Toxicity's Thread, for Gab's Army |
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:
* Don't know where to start? Just pm me and we will sort it out directly, I am online every day.
* Join My Army. Sounds aggressive? It is! We can study anything from the most fearsome picking techniques to bombastic songwriting. A medal of honor awaits the brave. Seriously, this is an opportunity for you to get a personalised learning experience...what are you waiting for?!
* Join my next video chat! GMC startpage holds a video chat schedule. We always cover a lot of ground and have fun. Remember that you don't need any previous knowledge, and you can be passive in the chat.
* Jam with me - you will find active collabs here.
* Post a topic on this board, guitar related or not - doesn't matter! You will find that chatting with instructors boosts your motivation to practice.
* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Finally I want to tell you a secret. Nah I changed my mind - pm me instead ;)
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Aug 5 2016, 02:31 PM
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Hi Toxicity! Welcome to your mentoring thread.
Before we start, I'd like to know a bit more about you. - How many time have you been playing guitar? - Favorite guitarists, bands and musicians. - What are your guitar goals? - How would you like to you see yourself in 5 years (related to music and guitar)? - How many time can you play guitar each day? - Do you have playing live experience? - Which are your strong and weak points with guitar? - What do you know about music theory? - Can you record videos of you playing? - Share here audios and videos that reflect your current playing. -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 6 2016, 10:42 PM
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- How many time have you been playing guitar? I played guitar for a couple of years in my teens and then on and off (mostly off) over the past twenty years. This time around I have been practicing for about four months. - Favorite guitarists, bands and musicians. I like a wide mix of genres, but I particularly like a mix of goth, 80s metal and blues  Fave Guitarists = EVH, SRV, Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, Dan Patlansky, Andy Timmons, Dweezil Zappa Fave Bands = Type O Negative, Seraphim Shock, Rammstein, Extreme, Danger Danger, Van Halen, Accept, Ratt, - What are your guitar goals? Break out of the standard pentatonic shape, learn to play solos that don't sound like I am playing scales in time with the rythmn! I'd also like to get to grips with the mixed rythmn and lead style that you hear in EVH, SR, Dan Patlansky and Nuno etc. - How would you like to you see yourself in 5 years (related to music and guitar)? I enjoy messing around with making digital music - I'd like to get good enough on guitar to incorporate it into my tracks and to get good enough at both playing and production to be able to share my creations with the world. - How many time can you play guitar each day? About an hour a day on weekdays and then 3 to 4 hours Sat and Sun. - Do you have playing live experience? Nope, don't have the confidence. - Which are your strong and weak points with guitar? I think I have half decent vibrato and finger strength, but I am stuck in the standard pentatonic scale shape and struggle with creating interesting phrasing. Also, strangely I have never learned to play any songs - I have always just improvised on my own or over backing tracks :/ - What do you know about music theory? Learnt some basic scales and how they relate to chords/arpeggios back when I was in school. I have been trying to teach myself recently and I am starting to get my head around modes. But my theory knowledge is very patchy. - Can you record videos of you playing? I will be able to by the end of the weekend - Share here audios and videos that reflect your current playing. I am still trying to sort out recording with a webcam, but you should be able to hear me improvise noodling over a backing track here: Improvisation over backing track |
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Aug 7 2016, 09:22 PM
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Hi mate, thanks a lot for the info!
Here we go with the first assignment. ASSIGNMENT #1: Goals: - Improving your bending technique. - Incorporating bending into your phrasing. TASK 1: - Work on this lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Beginn...ending-Workout/ TASK 2: - Use THIS APPROACH to practice bending technique over the backing of Beginner Bending Workout. - Improvise over the same backing, focusing mostly on bending. Exam and deadline: By August 17th you'll have to share 3 videos: - A video playing beginner bending workout (4 coins) - A video applying Ben's video approach over the backing track (2 coins) - A video improvising over the backing focusing on bending technique (4 coins) Each of this videos will be evaluated (check the coins value below). You need to get at least 7 coins to pass. If you pass, we can continue, if you don't you will have a second "call". This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Aug 7 2016, 09:23 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 10 2016, 09:49 PM
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mmm that's weird. I'm not a big fan of floyd rose. If you have a fixed bridge guitar go for it. But feel free to share a video of you playing the part with your floyd rose guitar to let me see and hear clearly what's happening.
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Aug 15 2016, 07:45 PM
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Great mate! I'll give you feedback and results on august 17th when the 3 videos are ready.
Keep going!! -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 17 2016, 06:34 PM
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And with some trepidation, here is the last of three assignment videos
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Aug 18 2016, 11:29 PM
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Hi mate! Great to see your 3 videos completed here!!
Based on your submits these are your results: TASK 1: 3 coins TASK 2: 1 coins TASK 3: 3 coins TOTAL: 7/10 coins. This is just our first step here but I think that it has been a very intensive bending training. I notice that this technique still needs work since sometimes it's not consistent, other times you don't reach the correct pitch. The double strings bending at the end of the bending lesson is the most problematic part. The improvisation will be our reference starting point. I'm sure that you'll see a lot of progress with the pass of time. It needs: - more defined phrases. - more consistent evolution of the solo. - make the bends more natural. It sounds forced. By the way, the assignment is passed! Congrats. I'll be back with the second assignment. In the meantime keep on practising this stuff! -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 19 2016, 03:53 PM
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ASSIGNMENT #2:
Goals: - Blues phrasing with minor pentatonic. - Incorporating vibrato, bending and slides into your phrasing. TASK 1: - Work on this lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/BB-King-Blues/ TASK 2: - Improvise over BB king backing trying to create clear phrases as it happens in the original lesson. Exam and deadline: By August 30th you'll have to share 2 videos: - A video playing beginner BB king lesson (5 coins) - A video improvising over the backing. (5 coins) Each of this videos will be evaluated (check the coins value below). You need to get at least 7 coins to pass. If you pass, we can continue, if you don't you will have a second "call". -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 22 2016, 09:43 AM
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Thanks for the new lesson! I am excited to attempt this one
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Aug 22 2016, 01:33 PM
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Great!
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