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Topic: Who want's to mentor me ? |
John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 4:45 am |
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Guys, I'm a semi-ok player with a ton of bad habits and I need a practice routine to keep me moving.
Something along the line of a daily 1-2 hour regimen of scales, runs, intros, outros and other exercises
that I can do start to finish every day. Stuff that will clean me up, improve my accuracy, and promote real progress.
Maybe some of you have done the same thing with good results in the past and have the tab or other
materials laying around to share?
Right now I jump from one thing to another, then I fixate on a piece for days until I run into a wall
because of some basics I never covered.
It's really quite scattered. I don't know any guys around here that can help me.
Who's willing to assist this old guy?
Thanks
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Jb in Ohio
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GFI S10 Ultra, Telecaster, a Hound Dog, and an Annoyed Wife
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Howard Steinberg
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St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 5:18 am
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Check out William Litaker Saturday broadcasts. Very good for filling in gaps that you may have missed when teaching yourself. He also does skype lessons, and other workshops. He has a very organized approach and the weekly instruction will dictate your practice.
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Dick Sexton
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Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 5:50 am
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John, If I lived in the Columbus, Ohio area... I would join and go to the OSGA meeting every time they had one. I'd be nice and helpful as much as I possibly could. There are players there, better then myself, that know things that I want to know. They have been down the road and know how to get me to the next level. I'd leave my ego at home and become a knowledge sponge. Might even carry a small recorder and ask questions and record the answers, if allowed, so I could remember. I'd pay particular attention to anything said by a fellow named Curtis and one named Wilson. Pretty fair players and they seem to be regulars there. I might even find someone there or someone they knew, willing to mentor me.
In the meantime, I'd check out Zane Kings two newest youtubes on speed picking. I'd get up every morning and run through Mr. Franklins exercises on intervals (found here on the forum). I'd rediscover the right hand techniques advocated by someone named Wright. I'd do that for starters. |
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 6:42 am
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Dick,
I agree, I should be more involved with the local players. I've known Sonny and his son Rick for many years but don't get much time with either.
Both are busy with other endeavors.
I do go to the local event here in Columbus hosted by Gary Preston, and there are some great guys that attend. I will try to connect better with them.
I don't have a steel ego, although I'm pretty much in demand as a Telecaster player which is certainly my much stronger skill.
No, at steel shows I sponge like hell, trying to learn all I can and I try to be affable at all times. If there's one thing I have learned,
it's that everyone can be better. There is no top-out on how much you can learn.
I'll look up Zanes stuff and look for the Franklin exercises you suggested.
Thanks for the reply
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Jb in Ohio
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GFI S10 Ultra, Telecaster, a Hound Dog, and an Annoyed Wife
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 7:39 am
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John, if it makes you feel any better you have described my practice habits to a "T". I shotgun various facets of practice rather than following a set routine.
To SOME extent though, I think that's not a bad thing. One key factor has to be motivation. And some days I just don't feel like doing "A", I'd rather do "B". And as long as it gets me to work on SOMETHING for an hour or so, that's good. In the long run I know I have to come back and work on the stuff I blew off today, but my personal goal is to have fun, not to become a killer top shelf professional player.
Your mileage may vary, but remember to keep it loose and enjoyable, the last thing you want to do is turn it into a chore. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 8:23 am
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I could mentor you into be being aterrible player like me. 
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 10:30 am
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there is so much free internet learning material on youtube and the forum that no one has any excuse not to be able to learn incredible amounts of great stuff. you just have to want to do it enough to do it. it's a matter of discipline i imagine.
if you spend half as much time doing that as you do posting on the forum, for instance, you should be buddy emmons in no time. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 10:52 am
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Chris is right. We would all be as good as Buddy if we stayed off the forum and practiced instead.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 11:48 am
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John,
Thanks again for goofing' Neil!
JB |
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