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  1. Chris Johnston

    Solo Over Sidewinder *RESCHEDULED*

    No worries at all! Enjoy your flight!
  2. Chris Johnston

    Solo Over Sidewinder *RESCHEDULED*

    Thanks man!
  3. Chris Johnston

    Solo Over Sidewinder *RESCHEDULED*

    Hey guys! Just posting a short update to say that my Live Streamed Video Premiere of 'Solo Over Sidewinder' will be happening THIS FRIDAY 6PM EST! Tune in to find out how to Solo over the Acoustic section in Avenged Sevenfold's Song - Sidewinder and to learn some Minor Triad based soloing...
  4. Chris Johnston

    Solo Over Sidewinder - Posponed

    Hey guys! Just a heads up that the stream tonight has been posponed - the date is TBC but I'll update once it's set in stone 😊 Apologies for the short notice, Chris J
  5. Chris Johnston

    Introducing My First Stream! - Solo Over Sidewinder - Video Premiere

    Thanks man! I hope you enjoy it :geek:
  6. Chris Johnston

    Introducing My First Stream! - Solo Over Sidewinder - Video Premiere

    Thanks man! Hopefully it helps you in some way :geek:
  7. Chris Johnston

    Introducing My First Stream! - Solo Over Sidewinder - Video Premiere

    Hey guys! So I'm beyond ecstatic announce that I'll be Premiering my New Video Series entitled 'Solo Over Sidewinder' ***1 WEEK TODAY*** LIVE ON STREAM! (6pm EST) 😍 I'll be showing all 3 videos back to back with some discussion time in between & at the end. (I won't be personally speaking live...
  8. Chris Johnston

    Sound of a blackhole

    It sounds like a strange ghost choir 👀
  9. Chris Johnston

    Understanding intervals/visualization of notes

    Hey! So the most helpful way I've found to visualise intervals/be more intentional with my playing was by learning Triads. Here's the idea: Say you're soloing in C Major You would learn a C Major triad shape, work out your Root, 3rd and 5th - 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the C major scale. Next...
  10. Chris Johnston

    Rhythm exercises

    There are many different approaches that help your rhythm playing, however the one that seems to have helped me the most is doing this: 1. Stick on a metronome 2. Set the speed about 10% slower than you would consider slow. 3 . Try and pick/strum on every click (1,2,3,4) 4. Try and add in an...
  11. Chris Johnston

    Question on Modes

    Wondered about this myself and just found this definition on Wikipedia 😂 'In music theory, a diatonic scale is any heptatonic scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either...
  12. Chris Johnston

    how do you start learning songwriting with theory?

    Radu's advice is on point here - you can always get great results by reverse engineering a tune and changing it as you see fit 👌 Also I'd say that it's amazing that you can write emotional stuff - I'd never downplay that because it's not fancy or shreddy. Emotional songs are usually the most...
  13. Chris Johnston

    🚨 REMINDER FOR TOMORROW 🚨

    Should hopefully make this one! Looking forward to it! 🙌
  14. Chris Johnston

    @JakAngelescu Thanks Jak! I'm glad you are 🤟 I've been dying to make this for months now 😊

    @JakAngelescu Thanks Jak! I'm glad you are 🤟 I've been dying to make this for months now 😊
  15. Chris Johnston

    Quick Update! Now that I'm finishing off my last edits and sorting a backing track out, I can...

    Quick Update! Now that I'm finishing off my last edits and sorting a backing track out, I can finally introduce you to...:geek: ***SOLO OVER SIDEWINDER**** This will be a 3 Part Video series that will teach you how to improvise/write a solo over the Acoustic Section in Sidewinder using: - 3...
  16. Chris Johnston

    A few of the big things holding me back

    Hey man, thanks for sharing this. I can totally relate to having those horrible spells of self doubt & lack of motivation - especially regarding technique & improvising. As Guitarists that hold the metal genre on a pedestal, we're always up against that toxic mindset of measuring our self...
  17. Chris Johnston

    Hey guys! So I finally got round to a project today that I've been wanting to do for a long...

    Hey guys! So I finally got round to a project today that I've been wanting to do for a long time for the School, to help people with soloing using Triads 👌 I'm in the video editing/polishing stages just now. Updates to follow in the coming days! 🤓 So excited to share this!
  18. Chris Johnston

    Im done with this unfruitful pursuit. Goodbye shredding for now.

    Hey man, hope you're all good! I've been at this exact same spot earlier in my playing - From experience, distancing yourself from that 'shred obsession' is usually the best thing that happens to your playing - and weirdly - your technique :giggle: Guitar is there to be enjoyed & explored in...
  19. Chris Johnston

    Putting the fun back into playing and breaking harmful mindsets

    Hey Dan, I'm glad you feel that your playing has improved after the hard graft - but I'm sorry it's left you feeling the way it has. It sounds to me like you're experiencing symptoms of burnout. I've had it many times during my Guitar playing life and it sucks. The great news is, though, that...
  20. Chris Johnston

    Mr Bungle in The Stage - B Side

    I had no idea Syn sang in Italian so I'll have to look that up! 🤔 Thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely check that one out too 😊 Haha yeah she's amazing!
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