Getting back to it after a long time

› Forums › Introduce Yourself › Getting back to it after a long time

  • Post
    • February 5, 2011 at 4:16 am
    Jamiesure
    Member

    []Hello my name is James and currently live in the Denver Colorado area, I played guitar mostly thru my teens and twenties, I had a fleet of instruments and amps back in the day. Like so many individuals I know; we experienced life, which means we acquired families, jobs and responsibilities. So my guitar playing was pretty much over by time I hit 30 years old. I never really gave up the dream of becoming an accomplished guitar payer, however I just put the idea on the back burner. I kept my prized guitars and sold off everything else I owned over the years. Which pretty much brings me to current with one exception, I have more time now and have decided to pick the habit back up after many years. So I am Pondering if this site will help me re-gain my muscle memory / motor skills while hoping to recover timing rhythm and basically help to get my MoJo back ! Looking at the basics right now which almost seems to basic, while the intermediate seems a little beyond me at this point.

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Replies
    • February 5, 2011 at 7:53 am
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
    Member

    Yo James, welcome! Never too late to start up again. What kind of music are you into? Have any pics of your axes by chance?

    • February 5, 2011 at 9:58 am
    Martin Miller
    Martin Miller
    Member

    Hey man,

    glad to have you here. What kind of lesson would you be into? What kind of level are you right now?

    Greets,
    Martin.

    • February 5, 2011 at 5:06 pm
    Jamiesure
    Member

    @Sean Conklin 12138 wrote:

    Yo James, welcome! Never too late to start up again. What kind of music are you into? Have any pics of your axes by chance?

    Hey Sean , Woha! I can believe some read this , this is great ! Um yeah I I used to love to write my own music kind of in the style of the late 80’s and 90 metal bands. When writing, I mean that I usually did the guitar work and created tracks on some old pro tools software. I loved the idea that I was able to pull it off. Some of it actually was pretty cool as I remember. But that was a long time ago. My goal was and still is to create songs with a hard driving bass and heavy guitar sound, I always wanted to make the people listing to me drop their mouths opened and go WTF was that! So yes i have pics of the instruments and will attempt to post them ! Just a note I have been following your beginner stuff and enjoy your lesson!

    So this is what I have left ! after all of these years

    my amp : Rivera TBR and this thing has killer tone nothing can touch it !

    guitars 1960 Les Paul spec guitar re issue

    Handmade Strata caster style , solid mahogny body jumbo frets, Seymour Duncan in the bridge , fender silver and gold pickups original Floyd Rose .

    Performance guitar made out in Hollywood ( Steve Vai used these back in the day )

    My old American made Kramer . This guitar used to be bright PINK but i could not stand it any more.

    The Ibanez RG3550 is new and on order by the way I should have in my hands by the end of this month with luck.

    • February 5, 2011 at 5:22 pm
    Jamiesure
    Member

    Hey Martin, in answer to you question, I need to brush up all of the basics, wanting to brush up with chords, really need to work on grove and strumming, speed , scales, Interested in song writing . I looked at the beginner lesson plans , useful for sure , however not sure about the direction.

    I can tell you this, theory and I switch off, I am a visual learner, text and reading kill me. I like to watch and then do . I believe I have lost my rhythm šŸ™‚ so defiantly need that back ha ha ! My current skill is weak at best ! I have a lot of knowledge but can make my fingers do it , if you get my meaning.

    • February 6, 2011 at 6:45 am
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
    Member

    Awesome pictures James!

    And man that is a TON of ice in the glass in the 3rd pic. haha

    You mentioned timing and rhythm. Check out a few of these tutorials to help get that ball rolling:

    Time Feel – Working your Internal Metronome
    Timing and Note Value Alteration
    Learning Time Signatures
    Next-Level Strumming
    Creating Your Own Pulse
    Hemiolas
    Metal Riffing with 16th Note Triplets

    And be sure to check out a lot of the song tutorials, there are tons that will certainly give you some killer rhythm practice.

    Glad to have you here man. Have fun!
    Sean

    • February 6, 2011 at 3:01 pm
    Jamiesure
    Member

    Yeah I must have been thirsty after the gym!

    Thanks guys, Gonna give it a shot

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.