keeping your skills sharp when you're not playing much

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:13 am

what are........ skills?

Blackened Soul · Post by **Blackened Soul** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:26 am

behndy wrote:what are........ skills?

Like Bruce lee and Julia Child type shit :engarde:

snipelfritz · Post by **snipelfritz** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:30 am

behndy wrote:what are........ skills?

If only there was a nice quote about this...

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:57 am

HAH!

MINE OWN PETARD.

HOISSSSSSSTEEEEEEEDEDEEDEEDEDED.

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:09 am

behndy wrote:what are........ skills?

pinch harmonics mostly

$harkToootth · Post by **$harkToootth** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:31 am

Honestly, when I'm out of practice I just play power-pop licks. Learn any song of Johnny Thunder's 'LAMF' or Richard Hell's 'Blank Generation' if you want to get the fingers moving again. Trust me, you will have fun!!!

Ghost Hip · Post by **Ghost Hip** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:09 pm

When I noticed I was getting rusty and not playing as much I found this series and it got me into shit I wouldn't have gotten into on my own. Whether this dude was talking to St Vincent or Cowboy Jack Clement I learned something about playing guitar. And man it actually made me feel better about being a guitar player. Especially since at the time I had been in music retail for three years and really sunk into a pit of "FUCK LITERALLY EVERYONE PLAYS GUITAR WHATS THE GOD DAMN POINT." But yeah, this series "Guitar Moves" not all are great but worth exploring. I watched a bunch in two weeks and it got me trying new stuff and feeling more connected with the instrument.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... itar+moves

$harkToootth · Post by **$harkToootth** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:56 pm

^^^Josh Homme and Kurt Vile (I think the series had a different name when Kurt was interviewed) both made the point about how practice is just intrinsic. You don't have to practice in using traditional scale but rather your own technique. I know Kurt just practiced thumb picking for hours at a time and Josh Homme sort of did his own thing but like anything in life...the more you do it the better.
In short, I suppose it's about kinesthetic intelligence as opposed to 'traditional Western scales' (not that, that doesn't help).

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:00 pm

friendship wrote:
behndy wrote:what are........ skills?
pinch harmonics mostly

I can't do this. Every time I try my guitar becomes sentient to say "You suck at this please put me down I'm in pain."

behndy · Post by **behndy** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:40 pm

i've tried those on bass. with.... not the best results.

but. again. skills? i know not of SKILLS.

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:47 pm

$harkToootth wrote:^^^Josh Homme and Kurt Vile (I think the series had a different name when Kurt was interviewed) both made the point about how practice is just intrinsic. You don't have to practice in using traditional scale but rather your own technique. I know Kurt just practiced thumb picking for hours at a time and Josh Homme sort of did his own thing but like anything in life...the more you do it the better.
In short, I suppose it's about kinesthetic intelligence as opposed to 'traditional Western scales' (not that, that doesn't help).

Guitar Moves / Guitar Power are great—I enjoyed pretty much all of those episodes (although I really especially miss the ones with Matt Sweeney).

In general I find that just playing every day, even just a little, keeps me sharp. I guess that falls in line with what you're saying, but yep... I find that it's not too important to follow any kind of rigorous routine, rather to just play something and enjoy yourself. For me at least, the latter's the most important; I feel like if I'm enjoying it, then good shit (sharpening/improvement/general happiness) comes with that naturally.

rustywire · Post by **rustywire** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:02 pm

Strange Tales wrote:
friendship wrote:
behndy wrote:what are........ skills?
pinch harmonics mostly
I can't do this. Every time I try my guitar becomes sentient to say "You suck at this please put me down I'm in pain."

Some players pay big bucks for such an effect

(also I think you're doing it correctly based on that description)

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:16 pm

behndy wrote:
but. again. skills? i know not of SKILLS.

it's the crutch you have to resort to when there aren't any pedals around.

Ugly Nora · Post by **Ugly Nora** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:26 pm

Mudfuzz wrote:Play when you are watching stuff, reading stuff, playing stuff, looking at stuff, not doing stuff. play with stuff, play at stuff, play against stuff.

This is why I keep my bongos in my bathroom.

tremolo3 · Post by **tremolo3** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:46 pm

Ugly Nora wrote:
Mudfuzz wrote:Play when you are watching stuff, reading stuff, playing stuff, looking at stuff, not doing stuff. play with stuff, play at stuff, play against stuff.
This is why I keep my bongos in my bathroom.

Oh cool I'm not the only one, I bring a Volca Sample, if only there was a mic in it...

ilovefuzz.com

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