Music Lessons, Little Rock
One way to get better .... Follow Joe's lead
Subscribe to my feed! It’s free, easy to do and makes me happy!
I've mentioned Joe and his blog, From the Woodshed, several times because I really dig it. (Guitar and practicing - what more could you want?)
Well, Joe is getting a few pieces ready for an audition to LAMA, the Los Angeles Music Academy. And to help him along the way, he is video taping and posting them to his blog so that readers can keep up with his progress and comment.
This is a very innovative way for pushing yourself to get better. Take yourself out of the privacy and security of your practice room and put your playing on the web for all to see and hear, warts and all (or in the case of Joe, some tasty SRV licks).
I've talked about recording yourself before, and what it can do to improve your playing. For a refresher, check out this article...
If you've been doing that, Great! Try posting it to the web. If you don't know how, send it to me and we'll put something together for you.
Another cool site that falls in this category is Musician War. This is a site where you can record a tune and upload it to a certain category like metal, rock, blues, jazz, etc. Then, the very next person that uploads a tune in the same genre will be put with yours for a "music battle". Members and visitors can post comments and vote on which song they think is the best.
Now, before you dismiss this as "Music ain't about ego and battling for who is best", read some of the comments on the site. They're very much constructive suggestions on why one tune was better than the other and what each player can do to improve.
I've been a member of this site, the first time, many, many moons ago in 2000 when it was called Guitar War. Some of the comments I received (both compliments and critiques) were "Great Tone", "very melodic", "work on your vibrato, all of your vibratos sound the same", etc.
Here's the bottom line ...
You definitely are more focused on playing the best you can when you know the world will hear and/or see you play your music. This focus and the improvement that comes with it will make you a better player - guaranteed!
Check it out and let me know what you think!
guitar guitar lessons guitar lessons in little rock little rock guitar lessons woodshed guitar war musician war practice home recording
I've mentioned Joe and his blog, From the Woodshed, several times because I really dig it. (Guitar and practicing - what more could you want?)
Well, Joe is getting a few pieces ready for an audition to LAMA, the Los Angeles Music Academy. And to help him along the way, he is video taping and posting them to his blog so that readers can keep up with his progress and comment.
This is a very innovative way for pushing yourself to get better. Take yourself out of the privacy and security of your practice room and put your playing on the web for all to see and hear, warts and all (or in the case of Joe, some tasty SRV licks).
I've talked about recording yourself before, and what it can do to improve your playing. For a refresher, check out this article...
If you've been doing that, Great! Try posting it to the web. If you don't know how, send it to me and we'll put something together for you.
Another cool site that falls in this category is Musician War. This is a site where you can record a tune and upload it to a certain category like metal, rock, blues, jazz, etc. Then, the very next person that uploads a tune in the same genre will be put with yours for a "music battle". Members and visitors can post comments and vote on which song they think is the best.
Now, before you dismiss this as "Music ain't about ego and battling for who is best", read some of the comments on the site. They're very much constructive suggestions on why one tune was better than the other and what each player can do to improve.
I've been a member of this site, the first time, many, many moons ago in 2000 when it was called Guitar War. Some of the comments I received (both compliments and critiques) were "Great Tone", "very melodic", "work on your vibrato, all of your vibratos sound the same", etc.
Here's the bottom line ...
You definitely are more focused on playing the best you can when you know the world will hear and/or see you play your music. This focus and the improvement that comes with it will make you a better player - guaranteed!
Check it out and let me know what you think!
guitar guitar lessons guitar lessons in little rock little rock guitar lessons woodshed guitar war musician war practice home recording
Trackbacks
-
17 Mar 2008
Guitar Buying Tips : all about guitar buying and selling wrote:
This is a jazz- rock session from three UK players who don’ t pull their punches: you get guitar solos that are more like hailstorms, synths layered on top of more synths, ostentatious FX sometimes seemingly as deliberately annoying as possible (the guitar- triggered vocal samples babbling over a few tracks are the prime culprit), and a general texture of overwrought chopsiness and blatancy. At first blush it sounds like these pieces must have involved overdubbing and precomposition, but the liner notes...
Thanks Jason!
Haha, I remember Guitar War from back in the day too. I wonder if I heard any of your tunes? I never submitted anything; I was but a wee lad who'd barely started playing. It would have been good for me though.
On your comment about playing your best when you know the world is listening, I'm thinking of making a rule for myself. When I record my videos, I'm thinking "it's okay if I screw up, I can record another." By chance, most of them have been first takes anyway. But I could put more pressure on myself if I only give myself one chance. I think I'll do that from now on. On a given day when I'm recording a video, I'll post my first shot.
Reply to this