Ask Me Anything: Tony Cox?

NorioDS

Who would be keen on a GuitarTalk AMA (Ask Me Anything) with multiple SAMA award-winning acoustic guitarist Tony Cox?

Tony can help you with:

Power Finger-picking
Chords
Harmony
Improvisation
Any Type Of Music You Like From Folk To Rock To Classics, Jazz, Fusion To African Styles

Or you could ask him about...

His Career
How He Got Started
How He Became A Sama Award Winner
His Song-writing Process
His Album-recording Process
What It Takes To Record An Album

Or anything else!

lindsmuse Tony Cox was something else. He played a shortish set - but so powerful, and so classy. I never have to yearn to see overseas musicians again. It's all here as far as I'm concerned. It's sophisticated and it speaks my language as a S African. African actually ..

Reply to show your interest folks ?

V8

Was wondering what to ask - I'd like to know more about how he got into african styles and what he feels are signatures of the different african styles he's heard/played.

Songwriting process would be a great one too - the answer could either be 100pages or 5 words ?

Ralllllly like how he re-worked this into his style.

RobbieZ

Hi Tony.

I am looking for some help regarding skills needed to get to my musical goals. So here goes:

My goal is to become a decent/proficient lead player. I also would like to play my own rhythm sections. As far as Lead goes, this will include creating my own solos as well as play the melody of songs. Currently, I am basically doing what I think I need to do but without clear direction, I am not so sure what I am doing is actually adding value to where I eventually want to get to. I am concentrating on rhythm playing (Strumming, finger picking and a combination of the two), scales (not sure how to make this one interesting), fredboard knowledge and lead techniques (hammer on, pull off, slide ext.)

What I need direction in:
- What skills do I need?
- How do I setup a decent practice schedule? (I have about 1 to 2 hours a day)

I am aware that I need a tutor, but that is unfortunately not on the cards at this point in time. That is why I was hoping that you guys will be able to point me in the right direction. I have a lot of books, but without direction, they also do not help a lot. Speaking of books, I did decide on two which I am currently working through. They are:
Progressive guitar method: Finger picking
Progressive guitar method: Lead

As and when I get stuck with a specific idea or topic, I revert to YouTube to see if I can get clarity, now that helps a lot of the time, but again without clear direction...

Up to now, I have learned a lot from the forum members with various posts and topics, but I do feel that it has become time to get a lot more focused.

If you would like to discuss this off-line, I can supply my email address to you.