There's nothing I like more than enjoying a song and being able to pick up the guitar or bass guitar and play that song. It's an awesome feeling.
This week I did some videos on how to play Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, POD (which Fear the State opened for 2 weeks ago) and The Guitar player Greg Howe. I love those songs as well, and when I want to play them, I do so. So i figured I'd share some with everyone.
The other two can be found here http://www.youtube.com/guitaroogle
In the last few weeks I find myself learning songs with a lot of Piano in them, and in doing so, how piano players, rock / pop players mostly, bounce between chords unlike a guitarist does. I found in a David Gray song, Stella The Artist, that the keys bounce in a triplet pattern between the C & G chords. Not something we do a lot on the guitar. In Billy Joel's Stiletto, there's a lot of use of 7th chords where rock guitarists would not normally use them. I find it interesting to learn these patterns and feels so I can be a better player, but also because i like to listen to these songs. So learning them allows me to sound like these great artists I love.
Also, the who's Won't get fooled again was a song I've been working with in the last month. It came up twice in my lessons, and both times we worked on the keyboard/synth part at the beginning of the song. Ya know...the part before the big guitar/drum thing.
That's an interesting way to try and attack the instrument. Especially if you try to move the notes into different positions on the instrument. I find I can really come up with other creative things when I do these learning challenges for myself. It allows me to think differently.
Please leave your comments below, we can start a dialogue. Also please note I'm teaching through a webcam a lot more, so if you'd like to be part of a private class, write me! http://www.marcamendola.com
Happy Playing!!
Marc
