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Re: New Word Videos
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">its not like there is a melodic backing track that he's wailing over to dictate any sense of feel or taste...just shredding for the sake of shred. Timing and feel come with experience that he will get as he matures and seasons as a player and a young man. Good god the kid hasn't been playing for 3 yrs, cut him some slack. Box I don't know what you got aginst Word but you always seem to find a sly way to add some negativity towards him when reply in the same threads he does.
Word is just a kid man, give him a break. If he woodsheds for a couple years and can play along with whatever type of music he hears....the fruits of his labor will bring him a million times more than what you folks say he's missing out on by sitting in the woodshed now.
Word...keep whatever you are doing up, find a band to jam with even if its just diverse cover tunes, just to get the live experiences outside the woodshed.
Originally posted by Boxcar Willie 84:
Not to sound like a douche, but I hear a few things that are missing in the playing...mainly feeling and a good sense of taste. Word, staying in your bedroom all day long playing guitar and looking at the internet is ok, but if you want to get anywhere with your music you're gonna have to get out and experience life...that way you will have inspiration for playing, and if you have that, then you will touch other people with your music. Shredding seems cool when you're young and easily impressed, trust me I went thru a stage where that was all I listened to and all I wanted to do, but it gets really really tired really fast. Anyone can sit and play scales and modes as fast as possible if they sit around all day practicing, but it takes a true musician to communicate different feelings thru what they play and what they don't play. Try to play something with a bit more feeling to get your feet wet, like some Mike McCready solos or something like that...
Not to sound like a douche, but I hear a few things that are missing in the playing...mainly feeling and a good sense of taste. Word, staying in your bedroom all day long playing guitar and looking at the internet is ok, but if you want to get anywhere with your music you're gonna have to get out and experience life...that way you will have inspiration for playing, and if you have that, then you will touch other people with your music. Shredding seems cool when you're young and easily impressed, trust me I went thru a stage where that was all I listened to and all I wanted to do, but it gets really really tired really fast. Anyone can sit and play scales and modes as fast as possible if they sit around all day practicing, but it takes a true musician to communicate different feelings thru what they play and what they don't play. Try to play something with a bit more feeling to get your feet wet, like some Mike McCready solos or something like that...
Word is just a kid man, give him a break. If he woodsheds for a couple years and can play along with whatever type of music he hears....the fruits of his labor will bring him a million times more than what you folks say he's missing out on by sitting in the woodshed now.
Word...keep whatever you are doing up, find a band to jam with even if its just diverse cover tunes, just to get the live experiences outside the woodshed.
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