Hey,
Daryl! Remember me?
So, about that licks trading thing...totally lost track of this thread and our talking about that. I've been practicing, slowly, off and on as time has permitted, mainly trying to get the blues scale down well enough I don't have to think about it, plus whipping my fingers into managing slides, bending, vibrato, and all that stuff that goes into blues playing. Here's my current blues rig:
I just did a (rather lame) video of myself noodling around trying out some new lick ideas that include the aforementioned expressive stuff. I have so, so far yet to go, and this isn't over a backing track (yet; I'll start using one soon but that day is not today) so it's hardly musical but the licks are in there (if you can filter past the missed frets and wrong string striking). As I build my "vocabulary" I'll work up something of a catalog and record it.
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Limping level chops aside, this is illustrative of where I am right now and someday I'll look back on this video (and others like it) and reflect on just how damned hard this stuff really is. As a learning site this is the perfect place for me to record the steps in my musical journey.
I'll start to feel like I'm actually playing this stuff once I work with a backing track and start improvising some phrases rather than just short licks. I will get there! :side:
Mark