What are you working on?

[Christopher Lonski]

What is everyone practicing right now? Are there things that youre stuck on and cant seem to improve? What is it that you want to learn to take yourself to the next level? Lets all address our road blocks and learn to move past them!

 

[Art Kalenda]

Writing my own music is one thing but I have been working on getting out of that comfort zone and work on my timing.My sweeps are weak too and that is my top priority at the moment.

 

[Ed Seith]

I haven’t played a gig in TWENTY ONE FUCKING YEARS. That’s right kids, before a lot of you were born was the last time I stood on a stage. April 1997. For 2017, I decided I was going to get back out there. I had a few false starts with bands that didn’t measure up to my expectations, and now I have a project I’ve joined that is way outside my comfort zone and something I never would have thought I would do. It’s going to start life as a Stone Temple Pilots cover band, so I’m learning a dozen STP tunes.
I tweaked a tone in my AxeFX to be less metal and more STP, and I’m working on learning the tunes. After a few gigs, we’ll add a variety of tunes into the mix from the 80s, 90s and today – some more metallic stuff, but.. Yeah. STP. Never would have guessed it in a million years for this classic metal/modern rock guy.

 

[Aightball]

As a beginner, I’m working on first position and stretching my hands. Also pressing the strings correctly.

 

[Filip Tomiša]

I’m trying to learn music theory an so far the school has taught me alot.

 

[Ana Psuturi]

I’m learning music theory and trying to use it in improvising over backing tracks.

 

[Elijah Wormsley]

Besides playing along to endless repetitions of my favorite Breaking Benjamin or Skillet songs, I’ve begun the arduous task of improving my soloing. I’ve realized my solos tend to be lackluster, and I’d like to fix that. I’ve been working on my sweeping, tapping, and hand sychronization.

 

[Tim Hutchins]

I’m currently working on economy picking. Just practicing slowly until it becomes a natural thing.

 

[Julian Barton]

I have been trying to sweep for 3 years so I got excited when I saw the lesson on here and I still can’t do it after so much practice and even the lesson. I won’t give up but ffs I just want to sweep already.

 

[Andrew Milner]

My solos were as predictable as a Dragon Ball final fight, so I started from there (the CAGED system did wonders for me in that regard).
I am also keen on improving my speed in order to be able to shred and sweep, so the next step in that regard is going to be practicing and improving my picking and legato, followed by sweeping.

 

[Brandon Ortiz]

I’m working on being the very best like no one ever was. To learn the modes is my real quest. To play them is my cause. I will travel across the internet. Searching far and wide. Teach mainstream peasants to understand, the power that’s inside.

 

[Joe Giumarello]

Currently doing some John 5 licks. His stuff is pretty cool. It’s metal fused with country. Actually makes a great combination considering I do not enjoy country music.

 

[Jakob Stöckl]

Manly writing riffs and guitar parts for my band. It is so much more difficult and exciting to write your own things. Especially songwriting is a pretty difficult point. Just trying to make the best music i possibly can do

 

[Brandon Jones]

Writing riffs and trying to break the unfortunate bad habit I’ve came with sweeping. I was taught that on the E string it’s a downstroke then upstroke into the sweep, realized by the lessons that it isn’t. So time to break that habit! Improving on economy picking as well!

 

[Héctor Borges]

Well i was starting to create songs, my teacher was going to record then for me so i could have it, shamely he had to go off the country, now im just writing them in a notebook and adding stuff to the songs i hope to upload them here but first i have to practice more and change all my strings, and im doing more excersices for my fingers, sorry for my bad english

 

[Lenore M]

My band mate and I are writing a new song called “Vigilante’s Play”, but more of my time is on sweeps, and the lessons about them here. Maybe I’ll write a song about how bad I am at sweeps. That would totally sell.

 

[soren a]

Cemetery gates by pantera and this love

 

[Christopher Lonski]

Good stuff everyone! Anyone wanna chime in and help your fellow guitarists out? I’ll be uploading a video soon to hopefully help some of you guys out. I will unfortunately be out of commission for a few days though. Remember,we’re all here to bring each up! If you have any input or just want to share your progress, this is the place to do it!