So, what are you working on?

I am working on delta mood, will probably record it tomorrow. Problem with the timing at the start I get a little behind but bout have that ironed out. I really like this tune, I also did a quick review on several of the older tunes, I also just messed around today on my acoustic.

I also practice patterns 1 thru 4 daily as well as the spread rhythms.

For that bend release pulloff thing in Delta Child I'd just bend the string up with my index finger and basically let go of it (creating a nice loud open G string) then immediately hit the 2nd fret D string note. If you time it out right it's pretty much indistinguishable from the correct way of doing it (especially if you use a lot of distortion and delay and reverb like I did). Try it Phil...you'll liiiiiike it mwahahahahaha.

I usually take weekends off from working on the usual studies and mess around with other stuff. I was trying out the bass line from Fire by The Ohio Players and seeing how it would fit with Funky Blues in BRYCU lol. It was one of those ideas that might have been brilliant - but as usual turned out to be stupid

My hands could use the rest of the day off though, especially since I bought a bass a week or so ago and have been practicing on it a fair bit. I think I better wrap my hands around a cold beer or seven tonight. Purely for therapeutic purposes of course - don't touch the stuff otherwise 

I was talking about the studies I'm working on in the Simple Seventh Chord thread so I'll just repost it here:

Cheap Runs from MBYCU (or as I call it, the blues version of Van Halen's Eruption) That song is like putting out a never-ending series of brush fires - I'll have a little problem with this part so I'll practice it in isolation and get it fixed. As soon as that's done, some other part that I was previously playing pretty well will suddenly develop a problem. Then another and another. It's all because of the speed - my fingers will decide to skip a note or two so they can get to the next one faster, and my picking likes to get sloppy as well.

I'm also working on Rakin' In The Soul from the R&B book. The chords in the rhythm part are played by muting and raking the strings, then playing the note on the high E, then arpeggiating back down. Not hard to do, but try doing it for every chord in the entire song without a major screw-up lol. And then there are a couple of chord ins the middle of the lead that you've only got about a quarter of a second to finger - I can finally play them almost fast enough but nailing them is a ways off still.

I'm working between Delta Child (sore middle finger blues) and Simple Seventh Chord Rhythm (cramp in the hand blues) OUCH!!!! The problems I'm basically having are..........well!!! .
As an extra curricular activity I'm digging into the Troy Stetina Rock Guitar book - lesson 4.

That's a great shuffle there Tbone! I love stuff like that with the chords doing one thing and the bass line doing another thing at the same time. Very cool.