I had a gap in guitar practice because I was starting to get RSI back. It’s been a fair few weeks now and no change. I can still play, but not the scales and exercises to a metronome. I have improved enough that all the solos I have written are now quite playable but it [...]
I was sick this week so I didn’t practice much. Ross from MCD Guitars has finished the refurb on my JEM and it was a pleasure to play it again. The neck was taken off, sanded down and polished, new pots put in and a new trem installed. I can play a few BPM faster [...]
Again I have been slack. Belinda is back in hospital so I have been busy with that, and I have also had a creative spurt so I have written a bit of music instead. 100bpm is still proving to be a barrier, but I think I will be up to 105 next week. 115 is [...]
I practiced more this week and have improved mostly in consistency. 100bpm is proving to be a tough barrier. I could play the chromatic exercises at 110bpm reasonably well, but still would think of 100 as the clean speed. I changed the sweep picking exercises to arpegios. Here’s my improvement over this last week, first [...]
I only practised three times this week. Mostly to do with slackness, and a little because I learnt “sleep walk”. I’ve been asked to demo an MCD guitar at the guitar expo this year, so I will be learning some classic songs to play. I went backwards this week, but at least I can play [...]
It’s been about two years since I practiced my scales and exercises on guitar to a metronome. I’ve been writing a fair bit of progressive and neo-baroque rock recently and I wrote a solo at 260bpm quavers, which I can’t play cleanly, so I need to get up to speed. Last time I checked (two [...]