What Are You Working On Right Now?

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

So I can play the Innocence Faded solo at 75% tempo, and it feels SO fast for me! Just as I get at btw 75 and 80% of pretty much anything of JP's that I've been working on, I feel like, Am I ever gonna be able to get even 1 or 2 of his solos up to speed??!! I've been putting in the time!!

Dammit, it gets so frustrating. Right now, and for years now, this is what I want to be able to do, but it still feels like maybe I'm just not capable.

Either that, or I need professional intervention re how I practice. Idk... sigh

Do you practice at a tempo that allows ZERO tolerance for the smallest mistakes?
Practice does not make perfect…practice makes permanent..so if you allow mistakes…

 

[Mikael Dez]

So I can play the Innocence Faded solo at 75% tempo, and it feels SO fast for me! Just as I get at btw 75 and 80% of pretty much anything of JP's that I've been working on, I feel like, Am I ever gonna be able to get even 1 or 2 of his solos up to speed??!! I've been putting in the time!!

Dammit, it gets so frustrating. Right now, and for years now, this is what I want to be able to do, but it still feels like maybe I'm just not capable.

Either that, or I need professional intervention re how I practice. Idk... sigh

I’m kind of lucky I guess, I messed my left hand up REALLY bad with a router, I needed hand surgery and 50 stitches (this is why I quit woodworking lol). I couldn’t use my hand for 3 months at all before I started physical therapy and started working back my muscle strength. I was able, miraculously, to get back about 98% hand function - pain gets in the way and sometimes I can’t get past it if I’m trying to shred. It was nice to build fresh muscle memory with a smarter mind though, and I became a better guitarist in the end, I just really don’t think I have it in me to get shredder fast and I came to terms with it.

 

[Mikael Dez]

Do you practice at a tempo that allows ZERO tolerance for the smallest mistakes?
Practice does not make perfect…practice makes permanent..so if you allow mistakes…

I always say perfect practice makes perfect!

 

[duzie]

I’m working on playing in time and hitting a few well placed notes over a variety of songs

 

[la szum]

I’m kind of lucky I guess, I messed my left hand up REALLY bad with a router, I needed hand surgery and 50 stitches (this is why I quit woodworking lol). I couldn’t use my hand for 3 months at all before I started physical therapy and started working back my muscle strength. I was able, miraculously, to get back about 98% hand function - pain gets in the way and sometimes I can’t get past it if I’m trying to shred. It was nice to build fresh muscle memory with a smarter mind though, and I became a better guitarist in the end, I just really don’t think I have it in me to get shredder fast and I came to terms with it.

Wow, sounds like you are VERY fortunate---all things considered.

Maybe a blessing in disguise, as you seem to suggest. Real musicianship is
a deep well where we can cultivate a wide range of skills and abilities. Speed
is not even the most useful, or essential, of those either.

 

[Stone]

Tackled the Solo for Money, now working on the main riff, things take me time

 

[TSJMajesty]

Do you practice at a tempo that allows ZERO tolerance for the smallest mistakes?
Practice does not make perfect…practice makes permanent..so if you allow mistakes…

80% of my practice is like that. The other 20% I push myself past that point, but I won't linger there, because I know what you're saying is true.

 

[TSJMajesty]

At least my fingers are in great shape. Good strong callouses. There's several bends in IF, and some you really have to be careful with keeping the surrounding strings quiet. That part I've got down. Even though it's not up to speed, it's clean.

 

[Mikael Dez]

Wow, sounds like you are VERY fortunate---all things considered.

Maybe a blessing in disguise, as you seem to suggest. Real musicianship is
a deep well where we can cultivate a wide range of skills and abilities. Speed
is not even the most useful, or essential, of those either.

I have the picture if anyone wants to see a mangled piece of meat

 

[FuzzyAce]

I’m kind of lucky I guess, I messed my left hand up REALLY bad with a router, I needed hand surgery and 50 stitches (this is why I quit woodworking lol). I couldn’t use my hand for 3 months at all before I started physical therapy and started working back my muscle strength. I was able, miraculously, to get back about 98% hand function - pain gets in the way and sometimes I can’t get past it if I’m trying to shred. It was nice to build fresh muscle memory with a smarter mind though, and I became a better guitarist in the end, I just really don’t think I have it in me to get shredder fast and I came to terms with it.

Glad you can play after that! That had to be difficult. It crosses my mind on occasion since I use routers and all manner of saws frequently during the week. But you just take the precautions you can take and learn to trust the tools, and mainly trust yourself. Like Maverick said, "if you think, you die."

 

[Mikael Dez]

Glad you can play after that! That had to be difficult. It crosses my mind on occasion since I use routers and all manner of saws frequently during the week. But you just take the precautions you can take and learn to trust the tools, and mainly trust yourself. Like Maverick said, "if you think, you die."

It was my fault. I was routing a cherry bookshelf top and I only had one clamp, too lazy to go across the shop to get another one. I clamped the left side of the piece and held the right with my hand, only holding the router in one hand. That mf hit a knot, got caught up, kicked up and landed plunge bit down on my hand my boss was white as a ghost and if it weren’t for the spray room guy idk what would have happened that day lol