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Having fun and escaping from work by practicing for a cover of This Machine by Julien K. I’m a huge Sonic fan. Have been since I was younger. As always mistakes are left in to encourage others. This ain’t a serious take, I was having fun for sure and getting rid of my stress from work today.

Well…I did the best I could. Here it is for the challenge. I still had tomorrow, but I might be busy adulting, so I did it tonight. And it's raw. You guys can see me get a bit upset about not being able to completely play it, but just a portion. I was only able to do the beginning before so...I'm trying to be nice and gentle to myself. Then calm myself down and keep trying to power on. I don't think I've ever worked so hard on a song before. Hopefully you guys like it more than I do right now.

Long time no see, Synners! I'm returning with a special song. HOWEVER, it comes with a challenge. I'm going to finish learning this song in a week and play it fully through. I know I can do it. And so can YOU. My challenge for each of YOU, is to learn a song within a week. It doesn't matter what level you are: beginner, intermediate, or expert. Whatever you consider yourself. Th catch is: if you make a mistake, leave it in. I'm not expecting perfect. I want raw and unedited. As always, I still have trouble with certain parts in this video, but they're left in to encourage others and show what I want.

I feel my playing has changed drastically when I try this song and wanted to share.

Been a while, $ynners! How are ya? I’m learning a new song and thought I would share. This took me about five minutes to learn so far. For the ones who followed me from the beginning, how’s my playing seem now? Can you guess it?

Was originally only going to show this to Jak because of how nervous and shaky I got. But here it is. As most of you know, I struggled a bit with maintaining my rhythm around the solo and lost track. Got a better hold on that now.

Just jamming an A minor pent over a C Major backing track and having fun and being free

Back with Lesson 22! I feel pretty confident about the concept of Hammer-ons. It's the Pull-Offs I'm more concerned about. I did my best to figure it out myself. Let me know if I got it right and maybe even some more feedback?

Decided to try to practice Am pentatonic scale from Lesson 20 using the exercises Papa Gates talked about.

I'm returning to lesson 18 today to track my progress! Because a lot of you know I really had a struggle with that palm muting. So using Lesson 18 I'm just using a little exercise with open and palm muting. Definitely think it's improved a lot! Besides when I get nervous and overthink it. LOL!

I started working on this song just before my grandpa passed. It’s a song that has taken on quite a profound meaning to me. I’ve always loved Hizaki since I was younger and never thought I’d even be able to attempt one of his songs, yet here I am trying to learn it today. Dedicating this to @[5:@Jak Angelescu] always watch for a ray of light darling. She’s always been my number one.

Hey guys! So for this lesson I utilized Papa's breakdown of the C Major scale into the C Major Pentatonic scale to come up with the G Major Pentatonic scale. I also utilized Syn's tip of using the metronome to practice with alternate picking. There are a few tidbits of other lessons in there such as how to get the notes for the chords and the pattern for the major scale, but I was focused on Lesson 20: Overview of the Pentatonic Scale. Hope you enjoy! And pssttt! TW: I'm sorry for the crying..

Just wanted to show it's ok to upload your practice with the lessons. No matter how slow or fast you play it. Just try! It's ok.

Tiny teaser of lyrics for original I've been working hard on since November.

Thought you guys would like to see part of my hard work from this week! I figured out a progression while working with @[5:@Jak Angelescu] to understand the Circle of 5ths and she sent me a nice YouTube video to practice playing with. Thank you for your help as always! I truly wouldn’t understand without you and Bill. Lesson 37 is amazing, but I just needed a little extra help and time. And thank you to @[477:@Ids Schiere] and the Synners for helping me with intervals and degrees a while ago too!

Here’s my entry! I’m super nervous as I don’t think I’ll compare to anyone here and I’m a beginner...but I wanted to show I’m learning and promised @[5:@Jak Angelescu] I would. So I’m just here trying! Please be a little nice. So, I’ve been having trouble with the Circle of 5ths, which is Lesson 37 here respectively. I just decided to come up with a cool little jam for the riff contest using my Trio Band Creator Pedal. Syn’s Tips said to try to memorize it. So I worked hard all week to memorize for the Key of C at least. I googled the pattern for a pop rockish riff after Jak helped me with the system for over an hour. It gave me 1st, 6th, 4th, and 5th so the chords I’m using are C, Am, F, and G and are the ones I input into my pedal (you can see me do this at the very beginning of the video). Then I used the C Major scale to just try to jam along because I was in the Key of C. Though the Am scale works too because it’s the relative minor (6th degree) of C! Thanks guys! ❤️

Finally got Inside Beast flowing all the way through. I was playing with a live version and not just the music video this time! What a wonderful way for me to come back and share my progress with you, loves.

Not sure if this is the right spot for this... But tried to do the C Major Scale with a metronome. I’m a beginner, so I think the speed is only at 100bpm. (I can definitely play it faster, but I’m not used to the metronome still) Google has a free one I’ve been using. Hope I did alright!

Can’t believe I didn’t post this here! Here guys! I’m so proud of where this is nowadays.

Ok, this one might be a little bad...but I got some feedback I totally agreed with when I posted it to the forum 🤣 P.S. I know the whammy and bend weren’t too good, but I tried and got uncomfortable

Couldn’t resist uploading my practice. I never could do arpeggios very well, but I think I did pretty awesome here. This version has a more clean sound so you can hear my hard work nice and clear.

Little practice just for fun; it was inspired by Spring time, I thought “What would Spring sound like if it was a progression?”

Hi guys! I’m back with a full cover of Zacky’s part for Hail to the King! Dedicated to our Mama Cat, Jak. Thank you for always being my number one fan and supporter since day one! ♥ I hope this does you proud!

Hi guys!~ Decided to share one of the songs I have dreamed of playing for the longest and finally got down very well. I actually tagged the band in this one!