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Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Mar 18 2016, 08:11 PM

Hi Fuebob! Welcome to Gab's Army, before we start, I need some more info about you:

- How many time have you been playing guitar?
- Favorite guitarists, bands and musicians.
- What are your guitar goals?
- How would you like to you see yourself in 5 years (related to music and guitar)?
- How many time can you play guitar each day?
- Do you have playing live experience?
- Which are your strong and weak points with guitar?
- What do you know about music theory?
- Share here audios and videos that reflect your current playing.

Posted by: Fuebob Mar 20 2016, 10:06 PM

Hi my friend !

Here are my answers :

- How many time have you been playing guitar?
9 years

- Favorite guitarists, bands and musicians.
What a hard question to answer
My favorite bands are : Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Bullet For My Valentine, Dream Theater Trivium, sum 41 and TesseracT
My favorite guitarist is Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold
My favorites musicians are also Jimmy Sullivan (ex Avenged Sevenfold), Jacky Vincent (ex Falling in Reverse), James Hetfield (Metallica), Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden), Carlos Santana, Django Reinhardt, John Petrucci (Dream Theater) and Dave Brownsound (Sum 41).

- What are your guitar goals?
I would love to be able to sweep picking and shred with precision, i would like to improve the feeling i give to my solos, and I would like to know more about theory for example : if I have a solo, how do I know exactly with theory what chord would sound awesome on this solo.

- How would you like to you see yourself in 5 years (related to music and guitar)?
I'm already creating my own songs on my DAW, in five years I would love to release good quality EP, or albums. I would like to be "advanced" if possible in 5 years.

- How many time can you play guitar each day?
Around 30 minutes minimum, up to 2 hours maximum

- Do you have playing live experience?
I've played with my previous band at Backstage O'Sullivans at Paris and also at Gibus at Paris. Each time on stage in front of a public of 200 people. I've also played more minors stage like Pub ADK, File7.

- Which are your strong and weak points with guitar?
My main strong point is the speed. I can play down stroke speed riffs.
My weak point, I think, is my creativity, and the fact i'm not using all my fingers everytime while soloing (I've learned to play alone so i maybe miss some things).

- What do you know about music theory?
I know the basic theory : i know the notes on the guitar, i know the intervals for major and minor scale and only a bit of modes (dorian phrygian, etc).
I need to know more about theory when composing. I'm often wondering "What are the good chords for playing on this scale?" or "I have these chords, so what scale should I play on?"

- Share here audios and videos that reflect your current playing.
I've attached Three audios :
Thrashy is a music I've written in the style of Metallica (not finished)
All Insane is a heavy metal (80's) song I've written last year
Edge Of The Clown is another song i've started but it's not yet finished.

I'm also giving you this link of me playing a song lesson I've created years ago for a website :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIt7hpLUaJo

For the four items i've given to you, all guitars, bass and drums are made by me

Hope this is enough. Have a great moment mate !
Fuebz.

All_Insane.mp3 ( 9.09MB ) : 77

Edge_Of_The_Clown.mp3 ( 6.62MB ) : 72

Thrashy.mp3 ( 3.57MB ) : 71

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Mar 21 2016, 02:08 PM

Hi mate, thanks for all this info! Your rhythm playing is really good!

Let's start with this plan. Please lear each lesson and practice it at a tempo that you can play everything tight and clean. Increase it gradually. Share a take in 5 days and we'll decide if you need some other easier or trickier lessons to improve your playing.

- Warming up (5 minutes)

https://youtu.be/1XsLRQFV7rY

- Alternate Picking (20 minutes)

https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Alternate-picking-workout-3/

- Sweep Picking (20 minutes):

https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweep-picking-lesson/

- Bending / Vibrato (20 minutes)

https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/BB-King-Blues/

- Theory (15 minutes)

Dedicate some time to read one of these topics each day: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=3351&st=0&start=0. Let me know every time you have a question. In some weeks we can start analyzing music that you like to expand your composing skills. Deal?

Posted by: Fuebob Mar 21 2016, 03:24 PM

Deal !

I'm starting right away!

And now, let's move on to massages.

Fuebz.

Posted by: Fuebob Mar 22 2016, 11:58 AM

Little update,

The alternate picking lesson is hard and the sweep picking one is very hard.
Though, il will focus on this.

Keep you updated, I'll post asap when i'm able to play this

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Mar 22 2016, 02:51 PM

Don't rush, practice at a slow tempo.

Posted by: Fuebob Mar 29 2016, 09:50 PM

Yo Gab,

I won't take a rec for now because i'm too bad for make it correctly but i will work a lot in the shadow !

Only the bb king blues is ok for a rec soon.

I keep you posted

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Mar 30 2016, 01:27 PM

Hi mate, thanks for the update. Feel free to share here some takes at a slower tempo to let me check if there is anything related to your technique to adjust. REC requires takes at the normal tempo of the lesson but here you can share slower takes.