What Are You Working On Right Now?

[Stone]

Ever since I watched Bernth (guitarist/teacher extraordinaire on YT) inform that the proper pick grip for playing fast is laid across the 2nd bone of your first finger, then clamped onto with your thumb (I trust his teachings), I've been gradually moving mine down. I couldn't do it all at once since it felt unnatural at first.

As I worked it towards the 1st knuckle, I started developing a very-unwanted callous on the side of the tip of my 1st finger. PITA! I'd even go so far as to cut some of it off with fingernail clippers. Yep- a callous from my pick! I play a lot.

But I'm happy now that I'm comfortable with it where he said to place it, no more callous, and it has improved my picking.

Bernth is simply amazing !!

 

[JasonE]

I started paying with some guys 3 weeks ago. They want to build a list and play some gigs. These guys are all 10+ years older than me. I am learning songs that are a little before my time. I have heard many of them but never tried to play them. The interesting thing is that I am finding some parts of the songs that have me thinking about how they used the notes in the key and the chords to create the songs. I am actually seeing a few new ways of execution from what I have typically played.

I am not sure I want to stick with these guys for a long time but I am trying to find some bright spots in the situation. I am not really into most of the songs. I know these guys are going to struggle with gigs. They have trouble moving around the smaller amount of equipment we are using for practice. I figure as long as I am getting something out of it and we are not a group that is full of drama I will go along for the ride for a while. I have been doing this long enough that I have already heard a few things come out of them that I know ends up being an issue down the road so I know this is not going to be a long lived thing.

 

[TSJMajesty]

I started paying with some guys 3 weeks ago. They want to build a list and play some gigs. These guys are all 10+ years older than me. I am learning songs that are a little before my time. I have heard many of them but never tried to play them. The interesting thing is that I am finding some parts of the songs that have me thinking about how they used the notes in the key and the chords to create the songs. I am actually seeing a few new ways of execution from what I have typically played.

What are some of the songs? And I'm curious as to what you mean about the keys/chords.