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New Motivation

Dominik Gräber

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    Since this huge upgrade of the Website I really feel motivated to learn and take the lessons more seriously again. That's why I spent almost a Week already on lesson 10. Also I'm tackling Alternate Picking I at the moment as Well as occationally learning new songs.
    What about you guys? Do you have found new Motivation, new Goals? What are you working on right now?
     

    Ed Seith

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    I have, but there are impediments to my start date. I have my big cycling event this weekend, and the long rides monopolize my time. Also, my son the Marine is in town for the first time in a year, so we're spending a lot of time with him. Either Monday or after US Thanksgiving (next Thursday - we will be out of town), I am going to pick a lesson - an earlier one, like maybe the starting CAGED ones, and start giving them serious dedication, Jak-style.
     
    Yes! My motivation actually came from a video Jak posted a few weeks ago, where she talked about a conversation she had with Papa Gates about "figuring out which kind of guitar player you want to be and working on ONE thing". I took a serious look at that, because that has been my biggest detriment; never figuring out which kind of player I wanted to be in the first place.
    So, for the last few weeks I've been working on something that is very much MY OWN. When it's ready I will share it here!
     

    Dominik Gräber

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    Good luck with the cycling Event and have fun together. The guitar won't run away, right?
    I think 'Jak-style' should be an official term on the school!
     
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    Dominik Gräber

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    Can't wait to See it!
     
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    idssdi

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    Atm I'm working in the first 7 minutes of exist and I still have a bunch of itnro to do for the #metalminute thing. During my Christmas vacation i'm planning to spent my time studying a book on gypsy jazz Arpeggios, gypsy jazz licks and Robin Nolan's gypsy jazz boob volume 1. I know I should learn by ear but I'm not critical enough of myself to do that(I just kinda tend to go 'ooh that note sounds good over that chord' and it's good enough for me) but I buy tabbooks but barely use them so now I decided to go through all of them front to back.
     
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    Rute Rodrigues

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    Im dying with high school tests but I still playing of course. I wake up earlier in the morning and I play until the hour of my school. Im working on an original solo, I posted a bit on my profile, and ill do the same as Ed and Jak, like pick a lesson with dedication. Im always atracted by live concerts, thats so true x)
     

    Dominik Gräber

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    Good luck with your tests!
     
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    Ezequiel Romanko

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    totally true for me dominik, i feel just like you, and the energy of the site is renovated, i can't spend to much time on the site or the excersices of the school yet cuz im in uni and im on the final tests of the year so im working on that but when i finish in two weeks i will start to play the excercises and upload regular videos of my progress and lessons maybe to help people