Caelumamittendum

Introduction

Hello everyone, and thanks for tuning in on this lesson on proper warm up.

My name is Benjamin Linnebjerg, I live in Odense, Denmark. I am 19 years old and have played guitar for about 5 years, though the last three years I've played close to nothing at all, due to other importancies, so I'm trying to find my way back these days, and I thought that trying to write a lesson or two would keep the fire going.

Amongst my favorite guitarists are players such as Dan Rock and Brian McAlpin from Psychotic Waltz and Frank Gambale alongside (no big surprise here) John Petrucci. For an unknown reason I have always felt drawn towards Dan Rock's playing, so that I cannot explain properly. Frank Gambale on the other hand utilizes great "fresh" chord progressions in his songs (man, just listen to "Faster than an arrow"). John Petrucci for his work in Dream Theater, which was the first progressive band I started listening to. I am amongst those who think his earlier work with Dream Theater (Majesty, WDaDU, Images & Words) are the best in their catalogue. I could of course mention a handful of other inspirational guitarists - Michael Romeo, Guthrie Govan etc...

As you can probably already figure out, my favorite bands are bands as Psychotic Waltz, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Spastic Ink and many more. I used to play in a progressive metal band, though we were only me and a drummer and another guitarist. 1½ year ago my creative side suddenly ran dry and I couldn't come up with any original riffs or licks, so I decided to quit the band about a year ago, and I am now once again focusing on the more technical side of guitar playing.

When I am not practicing or writing this lesson I am preparing for my final exams, which don't really mean that much, because my grades are fine as it is if and when I want to go to university, which I have put on a hold for 12-24 months. I want to get a job, earn some money and enjoy a non-school life, and hopefully I will get time to practice a lot more

I hope this lesson among other lessons I plan on writing will give you some good values as to when practicing.