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Jun 3 2016, 02:11 PM
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Nothing is wrong with you, well nothing that most other people go through. It's natural to shy away from the boring repetitive hard work needed to obtain the technique level to play some of the lessons, and so we look elsewhere for something that will give us instant gratification.
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Jun 3 2016, 03:21 PM
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Interesting thread. I don't think that it's something wrong with you since you stay playing and motivated which are the main goals to keep on growing as a musician.
However, I believe that we get more from what we learn when we work on details, and these details are worked and polished after many days of practicing the same thing. It doesn't have to be a whole lesson, but it you learn 2 or 3 parts from a lesson, I recommend you to keep on practicing it every day, trying to polish performance details, like dynamics, groove, the way you do vibrato, the speed of your bends, etc... this is the only way to really digest what you've learnt and make it have a more important impact in your playing. We are all different so we have to find the way, the trick, that works for us to stay motivated. Some players can work on their own, setting goals and going for them, some others need a mentor or guitar teacher, others need to have a real band / musical project as an excuse to work on something until it's mastered. You need to find your own "system" to do it. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 3 2016, 09:25 PM
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Simmitnxt,
I am exactly the same as you, if you feel you need to finish the lessons my best advice is to get a mentor. I don't know if any spaces are left though. Having a mentor stops you flitting from one lesson to the next because you feel obliged to finish the lesson for your mentor. Whatever level you get to there will always be tricky parts in the lesson and that is where most people will look for another lesson because they want to progress and they think that the tricky part is preventing progression. It isn't, it is highlighting where you need to work harder, sticking with it will reap benefits, trust me, I always want to move on when I get a tricky bit but the next lesson will have another one. Sometimes you can get a feel good factor by going back a level and completing a lesson, I recently did this with the Satriani Made Easy lesson, I got it down pretty quick and felt great about it but it shouldn't be done too often. I hope this gives you some help. Enjoy the journey mate 
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Jun 4 2016, 04:55 AM
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Todd here
I know exactly what you mean. I'd suggest joining my SHRED BOOTCAMP. It's focused on the core fundamentals of being able to eventually play with precision, speed and grace. As you progress you get feedback and there is a Badge system that let's you know where you stand in terms of your progress. Our highest ranking member is on Lesson #30. The lessons start small and easy. Very quick. Takes about 10 minutes to learn and record your vid. Get's tough around 20, harder at 30. By that time you've developed the skills you need to play whatever you like. If you would like to join SHRED BOOTCAMP just shoot me a personal message using the message system here on GMC and I"ll set you up Just for a preview here is the link to all 400 plus lessons in sequence. http://bit.ly/twtgmc I'll be there to help focus and motivate you through the blood bath of BOOTCAMP Todd/Sarge QUOTE (sumitnxt @ Jun 3 2016, 11:36 AM)  thanks gabriel and posterboy
i think i need some guidance in setting goals and breaking them into every day tasks because i always feel that i am improving on guitar but i keep doing extra thinking and worrying whether i am doing the best utilization of my time . i keep worrying with thoughts like, 'at the moment i think i am going to achieve what i want to achieve but what if at a later stage i find that i should have done better , used my time better, approach should have been different , etc.' Once i am sure that someone is taking care of the bigger picture and setting the daily tasks for me accordingly i can focus only on what i can do today and not worry for planning and future |
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Jun 4 2016, 09:04 AM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Jun 4 2016, 03:55 AM) Todd here I know exactly what you mean. I'd suggest joining my SHRED BOOTCAMP. It's focused on the core fundamentals of being able to eventually play with precision, speed and grace. As you progress you get feedback and there is a Badge system that let's you know where you stand in terms of your progress. Our highest ranking member is on Lesson #30. The lessons start small and easy. Very quick. Takes about 10 minutes to learn and record your vid. Get's tough around 20, harder at 30. By that time you've developed the skills you need to play whatever you like. If you would like to join SHRED BOOTCAMP just shoot me a personal message using the message system here on GMC and I"ll set you up Just for a preview here is the link to all 400 plus lessons in sequence. http://bit.ly/twtgmc I'll be there to help focus and motivate you through the blood bath of BOOTCAMP Todd/Sarge thanks todd, sent you pm for joining SHRED BOORCAMP QUOTE (nikeman64 @ Jun 4 2016, 06:20 AM) I totaly agree with Phil here. My goal is always trying to complete a lesson. I try to choose lessons that are a challenge but not ones that would take me years to learn. I believe we can only progress in small steps. But then I try to finish them. I'm working on two lessons for about 2 months now. I can play them (IMHO) but get stuck on fast licks in both lessons. I know how to study this, slow down the tempo, never get sloppy ..... but still I can't do it. I realize I have some hand sync issues and am working on lessons to improve that. The goal remains : finishing those lessons. thanks for the suggestions nikeman. If you like we can exchange our progress videos . this way we can motivate each other . at-least i will benefit from this for sure , if you think you can too let me know. This post has been edited by sumitnxt: Jun 4 2016, 09:04 AM |
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Jun 4 2016, 06:28 PM
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Hey man, here's my experience. I learned plenty of lessons here on GuitarMasterClass.net. I didn't always finish the lesson or remember all of it to enable me to do a REC but I did take ideas and techniques from each. I would say my sound has come from lessons I learned here. I was heavily influenced by Trond Vold in my soloing techniques because his lessons were the ones I watched and learned early on in my guitar journey.
So don't worry about not finishing the lessons. Just have a goal to bring away some ideas from each lesson you touch and you will do fine. by the way, if you need some inspiration, I made a 30 min documentary of my guitar journey and seems to have helped a lot of musicians thus far. https://youtu.be/eIy56jxVZ_c Good luck on your guitar journey! Brandon |
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