Help!I'maRock!'s winter offseason woodshedding diary - mach II

oh you're enjoying this, aren't you? remind you of your students? or maybe you?

good. that's exactly the point of this thread.

:thu:
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
oh you're enjoying this, aren't you? remind you of your students? or maybe you?

good. that's exactly the point of this thread.

:thu:
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I've never stopped being a student....no one does if they really enjoy playing music.

My biggest issue right now is that my physical technique is far behind what I'm hearing in my head...I've been fighting that battle for quite a while and it is finally getting close....I did this take on Mosiddiqui's BT jam a few days ago and while there is plenty of slop going on it really is the closest I've been able to execute the alternate picking that I need to play what I want.

http://www.markweinguitarlessons.com/soundfiles/shredz.mp3

The reality is that I'll never use this for any "working gig" or really any of the music I write but for some reason the instrumental/fusiony/shreddy guitar playing has always been something that I've needed to play for myself.

A nice side benefit is that it has cleaned up my playing for the stuff I normally do to the point where my tone production is much better (to my ears) and I'm playing in time much better as well.

So yeah, I watch your struggles with a little amusement because they mirror much of what I go through, just with different material. :)
 
i think that's why i'm taking such a dry approach. i'm not learning this stuff because i really want to learn how to play jazz standards. if that were the case, i'd just use the Real Books i have. i'm learning it to build technique and understanding of the instrument. so that when i play what i want, i can pull it off. if anything, it's making me more creative.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
i think that's why i'm taking such a dry approach. i'm not learning this stuff because i really want to learn how to play jazz standards. if that were the case, i'd just use the Real Books i have. i'm learning it to build technique and understanding of the instrument. so that when i play what i want, i can pull it off. if anything, it's making me more creative.
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I think that people don't realize the importance of just "learning to play". If you learn the stuff that you are currently working on and continue on that road with the theory and technique stuff there really are no roadblocks for most guitarists.
 
Mark Wein said:
I think that people don't realize the importance of just "learning to play". If you learn the stuff that you are currently working on and continue on that road with the theory and technique stuff there really are no roadblocks for most guitarists.
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that's the idea. but most just want to learn Green Day songs. i'm not gonna whip this stuff out on somebody who doesn't want to know anything past power chords.
 
ok, i lie.

i finished the first solo on page 23 of the Berklee Method, and i'm not going to finish the daily scale exercise in Mel Bay. at least, not until i find the next thing that makes me want to smash my guitar.
 
Second Solo - P. 25

this is a massive undertaking. exactly the kinda chord melody thing i was looking for. but it is the most difficult piece yet. i'll be back in that Mel Bay book real quick.
 
my bass student is getting near the end of the Mel Bay book. there are interval charts that are a good reference, but i'm really not sure how to use them in the lesson. the DVD skips them and just goes to the last page. i'm thinking that i'll use a lesson to talk about intervals and what that means, but i have to decide soon what to do next.

i could just go to book 2. there's only 2 books in the series, so why not? and he'll have a solid foundation to do whatever he wants next. but i also want to have a little fun, and start showing him what can be done. Hal Leonard has a blues book and a slap/funk book, so i ordered those. there's also a Berklee book titled "The Bass Player's Handbook" that talks more about the instrument's history, how to do a basic setup, etc. so we'll see how those go.

i should be pretty good by the time i get done with them!
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
my bass student is getting near the end of the Mel Bay book. there are interval charts that are a good reference, but i'm really not sure how to use them in the lesson. the DVD skips them and just goes to the last page. i'm thinking that i'll use a lesson to talk about intervals and what that means, but i have to decide soon what to do next.

i could just go to book 2. there's only 2 books in the series, so why not? and he'll have a solid foundation to do whatever he wants next. but i also want to have a little fun, and start showing him what can be done. Hal Leonard has a blues book and a slap/funk book, so i ordered those. there's also a Berklee book titled "The Bass Player's Handbook" that talks more about the instrument's history, how to do a basic setup, etc. so we'll see how those go.

i should be pretty good by the time i get done with them!
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This is a good one and it's got charts for guitar, bass and drums with the history of the music as the lessons.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576234436?linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393181&tag=markweinguita-20"]Amazon.com: The Funkmasters-the Great James Brown Rhythm Sections (Manhattan Music Publications) (9781576234433): Allan Slutsky, Chuck Silverman: Books[/ame]
 
i have that one. i want to check out these books because they're not just one artist. it will definitely be included though. :thu:
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
will listen.

what about getting the band in on the funk class? maybe add a few JB tunes to the set list?
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which band? the Metropolitans? wouldn't pay enough. The hardest thing about playing James Brown tunes is that I have to be both James Brown and Catfish Collins at the same time. Kind of tough.
 
Mark Wein said:
which band? the Metropolitans? wouldn't pay enough. The hardest thing about playing James Brown tunes is that I have to be both James Brown and Catfish Collins at the same time. Kind of tough.
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oh well, it was a thought. what about some of the teachers?
 
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