• Join the A7X Discord!

    We're updating the community and moving all social content from the community to the Discord. All lessons related conversations will still take place here though! Join the Discord below and view the full announcement for more details

    JOIN THE DISCORD VIEW THREAD

Search results

  1. Dan Shipway

    Hear something interesting for Kemper users

    Yeah, Kempers from my knowledge just eq match and then model distortion based on modifying the basic sigmoid function of the distortion by taking impulse responses (the funny wee woo noises). I actually did a thesis on guitar amp modelling and its pretty simple really. Axe FX also models...
  2. Dan Shipway

    Coming Back And Wanting To Catch Up

    I've been starting to learn basic music theory as well as learning some different styles of playing, mainly jazz, prog and funk, to expand my improv.
  3. Dan Shipway

    Putting a right foot forward

    Hi Everyone, just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the support on my last post and for helping me to realise that my practicing was all over the place. I have tried to narrow my focus to the things that are my weakest areas and areas which I am most interested in and thats theory. Besides...
  4. Dan Shipway

    How to stop being so hard on myself

    I 100% agree. I think due to there being so much I would like to learn, it's hard to sit down a focus on one thing because I'm so eager to do everything. I also haven't really had a good practice routine, well ever. I haven't been able to devise something that I really feel I'm getting the...
  5. Dan Shipway

    How to stop being so hard on myself

    Hey guys, long time no talk eh? I have been ridiculously busy with university (graduating in July)and haven't been able to play guitar as much as I would like but I still manage to noodle around every day. I have been attempting to try and learn songs that I know parts of but dont know fully...
  6. Dan Shipway

    Songwriting and creative riffs for metal and rock related genres

    Hi everyone, this is a topic I have spoken about in lots of posts but I am still really struggling with riff writing. I find that I'm not really a creative type of person and never really have any ideas floating around in my head for solos or riffs etc and i really want that to change. I look...
  7. Dan Shipway

    Sound of a blackhole

    That right there is a Reaper Leviathan from Subnautica😂😂
  8. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    So I have been Improvising more lately, with and without a backing and I have come up with a few ideas which sound quite nice. Everything seems to be going quite well and its nice to finally feel like im moving again in my playing instead of being stagnant. My 2 main areas that I have been...
  9. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    I will be honest, the spaces weren't even intentional. I genuinely just couldn't think of where to go next haha
  10. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    Here is an attempt at improv I did over a G major backing. Honestly I was embarrassed with it, once I started trying to break out of playing notes in order I just completely lost sense of where the notes in the scale were. I have a long way to go with improv but I honestly dont know how to...
  11. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    For sure! I neglected to learn theory from the start and it defintly came to bite me in the ass. Now I am learning theory it is helping a lot with helping me to discover where I can go. The main thing I struggle with is remembering the scales and notes when improvising, I am able to play the...
  12. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    Thank you for all your support and incredible feedback through what has been a fairly eventful guitar journey thus far haha. I came to a revelation last night and I think it explains a lot of the reason I have been frustrated with my playing. I dont usually get frustrated with how I sound when...
  13. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    I can totally relate to that, for me a lot of it stems from the fact that I se a lot of guitarists who as you said, have lots of technical ability or a great sense of melody and phrasing who have been playing for half as long as I have. I knew from the start that everyone progresses differently...
  14. Dan Shipway

    A few of the big things holding me back

    Ive wanted to make this post for a few days since there are a few things (albeit a little different) that have been things that I feel I need advice on. The first is more of a personal thing and the other two is to do with playing but they do all link. The first thing, which a few of you will...
  15. Dan Shipway

    Putting the fun back into playing and breaking harmful mindsets

    Thank you everyone for all your support, I do think that a lot of what I am feeling is burn out. I was hyper focused on trying to improve picking efficiency and getting rid of any tension in my body that I did absolutely nothing but that. Part of it also came from the fact that I have completely...
  16. Dan Shipway

    Putting the fun back into playing and breaking harmful mindsets

    Hi guys, as many of you know over the past few months, I have been practicing my technique heavily and I am finally getting to the point where for the first time I am happy with my playing. It has come after a long time of frustration, triumphs and many ups and downs and I am so pleased that it...
  17. Dan Shipway

    Share with me your pick of destiny!

    Ernie Ball Prodigy Mini's (2mm)
  18. Dan Shipway

    the third day of practice

    One of the most important bits of truth/advice for me comes from Warren Huart. Warren is a pretty well known mix engineer on YouTube (Produce Like A Pro) and has worked with Aerosmith, The Frays etc. He said that his first attempts at music production weren't good and his biggest mistake was...
  19. Dan Shipway

    Guitar Help with picking wrist reach, positioning and transitioning through strings

    I have made a few posts about this before but I have researched into the subject area more and tried to monitor my movements more and I feel I can better explain the issues I am experiencing. The first thing I noticed was that I find it really difficult to change strings without making large...
  20. Dan Shipway

    Guitar Got an interface and an amp sim... What do I do about the latency?

    To echo what Ed said, the best thing you can do is get wired headphones. A big amoutn of latency comes from the fact that with using bluetooth, you are essentially using a different recording and playback device so you can get clocking issues (the timing between each AD/DA conversion). Due to...
Community
Media
Synner
Menu