Self-analysis: Improve Faster |
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Self-analysis: Improve Faster |
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Jun 3 2014, 02:40 PM |
Getting feedback from others is awesome - often other people are able to pinpoint problems you might not notice yourself.
However the flip side is that others do not know what your exact goals and ambitions are, so you cannot rely only on others to shape your style and playing. From my experience I can say that recording my guitar practice and jams are a great way to then check it our and analyse my playing, my strong and weak points and even the creativity of my improvisations. Sometimes this also helps me to start working on new songs since I find good ideas there that I work more later, but the most important thing is that listening to myself without playing at the same time is great to analyze and then improve my playing. Are you able to analyse yourself objectively? -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 4 2014, 03:50 PM |
Self analyzing takes a bit of consciousness on playing in general. I have heard a lot of folks being even a bit irritated because someone told them that they can improve things in a recording. It's all a matter of how realistic you are with yourself and your playing: - are you IN TUNE? - do you have good timing? - do you have groove? - are your bends in tune? - is your vibrato expressive and matching the context? - is your playing clean and controlled in respect to the context? These are some questions that I would ask myself whenever I need to be honest with my work from a purely technical perspective. Having a list of questions is a very good idea! I could add: - Does your tone sound good and fit with the mix? - Are both hands synchronized? - how can you improve this take? - Are there any part that could sound better? What other questions could we add? -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 5 2014, 03:38 PM |
One that I could add would be: am I using my time in a productive manner? A lot of folks have BIG question marks in respect to this one - but I say: If at the end of your practice session you can put your hands on what you did that day: - a new lick - a part of a song - understanding a concept - raising the accuracy on a certain phrase ...and these are just a few examples.... it means that you spent your time in a good way How many of you are worrying about not spending your practice time productively enough? Excellent addition! Having a balance of what you've covered each day is very rewarding. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 8 2014, 08:40 PM |
Self-analysis is so important because without it you'll never grow. Here's an ex. I had very little self awareness when joining gmc and after the first rec. take I had comments like your timing needs work. I didn't understand. I felt that my timing was pretty good except for a few hiccups. I never asked what specifically about timing did I lack. It took probably a year of opening up and asking questions to get to a point where I'm always self analyzing. I know I'm out of time, I know when the sequence doesn't add up and I get a real big cheesy face when my down beats line up as I'm playing. I see my foo tap, the backings snare pops, my note lands right on beat and I know why my timing is on or off. I've primarily worked on technique and timing here so that's all I can really self analyze at the moment. This is so great to know for us Jim. Thanks for sharing your experience with REC. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 8 2014, 09:55 PM |
I record and analyze myplaying, although I do not always see al the little mistakes I make. I try to be as objective as possible, even though it's hard sometimes to realize that I 'm trying to play something precisely correct, practicing for weeks every day and still to find out that is not exact.. But hey, guitar playing is a lifetime of learning they say..
-------------------- My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SparrowLesPaul
Download my music for free: http://jeroenvanderput.bandcamp.com/album/...tal-heavy-metal Listen to my first mini album "Victory" on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeroen-van-der-put/s...tory-mini-album My facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JeroenOnFire |
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Jun 9 2014, 02:53 PM |
Nice words Cosmin and Jeroen. The journey is everything when you dedicate your life to an infinite thing... and music is infinite. Le's enjoy the journey!
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Jun 11 2014, 03:11 PM |
Well, there was this song called 'Amazing' played by YOU tell me what band that had a verse saying: 'Life's a journey, not a destination and you just can't tell just what tomorrow brings!' yeah! I think that I know the band... It's Spinal Tap or Tenacious D... -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 12 2014, 11:02 AM |
Most definitely Tennaceous D
I'm still mindblown after last night's concert with Alter Bridge tho...I will write a thread when I get home later today |
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Jun 13 2014, 03:43 AM |
Most definitely Tennaceous D I'm still mindblown after last night's concert with Alter Bridge tho...I will write a thread when I get home later today Awesome, looking forward it. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 13 2014, 01:17 PM |
Just downloading the movies The sound ain't that great, but it's something Hope you guys will like them..
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Jun 13 2014, 02:18 PM |
Just downloading the movies The sound ain't that great, but it's something Hope you guys will like them.. Great! Could you meet Mark? -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 14 2014, 07:56 AM |
Great! Could you meet Mark? Unfortunately not... I didn't manage to solve anything with that interview request, but I will surely do it with Karnivool Here it is: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...mp;#entry689064 |
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