There is also this:
http://52weeksofblues.com/?page_id=403
Which aims to teach one blues song a week for a year. I tried to start this in Jan 2017 after playing for 6 months or so, but I wasn't good enough to get each song down in the allotted week and I gave up after about 3 weeks or so. Perhaps I should give it another try now that I have a lot more practice under my belt.
No 93 is up:
klaasvakie For the last two weeks or so I've been starting my practice routine with these exercises from steve stine:
This is useful. Very similar to what @Satriani taught me all those years ago but I eventually stopped practising. (Stupid me.)
klaasvakie My pinky is such a lazy bastard.
I have the same issue!
And so is No 92:
No 91 is up:
No 90:
I'm putting these up in the hope that you find them interesting (I do), but if this is too spammy, let me know.
This is great, keep 'em coming.
Would also be interesting to hear from you what YOU think of each performance.
klaasvakie but if this is too spammy, let me know.
Not at all! I dig the explanations of each - some good tips n insights there. ?
Next one is up - not on the list of 100 but an honourable mention. I haven't given it a listen yet, but I know the solo well (but can't play it yet), and it is also one of my favourites. I'll be at a good set of headphones tomorrow morning and then I'll give it a spin.
Perhaps my second favourite version (first is obviously the Gilmour one) is the one in the Martin Miller Medley:
@NorioDS Off topic, looks like the forum ate my post about Yousician, I get 404.
klaasvakie Off topic, looks like the forum ate my post about Yousician, I get 404.
Working for me:
https://community.guitartalk.co.za/d/26723-thoughts-on-yousician
NorioDS This is what I get when I click on that link:
klaasvakie thanks for that! I think I know what's wrong and I'll sort it out today. Thanks again!
So I just gave this a listen --- a very clean playthrough. Two things stood out:
klaasvakie Fixed, thanks again! (The issue was the the tag "Editor's Pick" was read-only by administrators.)
NorioDS Thanks for fixing this! O wait, I can see the thread now, but can't reply
klaasvakie Great feedback.
I gotta agree with you. His bends are great and when you're playing Gilmour... well you just can't without flawless bending. The double bends sound great, for sure. Definitely something I'd like to introduce to my playing.
The gap between 2:00 and 2:50... it does look like he's counting. Would be interesting to know if he's just counting or if there's a clicktrack. Don't suppose you could ask him? ? Would be keen to see how he's dealing with that.
With the 2 songs I tried learning recently, I found counting in my head to be far too unreliable. I'm sure it's a skill that can be developed but I imagine it takes years.
NorioDS With the 2 songs I tried learning recently, I found counting in my head to be far too unreliable. I'm sure it's a skill that can be developed but I imagine it takes years.
The previous song I spent a bunch of time on was Brothers in Arms which also has a couple of fairly dead stretches in the beginning, not surprisingly I found my counting ability severely lacking. It is never completely dead though (like on Shine on you), so in the end I think I learned to listen for subtle changes in the synths in order to decide when to drop in. I am still not happy with my timing on that.
NorioDS The gap between 2:00 and 2:50... it does look like he's counting. Would be interesting to know if he's just counting or if there's a clicktrack. Don't suppose you could ask him? ? Would be keen to see how he's dealing with that.
So here is his reply:
I totally missed the little hidden click the first time around ? The more you know ...
Ha! Awesome! Thanks for asking ? Such a simple answer and I would've overcomplicated it myself ?
No. 89 is up. Some Rage Against ? ? ?
This looks super fun to play, and possibly easy enough that I have a shot at nailing it. I must give it a try when I get home.
