EdB999
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Well I’m currently emerging out of a bit of a guitar hiatus. Something I've come to realise is that after the first couple years of learning my playing has become very stagnant - mainly because I have a terrible habit of just learning intros, riffs and just noodling around rather than making any meaningful progression in technique, knowledge or repertoire. Obviously this is a little disappointing, if I’d been a bit more structured and focused I could be really quite good by now - but hey, I’ve only got myself to blame.
So going forward, on top of setting myself up a proper practice routine for technique/scales/improvisation etc. I’ve decided to concentrate on learning one song a month, well, that I can play completely from start to finish. Even if I only get 12 tracks down to a reasonable level this year that’ll be an improvement over last year!
I’m going to be recording myself at the end of each month so I can look out for any mistakes and areas that need improvement, as well as giving me a record to look back on.
Since I’ll be recording my attempts anyway I thought I’d start a thread here for any who would like to join in, whether it’s a simplified/note-for-note or an embellished/improvised version. I appreciate that everyone has a different taste in music and won’t necessarily want to put the effort into learning a song they don’t like (probably why the last real song died out quickly), but feel free to join in if and when there’s a track you like …. or you just have a good laugh at my feeble attempts.
So other than getting my apologies in a month in advance for inflicting my playing on everyone, I’ll be kicking off with:
August 2017 : Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Under the Bridge
So going forward, on top of setting myself up a proper practice routine for technique/scales/improvisation etc. I’ve decided to concentrate on learning one song a month, well, that I can play completely from start to finish. Even if I only get 12 tracks down to a reasonable level this year that’ll be an improvement over last year!
I’m going to be recording myself at the end of each month so I can look out for any mistakes and areas that need improvement, as well as giving me a record to look back on.
Since I’ll be recording my attempts anyway I thought I’d start a thread here for any who would like to join in, whether it’s a simplified/note-for-note or an embellished/improvised version. I appreciate that everyone has a different taste in music and won’t necessarily want to put the effort into learning a song they don’t like (probably why the last real song died out quickly), but feel free to join in if and when there’s a track you like …. or you just have a good laugh at my feeble attempts.
So other than getting my apologies in a month in advance for inflicting my playing on everyone, I’ll be kicking off with:
August 2017 : Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Under the Bridge