A musical passage I want you guys to hear--tell me what you think

[nissan]

You need to take some lessons. Seriously.

why?

 

[nissan]

true that, some people have it and some don't. however some have it but don't naturally know how use it. that's where lessons come in. not all teacher's try to make clones and if you're not a mindless pod, you wont become a clone. besides, online tutorials suck

my experience is with drum teachers, so i don't know about guitar teachers. but drum teachers started off by teaching me beats........why? why wouldn't they teach me techniques instead? cuz it's easier to teach someone a bunch of easy beats than to teach him techniques. it also slows him down.

besides, it's more fun doing it by yourself. not saying lessons always suck, but they're def not a necessity and are plain unnecessary sometimes.

 

[ParsonsMatt]

why?

Listen to the music you posted

I'm not trying to be a dick, but what you've produced is crap. If you can't see how its bad, then you need someone to teach you perspective.

 

[Eligos]

besides, it's more fun doing it by yourself. not saying lessons always suck, but they're def not a necessity and are plain unnecessary sometimes.

I disagree. There's always something new you can learn about music. The right teachers will provide lessons and exercises that will challenge you and improve your musicianship, working with you on a personal level and testing your limits.

Playing by yourself is limiting. It allows you to get comfortable with your own shortcomings, possibly develop them into monstrosities. Playing with other musicians is an excellent way to improve yourself, and this is one of the principles that lessons should be based on.

Your drum teacher may have taught you beats so that you could get the fundamentals of rhythm down. Did this ever occur to you? Your music lacks flow because it lacks rhythm. You have to take steps. You can't walk before you crawl.

There is no end to what you can learn in music. Even virtuosic musicians like Joe Satriani and Billy Sheehan are constantly challenging themselves.

 

[nissan]

I disagree. There's always something new you can learn about music. The right teachers will provide lessons and exercises that will challenge you and improve your musicianship, working with you on a personal level and testing your limits.

Playing by yourself is limiting. It allows you to get comfortable with your own shortcomings, possibly develop them into monstrosities. Playing with other musicians is an excellent way to improve yourself, and this is one of the principles that lessons should be based on.

Your drum teacher may have taught you beats so that you could get the fundamentals of rhythm down. Did this ever occur to you? Your music lacks flow because it lacks rhythm. You have to take steps. You can't walk before you crawl.

There is no end to what you can learn in music. Even virtuosic musicians like Joe Satriani and Billy Sheehan are constantly challenging themselves.

yea for sure. it's just that most teachers (from my experience) don't look at what you need. most have a routine or a set of lessons they know how to teach and they'll try to put you through their routine of lessons, not regarding what you want/need to progress.

my little riff lacks an easily identifiable rhythm because i wanted it to.

 

[nissan]

Listen to the music you posted

I'm not trying to be a dick, but what you've produced is crap. If you can't see how its bad, then you need someone to teach you perspective.

yea, good. you didn't specify why i need lessons though.

 

[ParsonsMatt]

yea, good. you didn't specify why i need lessons though.

Well, you're certainly not doing a good job teaching yourself.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

nissan, how long have you been playing guitar?

 

[Vimana]

No offense Nissan but I'll have to agree with Matt. You either need lessons or to push yourself in the right direction. Try learning songs if you don't want to take lessons.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

but then again feathers, if he's only been playing for a few months than he's not going in the wrong direction though, i also recommend so you can get down the basics

 

[Vimana]

I guess, but he could be going in that direction faster.

 

[nissan]

i got nothing against taking lessons and acknowledge that a good teacher can help, it's just that from my experience most teachers suck.

i've not been playing guitar for long. i've had my guitar for a while, but muck around it once in a blue moon. this is my second go at making a riff.

 

[Vimana]

Its not usually that a teacher sucks, different methods work for different people.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

and drums are totally different than guitar so naturally, the lessons won't be the same