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Nope didn't think so either. We all know parents don't get this.
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Nov 28 2012, 01:58 AM
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I'll do the listening tomorrow morning as soon as I wake up!
 Had school this morning, but I realized one thing I just watched tonight, that was in the part with the wide vibrato, you use 3 fingers. I noticed I only used 1 and I could already feel a good different by using 3, no idea why I use 1, probably instinct, since the index finger fits perfect right there, but doesn't really have that good amount of strength to do that kind of wide vibrato. Also I try to like when I bend in the last part of the song to also try and bend the guitar downwards like you do. Seems to be helping a little, but I'll practice that song for a good amount tomorrow! So other than that I wanted to share some information with you, sadly that requires a bit of text, which I'm probably soon known for..  Anyways. I made a post sometime ago, back in may, since it was right before I had to play live & somehow I can't find it at this very moment, weird, but I stated in that post that I have some anxiety issues, due to loosing my dad when I was 10 years old, and a lot of other problems related to that & you may wonder why this is even somewhat relevant information to you, but that is just because I'd like for you to know what some of my issues are when it comes to playing the guitar, that's more of a mind problem and not like guitar wise problem, which I think happens a lot of time like playing live, whilst recording. But for instance, whenever I record I try to remember my self to minimize Reaper before recording I usually forget it & the reason I want to minimize it, is because I tend to keep looking at it, and I loose focus, a lot when I sit and record I tend to think about other things than actually what I am currently doing, and whenever I try to really focus I over-focus (sounds weird, but I focus so hard that I make a ton of mistakes), I know that's not an excuse for anything due to my playing & that it probably happens to a ton of guys, and it somethings that comes with practice etc. I'd just like for you to know so maybe you'd have some good tips & tricks. So this 'mentoring' thing isn't just for me to progress as a guitarist, which it is mainly & the reason I really want to do it, since I like playing the guitar. But it is really also for me to get out of my comfort zone, which may seem strange since it is my comfort zone, but for me, my comfort zone is kind of evil.. That's where I hide whenever I get anxious & can't feel like I can do anything. So also today I just did 4 improvisation records, and uploaded each one of them to Soundcloud and all I did before hand was listening to the original (in this instance Set the Peace by Ben Higgins) and then listen to the backing track then do 4 recordings right in a row, so you maybe could hear some progress and also get an idea of my improvisation skills, etc. And I know it is like torture for you ears but  I need to progress , and another problem I have is also to 'congratulate' my self if I actually do something that sounds good, which is unlikely, but when it happens it should feel like winning the lottery, but even then I am like 'pffh.. not good enough'..One last thing on this subject & that is I find this kind of funny somehow (this whole REC process), since I've always thought that I'm terrible at playing the guitar, but at one point I thought I was doing 'OK' for playing the time I had been playing at that time (1 year & 3-4 months) now being 1 month & almost 7 months I think. So then I recorded my own playing, and that was probably the best thing I could have done, since it was such a HUGE eye opener, I realized everything, my technique, rhythm & ear, was just plain terrible especially my rhythm.. Then I contacted you since I absolutely find your rhythmic lessons to be amazing & I really want to play that kind of style really well! 'Funk Metal Riff' 'Dancehall Metal Riffing', etc. Also made me realize it is time for technique to step down, but also due to my anxiety I've never really played with an amp on or anything, so I've never really practiced with distortion, so I apparently have a hard time to control the noise, etc. Starting to get better since I using guitar rig & I have a pair of headsets So yes.. That was mainly it, except I have this to say about the improvisations I did over Set the Peace backing track (B Minor). As I stated before, I listened to Ben's solo, listened to the backing track, and did 4 straight recordings, 1st went really bad, terrible note choice, there was something that was like OK, I think I had an OK idea what I was going with in the 2nd maybe you'll notice it when you hear it, but somewhat kind of funky kind of riffing/soloing over it. 3rd I was like 'THIS IS IT!'.. Of course it ain't , and 4th, better still I tried to do like some tremolo picking, I just couldn't get it to feel right when I tried to change strings and then the note choice was just, bleeh.. You shall just press the link then you'll get to the site and there's the 4 improvisations. http://soundcloud.com/tobias-poulsen/sets/...-improv/s-QCTuG http://soundcloud.com/tobias-poulsen/sets/set-the-peace-improv/s-QCTuG Thanks & keep on riffing! Tobias -------------------- Guitar
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Dec 3 2012, 09:48 AM
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Howdy mate!
My suggestion would be to keep: Metal Metrics 4 Days of Confusion - Meta for the moment and focus on getting these at top level! We can deal with improvisation later on, because indeed, when dividing your attention in too many directions, you will lose track and focus. For the drop C, the guitar should be set up for a greater string tension - I recommend 11-52 or11-54 as gauges. If you have a guitar tech, it is the fastest and easiest way to do it, otherwise - here's a very interesting thread dealing with this issue: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=46949 About the picking hand - it's a matter of personal choice try the position which suits you best. I'll take a look once you send me a video recording.Let's see some action! Cosmin |
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Dec 9 2012, 11:43 PM
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'Eeeeey Cosmin!
 Yeah well I thought about trying Elixir, read on the forum a while backing that someone said they were awesome, maybe it was you, can't really remember. But these Cobalt strings are also slightly more expensive than the regular Nickel Wound, so that'll be interesting to see how long they'll last and also how they sound Mh, I just bought a How to Sing DVD, from some insane singer, to give me an idea, practicing vocal exercises are waaay different than practicing on the guitar xD, suddenly I have to sit / stand correctly and breath correctly... but let's see if it is something I can get my self to practice and also to see if I even like it Okay, so another thing. I haven't really been practicing at all. I thought that I had figured it out & I had to a certain degree, just having fun, well as it turned out I didn't even practice at all and I just played the same old things over again and didn't get any better, probably even worse, so I told my self yesterday when I was about to go to bed (08-12-2012) tomorrow I'll make a practice routine & I'll stick to it, so I was thinking 20m of that 20m of that, bleh blah bluh ... So today I was like lets get practicing as it turns out I think I might have figured out how to actually make practicing somewhat sort of fun, well not so much fun, but more like doesn't feel boring and doesn't seem to take forever.And also I was wondering if I could post my daily practice log in this thread? That way I could just keep it all at once, and you could also look at it now and then. Okay, so this post is pretty long, no need to read it all, just some details and notes about each exercise I try and tackle & such, some details about how I practice, etc & no I didn't get a video this time either... I made my self a note to make sure I find my webcam and set it up tomorrow... Also the post should be pretty read-able also section wise so you can just find the more `interesting´ things if there even are any Details wise there will be notes just for my self to remember for next time, sound wise which guitar I used/config on the amp, etc & also if you can give me any tips on achieving better tone, that would be awesome! SoundCloud link is at the bottom! And you'll probably notice I added another lesson 'Steve Lukather Soloing Style' by Jonathan Burgos How I Practice I use Reaper with a VST plug-in (Guitar Rig, AmpliTube, Pod Farm - what it might be). Then I set it so that the sound only comes out of the right speaker. Then I also use Guitar Pro, I set the tempo of the song to 100 no matter what song it is. Then I press (F9) to set some options about how to play it. Then i'll set it up like this e.g. Metal Metrics 4 original tempo 120 & as stated I set tempo to 100 BPM, what I do now, in the (F9) options. I set from 50% to 100% step 2% repeat 2x (under speed trainer) & Repeat the Countdown is enabled. And the reason my tempo is set to 100 BPM is because it is just much easier math wise  then this is my `warm up´, after I've done this I go to next part in the song then after I've done my first practice, I'll go back. Then I'll set it from 100% to 120% step 2% repeat 2x, maybe even step 1% - all depends on what I feel I set it different from time to time but this is just an idea of what I'll usually (well not usually just started to do it exactly like this today, but I've done something very similiar before). Also I'll enable metronome & countdown in the settings & make sure that the guitar in Guitar Pro i'll set that sound only come out of the left speaker. Most importantly I stomp my foot to the beat!! 09-12-2012 (Sunday) - 3 Hours & 16 Minutes of practice 1 Recording(S) / Finale Notes for todays practice.. Metal Metrics 4 I hope that it sounds better. Since it's almost impossible for it to sound worse than it did previously , I know that there are still things missing here and there, but as long as I am improving then I'm on the right track to awesomeness  Take 1 - I recorded it at 0.00 db then before rendering the file I set the guitar to 3.43 db, seems to fit more. Take 2 - I recorded it at 3.43 db I felt that I needed a bit more `loudness´ when RECing Take 3 - I actually did this one twice, since the first take 3 I accidentally deleted again or something like that by pressing CTRL+Z anyways I had the db at 1.18Days of Confusion - Meta I learned this a week back or so (just remembering the patteren) but first practiced it today. The reason why the metronome apparently can't be heard in the background, is because I think I forgot to make it so it would be saved under the REC, but I played over it at tempo 146. Steve Lukather Soloing Style I just learned the part 1 today and I know there are a lot of things missing out here and there, some vibrato etc, didn't even play over metronome or anything, but this was just to show how far I've gotten with 25 minutes of practicing Part 1 Metal Metrics 4 - Part 2 & 3 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-4/ Guitar: ESP LTD EC-1000 Pick-Ups: Active EMG 81 (Bridge) & 60 (Neck) Pick ups Pick-Up Config. Used: The one pointing down-wards (Bridge I think, not quite sure) Guitar Tuning: Drop D Guitar Sound: Used AmpliTube3 Metal Pre Model: Metal Lead V EQ Model: Metal Lead V AMP Model: 100W 6L6V Gain: 5.8 Bass: 4.4 Middle: 4.4 Treble: 5.9 Bottom: 5.0 Spring Reverb: 0.0 Volume: 4.7 Noise Gate: Off (-100.0dB) 25 Minutes 50BPM-60BPM, 15 Minutes 60-100 BPM, 8 Minutes 100-120 BPM 48 Minutes Total Trying to get more control over distorted guitar - noticed some kind of harmonics happening when muting on the G5 power chord QUOTE ("Tab") ----------------------------|-------------------------------| ----------------------------|-------------------------------| ----------------------------|-------------------------------| -----------------------5----|-----5-----5-----3--3--------| -----------------------5----|-----5-----5-----3--3--------| -----------------------5----|-----5-----5-----3--3--0----| Also when ending on the Dsus2 chord, I use my middle finger to mute the E & A string I find the vibrato to be the hardest thing in this part. To get that perfect and each time, seems to be pretty hard... Metal Metrics 4 - Part 4 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-4/ Guitar Settings same as previously. 28 Minutes 50-100 BPM 9 Minutes 100-120 BPM 37 Minutes Total Noticed everytime when I stopped playing the phrase and waited for the metronome to countdown to play it again, I always ended with an harmonic & that annoyed the heck out of me, since I didn't really notice that before since I just played the whole lesson, but again same problem happened before on the muting on the G5 power chord. So what I did now was that I figured out a few solutions to it, one was with the left hand, if I just took my finger off the fret, it would pause it (which I used to do) but due to the amount of gain/distortion it would most likely also create an harmonic, which is extremely annoying. Except it actually gave me an idea how to make some `fun´ riffs involing harmonics, but that's another thing .So I figured out that if I just used the other fingers middle & ring maybe even pinky and just put them over the 4/5 fret that would stop it in a good way but I also at the same time take the index finger off. Then I could also use my right hand, and just put that over the bridge pick up and that would also stop the sound. QUOTE ("Tab") ----------------------------| ----------------------------| ----------------------------| ----------------------------| --3------------------------| -----5--5--5--5--3--3--3| Metal Metrics 4 - Part 5 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-4/ Guitar Settings same as previously. 10 Minutes 50-Uknown BPM, apparently had to help my mom and forgot to pause Guitar Pro 23 Minutes 66-100 BPM 10 Minutes 100-120 BPM 43 Minutes Total Well haven't noticed anything I haven't noticed before, so still haven't a hard time getting those harmonics `perfect´ but the hardest parts (IMO) is the bends. Days of Confusion - Meta - Part 2 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Days-Of-Confusion-Meta/ Everything guitar wise is the same except the tone Guitar Sound: Used AmpliTube3 Metal Pre Model: Metal Lead V EQ Model: Metal Lead V AMP Model: 100W 6L6V Gain: 4.1 Bass: 5.1 Middle: 2.0 Treble: 5.0 Bottom: 5.0 Spring Reverb: 1.9 Volume: 4.7 Noise Gate: Off (-100.0dB) 35 Minutes 50-120 BPM 8 Minutes 120-146 BPM 43 Minutes Steve Lukather Soloing Style - Part 1 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Steve-...-Soloing-Style/ Guitar: Fender Road Worn 50's Stratocaster Pick-Ups: 3x Tex-Mex Single Coil Pick-Up Config. Used: The one pointing up wards (neck I think) Guitar Tuning: E stanard Guitar Sound: Used AmpliTube3 Metal Pre Model: Metal Lead V EQ Model: Metal Lead V AMP Model: 100W 6L6V Gain: 10 Bass: 5.1 Middle: 2.0 Treble: 4.9 Bottom: 5.1 Spring Reverb: 2.9 Volume: 4.7 Noise Gate: Off (-100.0dB) 25 Minutes 61-123 BPM Ear Training Diatonic Intervals (UP) 08-12-2012 57/100 09-12-2012 Forgot... Hearing Notes (C-D-E) 08-12-2012 56/100 09-12-2012 68/100 If you're wondering what this is, you'll know when I have a bit more done on my ear training project for my website , but I started doing this yesterday (08-12-2012)Cheers! Tobias https://soundcloud.com/tobias-poulsen/sets/practice-for-09-12-2012/s-zSDlx -------------------- Guitar
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Dec 13 2012, 07:10 PM
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Are you sure you can't listen to it?
https://soundcloud.com/tobias-poulsen/sets/...-for-09-12-2012 I've set it to private like the others but made it so you can access it with your through your account. Also here is a YouTube video, yes a video! , but it is clean and no backing track, since I was just trying to get some recording done, but I a problem occurred when you listen to it you'll notice some cracks/pop sounds here and there, and they're REALLY REALLY frustrating when recording, it only happens when I am video recing and also sound recing, probably too much usage for my PC?But I think I have the distorted recording + backing on my PC I just need to synchronize it up with the video, I hate that part , any tips on how to do it? And since it had those pops & cracks I didn't want to sit and mess with that like 5 hours or how much time that'll take me , so I thought maybe this could be somewhat useful for you even though it is clean, you might see some finger/wrist position/angle that might need a tiny change, here & there. If you have any advice on how I should be position towards the camera, for you to get a better view and also if you have any tips on getting an better image (lightning wise, etc) that would be much appreciated! Also I'm in Drop C, wuuhuu P.S sorry for making the camera all jumpy, but its due to a good reason! stomping my left foot - Practicing info in bottom.. QUOTE ("Practicing log 10-13 December 2012") Very bad 4 days, not a lot sleep which gives me headaches and also makes it so I can't really focus and can't be arsed to even play the guitar at all, really annoying, currently I am working hard on fixing it but I have tomorrow (14th December, Friday) off till and including Monday (17th December), so that means it is practicing time! I am fixing my sleep in a weird way by actually going to bed when I get home from school and waking up in the middle of the night, only way to make my self actually get some good days, if I have to go to bed like a normal person and wake up around 7 a.m. then I wont have slept out and then I'll still be extremely tired when I get home and then I wont play any guitar either (due to my anxiety and such I use more or less all of my energy when I am in school and 7 hours of being mass focused makes my brain really tired), but since my time got messed around and I actually got it turned so much around I had for a few days to do it like a normal person, some meetings here and there, then that resulted in no sleep - but I'll get back on track and really focus on practicing this weekend!!
10-12-2012 (Monday) No practicing, bad day - not a lot of sleep & a major headache.... 11-12-2012 (Tuesday) Got some singing practice done, still had a good amount of headache / not a lot of sleep again. Singing Got a better understanding of Diaphragmatic breathing & the AH vowel - exercise. 12-12-2012 (Wednesday) No practicing again....... Almost didn't get any sleep, again again. 13-12-2012 (Thursday) No practicing again  due to sleep issues, argh!!-------------------- Guitar
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Mar 18 2013, 12:03 PM
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Hey buddy
I got something for ya: |
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Mar 26 2013, 12:03 PM
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Hey Tobias, there's a movie coming your way
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Mar 26 2013, 04:43 PM
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Here it iiis
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