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Post by Shredder Steve on Jun 3, 2005 14:35:21 GMT -6
Hey Michael I've been playing for 2 years, and I'm in a band I started called Knights of Havok. I started studying your technique just last month. your speed kills video is the greatest instructional video of all time. I was wondering how long it took you to become lightening fast like you are? When you were learning to play your guitar, did you have any kind of instruction besides your own prior to college, like a teacher? So far I am completely self-taught and I've learned a lot and advanced quickly. So i was wondering if I could enhance my skills any faster if I had a teacher, or something besides DVDs and tips from the Internet, which have worked wonderfully so far...  |
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Post by clameo on Jun 3, 2005 14:42:00 GMT -6
Although I'm not Mike, but I know that he learned (=mastered) alternate picking in 2 years and he did have a teacher.
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Post by taylor on Jun 4, 2005 12:38:05 GMT -6
Honestly in the times that we are living in, there is so much out there that if anyone wanted to put in the discipline, they could easily play like MAB, infact between his clinics and instructional, there is no reason not to be able to play as fast as his.
You can learn with or without a teacher, it is mostly a matter of dedication. A teacher does not guarantee anything, as there is a lot of crappy teachers out there that may take your money and not teach you what you want to know.
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Post by Master Shredder on Jun 6, 2005 15:54:09 GMT -6
Practice certainly helps, but if you don't have a natural talent like Michael's you will never play as fast or cleanly as he does (remember, many people can play FAST but they don't also play CLEAN).
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Post by Paul on Jun 6, 2005 17:37:34 GMT -6
Practice certainly helps, but if you don't have a natural talent like Michael's you will never play as fast or cleanly as he does (remember, many people can play FAST but they don't also play CLEAN). True dat! |
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Post by themaidenmaniac on Jun 6, 2005 18:18:51 GMT -6
Honestly in the times that we are living in, there is so much out there that if anyone wanted to put in the discipline, they could easily play like MAB, infact between his clinics and instructional, there is no reason not to be able to play as fast as his. You can learn with or without a teacher, it is mostly a matter of dedication. A teacher does not guarantee anything, as there is a lot of crappy teachers out there that may take your money and not teach you what you want to know. I agree whole heartedly with that statement.  It baffles me though, because im not sure there are any stages left to go for guitar.. only time will tell i suppose... i guess Jimmy Hendrix didnt bank on someone playing a guitar like Michael does! |
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Post by BossMorley on Jun 6, 2005 21:51:26 GMT -6
Honestly in the times that we are living in, there is so much out there that if anyone wanted to put in the discipline, they could easily play like MAB, infact between his clinics and instructional, there is no reason not to be able to play as fast as his. You can learn with or without a teacher, it is mostly a matter of dedication. A teacher does not guarantee anything, as there is a lot of crappy teachers out there that may take your money and not teach you what you want to know. I had I teacher like that once. He only cared about Jazz stuff (nothing against Jazz). Then I found a teacher that is into everything (even Chicken Pickin' ha) and he taught me "This CD is dedicated to you" and gave me a bunch of exercises and taught me how to hold the pick and everything. |
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Post by sweepingspagettios on Jun 9, 2005 10:20:37 GMT -6
Whoops sorry bout posting it twice..accident  |
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Post by clameo on Jun 9, 2005 11:45:58 GMT -6
chicken pickin rocks  ;D ;D |
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Post by sweepingspagettios on Jun 9, 2005 13:28:13 GMT -6
three times? not sure how the third one happened
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Post by sweepingspagettios on Jun 9, 2005 13:31:55 GMT -6
oops Clameo did the third one!  my bad |
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Post by Succubus on Jun 9, 2005 16:21:11 GMT -6
Keep up the pics, they are so great ;P I LOVE that laughing cat, my mum emailed it to me a while ago ;D Anyways, what is chicken picking??  |
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Post by Ryan on Jun 9, 2005 17:01:37 GMT -6
I believe in mind over matter in nearly every situation.
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Post by NotGuest on Jun 9, 2005 17:55:02 GMT -6
Keep up the pics, they are so great ;P I LOVE that laughing cat, my mum emailed it to me a while ago ;D Anyways, what is chicken picking?? pick+fingers |
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Post by Succubus on Jun 9, 2005 18:26:23 GMT -6
ahhh, cool! I actually do quite a lot of that when I'm playing  Didn't know it had such a cool name ;D |
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Post by creepyliza4 on Jul 27, 2005 19:22:55 GMT -6
***s, natural clean and crisp attacks here
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Post by Blondie on Jul 28, 2005 11:21:16 GMT -6
I think the name comes from Your hand looking like a birds claw and since it's mainly a country technique the chicken was the most natural bird to choose ;D
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Didn't know it had such a cool name ;D