What to practice???

inxs996 · 03-12-2008, 08:16 PM

Hey Guys,

As you might know from my previous postings, is that I am just getting back into playing guitar after some 20 years..

I find that I am practicing all types of songs, not really learning one song through..

If i might ask, just what do you play when you practice, I am starting to feel overwhelmed, but I am so enjoying playing that I want to learn all I can..

I am open to suggestions..

Thanks,

Eric

Cantu · 03-12-2008, 08:19 PM

I do the same thing man! Don't worry about just enjoy yourself!

155 · 03-12-2008, 08:26 PM

Yeah I was doing the same shit kind of going nowhere then I started just playing riffs and scales trying not to play any songs and I feel like its working Im coming up with new stuff, anybody can just copy a song. good luck

Adwex · 03-13-2008, 11:04 AM

Jam over backing tracks.

155 · 03-13-2008, 01:27 PM

good point anyone know a site to download backing tracks stuff like that?

Nicole Rose · 03-13-2008, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 155

good point anyone know a site to download backing tracks stuff like that?

why not make the backing tracks yourself? of course you'd need something to record with, but if you have nothing and no budget there's always a free program called audacity available for download online.

155 · 03-13-2008, 02:00 PM

I guess I could but it would be easier to just download them

ReverendJWblues · 03-13-2008, 06:11 PM

I never call anything I do practice, I just plug in and go. Some things lead to other things and so on. Most of my playing is done alone as I dont feel the need to play with others anymore. When I had my studio it seems I always had tape rolling. If it would be called practice I usually try and play alot of things backwards, but mostly I call what I do experimenting. I do teach, give lessons whatever you wanna call it, mostly for free to kids that cant even afford a guitar. Hell I give them my old cheap axes as long as they promise to play. I have a few kids a hell of alot better than I am, I even learn from them anymore. Its all in trying to throw out the right brain, and finding the left brain.

rickym · 03-13-2008, 07:20 PM

You can always have Bonzo keep a beat for you:

The John Henry Bonham Files

sbreba · 03-13-2008, 08:38 PM

Try replacing vocals with guitar melody it's fun and who the hell knows scales anyway?

03-12-2008, 08:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
inxs996 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights Posts: 755 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	What to practice??? Hey Guys, As you might know from my previous postings, is that I am just getting back into playing guitar after some 20 years.. I find that I am practicing all types of songs, not really learning one song through.. If i might ask, just what do you play when you practice, I am starting to feel overwhelmed, but I am so enjoying playing that I want to learn all I can.. I am open to suggestions.. Thanks, Eric __________________ Guitars: -Epiphone Les Paul Custom, 07 -Epiphone Zakk Wylde Bullseye, 08 -Epiphone Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw, 05 Amp: -VOX - AD100VT-XL Pedals: -Boss TU-2 -MXR M108 Equipment Wishlist: -Epiphone Zakk Wylde Camo -Gibson Zakk Wylde ZV -Marshall 2003ZW Half Stack

03-12-2008, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cantu V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 615 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What to practice??? I do the same thing man! Don't worry about just enjoy yourself!

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155 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ct,usa Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: What to practice??? Yeah I was doing the same shit kind of going nowhere then I started just playing riffs and scales trying not to play any songs and I feel like its working Im coming up with new stuff, anybody can just copy a song. good luck

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Adwex V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 526 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What to practice??? Jam over backing tracks. __________________ www.myspace.com/rockerlivemusic

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03-13-2008, 02:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
155 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ct,usa Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: What to practice??? I guess I could but it would be easier to just download them

03-13-2008, 06:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
ReverendJWblues MLP Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere in the middle Posts: 2,191 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: What to practice??? I never call anything I do practice, I just plug in and go. Some things lead to other things and so on. Most of my playing is done alone as I dont feel the need to play with others anymore. When I had my studio it seems I always had tape rolling. If it would be called practice I usually try and play alot of things backwards, but mostly I call what I do experimenting. I do teach, give lessons whatever you wanna call it, mostly for free to kids that cant even afford a guitar. Hell I give them my old cheap axes as long as they promise to play. I have a few kids a hell of alot better than I am, I even learn from them anymore. Its all in trying to throw out the right brain, and finding the left brain. __________________ JW http://www.myspace.com/jwblues54

03-13-2008, 07:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
rickym Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monrovia, CA USA Posts: 458 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What to practice??? You can always have Bonzo keep a beat for you: The John Henry Bonham Files

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sbreba Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What to practice??? Try replacing vocals with guitar melody it's fun and who the hell knows scales anyway?

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