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  1. Firsty Lasty

    I'm going outside

    Hello friends. I've become a lot less active here recently. I decided today the best thing to do would be to leave a quick explanation why. I realized that the best thing I could do for my health and well-being was to disconnect from electronic entertainment a bit. Mostly this means youtube...
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    Midlife Reboot

    Welcome aboard. V-shape guitars can look cool but I can't stand trying to sit down and practice with them.
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    What are you currently listening to?

    I was in the mood so I went back and reviewed this whole thread today. We've got a lot of good stuff here. I spent a little bit of time looking for the old thread but couldn't find it. First, a song that seems like it would fit in this thread perfectly. I'm surprised nobody has posted it yet-...
  4. Firsty Lasty

    What are you currently listening to?

    I doubt I could find the video, but I'm 99%+ certain I remember seeing Paul Gilbert write that song just off the top of his head. I think how it went was he was talking coming up with melodies by writing lyrics and this was an example he thought up.
  5. Firsty Lasty

    Is rock and metal guitar a men’s world?

    One of the wisest things I ever heard in my life is this gem from Howard Bloom - "if you want to know why, ask how." Nobody has it easy in the music business. Why do people succeed in metal? Ask how. How people succeed in the metal business is by investing the time and taking the risks...
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    Comment by 'Firsty Lasty' in media 'Two Pentatonic Exercises 💫 Do you know others I could add?'

    These kinds of things (patterns of notes) are called "sequences". Just knowing that word should help you dive deeper into the subject, 'cuz now you know what to search for. There are countless scale/arpeggio sequences you could learn, so you have total freedom to pick and choose the ones you...
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    What are you currently listening to?

    There's a lot of great music in this thread. Even the songs I don't click like on I usually think are good music. ...but, there's also a place in the world for music that maybe isn't so great. Nothing gets me more motivated to do physical therapy and try to fix my bad shoulder than the music of...
  8. Firsty Lasty

    Some personal stuff I'd like to share

    When my anxiety was at its worst there was one night I was tossing & turning so restlessly in bed that I managed to accidentally stab myself full-force in the eyeball with my thumb. I recommend not doing that.
  9. Firsty Lasty

    Sensitive Skin on Fingers

    I couldn't help but notice that your videos show an acoustic guitar. That puts you at a disadvantage. Electric guitars are far easier on the fingers. Pressing as hard as you can shouldn't be necessary.
  10. Firsty Lasty

    What are you currently listening to?

    This Yay for memes
  11. Firsty Lasty

    Pedal Suggestions?

    Good reverb is hard. There are a million reverb pedals out there, but finding the ones I want to hear has always been a steep challenge. As for sustain, there are two ways to get it. #1 is compression, which is probably not a problem for you because what we guitarists call "gain" causes...
  12. Firsty Lasty

    How to make strings feel "slinkier"?

    9-46 sets are fairly common but 9-52 are very rare. I've never tried it. A quick search shows me that Dean Markley makes a a 9-52 Orianthi set. That might be worth trying. All of the Dean Markley strings I've used before have been good. I realized long ago that I would never be satisfied with...
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    What are you currently listening to?

    Vitas, 7th Element , which is extremely different from the other music I'm listening to tonight. Heilung Live Frowning, Murdered by Grief
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    Why is this so damn hard? Practice discipline

    Here's the big picture of what's going on: the experience of life comes down to deprivation/displeasure vs stimulation/pleasure of your senses (including within your own body, for example adrenaline) and your imagination (including imaginative processes such as abstract thinking and...
  15. Firsty Lasty

    What are you currently listening to?

    Old classic, Eric Prydz Call On Me which is imo a big improvement over the Steve Winwood song it was made from.
  16. Firsty Lasty

    What are you currently listening to?

    RHCP Dark Necessities Probably this weekend I'll go on a RHCP binge and listen to all my old favorites. It'll be great.
  17. Firsty Lasty

    Whammy Bar for Les Paul

    My recommendation is just don't do it.
  18. Firsty Lasty

    What are you working on?

    I went through a period of focusing on alternate picking then decided that playing guitar was getting too hard on my bad shoulder so now I'm taking a break to focus on physical therapy & recovery. It's a pretty common thing for me. Recently my shoulder has overall been better than any time in...
  19. Firsty Lasty

    Alexi Laiho has passed away

    well, shit. He made a lot of great metal.
  20. Firsty Lasty

    What are you currently listening to?

    . That kind of mood, I guess
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