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Posted by: El Fortinero Jun 13 2011, 12:57 AM

Hello everyone , I´m Nahuel (el fortinero) from Argentina. I am new at GMC. I will try to introduce myself: I´ve been playing the guitar for 13 years (i am 27 now) I learned to play, u know, by using my ears, questioning other guitar players,etc (there was no internet when i was a teenager). but never studied. And so I found myself in a place where i can really move fast my fingers but i had no idea what i was playing. I could armonize phrases by using my ears but had no idea about scales and all that stuff. I was also taught the minor armonic in an A position but it was imposible to me to remember all that notes! (i was also a bit lazy unsure.gif ). so I was / felt very limited. then, 3 years ago I went to a teacher and he taugh me the more basic theory. because of that, I started to connect and analise all that i knew and a new world appeared.

Actually I had recorded 3 albums, the last one is from my actual metal/rock band called "Groover" you can hear us in www.purevolume.com/groover and soon in www.groovermetal.com.ar ( it's in spanish.. sorry) I also sing in this cd.

I have 4 electric guitars:
*Epiphone les paul
*Fender squier (my first one) with di marzio factrak pick ups and a Lan Sensori in the neck
*Yamaha rgx 612s
*Nt warlock (made by my luthier) with EMG 81 - 85 pickups

* a spanish guitar and a Fender squier acoustic guitar.

You know i'am left handed so it is difficult (at least here in Buenos Aires) to find a good left- guitar.They are expensive. They have to bring it from USA and it costs, for example, a standard Gibson Les Paul 1500 USD !
If you are right handed is easier (and cheaper!)

My amp is a "vintage Electric" nu twin model, it's a replica (cheaper!!) from the messa booggie rectifier.


Searching something to play in the net i found GMC. I saw the ballad solo from Emir Hot and that destroyed my mind.
something funny that happened to me is that I used to think that i was a very good guitar player and knew a lot but when i saw his video I realised that there are lots of thing to learn (not because of the speed or technique but in the way he constructed that solo, i hope you understand what i mean) EMIR U ROCK!!
And so here I am, a bit afraid of using my credit card in the net smile.gif , but really happy to learn new stuff and to meet people that love musiC as much as I do.
here some photos:
(i am the one in the middle)

My custom warlock



ok that's all !!
u can contact me by
msn: [email protected]
facebook: Nahuel Arguiz

and of course here!!! at GMC






Posted by: Sollesnes Jun 13 2011, 01:09 AM

Welcome pal! I'm sure you'll learn loads. smile.gif
¨Your face fits a beard wink.gif

Posted by: El Fortinero Jun 13 2011, 01:40 AM

QUOTE (Sollesnes @ Jun 13 2011, 12:09 AM) *
Welcome pal! I'm sure you'll learn loads. smile.gif
¨Your face fits a beard wink.gif


Thanks!! i hope so, u know this image has a photoshop work and the effect made my arms to look like a bear!! sad.gif it is not THAT way!

I should shave my face that day... i know...

Posted by: Blister Jun 13 2011, 03:40 AM

Hey Nahuel & welcome to GMC! smile.gif

Gary F.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jun 13 2011, 05:12 AM

Hi Nahuel!! Welcome to the site!! It's really cool to find your introduction here! You already know that you can count with me to receive Spanish explanations or suggestions via PM.
Enjoy the site!! wink.gif

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 13 2011, 09:23 AM

Hey Nahuel! I'm sure you're going to find everything you need at GMC, especially phrasing lessons/ applied theory concepts which will rock your world wink.gif what kind of bands do you enjoy listening to?

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 13 2011, 09:42 AM

Welcome aboard Nahuel, enjoy your stay here, and glad you joined! smile.gif

If you have any questions let us know, we will be glad to help. Please join in community activities! smile.gif

Posted by: Stephane Lucarelli Jun 13 2011, 10:49 AM

Welcome Nahuel !
smile.gif

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jun 13 2011, 12:00 PM

Welcome aboard Nahuel !

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 13 2011, 12:05 PM

Welcome to GMC Nahuel ! smile.gif

You learnt the guitar in a very similar way to me.. all by ear etc, no internet. Well, I'm sure it was the same for a lot of us here actually... smile.gif

QUOTE (El Fortinero @ Jun 13 2011, 01:40 AM) *
Thanks!! i hope so, u know this image has a photoshop work and the effect made my arms to look like a bear!! sad.gif it is not THAT way!

I should shave my face that day... i know...


It's ok, you can admit it... you're hairy like me ! laugh.gif

Posted by: El Fortinero Jun 13 2011, 03:04 PM

THANK U ALL GUYS, YOU ARE VERY KIND!

BEN , OK I ADMIT IT, I MA A HAIRY DUDE

THANKS ALSO GABRIEL FOR YOUR SPANISH EXPLANATIONS. IT HELPED ME A LOT TO UNDERSTAND THE GMC SITE, UNA MAZA CHABON!

COSMIN: NOWADAYS I AM LISTENING HARD MODERN ROCK: SALIVA (I LOVE THEM), SHINEDOWN!, THREE DAYS GRACE, PAPA ROACH, NICKELBACK, STONE BLACK CHERRY, ETC (DO YOU KNOW MORE BANDS LIKE THAT?? I 'D LOVE TO HEAR SOMETHING NEW)
BUT I ALSO LIKE RAGE, ATVANCE, METALLICA, MUDVAYNE!!, SKID ROW, OFFSPRING, INSANIA STOCKHOLM (REALLY NICE POWER METAL SOLOS, VERY CATCHY), EUROPE, BON JOVI, ALICE IN CHAINS, ETC

AND OF COURSE MUSIC FROM MY COUNTRY CHECK THESE LINKS!:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28k5hjDJRE (the singer is my vocal coach, he is amazing, his name is Ivan Sención)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQ8KW47zDM&feature=related

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpsH3rY9cRs


thanks to everybody again!!

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 13 2011, 04:06 PM

Oh my! biggrin.gif we have a lot of bands in common mate!! A lot of them biggrin.gif well, check these guys out tongue.gif i listen to a lot of this kind of music biggrin.gif





Tell me what kind of techniques are you studying regarding your voice? smile.gif



Posted by: quadrium Jun 13 2011, 07:59 PM

Welcome to GMC! smile.gif Hope you enjoy your time here smile.gif

Dogukan,

Posted by: El Fortinero Jun 14 2011, 05:59 AM

Dark new days is new for me, i'll search more info about them. thanks!

About singing techniques is quite difficult to explain, imagine that i am still trying to understand it in my mother tongue (spanish) but I will try to explain to you, lets see:

We try to make our voice to go up to the head were the head resonators (??) are. The "treble" in your voice is in your nose, so if your voice is to "dark" you need to light it by using your nose, one cool way to do it is to block your nose, so the sound will stay there, in your head. You can pretend that you are having a cold (imagine you are axel rose). this is a way to start, off course no one wants to sing so nasal, it won´t sound cool.
My vocal coach (ivan sencion) has a technique that also mix the head voice with the falsetto, is called "passaggio" and this is the key to everything. It is a very difficult technique but once you master it you can do watever you want with your voice. All the great singers uses it because you can reach any note with just a little effort. Again, is a very hard technique to achive. You need many years of trainning and practice.

I used to sing by breaking my voice with my troat, the feeling i get was as if someone was hanging me, it was ok, but after 13 songs I was near voiceless (because i mixed high pich notes with gutural!) The distortion with the voice in high pitch must be done with your nose, never use your throat, never push from your diagfram!

Now I am trying to sing with the passaggio but it's really really hard because my body is use to sing in the wrong way.

what are you interested in? as regard singing

did it help what i wrote?

Apologyse for my english, It should be better!

See U! biggrin.gif








QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jun 13 2011, 03:06 PM) *
Oh my! biggrin.gif we have a lot of bands in common mate!! A lot of them biggrin.gif well, check these guys out tongue.gif i listen to a lot of this kind of music biggrin.gif





Tell me what kind of techniques are you studying regarding your voice? smile.gif


Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 14 2011, 06:56 AM

Hey Nahuel smile.gif I've been studying vocal techniques too - especially stuff which was derived from here www.trainmyvoice.com
Everything you're saying makes perfect sense tongue.gif but in EVTS and EVI technique language, the techniques have different names biggrin.gif

Glad that you are interested in properly using your voice wink.gif now how hard is it for you to play guitar and sing in the same time?

Posted by: El Fortinero Jun 15 2011, 03:29 PM

QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jun 14 2011, 05:56 AM) *
Hey Nahuel smile.gif I've been studying vocal techniques too - especially stuff which was derived from here www.trainmyvoice.com
Everything you're saying makes perfect sense tongue.gif but in EVTS and EVI technique language, the techniques have different names biggrin.gif

Glad that you are interested in properly using your voice wink.gif now how hard is it for you to play guitar and sing in the same time?



It ´s not SO hard to sing and play for me, it was at the beginnig, you need to practice that's all.

I feel more confindent when I have a guitar while singing, i don't know why huh.gif

I also do not trust so much in this "singing lesson" via internet, Brett manning wiht his "singing success", Pier Bristow "the zinging zone" etc, because they focus on pop/ rock. No one has a real clue about singin metal/nu metal and even though is more or less the same techniques, it is not the same, you know what I mean? I don't know about EVTS or EVI (they are new to me) r they good?
I would like to sign like Matts Leven ( Y. Malmsteen - Facing the animal) and to have some guturals like chad from Mudvayne! and straight to the fame tongue.gif !

what about you Cosmin?
who is your favorite singer?

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