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Posted by: GuitarDude May 9 2007, 06:40 PM

If you have a goal with your guitar playing Tell me!

btw my goal right now is to be able to play scarified by Paul Gilbert

Posted by: mattacuk May 9 2007, 07:04 PM

Good goal! I will be awaiting your video! My Goal is to obtain as much enjoyment as possible from playing. I would like to perform on stage.

Posted by: Kaneda May 9 2007, 08:03 PM

My goal is to be more useful than just singing and playing the occassional piano/keyboard in my band

And have more fun than 20 years of playing classical piano gave me

Posted by: MickeM May 9 2007, 08:30 PM

Simply to have fun. Along the way there's a lot of short term goals which usualy for me is to learn a certain song.

Posted by: Scott Gentzen May 9 2007, 08:32 PM

I've kinda fallen off the bandwagon for trying to work out songs for now. Being a newbie, I started working on Back in Black, but I don't have the reach so that's on the shelf for now. I never wanted to be one of those guys that can bang out the first 10 seconds of a hundred different songs. There's about a dozen different easier songs that I find myself wanting to try, but i'm not going to do it.

I'm working on my hand strength and control right now. I'm doing hammer-on/pull-off exercises, doing some of the reach/strength exercises from the petrucci video and working on Pavel's Alternate Picking lessons. My current short goal is to get my hands to do what I want within reason, so that when I try to learn a song I'm not fighting with the mechanics of forming notes on the guitar like I do now.

Longer term, I don't know yet. Broadly speaking, I'd like to be comfortable with just picking up a guitar and playing....thinking of something and being able to bring it out of the instrument. Not a good goal as it's kinda vague, but I'm not at the point where I can look that far out yet.

Posted by: stratman33 May 10 2007, 11:46 PM

my goal is to make my band good.we're still new to playing together, so its hard and we're not making to much progress.but the band consists of kids, not teens or adults.im 12, drummers 11, bass 13, and rythm guitar is only 8 LOL(we were desperate).so ya, my goal is for me and my band to become good at jamming together.

Posted by: Ryan May 10 2007, 11:55 PM

Live off the guitar..because guitar is life..and there is nothign else

Posted by: guitargod May 11 2007, 08:48 AM

my goal is actually to reach the highest level in my guitar grading exam which is grade8, i am studying at yamaha guitar school, so that is my goal for my guitar....

Posted by: blindwillie May 11 2007, 08:52 AM

haha! This made me really laugh out loud
I feel your pain

No disrespect to the 8 year old, but because of the "desperate" comment.

Posted by: Pavel May 11 2007, 08:58 AM

Same here....

..AND..

Did i ever mentioned MASTERING guitar???


Yeah well those are probably my goals and get on stage eventually.....

Posted by: Rock May 14 2007, 04:16 AM

Dude, you should be on stage now. you're friggin awesome! If I were as good as you, I would be playing gigs regularly.

Posted by: Marcus May 14 2007, 05:09 PM

My goal is to have fun and learn/improve my technique. You can have even more fun when you can play really crazy stuff right?

Posted by: Zephan May 14 2007, 05:23 PM

I'd say to fullfill the dream of becoming a pro and more important to keep the fun by playing!

Posted by: ch00ch00man May 14 2007, 06:37 PM

I'm with mattacuk. A while back I came across this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdCdoPvx_ok, and it completely blew my mind. Right there I said to myself, I want to do that. I want to get up on the stage at my local bar during open mic, and just rock out like that. That would bring me the greatest pleasure

Boris

Posted by: VinceG May 19 2007, 06:34 AM

I play guitar for the enjoyment of music, not because I plan to be a star one day like Johnson or Vai or something. I feel that having a goal in playing, or real life, is worthless because your giving yourself a path, I like to find my own path as I go along the road. May sound stupid but I see it as having your parents set your life goals at a young age.

Posted by: kahall May 19 2007, 10:42 PM

I had to have something to keep me out of trouble. Since I have always wanted to play the guitar I figured I could focus all my energy, good and bad on one thing and so far it has worked. The guitar is really all I want to do now, but I really do not have any long term goals other than to be able to play and not have it sound like crapola.

Posted by: Ryan May 20 2007, 12:59 AM

haha yea i guess i forgot that part..thats a must...i have to before i die

Posted by: The Uncreator May 20 2007, 02:53 AM

This is my current Goal....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H76LUCBIUg

I just want to learn the whole thing, i know alot of it now, and once i can play the whole thing through by memory, and have it down clean, im gonna spend like uh....probably a year or so speeding it up gradually, since its full of arpeggios, tapping, and legato, im getting excellent practice.

Just wish i could play it up to his speed

Someday i will.....far far away.....

Posted by: Robwylde May 20 2007, 03:38 AM

First of Pavel you need to be playing live. You're way to good to not be entertaining others!!!! My goal is to be able to improvise in my church's worship music with lick's and solos. It hasn't been easy for me to apply the leassons learned @ GMC to real music. With practice I will conquer!

Posted by: Pavel May 20 2007, 09:46 AM

Thanks guys! I just live in a friggin' wrong country! But i plan to move the hell outta here so hopefully it will happen in 2-3 years!

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn May 20 2007, 01:56 PM

Move to the USA and give me lessons!!!!!

Posted by: The Uncreator May 20 2007, 04:46 PM

Move to USA And tour with Michael Angelo Batio, and you two can do Guitar lessons across the country.

Posted by: Gen May 22 2007, 01:41 AM

Pavel, you will be much more than a god in japan! LOL
They love shredders!
Actually, its one of my goal, i love guitar and japan, the beauty of the country, the cultures, etc...
But before that i must PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE! lol

Posted by: VinceG May 23 2007, 02:04 AM

Dont forget South Korea, they also love shredders. Japan is a great country though, they have different music that the west forgot about. They have some of the best Jazz Fusion bands in Japan, its great!

Posted by: Nick_GibsonLP May 23 2007, 02:04 AM

My goal is to perform for a croud, or at least get SOME recognition with my guitar playing. I'm not getting much satisfaction out of just playing for family and friends, im looking for something bigger then that.

Posted by: kevin-riff-after-riff May 24 2007, 08:03 PM

i wanna be able to express myself through playing the guitar. at the moment i cant coz im rubbish and isnt familiar enuf with the guitar. i want to be able to connect with the guitar and 'speak' through it. and be able to master all techniques

Posted by: Gustavo May 24 2007, 09:02 PM

my goal is living playing the guitar, and enjoy the life

Posted by: Pavel May 24 2007, 09:48 PM

Welcome to the club m8! hehehe