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Post by DonaldDemon on May 15, 2010 18:42:48 GMT -5
I can't listen to my crap playing anymore.  I probably start this thread every year or so and never do anything to work on it. This time I am serious, lol. I NEED to learn something new and stop playing the same old sh!t. It's pretty sad how little I actually know about music and guitar playing for 14 years of playing. I am completely self taught with terrible disipline! All I want to do is jam and not learn but I need to buckle down because I majorly bored. I took two guitar lessons for the first time in my life last year and they were terrible. 30 minutes and the teacher seemed like he didn't want to waste the time with me because I already knew how to play. WTF is that? I guess I can try to find another teacher but there aren't too many good ones around here. I try watching youtube videos but have trouble finding ones that are worth it. Most of the time it's too fast with too much gain or these guys suck! Point me to some good youtube lessons, videos to buy, teachers, books, whatever! Some things I need major work on: Learning the notes on the fretboard (lol seriously), playing non-pentatonic scales faster, modes (ughh), music theory, non-rock playing, etc. I can't listen to me suck and pretend I know what am doing any more!  |
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Post by MetalHeart on May 15, 2010 20:03:57 GMT -5
Dude talk to DC,I believe he gives online lessons. He might give you a splawn brother discount  |
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Post by Patrick on May 16, 2010 8:38:04 GMT -5
My oldest son, 10 years old, has decided he wants to pickup the guitar. And this is a dvd that his teacher recommended... www.amazon.com/Brad-Carlton-Caged-Cracked/dp/B001TND12GThe funny thing is, I've been watching it more than him! It is really very good, easy to watch, easy to apply those ideas to your playing. |
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Post by DonaldDemon on May 16, 2010 8:56:37 GMT -5
Dude talk to DC,I believe he gives online lessons. He might give you a splawn brother discount oh yeah? cool. TJ has offered to give me some tutoring too. |
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Post by DonaldDemon on May 16, 2010 8:57:41 GMT -5
My oldest son, 10 years old, has decided he wants to pickup the guitar. And this is a dvd that his teacher recommended... www.amazon.com/Brad-Carlton-Caged-Cracked/dp/B001TND12GThe funny thing is, I've been watching it more than him! It is really very good, easy to watch, easy to apply those ideas to your playing. Thanks. As long as it gets a little advanced you know. I can play the minor and major scale!  |
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Post by Jammermatt on May 16, 2010 9:34:15 GMT -5
I'm not a great player by a longshot. But I took two years of lessons and it was money very well spent. I had been playing a little while, but like you are feeling, I didn't feel like I knew anything. We went back to the beginning, started with the basics. Built a good foundation. I think the right teacher is a huge thing. But I think even more huge is the dedication to sit down an hour a day and grind through the lessons. I didn't really have a problem with that because I'm nerdy like that.
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Post by sasquatch on May 16, 2010 10:57:56 GMT -5
DD... I ran across this guy a few months ago and decided to give his web based program a shot. It's not the most advanced, but does offer some very useable information on techniques, scales and combining scales, etc. It's a 16-week program with a new lesson each week. He charges about $40.00/month, billed three times to your card. The monthly charge is cheaper than most instructors would charge for one 30-minute lesson. You also have the ability to cancel at any time in the first 30 days and receive a full refund. Check out the link, if you're so inclined, and see what you think... www.leadguitardomination.com/I've found over the years that for me, I benefited more from working with several instructors rather than just one. Sounds like you're already on the road to doing just that if both D.C. and TJ are gonna help you out. Even though it's all the same notes and scales, each instructor has his own unique approach, and combining the best of what works for you from each instructor is an excellent way to help get you where you wanna be. Good luck! |
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Post by DonaldDemon on May 16, 2010 11:27:25 GMT -5
I'm not a great player by a longshot. But I took two years of lessons and it was money very well spent. I had been playing a little while, but like you are feeling, I didn't feel like I knew anything. We went back to the beginning, started with the basics. Built a good foundation. I think the right teacher is a huge thing. But I think even more huge is the dedication to sit down an hour a day and grind through the lessons. I didn't really have a problem with that because I'm nerdy like that. It seems that finding a good teacher is no easy feat around here. They like to just bank off of the steady rotation of beginners I think. I am thinking I should start back from the beginning too, just so I understand the basics and have a good foundation. I always prided myself on never taking lessons but I see it's shortcomings now. |
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Post by DonaldDemon on May 16, 2010 11:29:39 GMT -5
DD... I ran across this guy a few months ago and decided to give his web based program a shot. It's not the most advanced, but does offer some very useable information on techniques, scales and combining scales, etc. It's a 16-week program with a new lesson each week. He charges about $40.00/month, billed three times to your card. The monthly charge is cheaper than most instructors would charge for one 30-minute lesson. You also have the ability to cancel at any time in the first 30 days and receive a full refund. Check out the link, if you're so inclined, and see what you think... www.leadguitardomination.com/I've found over the years that for me, I benefited more from working with several instructors rather than just one. Sounds like you're already on the road to doing just that if both D.C. and TJ are gonna help you out. Even though it's all the same notes and scales, each instructor has his own unique approach, and combining the best of what works for you from each instructor is an excellent way to help get you where you wanna be. Good luck! Funny, I was watching one of his videos right before I made this thread. He does a good job of explaining but he's another that uses too much gain in some of his videos and flies through stuff. Do you think his online lessons are different than what is already on YT? There is one guy around here who is an incredible jazz player that I have been trying to get some lessons from but he is always busy it seems. |
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Post by shredheadjhj on May 16, 2010 11:40:32 GMT -5
I don't even know how to tell what key a song is in. I've always had a really really really hard time learning theory. I can learn a scale in one position, but I've always had a hard time learning position changes. I also don't know how to play in key over a progession.
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Post by sasquatch on May 16, 2010 12:19:46 GMT -5
DD... I ran across this guy a few months ago and decided to give his web based program a shot. It's not the most advanced, but does offer some very useable information on techniques, scales and combining scales, etc. It's a 16-week program with a new lesson each week. He charges about $40.00/month, billed three times to your card. The monthly charge is cheaper than most instructors would charge for one 30-minute lesson. You also have the ability to cancel at any time in the first 30 days and receive a full refund. Check out the link, if you're so inclined, and see what you think... www.leadguitardomination.com/I've found over the years that for me, I benefited more from working with several instructors rather than just one. Sounds like you're already on the road to doing just that if both D.C. and TJ are gonna help you out. Even though it's all the same notes and scales, each instructor has his own unique approach, and combining the best of what works for you from each instructor is an excellent way to help get you where you wanna be. Good luck! Funny, I was watching one of his videos right before I made this thread. He does a good job of explaining but he's another that uses too much gain in some of his videos and flies through stuff. Do you think his online lessons are different than what is already on YT? I really haven't looked at his YT stuff. He does play with a lot of gain in a lot of the stuff he's teaching, but there are some other things he goes through with a cleaner tone. He has some neat stuff on combining scales horizontally up and down the neck among other things. All the lessons remain available even after he moves on to the next, so you can always go back and review. The nice thing is... if you decide it's not for you, you can cancel any time during the first 30 days and get a full refund. I've gotten some useful stuff out of it. |
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Post by Ayton(e) on May 16, 2010 13:38:04 GMT -5
Coincidentally, DC just launched a blog to support/pimp his teaching. Bitch needs a proofer/subeditor, but his approach is cool. ;D craigsmith.us/?p=12 |
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Post by shredheadjhj on May 16, 2010 23:24:08 GMT -5
Coincidentally, DC just launched a blog to support/pimp his teaching. Bitch needs a proofer/subeditor, but his approach is cool. ;D craigsmith.us/?p=12Cool. Maybe I'll hit Craig up for some lessons. I'm super hard to teach anything to though. Show how to play something and I'll play it, but getting me to remember it is another story altogether. |
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Post by DonaldDemon on May 17, 2010 8:01:44 GMT -5
I don't even know how to tell what key a song is in. I've always had a really really really hard time learning theory. I can learn a scale in one position, but I've always had a hard time learning position changes. I also don't know how to play in key over a progession. I've always had difficult remembering theory, not learning it so much. I took music theory in college and understood what I was learning but I fell like it had absolutely no relevance to what I was playing so it just faded away in my mind because I hardly used it. I can play over progressions and key changes but my problem is that I have always learned patterns. I just move the patterns to the appropriate (or sometimes not appropriate, lol!) position related to the key. I have no clues what notes I am playing and what I should be playing, which makes for a lot of mistakes when I improvise and try to venture outside of my comfort zone. |
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Post by DonaldDemon on May 17, 2010 8:03:19 GMT -5
Coincidentally, DC just launched a blog to support/pimp his teaching. Bitch needs a proofer/subeditor, but his approach is cool. ;D craigsmith.us/?p=12Well then, that is kind of convenient. I’ll have to email him and see if he will give me lessons after calling him an 80’s wanker for 5 years now. ;D |
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