No progress is not necessarily indicative of no progress.
I think I now know how I want to play the guitar (actually I think I might want to play the banjo!?!!) but I realise that to achieve this I have to get my right thumb working independently of the rest of my fingers pumping out the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Musical Direction’
Opus 1; Progress Report 3
Posted in My Music, tagged Basslines, Musical Direction, Opus 1, Practice on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Opus 1; Progress Report 1
Posted in My Music, tagged Basslines, Chord-melody, Inspiration, Musical Direction, Opus 1, Practice on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I have been working mainly on getting the hang of this chord-melody lark, in particular working on adding a proper bassline as opposed to just playing the roots of the chord on the beat. I’ve been taking a simple example, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and trying to make it jazzier (although maybe punkier would be [...]
First steps in chord-melody
Posted in My Music, tagged Apocalyptica, Chord-melody, Inspiration, Martin Taylor, Musical Direction, muzak on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As mentioned a couple of times previously in this blog, I wish to move my guitar playing into a more chord-melody direction … I don’t see Opus 1 as being based on chord-melody style guitar (or rather I stuggle to see how chord-melody guitar would fit in with other ideas for my, destined to remain [...]
Constrain Yourself
Posted in Other's Music, tagged Bad Analogies, Blues, Constraints, Hardcore, Martin Taylor, Musical Direction, Noodling, Pop, Prog Rock, Punk, Yes on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Making great music is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman digitial electronics … if you constrain your design correctly beautiful things can happen, constrain your design badly and you’re doomed to failure.
When it comes to music suitable constraints could be the choice and number of instruments involved … I much prefer listening [...]
