Finally back to a recording. Still plugging away at my lead playing, my main draw is always to improvisation for some reason.
I need to work on…
Not resolving to the root so often
More rhythmic variation
Finding melodies/motifs & expanding on them
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I’ve been trying to learn this on the piano/keyboard. Good challenge, very fast and uses different chord inversions. But there’s no way to listen to it without wanting to play a guitar solo 
here’s my improvised attempt at it!
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just wow 
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Had a look at Texas flood intro last night, after listening to SRV for first time in a while. He was my first real dive into the blues and now feel I’m at the point I can try and work on his stuff after it seemed so out of reach. Will take a while to get this in time and lifetime to get the feel! Lenny next as that’s my all time fave of his. Better everyday
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Funky blues is my jam!
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Blues improv in Ab
Fiddling with the tones in NAM and getting the hang of the software now I think, tone is decent.
Playing OK phrasing a bit boring and safe. But added some more vocab and following the progression a bit a better I think
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Learned the main riff to Vultures by John Mayer tonight, very catch & fun to play.
Little jam over it with my colleagues guitar to show him its playable
Good practice playing lead with fingers too
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Im always expecting your videos with great interest
a real pleasure to listen
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Testing out the mic I got for Xmas, AT2020. Definitely easier to use than SM57, don’t need to get so close and its much brighter, hope to combine both together soon and hear the difference.
Trying to leave more space in my improv. Play a phrase, wait, play a phrase. Felt this was a step in the right direction
@GrumpyMac thank you Deborah, very kind!
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Trying my hand at some hi gain rock type stuff as I have zero repertoire in this genre…and it shows 
More a collection of sounds than music as I am trying to incorporate some repetitive or fast licks to build up speed as I feel very sluggish. Probably time to add in some exercises!
Good fun all the same!
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you re not van halen but its was great 
all your notes are pefectly clean its always a pleasure to listen to your recordings
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Neil
All sounded good against the backing track. And some of it was getting quite speedy. The licks / riffs are exercises in themselves: probably worth some slower practice to iron out any creases then build speed. Well played.
Brian
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Quick blues jam, more major vibe this time
Going to try and post a short blues solo everyday for a while
Hopefully see the progression over time
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Missed the 1st beat of the 4 chord on the first 12 bars, didn’t even notice on first viewing. Clumsy. Not having technique to pull off timing is one thing but just straight up losing the changes, no good. To monitor and improve
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Timing a bit off on 2nd chorus with the hammer ons on the B string. Find it unnatural to get that timing. Maybe it’s triplets but feels different playing over a track that’s not got any swing. Some good ideas ideas in there though
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Feels more enjoyable to play over your own rhythm I think. And important to keep rhythm progressing.
Fingertips in tatters from trying to learn SRVs first solo from born under a bad sign in session with Albert King, literal skin hanging off. And that’s 9s in Eb tuning 
Hopefully fingers survive for a bit longer!
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Neil
Sounding good despite the wear and tear on your fingers. Follow Jimmy’s example start playing with your teeth!
Brian
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Trying some solo blues without backing track etc to see how well I’ve internalised the 12 bar progression. Still find I have to rely heavily on arpeggios but hopefully be able to incorporate licks into it soon
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No solo today but the riff from Lenny by SRV. A favourite, hopefully tidy it up and learn the rest but don’t think it will be a short term thing to learn all the lead lines!
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Treated myself to new guitar and amp. Already had a player series 2 strat in blue with maple neck but found it very sticky on the fretboard, tough to play lead so swapped it out for this sunburst with rosewood fretboard. Really impressed with these for entry level strats. Definitely good enough for me just now. While I was there I played a tonemaster deluxe reverb and I pulled the trigger. Been unhappy with my katana for a while, just can’t get with it for clean stuff, I’ll keep it for higher gain sounds. The Deluxe is really great for clean tones, its night and day, going to buy a tubescreamer to get closer to the blues tone I like!
Wee demo of the amp…
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