Hi everyone. I'm totally new here, and I'm confused about a few things. The one thing I DO know is I want to be a metal musician. I'm mostly into death metal, and I guess the style of music I would want to create would fall under death metal.
I practice evety day, which can be as little as 45 minutes, as much as five hours, and typically and a half to two hours. How much practicing does the typical professional musician do?
Even more importantly, what KIND of practicing is important? I do the typical things I would think are expected of a death metal musician, doing speed exercises and always pushing my limits with speed. I've started learning some songs by ear, and while I'm not as prolific with this as I could be, I work on it at least a little every day. My dad, who was a jazz musician tells me I should be playing more chords and old school songs, like 60's/70's rock where there were a lot more chords that weren't power chords, thinking it will beef up my knowledge of guitar in general. Is this bullshit advice for someone who's into metal? By the way I do have a basic knowledge of chords, I can play bar chords and all that, I know quite a few, but I'm bad with the names.
And finally, in terms of gear, as of right now I have a CHEAP 7 string which is only temporary. I want to buy a decent 7 string for under 800. Is the whole chronically out of tune thing a plague that effects ALL 7 strings or is it just the cheap ones that go out of tune easily? And is it possible to have a 7 string with a whammy bar that doesn't go out of tune? Any gear you guys would recomend?
Bleh, that's it for now.
I practice evety day, which can be as little as 45 minutes, as much as five hours, and typically and a half to two hours. How much practicing does the typical professional musician do?
Even more importantly, what KIND of practicing is important? I do the typical things I would think are expected of a death metal musician, doing speed exercises and always pushing my limits with speed. I've started learning some songs by ear, and while I'm not as prolific with this as I could be, I work on it at least a little every day. My dad, who was a jazz musician tells me I should be playing more chords and old school songs, like 60's/70's rock where there were a lot more chords that weren't power chords, thinking it will beef up my knowledge of guitar in general. Is this bullshit advice for someone who's into metal? By the way I do have a basic knowledge of chords, I can play bar chords and all that, I know quite a few, but I'm bad with the names.
And finally, in terms of gear, as of right now I have a CHEAP 7 string which is only temporary. I want to buy a decent 7 string for under 800. Is the whole chronically out of tune thing a plague that effects ALL 7 strings or is it just the cheap ones that go out of tune easily? And is it possible to have a 7 string with a whammy bar that doesn't go out of tune? Any gear you guys would recomend?
Bleh, that's it for now.
always try to listen to what you play. sometimes it seems cool for playing but terrible when listened to. then you will hear where the technics and music meet the golden equilibrium.
Yes, you can get it with a (licensed) Floyd and with the Sperzel locking tuners, you'll be hard pressed to knock the thing out of tune. Sale price for the basic model with the straight bridge starts at $859. Getting any of the options will raise your price depending on what you want. I spent a little under $1,200 for my primary 7-string and play the thing every day.
