Members eliteslayer66 Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4q1a1F_VNE&feature=channel_page[/YOUTUBE] hey guys im not sure which vid to put up but i could really use some constructive critizisim (if that link didnt work)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4q1a1F_VNE&feature=channel_page
Members Virgman Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Well, your guitar playing is fine but you need to work on your spelling and punctuation. May I suggest this book:
Members Jasco Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Nice job! If I were to offer advice it would be this: Try to use contrasting ideas more. After a while the example posted starts to sound the same. Anything sounding the same will be become boring for listeners eventually. Use more space. Silence offsets sound in a cool way. Constant notes don't give the listener a chance to breath. In fact, a good assignment might be to make a list of contrasts. I'll get you started: sound - silence fast - slow loud - quiet high - low distortion - clean chords - single notes electric - acoustic fingers - slide (left hand) fingers - pick (right hand) See if you can come up with about 20 more... and then incorporate them into you're playing. One other thing I might suggest is more accurate use of the whammy bar. Whenever I hear someone just wanking on the bar for the warble, it sounds amatuer-ish to me. Just as in your bending and vibrato, use the bar to go up or down to certain pitches. Learn to play melodies with just the bar. Practice getting your bar vibrato in time with the tune you're playing. Mimic slides that singers and slide guitarists do. That, in my opinion is a much more musical and mature way to use the bar than the common 'grab-and-wank-randomly' approach. Google some Jeff Beck or Phil Brown videos on you-tube for examples of what I'm talking about regarding bar control.
Members jeremy_green Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Really liked your stuff bro! Nice overall tone. I echo Jascos comments overall. He is pretty much right on. Your solo had really no build to it. It started out fairly intense. Then really stayed there. Maybe try starting out a little more sparse and gradually work your way up to a crescendo. Overall though you have good tone and feel. I liked it.
Members mosiddiqi Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 Very nice, I enjoyed that!..In terms of where you could improve, I think Jasco has nailed it..
Members One Vision Posted December 16, 2008 Members Posted December 16, 2008 It was good, like I commented on the video. Although phrasing is something that can ALWAYS be improved. No matter how good you are. And +1 about the "silence" thing.
Members eliteslayer66 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Members Posted December 17, 2008 Nice job!If I were to offer advice it would be this:Try to use contrasting ideas more. After a while the example posted starts to sound the same. Anything sounding the same will be become boring for listeners eventually.Use more space. Silence offsets sound in a cool way. Constant notes don't give the listener a chance to breath.In fact, a good assignment might be to make a list of contrasts. I'll get you started:sound - silencefast - slowloud - quiethigh - lowdistortion - cleanchords - single noteselectric - acousticfingers - slide (left hand)fingers - pick (right hand)See if you can come up with about 20 more... and then incorporate them into you're playing.One other thing I might suggest is more accurate use of the whammy bar. Whenever I hear someone just wanking on the bar for the warble, it sounds amatuer-ish to me.Just as in your bending and vibrato, use the bar to go up or down to certain pitches. Learn to play melodies with just the bar. Practice getting your bar vibrato in time with the tune you're playing. Mimic slides that singers and slide guitarists do. That, in my opinion is a much more musical and mature way to use the bar than the common 'grab-and-wank-randomly' approach.Google some Jeff Beck or Phil Brown videos on you-tube for examples of what I'm talking about regarding bar control. wow man i really appreciate your help! yah offset notes with silence is just as good as playing a note sometimes. And whats funny is thats like the first time i used a whammy bar so i just let my feeling controll it so yah i an amature =P thanks to the rest of you guys too!
Members Jasco Posted December 17, 2008 Members Posted December 17, 2008 Here's some whammy bar control stuff for you to watch listen and learn from: (nice phrasing and use of rests here too) [YOUTUBE]bYqN-3JEe1Y[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]1x_IVpr1oso[/YOUTUBE]
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