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...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
* Don't know where to start? Just pm me and we will sort it out directly, I am online every day.
* Join My Army. Sounds aggressive? It is! We can study anything from the most fearsome picking techniques to bombastic songwriting. A medal of honor awaits the brave. Seriously, this is an opportunity for you to get a personalised learning experience...what are you waiting for?!
* Join my next video chat! GMC startpage holds a video chat schedule. We always cover a lot of ground and have fun. Remember that you don't need any previous knowledge, and you can be passive in the chat.
* Jam with me - you will find active collabs here.
* Post a topic on this board, guitar related or not - doesn't matter! You will find that chatting with instructors boosts your motivation to practice.
* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Finally I want to tell you a secret. Nah I changed my mind - pm me instead ;)
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Nov 30 2012, 06:22 PM |
This is good. Sometimes it feels like it takes FOREVER to remember a whole piece of music, and sometimes I can remeber it after only a couple times. yeah, I also find some pieces easier to remember than other ones... -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 16 2012, 06:58 PM |
Hi mate! These two lessons are going very well, I think that you are one the right way with these ones. Just keep on practising them every day. I understand what you say about pressure and losing motivation... this is very normal. I thing that we should add more creative moments to your overall routine.. maybe some more musical lessons, improvisation, composition, collaborations and things like that, what do you think?
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Dec 17 2012, 02:04 PM |
I like the Idea of more creative things. I love collabs, and improv. I also enjoy the lessons and the progress I am making doing what I am doing. I wish I had more time to practice and I'm concerned that if I add more I will have to leave something out. Part of my stress has been fitting everything in every day. In the end I trust your guidance, so whatever you think is best I will do my best, and follow your advice. How many time do you have for practicing every day? -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 18 2012, 01:59 PM |
I get between 1 to 2 hours a day. The more I thought about it today the more I realized that maybe I wasn't doing too much but it was just a point where I had too much to learn and remember all at one time. Now that I have most of what I'm working on mostly memorized, practicing is going smoother, quicker, more productive feeling. Well, 2 hours a day is ok if you are very well organized. You should divide your time in blocks and dedicate each block to one topic. At this point 3/4 of the blocks should be dedicated to technique, the other one could be dedicated to something more creative, jamming, composing or even learning a new chord / scale and experiment with it. -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 18 2012, 07:53 PM |
So, I should divide it up by skills instead of assignments or lessons like I have been? I will make sure to set time aside for creativity! I try to be organized as possible I have all the backing tracks of what I am working on saved as seperate files in my DAW so when I move to the next thing I just open that file and all my settings are there and I don't have to mess with loading a track and patches and effects. I found that saves me alot of time each night. yeah, you can divide in 4 blocks. It would be something like this... 1. Previous lessons learnt 2. New Lesson in progress 3. Another new lesson in progress 4. Creative work -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 24 2012, 07:08 PM |
Hi mate! Good job on this two lessons! I think that you are on the way track with both. One short comment about the single string etude, try to mute a bit more the string with the palm of your right hand to get a closer to the original lesson sound and also pay attention to the timing of the fretted notes..
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Dec 30 2012, 06:59 PM |
Hi mate! Good job on this two videos. The palm muting is much better now in the riffing lesson, now it's time to adjust even more your timing on this one. Regarding the arpeggios, keep on practising these ones and try to create melodies combining the arpeggio's notes horizontally in the neck. Also you can work over this progression: Am - Dm. 4 beats per chords and following each chord with its arpeggio.
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Dec 30 2012, 11:12 PM |
That sounds very interesting! I use to analyse music all the time. The first step would be to understand in an easy and applicable mode, what is happening in your favourite songs. This is a template that I give to my students to use as the base to analyse songs. The idea is to write down all the analysis in order to be able to compare songs and define which are the things that make you to like a song... at the same time this analysis give you tools to start your own songs, combining things from different songs or just using one concept (for example an structure or a chord progression) as an starting point.
Creativity Work: Name of the song: Name of the band: Structure // What is happening? // Chords & Scales Structure: You will divide the tune in Intro - Riff - Verse - Pre chorus- - Chorus - Solo - Part C and so... You can add the letters A, B, C to the sections when you find different ones in the same tune (Ex: Verse A, Verse B, Chorus, Solo A, Solo) what is happening?: Here you will describe each part. You can explain how is the part, if it has vocals, screams, melodies, harmonizations, how much is last, how many measures, etc. Every information that could be useful to understand the part. Chords & Scales: Here you will post the tonality, the chord progression and the scales used for the melodies and solos. -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 31 2012, 08:27 PM |
This is very cool. I will pick a song and post it. And get a notebook so I can compare, and keep notes. Exactly!! Looking forward your analysis! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 4 2013, 01:40 PM |
Hey, I have almost finished my analysis of the song I picked which is "Ruins" by Wolves carry my name. It was the song that got me into the band and It was one of my FAVORITE albums. I love their style. I wanted to start with something easier and work up. My transcribing needs work. Anyway I am kind of excited about how it was going and how cool the riff in this song is once I learned it. I will post my final analysis this weekend with my videos. I am so glad I am doing this. I hope after this song I can analize some of their other songs. Thanks! This sounds great mate! I'm glad to know that you are enjoying the analysis! You will see this reflected in your own compositions soon! The atmosphere on this track is killer! The structure... very original. -------------------- My lessons
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