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  1. Brian Haner Sr.

    GROOVE FAMILY CYCO by Infectious Grooves

    Great album. A musician's album for sure. I'll leave the reviews up to you guys. Instead , I'm going to give a more philosophical take on this exercise. Loving these AOTM picks from Syn. Revealing these early interests should give some of you an "a-ha" moment. I have always said that if you...
  2. Brian Haner Sr.

    CAGED System – Variations & Embellishments Over Two Chords – Lesson 32

    Hey Jeffrey! You're right. There is a ton of information packed into a small amount of videos - and it moves fast. It is laid out in a progressive manner, as one concept leads to another. Some lessons certainly take longer than others. I suspect that CAGED would take at least 3 months to master...
  3. Brian Haner Sr.

    Daws

    Pro Tools has been the industry standard for many years, but over the last couple of years I've definitely seen a changing of the guard. While Pro Tools is still the predominant favorite, I've seen a ton of younger people moving to Logic Pro and Ableton. I did some recording for a couple of...
  4. Brian Haner Sr.

    Learning The Fretboard – Lesson 42

    And it only took me 3 minutes!
  5. Brian Haner Sr.

    Learning The Fretboard – Lesson 42

    lol. When I say "good guitar player" - I am referring to us mortals. Not Syn.
  6. Brian Haner Sr.

    Nice! The first few lessons are the hardest. Onward. Proud of you! Cheers! pg

    Nice! The first few lessons are the hardest. Onward. Proud of you! Cheers! pg
  7. Brian Haner Sr.

    Overview of The CAGED System – Lesson 23

    That's awesome! You've made some great progress. It's just a matter of application now. Don't take ANY chord progression for granted - no matter how simple. If it's C - F - G, play those 3 chords in a few different positions and inversions. Which ones sounds best? This is the simplest way to...
  8. Brian Haner Sr.

    Overview of The CAGED System – Lesson 23

    Right?! I had known how the fretboard worked for many years through trial and error, but I never really put it all together until I was introduced to the CAGED System. Some people don't like it, or just pick bits and pieces of it to use. But if you study it long enough, you come to one...
  9. Brian Haner Sr.

    A huge thank you!

    Incredible job! Thank you so much!!!
  10. Brian Haner Sr.

    My exciting news

    Congrats!
  11. Brian Haner Sr.

    Yes. I'm on the right, Syn's on the left. I do the Spanish stuff and Syn does the shred - then...

    Yes. I'm on the right, Syn's on the left. I do the Spanish stuff and Syn does the shred - then we play together at the end.
  12. Brian Haner Sr.

    Tips for nervousness and anxiety?

    The good news is you can overcome it (at least to a certain extent). The tragic news is - it's like ANYTHING else. The more you do it, the better you get. There is no magic formula. I have played thousands of shows - hundreds of them in arenas in front of 10,000 people. I can count the...
  13. Brian Haner Sr.

    Top 20 greatest singer songwriters

    I was left out? This happens a lot. I was probably #21.
  14. Brian Haner Sr.

    Seize the Day Solo

    Nice job! And - what Ed said.
  15. Brian Haner Sr.

    The Major Scale – Lesson 7

    Hi Kim, Easy to get confused on this. You don't count the note you're starting on, which is D - THEN you go up a whole tone to E. THEN - a whole tone up to F#. Then a half step to G. etc. Make sense? So the way you are playing it (on the 5th fret) should be: 5-7-9 on the A string. 5-7-9 on the...
  16. Brian Haner Sr.

    I made a song

    To my ears, it felt like the riff started on the and of 2 - which makes the last two notes hit on the downbeats 1 and 2. Which is understandable. When you have nothing but a riff - your brain sorts it out and places it where it makes sense to you. The hat comes in ON the beat and confirms that...
  17. Brian Haner Sr.

    Another Newbie saying Hi (:

    Welcome Laura! The nice thing about the guitar is you don't have to get obsessed over it, (though many of us do). Just go at your own pace and play when you have some free time. Most of all - have fun! Cheers! PG
  18. Brian Haner Sr.

    Picking technique

    There are many ways to hold a pick effectively. Guitar technique has been studied and analyzed to death, but not everybody is built the same way. Lots of incredible players held their picks in ways modern players would consider "awkward". I would venture to say NOBODY has ever complained about...
  19. Brian Haner Sr.

    The grammys

    Haven't watched it in 20 years. Same 7 people win over and over and over. I was going to watch when A7X was up for an award a few years back, until I found out the metal category was not going to be televised. Let me guess - Beyonce', Lady Gaga & Taylor Swift won.
  20. Brian Haner Sr.

    Hello, Kittens :)

    Ah yes - the pitfalls of social media "fame". It's a rabbit hole that leads to the gates of hell. I had 300 thousand Facebook fans and roughly the same on Twitter. For the past few years I found myself feeding that beast with useless content instead of creating actual art. Social media became my...