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  1. Chris Johnston

    My second output!

    I've been so eager to listen to this the past few days and I'm now lying in bed in the dark having this underwater monster adventure in my head. Such a cool piece of music, man! 👌 I love how you've layered the guitar parts, and that bass tone is just filthy 🔥
  2. Chris Johnston

    synyster gates inspired licks- (Beginner to advanced)

    I fee like others have got you covered with the Syn licks, so I'll adress the speed 😊 If you feel like the 75% speed is the furthest you fan go just now I'd continue to really perfect the solo, keeping the speedy picking parts as relaxed & clean as you can. Really make sure that you're not...
  3. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    Thanks for the insight man! I definitely need to check out more Four Years Strong stuff. You're totally spot on with the social aspect of getting into a tune aswell. I'll keep that in mind 😊 Thanks man!
  4. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    I never thought about live videos before, that's actually a great way to discover new bands/tunes. I'll definitely add those albums to my list! Haha don't worry man, I have a habit of writing accidental essays on here 😂
  5. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    Pizza with exposure dip! Damn aliens in their UAP's, taking our meanings of life
  6. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    Can I hire this string quartet to fit in with my clear new hipster phase? 😂 That's totally fair enough man, if you're listening to what you enjoy then that's all that really matters 👌 Also let me know if you find that meaning of life, we could bottle it!
  7. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    Thanks for the insight @Ed Seith 🤟 The single-itis thing is an interesting one, maybe true too! The only way I can describe the feeling is that I want to be more excited about the listening process - & the way I've gone about it for the past 5 years has sort of left me feeling a bit...
  8. Chris Johnston

    Stuck at beginner level in like forever ...any advice

    Can I ask how long you've been playing? Improvement can take much longer than we expect as guitarists, and it's so easy to get caught up in expectations of where you feel you should be by a certain time. I'd also forget the idea of 'levels' - It's all subjective, like you could be an 'Advanced...
  9. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    Thanks so much for all that! I've actually seen Volbeat, Rob Zombie & Zak Wilde live and loved their stuff, so I'm sure I'd enjoy those albums 🤟 I definitely need to get more into Seether too. I've not heard of that last album so that's interesting for sure! Thanks again!
  10. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    Yes! I was the same. I remember the artwork & lyric books for the first System Of A Down albums I bought just blowing me away 👌 In terms of what I'm into, I have zero preference towards genre; I'll go from A7X to Harry Potter Soundtracks to Steely Dan - I'm not too picky 😊 I love jazz stuff...
  11. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    That makes sense man 👌 and thanks for those, I'll add them to my list!
  12. Chris Johnston

    Quitting Spotify/Album recommendations/

    I'd love your guys thoughts/opinions on this! (Apologies in advance for the long rambling story) So I was talking to a friend the other day about the way we got into our favourite bands, back in the day when music wasn't so easily available in an instant on Streaming apps, and it made me...
  13. Chris Johnston

    How do I keep what I learned, and apply it?

    Hey man! Everyone has already gave amazing answers here, but here's my two cents; What PG said about using what you learn it is spot on. The reason for learning the fretboard/scales is also a really important thing to be clear with yourself on, like if your learning them but not sitting down...
  14. Chris Johnston

    Playing and singing

    #Whateveryonesaid - Use your capo to your advantage if a song feels too low. One other thing worth mentioning is that if you're raising the chord shapes you've learned so far up the fretboard and it still isn't feeling right, or if you feel like you're going way up the fretboard to find your...
  15. Chris Johnston

    Phrasing and Dynamics

    Theres amazing answers here already, but one thing I do to get interesting phrasing ideas (and it's a bit odd) is to look around the room when practicing and name what you see. Think of how you'd speak the words in a rhythm and try and copy the rhythm of the syllables with your notes on the...
  16. Chris Johnston

    How to strengthen pinkie finger.

    I used to struggle with this loads and always brush up on it. Here's what I figured out that works for me: Practice very very slow to a slow click, and use WAY more strength than necessary (Say 200%) to fret your note with the pinky. Do this for a minute at a time and take regular breaks. This...
  17. Chris Johnston

    Finding a song

    I'd try not to worry too much about jumping from song to song too much, as learning different of parts of different songs teaches you more guitar vocabulary that you can use for writing your own riffs/songs - so really whether you finnish a song or not you're always learning and upping your game...
  18. Chris Johnston

    How do I memorize a wide variety of songs?

    Everyone's hit the nail in the head already with replies, but if you really don't want to forget a certain set of tunes, make them into a 'set' and run through them either every day or every few days like you would if you were rehearsing for a gig 😊
  19. Chris Johnston

    Hope you enjoy your Holiday man 😊🤟

    Hope you enjoy your Holiday man 😊🤟
  20. Chris Johnston

    How to get avenged sevenfolds tone?

    No worries, hope it helped 😊
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