lesson - I think it might be close but there's a couple of big bends in it and Im never 100% confident about my bends. This one, Hendrix meets Frusciante is quite difficult to get the same as the lesson especially with all the wah. I dont know if I will get it to a REC level but it was cool learning it What do you think? --------------------  You say 'minor pentatonic ' like it's a bad thing |
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May 18 2015, 03:26 PM
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Hi Bleez! Godo job with these lessons!
As you've already said there, your main thing to work on these ones is your bending. It's not bad but it's not totally consistent and these ones are very demanding so I think that both lessons are great choices to work on your phrasing. Vibrato is ok but sometimes it's not totally connected with the backing's groove, and that's the other thing I think you need to work, mostly on the second lesson: Groove. Your playing is lacking the groove that playing Hendrix/Frusciante style requires. Check how Adrian follows the groove with his hand and body to give his playing that perfect but organic timing. Finally, I think that your tone could be more connected with the styles and backings. It need to be warmer, as it happens with both lessons. Experiment a bit with EQ to get something closer to Adrian or Ivan since I think that your tone is not fitting really well with the tunes. It's not bad off course, but there is room to make it nicer. -------------------- My lessons
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May 19 2015, 04:00 PM
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Yeah, bends are tricky. I don't know any other best exercise than this one to practice bends every day:
And off course many variations, and working the same concept over a backing track. When working on guitar tone, I don't really mean that it should be exactly as the lesson, but for any reason the tone you set for these ones doesn't fit really well over the backings, and using the original as reference can help with the EQ even knowing that you will get a different colour based on the different guitar. -------------------- My lessons
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May 28 2015, 08:40 PM
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hi Gab, Ive been working on the Tasteful blues lesson, took another video of it tonight -
Ive also recorded my progress on your Rocker riff 2 lesson. Ive been working on this one for ages tbh hopefully it's not too bad. I know Im not really getting decent tones but I cant get anything very good with the ux1, I dont think my soundcard is good enough but it looks like I'll be getting the Pod HD 500x after all. So I should be able to have much better tones very soon -------------------- You say 'minor pentatonic ' like it's a bad thing |
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May 29 2015, 02:34 PM
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Hi Bleez! Great to see new videos from you!
The tasteful blues sounds good. There are 3 things to improve to get the most of it: - Vibrato: Wider sometimes, and more regular other times. - Dynamics: You are getting close with this but there is still more to get from the lesson. - Tone: You knew this! Looking forward to see you rocking the Pod! The rocker riff lesson sounds very good! I just can comment that the last solo could sound even smoother but it's ok, some alternate picking practice could help. -------------------- My lessons
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May 30 2015, 04:47 PM
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If your question is if this take would pass, the answer is YES! It's a good take and it only needs that the solo section sounds a bit smoother. By the way, REC is not about passing, it's about receiving different points of view and suggestions.
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May 31 2015, 08:26 PM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ May 30 2015, 04:47 PM) If your question is if this take would pass, the answer is YES! It's a good take and it only needs that the solo section sounds a bit smoother. By the way, REC is not about passing, it's about receiving different points of view and suggestions. yeah...... but I dont wan to to embarrass myself by uploading a take I think is good only to find that Im miles out  Im never totally confident in my playing, especially if there are any bends involved  Ive been trying to improve the tasteful blues / rocker lessons. I 'think' the tasteful one has a little better vibrato ( in some places ) than last time and I just tried to play the rocker one more relaxed as I tend to push it a bit when the camera is on. Tone wise - Im expecting my new pod 500x to arrive on Wednesday I cant wait to get it fired up, Im sure it will make me sound awesome!As a side note - there's a UK stoner blues band called ten foot wizard. they are quite a new band, Ive been listening to them for a while. They just released their second independent CD and it is pretty damn good! I thought they might be to your taste as well. you should check out the first track from their CD. -------------------- You say 'minor pentatonic ' like it's a bad thing |
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Jun 1 2015, 01:41 PM
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Awesome work Bleez! This is what I call "focusing on details"! and this is the kind of work you need to do on the next days. I can notice how you are concentrating on each vibrato note and bend on both notes and this has a big impact in your playing, you definitely need to continue working like this. And this, combined with a better tone will be killer! Can't wait to see you playing with the new device.
Thanks for the link to the song. I'm listening to it right now, and it sounds promising! Good groove and nice guitar tones. Please check my PM.
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Jun 2 2015, 01:50 PM
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QUOTE (bleez @ Jun 1 2015, 04:04 PM) Thank you sir I will definatley look at the Guthrie bending approach. I have a couple of GMC lessons which Ive been working on for over a year now and it's just the bending which is preventing me nailing them. I really need to make some progress on that technique I think I can squeeze out some more improvements to the Tasteful blues lesson so I'll work some on that one before submitting for a REC take. The Rocker lesson, I think I will upload it for a REC take  Im feeling brave!! hehehe great! It's a very good idea to focus on bending now that we noted that it's the main thing giving problems to master lessons. The exercises that I've shared will help. Please try them for a few days and let me know how you feel. I'll check your rec take.
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Jun 6 2015, 05:40 PM
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Hi Bleez! Awesome improvements!! It's really inspiring to see how much your tone has improved. It's deeper and warmer, and makes your overall playing much more enjoyable. Your expressing techniques are also much better on this ones! I can see that both your vibrato and bending are more controlled and connected with the backings.
All great things to say about you mate, congrats my friend!!
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Jun 11 2015, 01:59 PM
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Hi Bleez, I've done this before with overdrive and wah wah and it worked great. I've read a lot of stuff about using tube screamer overdrive before an amp simulator to get better results.
I don't like the overdrive pedals emulated by pod, so adding some extra stompbox for this could really work. If it's possible try before buying.
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