Playaxeman Mentored By Muris, UNUSED Options

[playaxeman]

Hello Muris,


Thanx for having me in the MTP. It feels great to be mentored by a great guitarist like you.

Well my name is Robert. I started playing guitar I think it was between my 12- 14 year. Now i am 44 already. ( life goes fast... when having fun..)

I started probably to impress girls No kindding

The reason I started playing is I heard Mark Farmer of Grand Fund Railroad, Alvin Lee of TYA and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. I wanted to learn that.
Later I heard Jimi Hendrix play and I loved his playing.

When I was younger I only loved hard rock & Metal band like Kiss, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, UFO, Scorpions, Rush, Ted Nugent, THIN LIZZY, Michael Schenker.

But now I love all kind of music: funk (T.O.P.), blues (bb king Clapton, Jeff Heally, SRV, RobbenFord) , fusion, rock, disco, pop as long as there is good guitar in the song.

I never took guitar playing very serious when I was young I though that I didn' t have to practice. You had it in you or not (kinda black/white thinking) and I was spending lot of time in sport (Karate, soccer, ninjutsu)

But that has changed since I am playing in a few cover bands sine 1,5 year. ( Wish I was now 15 year old with GMC around.... ) I have tasted how it is to play for a few hundred people with a band, I was the lead guitarist, playing stuff I didn't know what I was playing when I improviced on a lead take.. I don't want to make mistakes on stage or when I am playing. I want to play in a the way like breathing or walking: do it natural not forced.

So that why I started looking for lessons: to learn it once an for all .

First I googled a bit and the I found GMC. Never thought there would be a site where your could wonderful lesson like these .

I take practising very serious since then.
But I have no knowledge of theory, scales, modes etc. So when Iimprovise I do it by ear not knowing what I am doing. Mostly it is minor pentatonic stuff. But it has no structure and therefore most of my phrasing is weak. That is what I think.

Since GMC I have been working to learn all the 5 minor pentat boxes. I think I have managed to learn them by hard but still when I improve with these boxes my worked isn' t that exciting as some of the instructor are doing with the same boxed. I am missing the salt to make them taste tasty.


My overall goal is to become a (good) all-round guitarist. I want to handle with confident blues, funk, (hard)rock, fusion, pop style of music.

Problem is where to start to become one. ( It is a long journey... I guess)but I don' t have a practice routine. But I play every day a few hours if possible.


my weak points and goals are:

- theory my goal: being able to put theory in practice: improvise without playing wrong notes and play beyond box 1

- weak phrasing : goal better phrasing and recall what your are playing I never seem to manage that

weak rhythm phrasing: Goal better rhythm in phrasing and placement

-weak structure in my solo: goal: play a structure solo and lear to make them myself

weak technique. Goal: basic sweeping, AP, legato, tapping.

-weak chord progression knowledge: Goal: being able to understand why a 3 chord song works and write simple songs

Other goals:
- learn about chord inversion
- chord relationship chord substitution maj- min ( C --> Am work okay)
- used modes in my solo's to spice up my range


Here are some recent takes for the rec program:







I have some recording of myself improvising if you like to have them to get some opinion just ask.

Well that is all for now. I am looking forward to be in a MTP by you, Muris.

Let start this journey... I am excited...so let go..

Cheers
Robert

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This post has been edited by Muris Varajic: Oct 23 2009, 04:33 PM