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Post by wannaplayblues on May 24, 2015 1:13:12 GMT -6
Great week of playing. Making good progress with All Forms Blues. Got over half the chorus down and memorised at full tempo. I also *really* like the melody to this one which I think is helping - coupled with the fact that it's the last piece and I'm close to graduating I feel the motivation and drive to get this one done is high.
Here's to hoping I get it playable/recordable by the end of the week!
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Post by Phil on May 24, 2015 4:04:14 GMT -6
I only practiced 4 days this week for a total of 6 hrs. and 4.5 of those hours were on "Big Bends." My big accomplishment this week was recording " Big Bends." My last recording of something from MBYCU was exactly 4 months ago. That's way too long between studies. I'm hoping to move along through the book a little faster now. I'm going to try a different approach to learning these studies. |
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Post by jack1982 on May 24, 2015 4:48:41 GMT -6
Well I got a ton of stuff done last week, unfortunately practicing guitar wasn't among them; only got in 6 1/4 hours and a half hour on bass. I had Eight Bar Boogie in More BYCU up to full tempo and it was just in need of some polishing, but now I haven't practiced it since Wednesday. Did my usual thing with improvising, spend some time on Got The Drive in the Rhythm book, and on bass worked a bit on Werewolves of London. May not have played much but at least I bought something  Line 6 is having a 30% off sale on their model packs for Pod Farm this weekend, so I got the Collector's Classics pack which has 18 new amp sim's for me to play around with. Hopefully this week will be a little more productive. |
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Post by bluesbruce on May 24, 2015 5:47:54 GMT -6
May not have played much but at least I bought something Line 6 is having a 30% off sale on their model packs for Pod Farm this weekend, so I got the Collector's Classics pack which has 18 new amp sim's for me to play around with. LOL. I need to work on this attitude - if I can't play, at least I can buy something!  Bruce |
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Post by bluesbruce on May 24, 2015 5:53:48 GMT -6
Oops, didn't post a report... Still working on a slow blues from another course and "Sweet Home Chicago" from Hal Leonard guitar play along vol. 7. These are both pretty hard for me, but I think I've figured out that you don't really improve to search for material that's easy enough that you can play it right off... Also still working on some "Total Rock Guitar" from Troy Stetina. Looking forward to taking on MBYCU - especially after hearing stuff like Phil's "Big Bends".
Bruce
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Post by blackcountrymick on May 24, 2015 7:46:30 GMT -6
I've got nothing to report re John's stuff apart from committing the rest of my guitar playing life working on MBYCU with tbone and gang  . I have been working through some graded lesson books which seemed a lot easier than expected. I picked up a short version of "Iron Man" last night with enough room in the BT to play the complete main solo which will be a real challenge for me to learn, so I've more than likely set myself up for a fall with this one. I'm also working on "Rockabillity" from the Troy Stetina Rock book (Bruce, what lesson are you working on?). |
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Post by joachim on May 24, 2015 8:11:51 GMT -6
I've been working on both "Delta Child" and "All Forms Blues". The trills in "Delta Child" are the main obstacle for me. Going to take more time to get them in good shape, so I might join T-Bone study club a little late.
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Post by cunningr on May 24, 2015 11:25:50 GMT -6
Well another slow week for me as my 20th wedding anniversary and wife's birthday were this week.
I did get a sold 4 hours of practice though. Still working on Rockin and Rollin, I have the whole thing memorized, and am working on the slow version to work out some timing issues. Tried fast version and I guess I better drink one of my sons monsters before I try it again, really fast.
I am still go over some of the chord progressions and memorizing the chords in the difference patterns.
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Post by bluesbruce on May 24, 2015 13:54:24 GMT -6
I've got nothing to report re John's stuff apart from committing the rest of my guitar playing life working on MBYCU with tbone and gang . I'm also working on "Rockabillity" from the Troy Stetina Rock book (Bruce, what lesson are you working on?). Mick, I'm glad to hear you'll join in on Tbone's fantastical MBYCU journey - ought to be fun and help polish our blues chops, for sure. I dug out that Troy Stetina book mostly just because of some of the videos you had posted on Youtube, haven't really put any emphasis on it or tried to go thru it in any systematic fashion. I had sort of toyed with the thought of trying to go thru it and make recordings of all the songs, but I'd really much rather concentrate on MBYCU personally. The first few lessons look pretty simple, though, so I might try to do both - it would really expand my horizons, as I really haven't played much heavy rock style music. It looks sort of like BYCU, in that it progresses thru some various rock styles and techniques in a somewhat organized fashion. I don't think there is near as much theory discussed or offered as there is in BYCU. I do like that there are lead and rhythm parts presented together - much like MBYCU does. What have you thought about the lessons in "Total Rock Guitar"? |
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Post by joachim on May 24, 2015 14:33:20 GMT -6
I've got nothing to report re John's stuff apart from committing the rest of my guitar playing life working on MBYCU with tbone and gang . I have been working through some graded lesson books which seemed a lot easier than expected. I picked up a short version of "Iron Man" last night with enough room in the BT to play the complete main solo which will be a real challenge for me to learn, so I've more than likely set myself up for a fall with this one. I'm also working on "Rockabillity" from the Troy Stetina Rock book (Bruce, what lesson are you working on?). That's some cool stuff, Mick! Just as Bruce, your videos have me enticed, but I should probably make more progress on the BUCY series first before I branch out, or my book collection will begin to rival Bruce's! I wouldn't mind a pointer, though - what are your favourite rock/metal books? Perhaps after MBYCU we should rock out? |
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Post by blackcountrymick on May 24, 2015 16:29:18 GMT -6
I've got nothing to report re John's stuff apart from committing the rest of my guitar playing life working on MBYCU with tbone and gang . I'm also working on "Rockabillity" from the Troy Stetina Rock book (Bruce, what lesson are you working on?). Mick, I'm glad to hear you'll join in on Tbone's fantastical MBYCU journey - ought to be fun and help polish our blues chops, for sure. I dug out that Troy Stetina book mostly just because of some of the videos you had posted on Youtube, haven't really put any emphasis on it or tried to go thru it in any systematic fashion. I had sort of toyed with the thought of trying to go thru it and make recordings of all the songs, but I'd really much rather concentrate on MBYCU personally. The first few lessons look pretty simple, though, so I might try to do both - it would really expand my horizons, as I really haven't played much heavy rock style music. It looks sort of like BYCU, in that it progresses thru some various rock styles and techniques in a somewhat organized fashion. I don't think there is near as much theory discussed or offered as there is in BYCU. I do like that there are lead and rhythm parts presented together - much like MBYCU does. What have you thought about the lessons in "Total Rock Guitar"? I think there's a lot of value in Stetina's books, but there is for me a steep learning curve so I do a couple or so lessons, hit a brick wall and move on to something else then come back later and rinse and repeat. What I am enjoying very much lately is the graded exam versions of "real" songs put out by rockschool and Trinity London, you pretty much get all the main elements that make up the songs and as such are a great repertoire and jam resource. I am sort of playing around the grade 3 to 4 level at the moment for both bass and guitar, with a bit more effort and time I am sure I can get myself up to solid grade 5 in the foreseeable future. There is also scope for improvisation of course, in fact if you were to take the exams after about grade 4 you would be expected to write your own solos. I intend to carry on with these alongside MBYCU if practice time allows. |
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Line 6 is having a 30% off sale on their model packs for Pod Farm this weekend, so I got the Collector's Classics pack which has 18 new amp sim's for me to play around with.
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