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Post by blackjack on Dec 7, 2013 5:15:28 GMT -6
I think that to practice enough to actually cause a change in the way the neurolgical system is wired, the guys who can really shred all went through times in their life when they played 8 to 12 hours a day. A lesser volume of playing, no matter for how many years, doesn't seem to cause an actual physical change in the neurological system so that your fingers and pick hand can move at the speeds of the fastest shredders.
Didn't MAB practice 10 hours a day for 4 years straight at one point early in his life?
I ask this because I've gone through a profound life change recently and the fact that I've been playing 30 years and I can't do a lot of things Paul Gilbert could do when he was only 17 or however old he was when Street Lethal was recorded sickens me. Mediocrity absolutely sickens me. I cannot tolerate it. Life without greatness has no appeal to me.
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Post by blackjack on Dec 9, 2013 22:46:17 GMT -6
Would ANYONE like to share? Geez, getting people involved in a conversation on this forum these days is like pulling teeth!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 4:48:48 GMT -6
I think that to practice enough to actually cause a change in the way the neurolgical system is wired, the guys who can really shred all went through times in their life when they played 8 to 12 hours a day. A lesser volume of playing, no matter for how many years, doesn't seem to cause an actual physical change in the neurological system so that your fingers and pick hand can move at the speeds of the fastest shredders. Didn't MAB practice 10 hours a day for 4 years straight at one point early in his life? I ask this because I've gone through a profound life change recently and the fact that I've been playing 30 years and I can't do a lot of things Paul Gilbert could do when he was only 17 or however old he was when Street Lethal was recorded sickens me. Mediocrity absolutely sickens me. I cannot tolerate it. Life without greatness has no appeal to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 5:04:25 GMT -6
I personally practice about 2 hours a day. I know that I found practice really difficult for the first 6 months because I ***ed at everything. I think everyone in my music class went through that doubting stage where they thought they were not getting any better. I even took 2 weeks off from my music school so that I could do intense practice on the things I was really bad at. My weakest hand is my frett hand, my string bending and arpegios really need working on because they sound terrible. I never try to look at professional players and set myself the goal of playing like them because all I want to do is play like me. I apreciate the practice they have put in to attain that level of playing skill and try to build up my practice time. I have found that when i practice consistently everyday my playing gets better.
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Post by blackjack on Dec 10, 2013 10:50:52 GMT -6
I personally practice about 2 hours a day. I know that I found practice really difficult for the first 6 months because I ***ed at everything. I think everyone in my music class went through that doubting stage where they thought they were not getting any better. I even took 2 weeks off from my music school so that I could do intense practice on the things I was really bad at. My weakest hand is my frett hand, my string bending and arpegios really need working on because they sound terrible. I never try to look at professional players and set myself the goal of playing like them because all I want to do is play like me. I apreciate the practice they have put in to attain that level of playing skill and try to build up my practice time. I have found that when i practice consistently everyday my playing gets better. Excellent. I have also found daily practice really is far superior than say, practicing every other day. The day after I have an 8 hour practice day, I start playing very well as soon as I'm warmed up and seem to immediately pick up where I left off in my last practice session, whereas if I wait a couple days in between practice sessions, whatever I learned in my last session I basically have to learn all over again! Re: your left hand, is it possible you're spending so much time, effort, and concentration on mastering picking that you've neglected doing legato work? Try spending the next few weeks working exclusively on legato and bends. Forget about picking for the next few weeks. This is what I've been told by the best guitarist I know - a guy who could at the very least hold his own in a headcutting contest with Paul Gilbert or Yngwie and quite possibly embarrass them. In a year, everyone in the shred community is going to be talking about him. If he were a stock I could buy on the New York Stock Exchange, I'd buy stock in him right now and be rich in a year. |
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Post by Cybersquatch on Dec 10, 2013 18:09:57 GMT -6
I personally practice about 2 hours a day. I know that I found practice really difficult for the first 6 months because I ***ed at everything. I think everyone in my music class went through that doubting stage where they thought they were not getting any better. I even took 2 weeks off from my music school so that I could do intense practice on the things I was really bad at. My weakest hand is my frett hand, my string bending and arpegios really need working on because they sound terrible. I never try to look at professional players and set myself the goal of playing like them because all I want to do is play like me. I apreciate the practice they have put in to attain that level of playing skill and try to build up my practice time. I have found that when i practice consistently everyday my playing gets better. Excellent. I have also found daily practice really is far superior than say, practicing every other day. The day after I have an 8 hour practice day, I start playing very well as soon as I'm warmed up and seem to immediately pick up where I left off in my last practice session, whereas if I wait a couple days in between practice sessions, whatever I learned in my last session I basically have to learn all over again! Re: your left hand, is it possible you're spending so much time, effort, and concentration on mastering picking that you've neglected doing legato work? Try spending the next few weeks working exclusively on legato and bends. Forget about picking for the next few weeks. This is what I've been told by the best guitarist I know - a guy who could at the very least hold his own in a headcutting contest with Paul Gilbert or Yngwie and quite possibly embarrass them. In a year, everyone in the shred community is going to be talking about him. If he were a stock I could buy on the New York Stock Exchange, I'd buy stock in him right now and be rich in a year. >:(Name please?! I want to buy some stock!  |
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Post by jacoby3mnk on Dec 10, 2013 20:05:40 GMT -6
Sadly I do not practice as much as I would like to. Between 3 jobs a family and trying to make sure I make my daughter's band performances for school time is limited. I do manage to get about 30 min. most days. I can see progress but not as fast as if I could put in more time. For me this is fine because I use my time playing guitar as a chance to unwind and get away mentally for a little while. Listening to my guitar heroes helps keep me motivated to keep practicing as much as I can.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 4:05:05 GMT -6
Excellent. I have also found daily practice really is far superior than say, practicing every other day. The day after I have an 8 hour practice day, I start playing very well as soon as I'm warmed up and seem to immediately pick up where I left off in my last practice session, whereas if I wait a couple days in between practice sessions, whatever I learned in my last session I basically have to learn all over again! Re: your left hand, is it possible you're spending so much time, effort, and concentration on mastering picking that you've neglected doing legato work? Try spending the next few weeks working exclusively on legato and bends. Forget about picking for the next few weeks. This is what I've been told by the best guitarist I know - a guy who could at the very least hold his own in a headcutting contest with Paul Gilbert or Yngwie and quite possibly embarrass them. In a year, everyone in the shred community is going to be talking about him. If he were a stock I could buy on the New York Stock Exchange, I'd buy stock in him right now and be rich in a year. >:(Name please?! I want to buy some stock! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 4:06:39 GMT -6
Excellent. I have also found daily practice really is far superior than say, practicing every other day. The day after I have an 8 hour practice day, I start playing very well as soon as I'm warmed up and seem to immediately pick up where I left off in my last practice session, whereas if I wait a couple days in between practice sessions, whatever I learned in my last session I basically have to learn all over again! Re: your left hand, is it possible you're spending so much time, effort, and concentration on mastering picking that you've neglected doing legato work? Try spending the next few weeks working exclusively on legato and bends. Forget about picking for the next few weeks. This is what I've been told by the best guitarist I know - a guy who could at the very least hold his own in a headcutting contest with Paul Gilbert or Yngwie and quite possibly embarrass them. In a year, everyone in the shred community is going to be talking about him. If he were a stock I could buy on the New York Stock Exchange, I'd buy stock in him right now and be rich in a year. >:(Name please?! I want to buy some stock! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 4:25:53 GMT -6
"Re: your left hand, is it possible you're spending so much time, effort, and concentration on mastering picking that you've neglected doing legato work? Try spending the next few weeks working exclusively on legato and bends. Forget about picking for the next few weeks. This is what I've been told by the best guitarist I know - a guy who could at the very least hold his own in a headcutting contest with Paul Gilbert or Yngwie and quite possibly embarrass them. In a year, everyone in the shred community is going to be talking about him. If he were a stock I could buy on the New York Stock Exchange, I'd buy stock in him right now and be rich in a year. My teacher has given me legato exercises and I do other warm up excercises before I start to practice songs so I think with a bit more practice it should get better over the next few weeks or months. I have also been working on a solo that has alot of legato techniques in it so hopefully it will improve my finger work and my string bending. I have never really consciously worked on my picking technique, from very early on I have always done alternate picking, I find it impossible to play if I dont. I would like to learn other ways of picking though later on. Its good you have a friend that can play really well, they are always a good source of information. Can you share his/hers name? Have they any you tube vids we can watch?  |
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Post by blackjack on Dec 11, 2013 4:48:59 GMT -6
"Re: your left hand, is it possible you're spending so much time, effort, and concentration on mastering picking that you've neglected doing legato work? Try spending the next few weeks working exclusively on legato and bends. Forget about picking for the next few weeks. This is what I've been told by the best guitarist I know - a guy who could at the very least hold his own in a headcutting contest with Paul Gilbert or Yngwie and quite possibly embarrass them. In a year, everyone in the shred community is going to be talking about him. If he were a stock I could buy on the New York Stock Exchange, I'd buy stock in him right now and be rich in a year. My teacher has given me legato exercises and I do other warm up excercises before I start to practice songs so I think with a bit more practice it should get better over the next few weeks or months. I have also been working on a solo that has alot of legato techniques in it so hopefully it will improve my finger work and my string bending. I have never really consciously worked on my picking technique, from very early on I have always done alternate picking, I find it impossible to play if I dont. I would like to learn other ways of picking though later on. Its good you have a friend that can play really well, they are always a good source of information. Can you share his/hers name? Have they any you tube vids we can watch? I'll tell you what. I'll give him a call and ask him if he's OK with it. If he is, then yes, I'll give post his name right here along with some of his youtube videos. Fair? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 5:04:03 GMT -6
Yes, its better to ask him first. Hope he says its ok. Thanks.
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Post by shreddingjoris on Dec 15, 2013 17:49:34 GMT -6
Whenever i advance in terms of playing. It's because i learn new things. When u get stuck playing the same practise routine over and over everyday, u will get bored and won't advance. U need to learn new stuff!! Start with something simple and go on from there on.
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