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Thank you! That'll be a later step. I'm still getting used to the book material as it is.

@@justadudepracticing You've got it in you already, I mean those major lines you're playing, with a solid technique and execution, just start changing the rhythmic structure on the exercise you're doing. Like in one bar, change the Rhythm completely, then the next bar add chromatics, the next bar, maybe play a blues line connected, etc. I personally feel you're ready for that, and, I think you're ready to work specifically on the songs you wanna play at jams. Work on one song at a time, get down your intros, endings, and start composing solos, intertwined and made up of what you have in the book combined with scales. The Harmonic minor scale gets big milage in gypsy jazz, and you should know how to descend/ascend with lines from all across the fretboard. Based on what I've seen you doing, you will be there in one year or less if you keep it going. I have been playing guitar for 47 yrs. I didn't start woodshedding with gypsy jazz until COVID. I'm on yr 4 now, and I'm finally there, and I played jazz before gypsy jazz, but I had stopped playing seriously for yrs, and basically lost all my flow, and I could NOT improvise and sound good in gypsy jazz? My problem was, I was sounding way too bluesy, and not jazzy swing blues, it was way too Kenny burrell style, I was heavily into Joe Pass, so when Covid came, I recorded two of his songs note for note, just as an exercise, to get my chops back. That took like month's to do, and it was that, that got me into Gypsy Jazz. The problem I'm having now is, I can't find any jams in my city, or serious players. I can't even find a luthier here in my city that knows how to even work on my guitars? nd I live in Toronto Ont? I myself am still not where I want to be AT ALL. I mean I have SO MANY songs to memorize. This music demands SERIOUS study and work, and I'm doing it. I haven't bought Christians books, which I'm SURE are EXCELLENT. Thankfully, I have always been able to learn things myself, I mean I had to I came from the old school. I'm on facebook, but I've only posted myself playing walt'z, I LOVE the walt'z, so I learned La Gitane, and Django's waltz. Good stuff, stay inspired, and Keep going. If you have the time to put in, and the inspiration I say YOU personally will be ther in one year, jamming, I say 10 choice picked songs. Good luck.

Thank you!! Slowly but surely...

Thank you! I'll give that a try.

Not those at the top of the genre lol

@@justadudepracticing at least Joscho uses them for sure

@@MegaGameHunter True true. He uses big city 1.4, same as Stochelo as far as I know.

Thank you! Three hours! Impressive. I'm pretty burnt out after two. Thanks for checking out the videos. They're not really meant to be watched (although feel free, of course). Part of the reason I started uploading was to show what practice can look like - monotony, endless repetitions, slow gains. I always find motivation in seeing other people work on things (like study-with-me channels). It helps me to combat the misguided feeling that learning and results should be quick.

I'd like to but I'm still at a level where I'd have to spend the whole month preparing for it. Eventually I'll get to more "performance" based stuff. My main focus for now is book exercises (licks).

Thank you! Glad to see you got your run in on Sunday.

@@justadudepracticing just barely lol

Thank you! That means a lot to me.

It makes sense. My videos aren't the kind of thing you sit and watch. They're literally just me practicing. I don't teach, I talk to the camera once a month, I'm playing a niche genre, and I rarely upload a "finished product." The original idea behind the channel was to have a complete and raw record of my progress so I never expected to get many subs.

Thank you! That's the plan!

Thank you!

I might eventually take it off. For now I think it's best to leave it on, for the sake of everyone in my vicinity.

Just saw it! I appreciate the offer but I'm just going to let the channel grow (or not) naturally.

Your channel SEO problem.So SEO need

@@abdul_travelvlog Maybe, but if I wanted more subs or views I'd create different content. Out of curiosity, what's something you would change about my channel SEO that would make a noticeable difference?

Sure! Check any of Christiaan van Hemert's videos. He has the links to his books in his video descriptions. Check my descriptions to see what books/chapters I'm working on that day.

Nice! Thanks for checking out the channel!

Thank you! It was the song of the month (May) on Christiaan's discord so I wanted to give it a shot.

Good to see YOU again!

Thank you! I practice rhythm sometimes. I'll put more focus on it eventually.

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I'm trying!

Thank you! Sure, I'm open to any suggestions you might have. Just a note: I don't edit anything (the files are too big) and I choose one of the auto-generated thumbnails 99.9% of the time.

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Thank you! The only warm-up I was doing was a light stretch but I stopped a couple of months ago when someone suggested that it might be aggravating a finger issue I was dealing with. Now I just jump in and start playing.

Oh! Forgot about that lick. It's a good one. I don't think I ever actually got it down though.

@@justadudepracticing Yes I also barely use it in it's full form but I use parts of it. It's a great pattern because you can play it on Gm when improvising over blues en mineur and C7 so it's a really versatile pattern

I'll have to relearn it!

lol it's a cork coaster (Ikea, I think). You could just cut off a piece to fit your guitar but anything will do. An actual cover would look better though.

What no one sees?

@@justadudepracticing 2 hours of practicing until you be fine to present.

True. Way more than two hours though lol

Exactly. Out of consideration for the folks around me who are forced to listen to a dude practicing.

Trying to take some of the bite out of the guitar to keep the noise down.

Thank you!

That's awesome! Keep going and you'll be making progress in no time.

lol I completely understand. It just takes time. Lots and lots of time.

Nice! New picks can take a while to get used to. Christiaan van Hemert just did a commentary on my latest progress report (where I talk about switching from the Gator Grip 2.0 to the 1.5) and convinced me to try the Delrin 1.5. Looks like I'll be changing picks again myself.

Nice! Keep going!

Thank you! Will do!

BTW your journey is very inspiring to me. Keep it up.

Thanks for checking out the channel! Since January i've been working almost exclusively on Christiaan van Hemert's Van Hemert System books (1, 2, and recently 3). If you go to his channel description, you'll find links to his books.

Thank you! Let me know how it's going once you start.

Here you go: vanhemertsystem.fws.store

Thank you! As far as I can tell, it helps. I've been thinking about doing a with/without towel and soundhole cover dB comparison to see how much of a difference there is. I might do that when I get back. If the noise is really a problem for your neighbors, you could look into soundproofing curtains (like theatre curtain) for windows and/or panels for the walls. I've even considered making a little "booth" in the corner of a room: soundproofing panels in the corner behind me and two freestanding "walls" covered in panels in front. But then you run into aesthetic issues.

Thank you! I appreciate the ideas. It can be frustrating but I think i'm on the right path. It just takes time. Btw I'm absolutely useless on an electric. If I can't hug the guitar body, I can't play lol

Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement! As far as I can tell the action is okay. I have a shim on one side of the bridge because the strings were buzzing so that raised it a bit. I will say this guitar isn't as "easy" to play as some of the nicer guitars I've tried. (But it's still much, much better than the D500 I had.)