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Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 24 2012, 08:49 AM
Hey Buddy 
First of all, thank you for choosing me man! Second, please tell me a little bit about yourself, your musical/ guitar playing experiences so far and your goals
Cosmin
Posted by: Buddy Aug 24 2012, 11:02 AM
Introduction 17.Feb this year
Im glad to be here after all since im visiting this page for about 2 years now
Im from Germany, Blackforest, Im 24 years old and Im playing Guitar for about 3 years.
I stoped playing Guitar for 10 Months now because of some problems with my Hand -.- (inflamation caused by playing Guitar^^)
So now I joined GMC to start again!
Im lefthanded and i have a few e-guitars and a PODx3Live .
My favorite Guitar is the LTD F-400 FM Lefthand.
AlterBridge is my favorite Band and I will work hard to play like Mark Tremonti one day .... just kidding
Yeah i guess thats it for now and u will see me in some of the live lessons these days
rock on!
I had trouble with my hand again and i hope its over now
I bought the "All I was" Album from Mark Tremonti and its just amazing. Tremonti is most definitely my favorite Guitarplayer.
Posted by: Buddy Aug 24 2012, 11:58 AM
hope the embedding works...
amazing but it seems unreachable to play like him...
An other alltime-Favorite...
quite different from the upper video
it starts at 0:45
I can play the background guitar and most of the leadline.I still haven't figured out how to play the part after the strumming -.-
maybe you can help me out with this one day cosmin
Erase my scars is a song i tried to learn a year ago before i got my inflamation.
its pretty cool that their guitarist shows how to play it at their youtubechannel.
one more! I like this songs studioversion! The vocalist isnt that good actually
I listen a lot to "Story of the year" "Alterbridge" and "three days grace" at the moment.
and tremonti of course 
One other band i really like is called pigeon toe!
Its a german Band
crazy sound but i like it!
I think u get an idea of what i listen to, dont you?
I think in GMC I'm level 3. I want to improve leadplaying and stop playing sloppy.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 25 2012, 12:25 PM
Hey Buddy Our musical tastes are VERY VERY much the same
This means it's going to be easier for me to help out. Here's what I suggest we should do:
1) Tackle theoretical aspects
2) Ear training
3) Riffing
4) Lead playing - here we could talk about articulations (Marc deals with articulations elements quite well - bending and vibrato that is) and what other technique would you enjoy learning?
Tell me, do you have anything recorded with you playing the guitar? It would help me in knowing where you are
Are you good with all of the above?
Cosmin
Posted by: Buddy Aug 26 2012, 03:26 PM
Our musical tastes are VERY VERY much the same This means it's going to be easier for me to help out. Here's what I suggest we should do:
Hey Cosmin, cool to hear you like my taste
I guess I chose you for the mentoring-programm, because I really liked the style of your lessons. 2) Ear training
3) Riffing
4) Lead playing - here we could talk about articulations (Marc deals with articulations elements quite well - bending and vibrato that is) and what other technique would you enjoy learning?
Tell me, do you have anything recorded with you playing the guitar? It would help me in knowing where you are
Are you good with all of the above?
Cosmin
Sounds perfekt! I dont know what you meam by eartraining
but I will see.I bought a new Computer so first I have to set up my System
With my PodX3live I get a pretty good recordingsound, but I dont know how to combine this with a Video
got a digicam but it would be cool if I could record both at the same time.... just have to figure out if this could work....
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 27 2012, 04:10 PM
I guess I chose you for the mentoring-programm, because I really liked the style of your lessons. Sounds perfekt! I dont know what you meam by eartraining
but I will see.I bought a new Computer so first I have to set up my System
With my PodX3live I get a pretty good recordingsound, but I dont know how to combine this with a Video
got a digicam but it would be cool if I could record both at the same time.... just have to figure out if this could work....
Hey mate
You should take a look at this little video here It teaches you how to make good quality vids with good audio quality as well
Let me know if this works, so we can start Till then, you can send me a recording with just the camera It'll do nicely!Cosmin
Posted by: Buddy Aug 28 2012, 09:45 AM
WOW thats a great "How to" Video!
I'll try it out. May need a few hours
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 28 2012, 10:10 AM
It's going to teach you how to deal with creating great vids In the mean time, don't forget to send a quick cam recording for me I'm curious to hear you play
Posted by: Buddy Aug 28 2012, 01:52 PM
Sorry you have to wait for tomorrow .... I'll go to a Jam-session now 
But I figured out how to record a video with great sound! Cubase +X3Live+Moviemaker works well
Why cant I download every Backingtrack? I can allways only download the first BT 
Is this normal?
Posted by: korblitz Aug 28 2012, 02:58 PM
Is this normal?
+1 If you figure how to download all the backing tracks....I want to know!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 28 2012, 03:29 PM
Guys, it is normal - just the full tempo backing is available for download. So, Buddy, let me know when you send stuff my way
Posted by: Buddy Sep 11 2012, 11:38 PM
Argh!!! I dont get a video done! I tried to record something but the problem is, that i want to record something cool but I dont play good enough
I know thats the reason why I am here but I dont want to post a bad video. Now I am trying to play "voice of your guitar"
I struggle a lot with bendings precision so this lesson might seem to be a good choice. hopefully I will record a take the next days...
*grml*
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Sep 12 2012, 07:52 AM
Buddy Take it easy man! Send me anything! It really REALLY doesn't matter how good you played it, because I want to see where you are now
Posted by: Buddy Mar 30 2013, 12:42 AM
Hey Cosmin, you ll not trust your eyes
I said to myself its time to record a f***unny lesson! It seems it need 6 full months. impossible.
yo i just recorded this lesson and guess what? my cubase crashed and my computer turned off and killed my soundfile
that really grinds my gears! But the video cam recording is still there so I decided to upload it anyway....
here it is! Finally you see my playing... in the middle of the night so the video is really bad but who cares.
http://youtu.be/msi-4HA56Bg
And of course there are a lot of Mistakes -.- I ll try to record it again the next days but you get an idea of my skill level.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Mar 30 2013, 03:09 PM
I said to myself its time to record a f***unny lesson! It seems it need 6 full months. impossible.
yo i just recorded this lesson and guess what? my cubase crashed and my computer turned off and killed my soundfile
that really grinds my gears! But the video cam recording is still there so I decided to upload it anyway....
here it is! Finally you see my playing... in the middle of the night so the video is really bad but who cares.
http://youtu.be/msi-4HA56Bg
And of course there are a lot of Mistakes -.- I ll try to record it again the next days but you get an idea of my skill level.
Mate, finally, you made it
Look, the main thing here is timing - you are a bit behind the beat usually, out of what I can figure out. Even if I can't hear any landmark, such as a metronome or backing track.Please re-try this by paying attention to the drum track - it will guide you through very well and it would be great if you could record in such a way that I can hear the backing track/ metronome as well.
When will I have the pleasure of seeing the new take?
Cosmin
Posted by: Buddy Apr 1 2013, 09:06 PM
Yeah of course Im struggling with timing in this one its pretty crazy. Ill try to redo it. Actually I just tried it but I dont like the results so far so maybe tomorrow.
PS: whats up wit DoC merchandise? still no M and L-Tshirts?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 1 2013, 09:11 PM
its pretty crazy. Ill try to redo it. Actually I just tried it but I dont like the results so far so maybe tomorrow. PS: whats up wit DoC merchandise? still no M and L-Tshirts?
Ok, mate, I'll be waiting for tomorrow!
The T shirts are arriving on Friday, THANK GoD! I'll let you know asap!
Posted by: Buddy Apr 2 2013, 03:54 PM
Nice to hear. Im waiting for quite a time now. But thats no problem
The waiting for my Video was quite long to
Ok I uploaded another try. The sound is much better now but the timing is still not perfekt. I played this on a very slow metronome yesterday so Im getting into it but still its harder than I thought....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-a-LcgFME&feature=youtu.be
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 3 2013, 09:17 AM
Hey man! You will be the first served No worries!
I must congratulate you for the progress - I think you did well but here are the things you should improve:
- The palm muting should be ore obvious in general
- Until the first chorus part, your timing was almost perfect and you played with a good vibe and groove, somehow, after that, I think you lost focus, as your timing went astray a bit and you played less tighter.
I totally recommend you to focus on the chorus and get it in shape, while taking care of the palm muting in the whole take!
After these, it's off to the REC zone with this one Let's do this!
Cosmin
Posted by: TheBro Apr 3 2013, 11:38 AM
Hey cool!
Its true i didnt focus on the chorus part since its strumming I thought its easy anyway
ok ill take care of it but it may need time again because i have to learn for my exams in 2 weeks 
Posted by: Buddy Apr 3 2013, 11:42 AM
Wrong account "TheBro" is a friend
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 4 2013, 08:26 AM
Alright man, no biggie, just let me know if you encounter any problems
Posted by: Buddy Apr 11 2013, 07:13 PM
Ok Here it is!
My 3. attempt! Im quite happy with it.
I Have A Question to Hybridpicking.... do U use your pinky too?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 12 2013, 08:24 AM
Hey mate - it's indeed better than the previous, but you are not focusing enough to get it perfect, although it's clear that you can
- starting from 0,47 you are not in complete sync with the verse riff
- focus on palm muting - it doesn't sound like you are palm muting in 90% of the situations
- in the chorus, when hitting the open strings, you tend to hit more than the bottom heavy strings (C G C) and it doesn't sound that ok'ish
- focus on playing with the drums - ALWAYS with the drums
Don't get scared or bummed man It's only the steep road to perfection!
Regarding the pinky question - yes, I use the pinky as well and if you want to start out with a nice exercise, why not this one?
-> http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Violins-Hybrid-Picking/
Posted by: TheBro Apr 12 2013, 10:11 AM
EDIT
Posted by: Buddy Apr 12 2013, 10:12 AM
Actually Im heavy palmmuting maybe I have to adjust the sound... so that it sounds clearer.
I dont hear the timingproblems that you are talking about so I dont think I can fix em. Plus Ive got ultra enough of this riff so I tend to learn a new one and come back later.
Maybe its the Hybridpick lesson... maybe its the Metalrthm lesson from Marcus siepen.... the skatepunk lesson from gabriel or his paramore lesson. And one fine day Ill absolutely learn your PILLAR Lesson! this beginning is so killer but I dont get it right... -.-
One problem is, that I can practice the lesson with drums on my computer and guitar out of my guitar box. But as soon as I want to record, I have to change the drum sounds to my guitar Box and its difficult sometimes to clkearly hear what I play and where the drums are....
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 12 2013, 08:16 PM
Well mate, I would push a bit more with this one, just because you have details to correct
If you wish, you can place the take in the REC zone and see what the other guys have to say about it - but I would recommend you to compare your take with the original recording and see the differences.
As for the others - the question is, what would you like to develop? Riffing, hybrid picking? In which order?
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