July 14th, 2022
How it’s been going:
It has been ~1 month since my last learning log and the start of my grade 2 consolidation so I thought it was about time to post something here. consolidation has been going great, there’s definitely some focus since I’ve been working on my rock study project and started studying Troy Stetina’s Metal guitar method. Nothing in those projects are technically “new” information/techniques since pretty much all of what I’ve gone through has been covered in Grade 2 but everything is helping me solidify that knowledge. Exactly what should be happening in my consolidation period.
What I’ve been Playing:
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Part of my Rock Study project. I already made a AVoYP that I posted in a previous log but this one I really wanted it to be the whole song, with tight rhythm, and using a backing track. AVoYP here
- Whips and Chains - Been working through the example from this book for ~1/2 of the month and actually playing this song the last couple of weeks. AVoYP here
- If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Or as I like to call it: “If I Tolerate This I’ll Finally Have The F Chord Down”. Moving this from my rep revision to full on song practice with backing track. I’m still having some difficulty with the F chord so the next month there will be OMC to F in my routine.
The Plan:
Focusing on Chapter 2 of Metal Rhythm Guitar Vol. 1 and If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next for my rock study. Eventually I want to add learning 3rd song into my routine (with the book and rock study songs) but right now there is so much work to be done on the F Chord that I really want to tackle it. There are a ton of songs that Justin has lessons for that I want to get into and I also have another Troy Stetina book “Total Rock Guitar” which has 22 original songs of various genres that I want to learn as well so there is plenty in the pipeline. I’ll just need find some time do it!
New Gear/Purchases:
Sadly my old Desktop PC died on me suddenly a couple of weeks ago. Since I’ve been getting into video production and using a DAW I decided why the hell not and got my self a Mac Studio! I work in IT for a university so I’m used to handling macs and I’ve been fascinated with the studio since it was announced. It’s been great for all of my previous work but really great for Garageband and just small ecosystem things like integrating with my iPhone. Plus, my audio interface looks great on top of it!
