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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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Aug 31 2017, 02:27 PM
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Nice! I assume that you are starting to have the map of the song in your mind much clearer. Have you checked analized this in other songs?
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Sep 1 2017, 05:03 PM
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QUOTE (yoncopin @ Aug 31 2017, 10:29 AM)  No, that was the first song I analyzed, but yes I am getting the feel for the song structure. I think I'm overthinking it all to some degree. Should I keep analyzing songs, or is there another next step? I've been doing this for 15 years, and I'm still going... does it answer your question?  Let's analize 2 more at least before moving on... mm did I say 15? I think that 20... -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 18 2017, 04:49 PM
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Hi mate,
I agree that it seems that this are like two separate worlds, but at the same time, I also think that everything is related so no matter if you dedicate time to practice, improvise or compose, you are building your own voice as a musician. Every person is different and that's why we have so many voices, and so many differeng music styles. Maybe you don't enjoy songwriting, but you like improvisation, maybe you preffer re-arranging songs and play them with your style, who knows... everything is valid and welcome. What I know from my experience is that composition can be trained and it can take a lot of hard work to compose stuff that we are proud of... but it's nothing different to guitar playing which also requires a lot of practice. The secret is to enjoy the journey, so I think that being honest with yourself is the key to move forward. I'm here ready to help with the next steps of your gutar journey. -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 8 2017, 04:02 PM
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Hi mate, yes, he is using flat tuning, everything is "b". Is that what you are asking?
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Nov 8 2017, 04:03 PM
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So Eb standard tuning?
QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Nov 8 2017, 11:02 AM) Hi mate, yes, he is using flat tuning, everything is "b". Is that what you are asking? --------------------  |
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Nov 8 2017, 04:10 PM
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QUOTE (yoncopin @ Nov 8 2017, 12:03 PM) So Eb standard tuning? Yes, I've been playing along with the solo. There are many great licks there! -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 9 2017, 02:25 PM
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Thanks! That helped a lot
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Nov 9 2017, 06:47 PM
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QUOTE (yoncopin @ Nov 9 2017, 10:25 AM) Thanks! That helped a lot Keep me updated, and let me know if any lick becomes impossible to recognize. -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 13 2017, 03:57 PM
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Hi mate! Great to see you playing this!
Yeah, I note that there are things that are different, but it's getting there. The main difference is related to rhythm of some phrases, so I think that it would be better to practice over metronome, or maybe create a backing track, in different tempos. You could also play along with the youtube audio and slow it down (there is an option at youtube). -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 13 2018, 03:24 PM
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Hi mate, good post!
The answer to your question is YES, I note progress. I understand what you mean about not hearing the things to fix at first and then hearing only the problems. That's normal and it's part of the learning process, and it means that your ear is being trained. There is an element which is very important here and it's "focus" as a synonymous of "Where you put your attention". Focus is amazing related to the things that we hear. It happens all the time, we can think that something sound good until someone says, isn't this too bassy? and then, we start to hear it extremely bassy. However, we learn from each experience, and we start to contemplate more things everytime we listen to something, and this can also happen when we listen what we are playing at the moment. I don't think that you aren't able to play with better vibrato, or that you can't hit the right pitch with your bending. I think that you were focusing on other elements from the lesson and that's why they are not precise. The key here is to dedicate some time this week focusing on this elements, and you'll not only be training your technique, you'll also be training your ear and this will happen less and less in the future. Does it make sense? -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 15 2018, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE (yoncopin @ Aug 14 2018, 04:27 PM) I suppose all of that means I'm on the right track and need to keep at it like always. Thanks for the encouragement Gabe! YES, you are!! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 5 2019, 01:36 AM
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Hi Gabe! It's been a while since I posted in our mentor thread... but I could use some mentoring
I've been feeling kinda discouraged with my playing lately and I was hoping you could help me make a plan to find my way back.My favorite thing to do is jam to a backing track, my goal is to take that as far as I can and to be as expressive as I can with chords and soloing. I suppose that has a lot in common with songwriting, and I would love to write and record my own songs. I'm guessing my reason for avoiding songwriting is I still feel like my technique and musical creativity/expression still can't realize the songs I have in my head. I don't want to spend a lot of time on something and have it fall short, even if I'm the only person who'll ever listen to it. I also feel like I just don't have a whole lot to say musically, my "vocabulary" is just a small bag of licks. How can I say anything with only a few words and phrases? I've also been really frustrated with my speed. It feels like an unattainable goal to shred like you guys can. I don't know what I'm doing or not doing that makes it seem so unreachable. I was trying to learn Phil Collen Intermediate and the lick at 0:35 just feels impossible and the rest is relatively easy. I've been practicing it for ages and it just seems like time wasted because I'm nowhere near the speed I'd have to reach to play it. Learning songs that have any hint of speed seem off limits to me. At the same time, the styles I want to play don't use a lot of shred speed so I'm not sure if I'm focusing on the wrong thing. Anyway, that was just a brain dump. I was hoping you could make some sense of it and help me get a plan sorted. My goals are pretty vague right now. Below are a few artists I'd love to sound like. Thanks! -------------------- |
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Jun 5 2019, 03:00 PM
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Hi mate! Your ideas and goals are very clear. This is what I would do:
- Improvisation Practice: I would dedicate a good amount of my practice time to improvise over different backing tracks. Getting into blues, following the chords, triads and modes use as well as other concepts. Kris Dahl's Jam School lessons and his live streams should give lots of ideas. - Technique: Being able to play some fast passages is always nice but you don't need to be Jason Becker to play in the style of the vids that you've shared. Being able to master Paul Gilbert & Zakk wylde style exercises should be your one of your diary goals but not everything. Youi don't need lots of exercise, you like these ones, an all the variations that you can create by yourself:  - Composition: Dedicate some improvisation time to jam over drum loops can be a good first step to compose rhythms, riffs and chord progressions that can become songs then. You can use this thread to share your progress to stay motitaved! What do you think? -------------------- My lessons
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