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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 15, 2010 1:24:29 GMT -5
I still have my first guitar. It was a Franciscan acoustic guitar my Dad bought for me for $100. Crappy guitar, but good memories.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 15, 2010 1:22:03 GMT -5
Well, I PLAY everyday, because I'm a music instructor, but I don't practice everyday. So even though my rhythm is top-notch, my intricate skills are fading slowly. It's sad, but I'm busy and I have to many instruments to work on.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 11, 2010 10:09:02 GMT -5
Just FYI... A lot of beginners get the terms mixed up, which makes it more difficult when you're trying to explain it to someone. You have strings, notes and chords.
Strings are what you play on (please don't call them cords), notes are single, and chords are groups of notes played together. =]
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 11, 2010 10:07:04 GMT -5
It started off for me with Buddy Holly, then Chuck Berry, then Yngwie Malmsteen years later. Now that I actually know guitar, it's probably John Petrucci.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 10, 2010 21:00:59 GMT -5
With guitar, you're always going to get sympathetic ringing, but you can still stop most of the ringing with good technique. It just takes time. To stop ringing though, you can use either your left or right hand depending on the situation.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 10, 2010 15:56:41 GMT -5
Keep in mind rhythm should be fluid, and somewhat amorphous. However, you can still write down a basic rhythm pattern to follow. I do it all the time with my guitar students. It may not be the best way to play the song, but it allows beginners to get the idea pretty quickly.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 10, 2010 15:53:07 GMT -5
Ok, cool. Thanks. I'm ok with setups but I need to seriously improve. I've read the Dan Erlewine book, but do you have any other tips for setups?
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 10, 2010 15:50:07 GMT -5
That's a seriously interesting beast. Nice axe.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Oct 9, 2010 0:19:29 GMT -5
Hey everyone, I'm looking to expand the instrument repair portion of my local music business, and I wanted to find out if anyone had any experience with this.
Just out of curiosity, what's the most requested repair you typically receive?
Right now, we focus a lot on rentals, and hardly any repair, but any help would be appreciated.. Thanks!
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Sept 26, 2010 18:19:00 GMT -5
What's a song you've written that you are super proud of?
Personally, for me it would have to be a song I wrote called SarahINty And Piece. It's a 12 minute epic that uses multiple time signatures, tempos, and key signatures, plus I think some of the best lyrics I've written so far. It's a story about a girl who has both a good side, and evil side pulling her. I played it live and my audience knew it was a story and they figured out the whole god and evil struggle, so that's cool, but they couldn't tell the exact scenario or the person which is great. Expository enough to make sense, hidden enough to still be a secret.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Sept 25, 2010 22:39:07 GMT -5
Yeah. That's kinda how I feel about the situation. I think he is pretty insecure and controlling. Oddly enough, then band is his last name. I didn't think much of it at first, but now I'm starting to think I'll never join another band with someone's name.
Thanks for the encouragement roadking.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Sept 22, 2010 12:43:04 GMT -5
Very cool. Nice to hear other people's perspectives. I'm mostly into progressive metal, so I feel it really frees me up to tell the story I want to, without the constraints of time, key signature, beat, standard A/B formatting, etc.
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Sept 22, 2010 12:39:43 GMT -5
Cool. Thanks for the ideas. Funny enough, the ideas I've presented have been accepted by the drummer and the bassist, it's just the other guitarist/songwriter who has a problem with it. I just came home from band practice last night, and decided I wasn't going to really suggest too much. I basically was a spectator and watched how everyone did their thing. Funny enough, I realized it's not just me. Any suggestion from any member besides the main songwriter pretty much gets shot down. Every thing turns into:
"Well, it's nice but it's fighting with my lyrics", "I can't sing over that", "why don't we just drop that part altogether".
Essentially, he main songwriter/guitarist really only approves parts in the song that he wrote, and for lack of a better phrase, has a fit and a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way.
Anyways... After NOT suggesting a thing last night, of course what am I hearing? "Dude, you haven't said a thing in a half hour, what's your opinion?" " I can tell you don't like what we're doing cause you haven't said anything." And so on...
Egos..
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Sept 20, 2010 17:16:08 GMT -5
Recently, I've joined this new band, and I'm proud to be in it, it's big fun. Thing is, they've been around for a while, and one of the guys has always been the main songwriter. I too, happen to be a great songwriter, so I think he feels a little threatened by my ability or direction, so he keeps c--k blocking me if you know what I mean.. He asks for ideas, I offer ideas, he says they're great ideas, but then ignores them and doesn't use them in the songs. Has anyone had this experience? How did you deal with it?
Thanks,
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Post by lessonsthatrock on Sept 20, 2010 17:10:50 GMT -5
For me personally, I tend to write songs that are stories about people I care about, incidents, and events in my life, and of course my observations.
What kind of things do you write songs about?
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