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Nope didn't think so either. We all know parents don't get this.
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Sep 19 2012, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 17 2012, 07:56 AM)  Hey man! Yes there is  Try this: http://www.ronimusic.com/Hey!  , thanks!!Can you check if I did it right? 
Metal_Metrics_4_Metal___Modern_backing_track_in_D_minor_pentatonic.wav ( 2.26MB )
Number of downloads: 117Also I'll get a new take up soon. Currently I haven't been playing that much, but I've tried to play only to a metronome, which is pretty hard, since I've never done that before, I tend to rush now and then, pretty funny and amazingly frustrating  Tobias -------------------- Guitar
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Nov 10 2012, 10:16 PM
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Hey there, Cosmin! Long time ago, almost 2 months. I was wondering if I could re-join the course?
 , even though I just left unannounced. Although there is a reason for that, not sure if it is a good one, but I've realized a lot of things and figured out a lot of things personally & guitar wise. I remember when I asked to join this course I had just joined one with Gabriel too, and was ready to join one with Alex too, and get started on Ben's Bushidos, and take over the whole world, etc. You know, sitting for some time and really thinking 'this is what I should do, really take guitar serious practice 6-8 hours a day' also thinking 'this time I'll do it, I've tried it before, didn't work, but this time I'll do it no matter what..' so yeah the first day is with full of motivation, next day I didn't get all hours down, and I was like tomorrow I'll definitely get all down, then bim bam boom. even less, and just keep lying to my self till I finally hit 0 minutes a day of guitar practicing, and wanting to quit playing the guitar.. So I've read a lot about how to practice, how do other people practice, etc. And I realized what works for me and I'm pretty much sure that's the best method for anyone that plays guitar! It's really simple! It's just having fun! That's the reason I started to play guitar, and the reason why it easily stops being fun is because I get a lot of information and experienced guitarists/musicians says you need to learn this & this.. Which in my opinion doesn't matter, what matters is having fun, for that matter if what I found really fun was turning on my amp and knocking the gain to 10 and then just having the guitar feedback all day long and that made me smile and have a great time, then I'd be doing it right, of course it is a different story if I am at guitar as a job, but I don't for me it is just a hobby & will I ever be as good as Guthrie Govan? Probably not, but for me it's not a goal anymore to join the list with the best.. For me it is just to have fun, and I'm pretty sure that's the reason Guthrie Govan is so good today, he probably just had fun I also know that he doesn't like the word 'practice', anywho! But it's kind of weird, since some people will tell you that you need to do this for 30 minutes, etc. Work on that, work on genres you don't even like. It just seems so stupid since why not just work on the only things you like and then become really good at that, and then maybe in 25 years your musicality has expanded and suddenly you'll maybe like Jazz and for the first 25 you've only like Heavy Metal. And THEN you'll learn it, because now you like it and now it gives meaning since you can use it in your own playing, where as before you didn't like it and would probably never dream of using it in your own playing. So yeah.. I've definitely figured out how I practice best, and yes that is by having fun, so that means some days I play a lot, some days not so much, some days I don't depends on a lot of things, usually I play every day. What I've decided to do is learn lessons here at GMC, now the ideal thing would probably to take one lesson at a time and get that down "perfectly", I've tried that, and that just seems soooooooooo boring for me, at first its like yeah, but a week after its like an exercise and I just want to quit playing, so that's definitely not a good way for me, so what I figured out is that I just learn a lot of lessons at once, in this case I've decided to get 12 lessons down for this month, pure rhythm, and then I'll try and record a take of each! . Basically how I do it is I just learn maybe 3-5 one day then whenever I feel like it again maybe 2 days later I'll learn 3-5 more and then I got 12 "down", they still need to be polished and all that, but now I can just play them whenever I feel like it and play them over and over again like a repertoire and it doesn't get boring, and if one the lessons gets a bit boring i'll just work on one of the others and then maybe in 3 days I'll get back to the 'boring' one!  , so that seems like the best way for me to practice. Other than that I've i'm trying to get 30 minutes of legato down each day, I hate to do practice like that, but i'm just trying to see if I can handle 30 minutes a day so far and basically I just want to see how fast I can progress that way..And, some more text..... But I'm also trying to work on my ear just now and then, whenever I feel like it. My main goal so far is getting a good rhythm, that's why I've only chosen rhythm lessons so far. And my legato practice is much more rhythmic training than technique since I'm playing a 3nps patteren but in 16th notes instead of triplets so the beat is placed in weird places, which is great for my rhythm, and not picking all the time on the beat, feels weird too The lessons I'm working on so far are: by Ben Higgins https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Megadeth-Made-Easy/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Time-To-Gallop/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Scorpions-Style-Rhythm/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/The-De...Is-In-The-Diad/ by Cosmin Lupu (I imagine you've heard that name once or twice) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-4/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-5/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-6/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Alter-...-Style-Riffing/ by Zsolt Galambos https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Groovy-Metallica/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bluesy-Metallica/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bluesy-Metallica-2/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Rockin-Slash/ So yeah nothing like level 8 with sweep picking at tempo 190, just some great sounding rhythm lessons! I've got 8-9 'down' so far. Haven't been that busy this month (first month ), apparently I had to work on some Beatles songs, and such, because where I go to school we have to play the 22nd November, just some relaxing background music, which is kind of great since I have to play songs like Let it Be & While my Guitar Gently Weeps, the melody part for Let it Be where I also use some improvisations but still relay on the original melody a lot (of course), but add some slide, vibrato & bends and it sounds pretty great  , which is pretty great to get some melodic phrases and then the lead guitar for Gently Weeps where I improvise the solo, which is also great to be improvising in a melodic way without having to think 'buuh I suck I can't play at 240 bpm, etc 'So that's it! If you've read all of it, you deserve a donut! Please let me know if you're willing to take me in again as a 'student' & what you think about the way I practice , cheers & have a great day/evening! Tobias -------------------- Guitar
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Nov 24 2012, 04:42 PM
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Hey I just did this recording today, sadly no video, but I've uploaded it to SoundCloud and I've made it so your the only one that can see it. But, this was more of a test, just to see if the recording quality and if you can notice any sort of weird things recording wise. I think that the latency issue (if there was any) is gone, been messing around with it a bit, and searching around on the internet
And if everything is okay recording wise, you're more than welcome to give my playing some critique , but I'll get another one up as soon as I know that all the recording thingies are fine .I'll also upload some 'songs' where I improvise over a backing track, just so you can get an idea of how good my improvisation is, etc.. Cheers! Tobias Edit: Also I'm in Drop D. http://soundcloud.com/tobias-poulsen/metal-metrics-4-take-1/s-NOLdJ This post has been edited by Qenzoz: Nov 24 2012, 04:42 PM -------------------- Guitar
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