I Suck.

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Zaphod B

Zaphod B

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I have gotten complacent and forgotten the value of practice, practice, practice. I have all this music in my head but I'm not working my hands enough to be able to play what I hear.

I was trying to lay down a short lead track on a version of "Paint It Black" and everything I did just blew goats. Finally after 4 hours of do-overs I managed to get about 10 seconds of something useable that I can build on. by that time my fingers were sore as hell and guitar playing was finished for the day.

Damn. :mad:

Whenever I am under-practiced and try to improvise, a lot of bad old habits come back to haunt me. The hardest part is trying to ignore the muscle memory associated with those bad habits, and building new muscle memory with good habits by repetition.

I'm gonna have to try to pick the thing up for at least a little while every night. It's tough, though - sometimes when I'm tired and not feeling creative I just don't have the energy for playing.

I have to remind myself that one reason I bought my home recording setup was to give me a way to improve through recording and self-examination. I'm sure doing some self-examination! :o

OK, I'm finished whining - as you were.
 
Oh, and Cephus - you were asking recently when was the last time any of us had had our asses handed to us.

I don't have to have anyone else do that for me right now, I'm handing myself my own ass! :D
 
Yeah man that sucks... i often find myself doing 20/30 takes on a fairly simple guitar part... I need to pactice too :(
 
So your ass is self-serve?

Do you have to look in the mirror when you do that?

And isn't it kind of weird then, when it looks like your grabbing your ass with you left hand, but it's really your right?


:D
 
I suck...always have. So I got some drums recently. Gives me something new to suck at.... :D
 
suck ?

hey man we all have good days and bad days ...... you just had a bad day ..... and yes more practice helps keep the bad days away ..... dont be so hard on yourself .... sometimes you just need to step away for little while ... then when you come back to it you will see it in a whole new light ...... :cool:
 
dave..... said:
hey man we all have good days and bad days ...... you just had a bad day ..... and yes more practice helps keep the bad days away ..... dont be so hard on yourself .... sometimes you just need to step away for little while ... then when you come back to it you will see it in a whole new light ...... :cool:
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Thanks, Dave, I appreciate what you're saying. I've been stepping away a bit too often, I think! :)
 
notCardio said:
So your ass is self-serve?

Do you have to look in the mirror when you do that?

And isn't it kind of weird then, when it looks like your grabbing your ass with you left hand, but it's really your right?

:D
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I feel your pain. I'm confused, too. :D
 
Yeah it happens to everybody sometimes.

And hey, you're the president of the galaxy for crying out loud, you can do as many takes as you want!
 
metalhead28 said:
And hey, you're the president of the galaxy for crying out loud, you can do as many takes as you want!
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Damn right! :D
 
metalhead28 said:
Yeah it happens to everybody sometimes.

And hey, you're the president of the galaxy for crying out loud, you can do as many takes as you want!
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So the case is closed then-el cosmic Presidente!!!!!! :D
 
Anfontan said:
So the case is closed then-el cosmic Presidente!!!!!! :D
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I guess since I'm the President of the Galaxy, I can play as shitty as I want and someone will still tell me how good it sounds! :p
 
Zaphod B said:
I guess since I'm the President of the Galaxy, I can play as shitty as I want and someone will still tell me how good it sounds! :p
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Unfortunately, theres always a Galactic First Lady that will dope slap you back to reality-I know mine would if I was Supreme Prez~~~~~~ :mad:
 
Zaphod B said:
I guess since I'm the President of the Galaxy, I can play as shitty as I want and someone will still tell me how good it sounds! :p
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If someone says you play shitty, just banish them to one of those ice planets with bad monsters on it... :D
 
Anfontan said:
Unfortunately, theres always a Galactic First Lady that will dope slap you back to reality-I know mine would if I was Supreme Prez~~~~~~ :mad:
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Oh, I get the same thing from her every time. "Very nice, dear, is that all you needed? I'm missing Oprah." :D
 
That was wonderful, sir.

Incredible.

You never cease to amaze us with your musical genius.

Now, if you will excuse your humble servants, we have duties which we must attend to in order to better serve you, your worship.

(backs out, bowing repeatedly)

(Great Hall door closes)












Hey, who's on Oprah today?
 
I'm never happy with anything I record, period. Nothing I've tracked sounds good to me. I do very little recording because of that. I'm much happier and feel more comfortable playing live. Of course, I'm not doing that right now either. I think that some people (like me) just don't like recording.
 
Some guys go fishing everyday yet never catch a fish.Still they go fishing and there's not much else they would rather do.
As long as your enjoying yourself who cares.
 
Ah, but there ARE shitty fishermen, I've met quite a few...Those are the guys that the boat & marine dealers love to get into their showrooms--They sell lots of penis enlargers to the shitty fishermen....

Hey Zaph, make room...I just went through a full day of trying to get one decent rythm guitar track...I didn't, so I'll be at it again tomorrow...

Eric
 
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