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Post by anders on Feb 17, 2023 2:50:13 GMT -6
Here's something unexpected that happened to me a few days back: I saw this YouTube video on Garage Rock guitar (a genre that doesn't really interest me that much):
After seeing it, I sat down in my DAW, and made a garage rock song in like 5 minutes using the principles I'd picked up (I obviously spent longer than that recording the instruments), and I played things I'd never done before. It sounded convincing enough, and it was super fun channelling my inner 16 year old. I'm taking away some things I can actually use later. Also, I had never thought I could make my gear sound like that.
Highly recommended!
PS: If you want to do it, but feel you can't find a good chord scheme, you can use mine: A D
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Post by johneppstein on Feb 17, 2023 9:34:34 GMT -6
I am a decent guitar player. I also hate everything I am playing lead wise at the moment. I know everyone has their own style but I feel like everything I play sounds the same. What’s a good rut buster? Try playing bass for awhile. Give you a different perspective. |
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Post by stratboy on Feb 27, 2023 21:50:47 GMT -6
Play solos with one finger. You will be surprised what you come up with not doing this with your normal way. This. Or try taping your index and ring fingers together. Or grab a slide. Open tuning anyone? Point is, create some interesting limitations to force yourself in a different direction (Oblique Strategies). When you go back to your regular thing, it will be different. Also, take some lessons with a teacher. Tell them you want to shake it up. Any good teacher will have something new for you. |
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Post by theshea on Mar 8, 2023 1:20:31 GMT -6
if i am in need of a guitar solo i try to sing a melody first and than play that on guitar. works for me sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2023 10:19:38 GMT -6
Listen to horn players and see how they phrase things. Plenty to choose from: Bird, Coltrane, Chet Baker, Randy and Michael Brecker, etc, etc. This is advice I got from Bill Leavitt at Berklee nearly 50 years ago. At the time I thought he was nuts. But he was right. Listening to good soloists on other instruments will give you great ideas about phrasing in a way that's detached from your particular instrument. And of course the exercise is enjoyable.
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Post by donr on Mar 8, 2023 18:34:08 GMT -6
All good ideas here. For soloing, try singing a melody and playing what you sing. Like George Benson. Also, take chances. Play some wrong notes. I do it all the time!
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Post by gwlee7 on Mar 8, 2023 19:04:40 GMT -6
All good ideas here. For soloing, try singing a melody and playing what you sing. Like George Benson. Also, take chances. Play some wrong notes. I do it all the time! I have plenty of wrong notes. |
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Post by okcrecording on Sept 25, 2023 16:42:40 GMT -6
On further thought, you need to buy a new guitar Oh that’s a given. Maybe more than one. Haha! In case you have not seen this:  |
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Post by gwlee7 on Sept 25, 2023 16:53:41 GMT -6
Yes I have seen it. Fortunately for me, my wife doesn’t get wrung up on gear/instrument purchases. In fact, she gave me an HD 28 about six years ago.
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Post by okcrecording on Sept 25, 2023 17:05:26 GMT -6
Yes I have seen it. Fortunately for me, my wife doesn’t get wrung up on gear/instrument purchases. In fact, she gave me an HD 28 about six years ago. Gives me a good chuckle. My wife also does not get caught up with my spending sprees, looks like we both got lucky in that area. |
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Post by okcrecording on Sept 26, 2023 9:07:43 GMT -6
Back to the topic at hand, Greg are you purely an acoustic player? (this may have been answered somewhere else, apologies if so).
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Post by gwlee7 on Sept 27, 2023 21:09:58 GMT -6
I play acoustic and electric. The rut is long gone now. I played and wrote through it. I found a couple of styles I wanted to experiment with and just as importantly, started focusing attention on working up solo versions of all the songs we have written and getting back out and about. I haven’t felt “bleh” in a long time.
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Post by ninworks on Nov 4, 2023 13:13:13 GMT -6
If you're right-handed, flip it over and try to play it lefty. That'll sober you up quickly.  |
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Post by okcrecording on Jan 29, 2024 12:17:48 GMT -6
If you're right-handed, flip it over and try to play it lefty. That'll sober you up quickly. As a Lefty, I live this every time I go into a music store... |
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