who wanna rock?
i justified today by playing guitar.
i still play like shit, and i get pretty angry over it sometimes. there is this screaming lead i cant get out of my soul. no pun intended with regards to the recent newswriting assignment. but owell, it kinda applies too.
there is a certain magic formula to play the electric guitar. you can compose your own muscial screaming lead if you master the formula. its really similar to magic. i am getting fucking irritated by my inability to improvise after playing for nearly 2 years now.
there are a few possible reasons.
1. i lack theory.
2. i lack musical sense.
3. i lack someone to practice with me.
yes. all 3 are good reasons, and i shall tackle all of them. so...
i am looking for any boy whom like to play guitar like me to play at my house. if you stay in yishun and like to play improvisational guitar, you can lug your amplifier over to my place and we can trade a few licks.
in fact anyone is the most welcome.
especially, if you are interesting in playing blues with all the emo string bending.
PLEASE dont come and pester me if you know nothing about the guitar. i aint interested to share my little knowledge and help make someone a better guitarist.
go to the void deck if you are gonna strum chords and sing oasis. i aint interested in that.
all right, anyone?
i still play like shit, and i get pretty angry over it sometimes. there is this screaming lead i cant get out of my soul. no pun intended with regards to the recent newswriting assignment. but owell, it kinda applies too.
there is a certain magic formula to play the electric guitar. you can compose your own muscial screaming lead if you master the formula. its really similar to magic. i am getting fucking irritated by my inability to improvise after playing for nearly 2 years now.
there are a few possible reasons.
1. i lack theory.
2. i lack musical sense.
3. i lack someone to practice with me.
yes. all 3 are good reasons, and i shall tackle all of them. so...
i am looking for any boy whom like to play guitar like me to play at my house. if you stay in yishun and like to play improvisational guitar, you can lug your amplifier over to my place and we can trade a few licks.
in fact anyone is the most welcome.
especially, if you are interesting in playing blues with all the emo string bending.
PLEASE dont come and pester me if you know nothing about the guitar. i aint interested to share my little knowledge and help make someone a better guitarist.
go to the void deck if you are gonna strum chords and sing oasis. i aint interested in that.
all right, anyone?
posted by display name at 1:02 am
2 Comments:
like tommy emmanuel once said, life is not a rehearsal. if you want to be great at something, be prepared to put into it what you want to get out of it.
learn the scales, the modes, the C-A-G-E-D system. learn them to the point that you are able to picture them in your head without your guitar in hand. still, all these are just.. umm.. guides for the "right" notes to play all across the neck? yeah. there are no wrong notes.. just varying degrees of dissonance and consonance.
then, look for midi backings online that are based in a certain key or mode or whatever. (to improvise over)
here are three links that i hope will be helpful. the first, the whole lowdown on modes, the second, a more in-depth look at the caged system, and the third, a page to download midi backings.
http://www.highcountryguitar.com/mode_workshop_home.htm
http://www.highcountryguitar.com/caged.htm
http://www.highcountryguitar.com/playalongs.htm
that's how you practice improvising alone when you have no... umm... how shall i say it, genuine musician friends. that's how i've been doing it anyway. and i still suck at improvising. if you wanna check out guitarists who are mind-boggling improvisors, check out guthrie govan and joe pass. youtube's a godsent nowadays. (godsend or godsent? hmm... the mind is failing but the flesh is willing)
anyway, don't ask me why i replied to a stranger's blog post. its six in the morning and i don't know either... i have no life.
better days ahead yes?
regards
let me add though, with all that sounding big but actually being chicken shit.
nothing beats having a fellow guitarist who you constantly hang out with and play with. a fellow guitarist who is genuinely much better than you.
nothing beats that for motivation to practice and improve, improve, and improve. it is but human to want to rock more than all.
i sound like some bloody preacher.
alright, enough privacy invasion for a day. ciao.
better days ahead.
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