Hi!
Goals: Short term I wan't to understand how shit relates i guess, how scales work over chords etc, I'm only familiar with the pentatonic, major/minor + blues note.
Long term I would like to be able to transcribe, jam, I would really like to jam, just hear what my friends are playing and just join in with my own stuff, and I would like to be able to get the melodies/ideas i have in my head onto the fretboard...
Nowadays when I play I mostly just noodle around to a backing track, trying to learn a few new licks, coming up with my own etc, but its not something coming from my head it's just experimenting with the sounds I get.
Weakness: Well everything i guess, I've only been playing a little over a year, well I bought my electric in 2006 I think but I learned a couple of riffs and then it sat collecting dust until last year when I was gonna turn 30 and I realised I still couldn't play guitar but always wanted to. So I'm counting from last year.
I really need to work on my tightness, timing and technique, I have a tendecy to zone out when I go through some lessons, i learn the first 3-4 licks and then I go to my own world, moves and twists everything I just learned to something different. Thought that with mentoring I would be forced to push myself abit more.
Strongest point: ... Hehe, when I develop an interest in something I get really dedicated, thats my strongest point as a person, on the guitar I guess I know my way around the pentatonic decently, I tend to get play mostly A-minor though, I started in that key, but the last couple of weeks I've started to move around and play in other keys aswell, I've memorised the fretboard during the last couple of weeks at work
Favourite guitar players: There's alot of great players out there, however when I listen to music the guitar player can be godly but if I hate the compositon I'm not gonna listen to that shit again, to me the whole is the important thing, but I guess if I have to name one it's Rhandy, I think I listened to Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Ozz constantly for 10 years, MrCrowley on reapeat for 2...
Theory questions (will help me to get a better idea where to start! )
I don't know anything! But thats the reason I signed up so I'll try my best...