Heh-heh…my brother refers to this song as “A Song with Three Chords.” Very basic stuff.
Slee’s post was very good. I don’t play but I know a lot of musicians. It’s tough to get past the rudiments when you’re dying to be a rock star, but all that boring stuff really will make you a better musician.
Also…decide whether you want to do this for fun or profit. And if you decide you want to make this your career, you might want to consider 1) more formal instruction, and 2) look into joining the union. You can get studio work (which my friend has done for over 30 years) and get a little security in a rather insecure business. Good luck!!
This board is certainly a good place to get advice on playing the guitar. Well done, fellow players.
Years ago I took some lessons from Carl Filipiak . I went to him primarily to learn about theory, and it was well worth the time and money. He also taught me a practice technique which has been helpful for learning to play difficult passages. When you are working on something that you can’t play up to speed yet, but you have all of the notes identified and memorized or tabbed, play it slow, then play it fast. Play it as slowly as you need to play it to hit every note cleanly and in time, preferably with a metronome. Do this multiple times. Then, set the metronome to a speed that is too fast for you to accurately keep up with, and try to keep up. Do this multiple times. I have found that something akin to magic happens when I do this. The next time I pick up the guitar and play the passage in question, I can play it cleanly at a faster pace than I could during the previous practice session.
And, on preview, I thoroughly agree with Small Clanger’s point about playing every day. Keep a guitar on a stand somewhere where you will see it often, and pick it up every chance you get. For me, frequent brief playing sessions produce faster improvement than marathon sessions.
You know what would actually be really cool? If several members of this board (enough ‘talent’ to make up a large band) actually picked a song, and then set about recreating it via the internet, part by part. We could start with someone recording the drum parts, then emailing the track off to the next person that would record the bass against it–though in a seperate track, then to the backing guitar, keyboardest, etc. Then finally someone (I’d be willing) could mix it all down and master a final cut of the song.
I bet we could recreate a hell of a cover version with the talent on this board.
Aw man - I already owe **Slee **a lead track for a really cool metal composition he wrote - I have been so busy at work I haven’t had time…
This mid-life crisis rock stuff is hard to stay focused on - durn families, jobs, etc…
Having said all that - I in no way want to volunteer **Slee ** for point person, but he certainly knows home recording better than I do - which is to say, I don’t know it at all…
I would be happy to lay a rhythm track down - trust me, that’s all you want to hear of my work anyway!!!
