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and how well do you play?

 
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sieuminh



Joined: 12 Sep 2004
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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:08 am    Post subject: and how well do you play? Reply with quote

Just curiuos Very Happy

I'm learning (very slowly), and have come to accept that since I can spend about 30 minutes a day practicing, I have to give up the dream of being super-technical and focus on timing, improvisation, and such boring stuff Rolling Eyes

What about you guys?
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alexkhan



Joined: 10 Sep 2004
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Location: Chino, CA

PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I play just well enough to appreciate the gear I sell. Laughing I worked hard on technique and stuff like that back in the 80's and quickly realized that I'm not going to even begin to approach the guys that I'm really into. My roots is the 80's rock, shred, pop-rock, classic rock and I can dabble in some fusion kind of stuff, but I never got serious enough to put in the time to play real jazz and stuff like that. It's more of a hobby kind of a thing now as far as playing is concerned. I'd be able to gig through some Top 40 kind of stuff (which I've done in the past) but that's about it.
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shredrulez
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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i play well enough to enjoy playing and not embarrass myself. i can play somewhat fast, but my picking can never seem to catch up with my restlessly wandering left hand. Embarassed my timing and phrasing need a lot of work as well and that's why i'm studying what guthrie is doing intently. Very Happy
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Carlo



Joined: 13 Sep 2004
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2005 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I completely and utterly suck...I play at open mics and practice a lot but I still don't feel satisfied with my playing at all...not one bit.

My biggest weakness is musicality and composition. I'm not very imaginative as I always have bad habit of writing stuff that's just a springboard for wanking off. Chops is one thing I'm wrestling with too...but writing compositions that actually mean something is another hurdle altogether Embarassed

My other biggest weakness is the ability to blow through changes, definitely not something I'm comfortable with yet.
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RD



Joined: 27 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2005 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I am a a decent level, but want to get better ofcourse.

My problem is my lack of health, wich I have to work on first. I've temporarily quit quitar-playing because of this problem. I haven't been playing since februari 2005, wich sure is hard for me. I do believe that it is still possible to cure myself and when I feel ready, I'll pick up guitarplaying again.

While I'm not playing myself, I like to take the time to check out some other players. I recently discovered Shawn Lane and am glad I found Guthrie as well Smile So thanks for the promoting, Ed! Without Tone Merchants, I probably wouldn't have heard from him yet. I really like that jan 19 DVD. I already know how all the songs go, but don't know their titles since I got the old DVD version.
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Delicato



Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Location: Uppsala Sweden

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My problem was that I had loads of technique but nuthing to do with it.
I always thought exercises was fun, and when I read that my heros had practised something
like 10h/day I tried to do the same. I remember going to bed not being able to hold up the book
I read cause my hands were to weak from playing guitar.

But then I saw Vai's !0h practise schedule and realised that they did a lot of other things
than trying to exell on a technical level. So slowly but surely I started to focus on other things.
I even know the name of a few chords now Very Happy

The last 4-5 years though, I haven't played much of anything at all up until before christmas
when I found my way back to our favorite instrument.
It is surprising how fast you lose your technique and even more surprising how fast
you can regain it(well, not all of it Mad ).

/Oskar
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