How GFSA can hone your skills

PeteM · 2011-03-02T09:23:30+00:00

I've got a feeling that many members ignore the Weekly Challenge threads and don't even read them. Maybe the noobees are intimidated and maybe some of the semi-pro and pro musicians see them as a waste of time. (pure assumption on my part) However, what these challenges have done for me is enormous... they have: Forced me to enter into a creative zone Expanded my musical arrangement thinking Pushed me into experiencing new genres of music Encouraged me to perfect the technical aspects of guitar playing Helped me to explore new sounds/tones from my guitar Broadend my knowledge of recording... And all of the above have been met due to the discipline of having to meet a deadline... the creative person's curse. ? The pieces I have written for the challenges have far from been a waste of time. I have worked on four of them a bit more, arranging them for my band, Cloud 9, and we play them regularly at our gigs... one of them, Django Jive, is our signature tune. 8) So, I encourage all members, who have a recording capability to enter the Weekly Challenges... they are an invaluable tool to hone your writing, playing and recording skills and to broaden your outlook.

AlanRatcliffe

Couldn't agree more with everything Pete said. These things have pushed me into directions I wouldn't have gone by myself and made me a better player, recordist, composer and arranger...

Put it this way - I just wrote a dozen of my comp entries to a disk to give to a new regional radio station as a promo for my jingle-writing services. ?

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