Following on from last week’s post about Tommy Emmanuel, which a lot of you said you enjoyed, I wanted to give you some insight into the mindset of the guy.
On the surface, it might appear to be advice for those advanced players who can do loads of cool things on the guitar.
In reality though, this little tip is immensely powerful.
One of the things he says is that no matter how good you get, guitar playing is music and music is storytelling.
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Every now and then I will write a song, a riff or a melody that I like, play it through a few times, and then nod my head in approval, and say to myself:
“Yeah, man, that`s the sh*t” while pouting like a rock star, only to realize with horror that this little `masterpiece` I wrote sounds just like another song!
Duh, duh, durn!
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Most guitarists spend a huge amount of time on everything EXCEPT rhythm guitar. They spend way too much time on chords, scales and just noodling around. So much so that they don`t have the time to work on some of the things that really count – such as rhythm guitar.
If guitarists were more efficient, most would be much better players in a much shorter space of time. One area that lacks any efficiency whatsoever is their rhythm playing, and in particular – strumming. [Read more…]
One of the things that stand out in modern metal is a guitarist’s ability to seamlessly combine elements of rhythm and lead guitar to produce rich sounding, rhythmically strong riffs that wow the audience yet keep a strong groove. This takes time to master. Players such as Dan and Pin from SikTh do this brilliantly and pretty much reinvented the wheel when it comes to complex, yet catchy guitar parts.
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