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Apr 11 2009, 11:26 PM
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QUOTE (Velvet Roger @ Apr 12 2009, 12:23 AM)  Sure thing, will just take some time to get used to this new way of playing  Cheers! Time is on our side, let me know if you need more help tho!
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Apr 13 2009, 04:09 PM
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Hey Muris,
Here is a new take in which I tried to focus on my left hand posture much more. The take is still sloppy (especially going down during the last pattern, where a suddenly increased speed without any reason  ), however I thought it would be good to know first whether all the basics movements/position are more or less OK now, before cleaning it up further? Thanks for your help! Cheers Roger -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 13 2009, 04:48 PM
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Left hand posture is much better now Roger!
However you might try to close your legs and turn on the left a bit, you're hitting your belly with your left hand which causes you some extra problems, actually you did try to avoid that few times in the video, when you move in the place.  Keep it up, it's going fine!
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Apr 13 2009, 05:11 PM
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QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Apr 13 2009, 05:48 PM) Left hand posture is much better now Roger! However you might try to close your legs and turn on the left a bit, you're hitting your belly with your left hand which causes you some extra problems, actually you did try to avoid that few times in the video, when you move in the place. Keep it up, it's going fine! Yeah noticed that as well, almost unavoidable with such a big belly as mine . Will work on that as well and will get there sooner or later 
-------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 13 2009, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE (Velvet Roger @ Apr 13 2009, 06:11 PM) Yeah noticed that as well, almost unavoidable with such a big belly as mine . Will work on that as well and will get there sooner or later Same thing happened to me with Axis, 22 frets, neck pretty deep in body etc.
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 16 2009, 08:57 PM
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Just a quick update from my side Muris: slowly getting improvement in the lesson, and hopefully I can record a proper take this weekend (have squash/bandpractice today/tomorrow).
Was also thinking of working on the April challenge a bit of yours (the intermediate one ).Cheers Roger ps: Summer Song is definitely improving as well, but we have difficulty in using it in the MTP on the forum (concerning tabs, videos and such - after feedback from Maria on it). Will update you on this once I know more. -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 16 2009, 10:42 PM
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Looking forward to it Roger,
let me know about Summer Song through PM in a meanwhile!
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 18 2009, 10:37 PM
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Hi Muris,
I've been practicing the alternate picking in thirds lesson an aweful lot, and been busy trying to record a proper take this evening since 21:00 ... and somehow, when I press that record button I get all those uncontrolled things happening during the take (string noises etc etc). Anyways, this is the best I could get out of this lesson for now (which is really a big dissappointment for me  ). Anyways, let me know your thoughts Cheers Roger This post has been edited by Velvet Roger: Apr 18 2009, 10:38 PM -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 19 2009, 01:22 PM
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Just sent a PM with the first part of Summer Song
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-------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 19 2009, 01:39 PM
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QUOTE (Velvet Roger @ Apr 19 2009, 02:22 PM) Just sent a PM with the first part of Summer Song .Replied . Now few words about your 3rd take on the lesson! IMO you're progressing very nicely but of course there is always some room for improvement. Sync IS the problem as you said and maybe you should try this lesson couple of times but pretty slowly, you can even practice without backing and turn on metronome only. What I would suggest is to focus on picking more and less on fretting hand, as far as I can see you're applying not enough power in picking and that usually leads to bad sync when playing exercises! Play it slow, pick each note harder and also apply some palm muting, you can mute bottom strings when playing on top string, just in case if something starts to ring. Now I'm gonna give you a bit more freedom and let you to pick next lesson that we'll be covering! In a mean while don't forget to work on lessons we already started with, ok?
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 19 2009, 01:59 PM
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Thanks for the comments. Will certainly continue with the previous lessons on a daily basis, but am glad as well that we can move on a bit.
I was thinking to take something completely different for a change: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...-rhythm-lesson/ Would that be logical (if so, could you give me the backing at full speed?), if not I am more than happy with any lesson
This post has been edited by Velvet Roger: Apr 19 2009, 03:01 PM -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 19 2009, 06:14 PM
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Funk Rhythm lesson, great idea Roger!!
And here's backing for you!! 
Funk_Rhythm_Lesson___BT_105_bpm.mp3 ( 912.1K )
Number of downloads: 1This post has been edited by Muris Varajic: Apr 19 2009, 06:21 PM -------------------- Youtube
MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 19 2009, 06:42 PM
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QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Apr 19 2009, 07:14 PM) Funk Rhythm lesson, great idea Roger!! And here's backing for you!!
Funk_Rhythm_Lesson___BT_105_bpm.mp3 ( 912.1K )
Number of downloads: 1Cheers! ps: Focussing now on the picking hand really helps for the other lesson, thanks for the advice!
-------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 20 2009, 12:47 PM
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QUOTE (Velvet Roger @ Apr 19 2009, 07:42 PM) Cheers! ps: Focussing now on the picking hand really helps for the other lesson, thanks for the advice! You're welcome Roger. picking is always a problem, even if you've been practicing it for a years, no worries!
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 26 2009, 09:28 PM
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Hi Muris,
Here is a take of the Funk Rhythm lesson at 95 bpm. I can play it pretty much the same at 105 bpm but it's a bit less stable than this one. I kinda miss a bit of the funky feel still and the main riff is a bit sloppy sometimes, but working on that .Looking forward to hear your thoughts Cheers! Roger -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 26 2009, 11:45 PM
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Nice work Roger!!
Here's the thing about Funk and those grooves, when you listen to a take it might sound almost 100% fine and in time but when you LOOK at the player you will realize why it sounds ALMOST perfect. And you're guessing the reasons of course, you must be more relaxed overaly but another very important thing is to actually feel the rhythm by tapping with your foot or even small dancing with your shoulders!! You learned piece correctly and that's very crucial at this stage, now you just have to dive more into groove, get some nice mood and do The Funk! Can't wait for next clip (including some dancing)!!
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 28 2009, 10:57 PM
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Been busy practicing the Funk Lesson and it certainly improves. Hopefully I can record a take tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have also made a take for this month challenge on your dynamics solo writing lesson, and I would love to hear your comments as well on that one. Here it is: Cheers, Roger -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 28 2009, 11:56 PM
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Yeah, I just saw it in REC thread and said few words as well.
Here's what crosses my mind atm and these are truly small details but those mean a lot! First, somehow you play staccato notes in a phrase when it should be legato, not technique but connection between notes, you make a gap probably because of the sync issue, that happens on picking parts tho. So pay more attention to that, keep it flowing. Next thing is picking and bending probably, I can always make complaint about it but you ARE making some major progress since we started so just keep working on that as you have done so far.
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Apr 29 2009, 06:35 AM
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QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Apr 29 2009, 12:56 AM) Yeah, I just saw it in REC thread and said few words as well. Here's what crosses my mind atm and these are truly small details but those mean a lot! First, somehow you play staccato notes in a phrase when it should be legato, not technique but connection between notes, you make a gap probably because of the sync issue, that happens on picking parts tho. So pay more attention to that, keep it flowing. Next thing is picking and bending probably, I can always make complaint about it but you ARE making some major progress since we started so just keep working on that as you have done so far. Thanks for the additional comments, besides the ones in the REC thread - and I will certainly work on that. Maybe you won't believe it , but I am quite a perfectionist, so all details do matter a lot to me and it only helps me to get more focussed on my playing. Nevertheless it's good to see that I am making some progress Cheers! Roger -------------------- "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong." Guitars & Amps Brian Moore DC-1 Custom Shop (Cherry Sunburst, mahogany/rosewood) Eric Johnson Signature Strat (2-tone Sunburst, alder/maple) Ibanez RG770 (Black, basswood/rosewood) Peerless Journeyman (solid spruce/maple) Sixt Bov-105C (Ovation-like acoustic) - Ibanez SGT-130 (Jumbo acoustic) London City VS-1 (Precision bass) - Baton Rouge U3S (Ukelele) Fender HotRod Deluxe 40W combo - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue 5W combo - Marshall JCM 900 50W Hi-Gain combo Effects & Other stuff POD Studio UX2 audio interface - Edirol MA-15D monitors EH Double Muff - Fulltone GT-500 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet - Guitarsystems TrebleTool Junior - Guitarsystems FuzzTool Junior Korg Pitchblack Tuner - MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay - TC Electronics Nova Modulator - Morley Bad Horsie 2 Wah Shure SM58 - Roland PCR-500 midi controller/keyboard & Yamaha Clavinova CL-910 piano My Website My MySpace Page My YouTube Channel My Twitter Account My Band 'Gonzo!' |
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Apr 29 2009, 03:16 PM
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I knew you're gonna understand my point Roger,
those details can really make a huge difference after all! Keep up the work and let me know when you have a new recording on the way.
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MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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