Charles
Happy Metal
So I'm sitting at a bit of a plateau these days. I don't feel like I'm improving at a rate constant to the amount of practice I'm putting in (4-5 hours a day) and it's bugging me.
I'm looking for a shredder I can study who's versatile enough that if I practice his tunes and learn them well, it'll translate over to other works (I.E cover band, my main money making gig..) I want to do. My main method of learning tunes is tabs, but if the tunes are simple, chord driven affairs I'll use my ears. Lead lines are hard for me to transcribe by ear. If anyone can suggest a guy to study I'd appreciate it.
What else do you guys suggest I do? I've learned all five positions of the major, minor and pentatonic scale, and while I can improv around using these, I just feel unoriginal and uninspired. My technique is pretty sound, alt-picking lines up to 208 (16th notes), but when I shred in an improvisational situation, I find myself just basically running scale fragments or scales. I do read music fairly proficiently, so this isn't a concern for me.
In short, I want to be versed in improvising, but I also want to be a learned musician, capable of playing many styles.
Anyone suggest where to go from here with practicing? What do you guys usually practice?
I'm looking for a shredder I can study who's versatile enough that if I practice his tunes and learn them well, it'll translate over to other works (I.E cover band, my main money making gig..) I want to do. My main method of learning tunes is tabs, but if the tunes are simple, chord driven affairs I'll use my ears. Lead lines are hard for me to transcribe by ear. If anyone can suggest a guy to study I'd appreciate it.
What else do you guys suggest I do? I've learned all five positions of the major, minor and pentatonic scale, and while I can improv around using these, I just feel unoriginal and uninspired. My technique is pretty sound, alt-picking lines up to 208 (16th notes), but when I shred in an improvisational situation, I find myself just basically running scale fragments or scales. I do read music fairly proficiently, so this isn't a concern for me.
In short, I want to be versed in improvising, but I also want to be a learned musician, capable of playing many styles.
Anyone suggest where to go from here with practicing? What do you guys usually practice?