evolucian
If you could have a tailored video lesson... out of interest, what topics would you choose to learn and what would you pay for it?
Reason I'm asking is that i want to do this, but still not quite sure yet. Undecided.
So what would you want to learn as such... pls, don't be shy.
It can even be something you might think is daft... like... how do i write a catchy hook or melody? Or even "How can i fake it?" ... like i said, dont be shy... ?
Oh, and this doesn't have to relate to what I specifically teach... it would be for what you would want to know.
FruitarGeek
Well for me personally, I guess anything and everything, the more you know the better.
But say specifically:
Learning diff rythm styles as in swing,funk etc.
how to improv
shredding (I hear you the man for this haha)
music theory
practice techniques
I could go on and on.. Would pay around R50 a month, depending on the quantity and quality of videos, cause obviously there is a lot of competition on youtube and for free etc.
evolucian
Cool fruit... I understand what you saying about it being free on youtube... and quite frankly there are 2 million better muso's than myself on that boobtube... But I'm not talking about free as such... with free comes the thing of catering for all... this is catering for one... and with steady progress as well, calculated to an extent.
Your topics are run of the mill I guess (no offence intended), improv for instance could be done in one video alone in 5 minutes (yet it could go on to more depending on your capacity of learning), shredding would be a series (but technically, all you need to know could be summed up in 20 - 25 minutes)... music theory, hmmmm... better online refs that need to be read instead of a video, unless you mean application. Practice routines could also be done in one vid.
So the view here, for me, is to tailor it specifically... I could always make something for the general population, it would be easier and a bigger bank balance...
Another thing is, you might have to view it as private instruction as opposed to an online thing. R50 would get you to your first lesson, out the car, to the front door, a quick hello handshake and there you go back to your car. Of course the plan is not to sell them at the rate of my individual lessons...
But thanks for the input bro, appreciate it ?
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This is quite an important aspect of playing, but not really playing specifically:
I think understanding the chosen genre through the history and the social settings and what environments they flourish in (in a fun way). What the student can do to make a living off that specific genre and introducing people who have already succeeded in that environment. Also making a step by step program to reaching the goal of becoming a professional in that sphere and providing a network of people who are necessary in that process. Impossible? Perhaps.
Understanding the technology that is becoming more and more integral to music production and thereby making some aspects of traditional musical training redundant (yes I'm referring to all those hours of writing out scales...thanks for that school).
A course on performance skills, marketing skills and management skills. This is probably easier with more tangible ventures, but musicians need a more experienced ear to judge whether or not the "product" is marketable or not and what needs to be done to make it more marketable.
That's what I would pay for anyway, mostly the first one, because I like learning about people more than music, but I think the business side of it is very important too. Especially since from the outside it looks pretty random and chaotic. I don't ask for much though, really.
Vintage-Vibe
I had an interesting one in a lesson I took recently ...
(Lead blues/rock based context - more mechanics and right hand note grouping/timing)
Building up right hand picking fluidity at higher speeds, specifically:
- Triplets involving alternate strings (the typical "hiccup" when you change over from on string to another)
- How to make lead phrasing classier by means of note grouping in shuffle/swing feel ("rhythmic lead playing in
triplets at high tempo as opposed to free form blues at slower speeds in 4/4)
- When to use alternate picking and when to use Gambali style speed picking (which I think greatly affects your
results on my first bullet paragraph)
As I mentioned, more the Gary Moore blues/rock type of style where the guitar's lead voice has a vocal substitute quality, but is also very concious of the drum's feel & signature.
I think most of these players sound so "epic" because of their phrasing & note grouping more than their speed
(obviously a shreddy moment in blues rock doesn't hurt either)
VV
guitarboy2828
It's a hard one, because generally if you can think it up, you can find it online, it may be free, or you may have to pay for it, but generally you can find it.
HOWEVER, I have learnt SO much by just watching videos on youtube, found stuff that I didn't know existed to some extent. Both acoustic and electric. Listening to Don Ross, Andy Mckee and some of these other acoustic guys makes me wonder, how the heck do they come up with that stuff, the cool bass lines with a melody going too, and then rhythm playing.. How does one compose that?
BUT.. If i google that kinda stuff, i'm sure I'll find answers, it may take awhile and probably a lot more youtubing and googling than a video made by you, however, I probably could figure it out for free..
All that to say, videos only grab my attention when the name catches my eye and I think, oh wow, I wana do that, whatever it is. But I probably wouldn't have been thinking I wish I could learn how to do ____.
I hope I just made sense.. ???
Renesongs
What I think we (guitar teachers) are heading towards is giving private lessons over the net with webcams. I'm just waiting for wecams to be come more common as part of the paraphernalia one buys with an entry level computer and much cheaper broadband of coarse.
evolucian
Thanks for the replies so far people... liked em...
Viccy... +1 ... cos those ideas are very handy to have... and do i suppose. Although we'll have to get the smooth talker voice like Pete's to tell the story ? But nice suggestions ? ty
Vintage... also a nice lesson... very cool lesson to give actually, I only go into that specific lesson when the frustration hits the pupil that they feel they suck and show me why. Its a very valid lesson aswell so kudo's for mentioning it n stuff ?
Tokai... he does have a nice menu... and a lot of stuff too... and he has a hat
Guitarboy... yeah man... whats out there is scary... but its also exciting.. new ways of approaching things... imo, it can't be taught but has to develop in yourself, to become your personal style... and that will make em go "Wow!!! I want your puppies!!" But now after your reply... here's the dilemma... You want to learn guitar or music as such... but you have no idea what you want to learn until a title seems interesting... hmmm... isn't that quite defeatist? If you seriously want to learn on your own, you could plot a course for yourself surely, instead of waiting for a title to orgasmically scream "Ooh, pick me big boy ? " (ps... not picking on ya, just food for thought)
Rene... agreed. We need a new country too. Skype lessons work overseas, and i'm sure they work here too though not as effectively transmission wise as overseas. I know one dude who charges $300 for 4 one hour sessions. Not bad going if i say so myself, but then again, i never played with Chet Baker or Charles Mingus... but he developed a nice system that gets people taking the lessons. Funny cat as well... must be all the coke he snorted in his youth that fried him to an extent. Anyway, agreed bro ? and ty
Anyone else care to share?
