Stop Comparing Yourself to Online Guitarists...
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- We all aspire to be like our idols, is it really an unrealistic goal if others can do it, people like Tim Henson, Manuel Gardner Fernandes, Ichika Nito, Mateus Asato, Jason Richardson and many other internet guitarists makes it looks easy, but are they really who they appear to be?
This is my first long form talk video which I have made to practice a bit of my videography skills and speaking to a camera better which is easier said than done (looking back at the footage I really want to improve this). I hope you guys enjoy this kind of content, let me know if you want to see more!
0:00 Intro
1:05 Main Topic
3:23 The Problem
6:11 Should you Compare Yourself?
8:28 Thanks For Watching Guys!
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Always remember that in the end, guitar is meant to relieve stress, not add onto it. Just enjoy the sound that's coming out of your instrument, however simple it may be.
100%!
Technically the guitar was made because someone put some noises together with some wood and string. There’s no rules on if something should add or add stress. That’s more of a life philosophy and it’s a mental battle that people have to breakdown themselves
And ultimately to make music. Not finger gymnastics
You guys are viewing this the wrong way. From my view you guys are a bit salty about it but I can understand. But sometimes I'm just a person where I wanna chase these people and how they play, look at my progress and actually impress myself with the new sounds I wasn't able to play before. Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way but I wanna reach the same level as them but also taking in the great sounds at my current skill level before going through the next thing and cleaning the basics of my playing.
guitar is not "meant" to relieve stress. that is your personal vision for it.
"We play because we want to live in that
moment. We do not play to impress others with how much we know. We play with
humility and gratitude, thankful for each moment and for every beautiful sound."
Nah I'd improve for the funnzies and squeeze out every sound on the guitar!
Proof? Also, who is "we"?
Use online guitarists to inspire you not to compare to. Great vid
exactly
Yo what up Levi
@@lolnadroj hey man 🤫
Fuck you I can multi task
music is an art not a competition. some of the best songs came from people with limited knowledge of technique. play what makes you happy. great video by the way!
Don't play like your idols cause the world already has the best one of them. The world NEEDS the best YOU!
Coming back to this after I become a rockstar
Well said
That is such a beautiful thought , resonates with me so deeply. Will get back to my jazz learning i.e the reason i bought my guitar.
@@mattbarachko5298 Go for it and don't let anyone tell you that you can't. Be creative and come up with something original and you will definitely become a rockstar
@@ra5hid101 I've played many different styles from metal to blues to classical. A few years ago I started getting interested in jazz. Then my Mom got sick and I have neglected my playing ever since with no idea where to start back. Thank u for reminding me
The best guitarist I have ever known to this day I met when he was 19, and he already knew that that is the ONLY thing he wanted to do. He literally put in 2 full time jobs worth of practice for YEARS, starved himself for many other typical human interests, and sidelined so much of what "normal" people take for granted.
16 hour practice days 5 days a week? 🤯🤯
talking about Robert Fripp? ;-)))
Bro knows how we feel when watching his vids 😂
It's a promise that most of these online guitarists that shred amazingly flawless have gone to school for music or had lessons from a young age or have a family member who got them into it and pushed them and supported them, and they have at least 20 takes before every video like all of us.
It's just the fact that the setting is in a bedroom or what seems to be a home makes us think they just practice all day at home and got good in their bedrooms, which is probably like half the story, potentially true yes, but not the whole story.
Be the best YOU that you can be and enjoy the ride.
I feel like modern Guitarists and Guitar-Audience are way to focused on Technique. Working on your ability to produce an Interesting Song that really draws and keeps attention is soooo much more important. Maybe you do not (currently) have the technique of the Guitar Gods, but you will have a unique perspective that none other out there has, if you refine it enough (and dont give a S*** what sells and what doesnt)
Feeling discouraged because of someone else's playing is more of an insecurity issue. The truth of the matter is that not every guitarist is going to show off there skill online or in a CZcams video. The 2 key factors to improving is practice and dedication. If you practice every day and put in the hours, YOU WILL be better than the next guitarist sitting besides you. But you have to do it almost every day. That's the hard part. The fact that the guitar community is full of insecure and toxic people doesn't really help or make things better for anyone.
I couldn't agree more. I actually went through a phase like this, until I realized that it was holding me back. That people who appear to play effortless had to work at it. That you have to enjoy practice sessions, and what you have. I noticed that everything is easily after you learn it. Playing is not about instant gratification. Success is about delayed gratification, and a journey, not a destination.
For me its more i want to play some difficult stuff because it sounds great and sounds "fun" to play. And really wanting to play something but just not being able to is (to me) discouraging. With a week of practice i cant play the stuff just because my technique just isn't there. Ofc i know it will come with practice but some things just seem like too distant of a goal you know.
@@fisken1 The way I learn things that seem impossible at first is one note at a time. I learn in segments, and remember it in shapes. I don't try to think about the whole thing at once. I think of it as a framework, and parts. Don't expect perfection at first. There is plenty of time to develop the muscle memory, and it gets better each practice session. It's about progress, and it takes patience. Plan your practice session with realistic expectations. Make it fun.
My new rule of thumb is: if the vibrato doesn’t sync, I skip. Utterly tired of fakery, miming, and the normalization of smoke and mirrors.
Yeah and unfortunately that's like 90% of the CZcams guitar community.
Real musicians are usually out there getting their hands dirty. CZcams only wants any attention at all costs.
My advice as a 20+ year guitar player: Find a player you enjoy and copy his best licks, feel and vocabulary. After that, find another one and repeat the process. Do this as many times as possible. Do the same with musicians who play other instruments. After a while, you'll be good and you'll develop your own style. Just don't forget to have fun in the process, otherwise it wouldn't make any sense.
That’s good solid advice, especially the part about having fun. 🍻
I came here to say, "We're not all fake.." but you never really said we were in the video. ;)
Dude yeah its true but to an extent, Love your videos man!
@@LeroyGuitar Its sad that uploaders feel the need to be dishonest with their thumbnails to get noticed.
@@sole__doubtnews has been doing it for hundreds of years. Go after them
@@sole__doubt Thats the CZcams Algorithm for ya.
@@GenericUrbanism that's like someone being conned by a conman and saying, well that's just the weather for ya!
Deception comes from the youtubers, not from the algorithm.
I taught guitar well over 35 years. Over that time I developed a philosophy. Music is a toy. That's why we say we "play" not "work" music. I play music for fun. Teaching was my job, but I always wanted my students to do it because they wanted to, not because they had to. I started music in 1961 when I was 9 years old. I'm now 72 years old and I still play because I love it, not because I have to. In fact I just started piano because I never did it before. I started bass 12 years ago because I'd never did it before. Music is a journey, enjoy the ride.
Nailed it! Nothing wrong with watching the people better than you but don’t let it determine your self worth if you’re not as good or don’t have as big of a following. Most guitarists aren’t actually at the top level of skill either. Most are beginner to moderate at best. It’s about having fun whether it’s playing covers or writing tunes. I bet some of the happiest players are the ones that suck the most and just don’t care what others think!
I don't worry about it....most guitarist these days are better than me. I just love to play and it brings joy to my heart and soul! Here's the thing? I've been playing along time, since late 80s...I'm an old dude, just remember this "there's always going to be someone better than you in fact many will be better than you, but there's also many who want to be as good as you!".
Just to add to the last part above, consider this? If you were born a virtuoso at a young age and you knew how to play everything on guitar then you wouldn't have the joy and excitement of learning new things on your guitar journey through your life. This is the true joy of being an aspiring musician! It's totally ok to want to aspire to be as good as top tier players again just remember that if you're a pretty solid player at the mediocrity level or perhaps even a pro level, there's people that would give anything to be able to play even at that level! I rate players in these categories. Tier 1 players are "Virtuosos/Prodigies" Tier 2 World Class level Tier 3 Pro level Tier 4 Intermediate level Tier 5 Beginner. I'm a Tier 3 Pro level player, with more hard work I could get to Tier 2 but I will never be a Tier 1, and that's ok you got to be satisfied with where you're at and enjoy learning new things as often as you can! It healthy to aspire to be better and study better players, its unhealthy to stay depressed because you're not as good as another playing. Try not to fall into that trap my fellow guitaristos. Just some wisdom and advise from an old shredder dude.
You are so right! Social media shows the tip of the iceberg only. Stop comparing yourself and you certainly play more confortable and more self-confident than ever before. Your biography is not the biography of somebody else guys but you can be proud of what you accomplished. I play the guitar for 25 yrs and when i stopped to compare myself i even got quickly better because i only compared to myself and also complimented that progress. Great video mate.
I've found that all these guitarist have made me want to get better. I don't know if I'll ever be as good as them and that's completely okay. For the first time in my life, I don't care if there are people better than me, I don't care if my friend is better, I don't care if a random youtuber is better, I finally feel happy just working on my own skills and using them as motivation to show that there is still so much more progress I can make. My music, my guitar is for me and I'm happy just seeing my own progress.
Very happy you made this video. I hope some of the younger folks see this and change their mindsets.
Good is subjective just keep playing for the love of it! :)
I agree, they all made me realize how much I suck and should have been practicing this whole time xD lmfao, but it's been more motivating than discouraging for sure.
Don't try to be like them. Use their music to develop your own over time. Rome wasn't built in a day. Everyone had an influence.
People, playing instrument is not a race with someone! Use your instrument to feed your soul and start to be creative.
Good job then as I'm snail slow.
Bro.. this reaaaaaally really touch my soul. I shared this with my friends.. Thanks a lot for this message!
Honestly this is so real. I feel like we as guitarists (and even more broadly humans) tend to fall prey to constantly comparing ourselves to those online (which is more a representation of their peak) and thus in turn demotivating ourselves. I've been such a small yt channel for over two years now and I feel like I've seen zero growth whereas other guitarists online seem to explode overnight and it just adds to the demotivation seeing other guitarists be amazing. That said, these guitarists are also inspirations in a way. Good video and nice music 👍 keep it up
Can't say much about guitar playing as I'm not that advanced at it yet, but I used to make programming videos back in the day, and people used to comment my videos as "if only all teachers on CZcams were like you" and all that. And everytime I read those I thought to myself, "if only you saw the original video and how much editing went into that, and how many times I rephrased some of the explanations I gave, you'd probably think I'm an idiot or smth" lol And all that considering I spent at least one day researching more about the topic beforehand. So yeah, there's a lot of stuff that is left out of the frame, that's for sure.
Dude I'm living this for the last couple of months, I become more and more insane every single day.. Thanks for making this video!
Was at a local festival the other day and my buddy played there with his band, some good ol thrash... And if there's one thing I noticed it was how the solos basically didn't matter because you could barely hear them and even if, the crowd was way too drunk and busy moshing to care if you played a couple wrong notes - all that mattered was the vibe, the aggression, the vocalist throwing shields with stuff written on it into the crowd, the sexual tension between the guitarist and the bassist... What I want to say is that in the end, don't stress too much, get a couple buddies and play a couple fat riffs and you're gonna be fine~
what the helll with the bassist and that guitarist😂😂
@@foxied some good bromance :)
this was very deep and wise from you, man! good job. glad to see you grow
If you're getting depressed watching other guitar players, the instrument isn't for you. Every single player has dedicated maximum hours of their lives to get where they are, the instrument owes you nothing. You either change your mindset and knuckle down and get serious or you dont.
youre such an inspiration dude!
Lucas Mann once said "It's so weird to me that you need to act like you suck at your instrument (even if you are good) in the metal scene to get praise. Being humble for insecure people is dumb. I am dope af at guitar." And personally I've subconsciously believed that for the whole 12 years I've been playing guitar, I don't remember a time when I've been discouraged from playing, only inspired to learn new things, learning a different song every day just because why not. Being self aware of your flaws and limits as a guitar player is key to progressing. Also great vid, definitely would love to see more of this content.
Lucas Mann speeds ups his songs lol
fake humble is not humble. the grass is always greener on the other side. and yes there is a bit of fakery
everytime someone asks me if I'm any good at the guitar I say I suck. They then proceed to say I must be really good then kmao.
@@hansmemling2311 yeah. People who are bad think they’re good because they don’t know that they could be better, and people who are good think they’re bad because they know exactly where they can improve
@@supershaw09 the quote is slightly satirical, the point is that it shouldn't matter how good someone else is what matters is you! There might be things that you can do that others cannot and vice versa. Playing in a live band will teach you that a lot of this doesn't matter, as long as you're having fun that's what it's all about.
I love the editing style. Thank you, Ill strive to practice more and someday achieve my dream as a guitarist
I think this video is not only great advice on how you should percieve yourself as a guitar player, but its also just very eye opening on how we use social media and why its so terrible for us. When you said that social media is really only just documented highlights of the best parts of our lives, it really made me realize why that stuff is so terrible for me. Very good and insightful video. I hope to see more from you!
Thank you for posting this
True words my friend! Instant follow❤️
I love this style of content. Keep it up mr man!
I almost fell into this pitfall but then I realized i shouldn’t compare my one year of guitar to the many hard years of online guitarists. I learned to just kinda vibe with what I can do and to just keep improving.
its a really inspiring video, but i reaally loved what you were playing along the video, amazing feel and tone, love u man
Really cool video. You're an awesome guitarist and a huge inspiration
I've had something similar with piano. Some jazz pianists have big egos. I remember being very intimidated by someone who was younger than me and it did discourage me. However, although had fantastic technique, he was covering well trodden ground many decades in the making; there is always room for individuality and soul.
The guitarists I like often played simply, they carry the feeling to the listener. Paul Kossof was one of my favorites: his playing is at first sight incredibly simple, in terms of the notes used, but he executes those notes with all his being and few can replicate his playing; even if they get his vibrato technique, they lack the soul. Blues players like Albert Collins or Freddie King touch me far more than people like Joe Bonamassa or Eric Clapton: they convey something more intensely.
Great video. What I struggled with in recent years is realizing that I had an amazing start learning guitar, learning quick and becoming sort of proficient with lots of potential to be "one of them" but then somehow falling behind due to a mixture of lack of right people and connections, teachers, money, having brutal mental health issues and depression. It's all I could give. Maybe I could have given more at certain points... and yet again it was exactly what I was able to give. But life itself is complex and each individual life is different. I've learned that it's important to embrace one's own journey, however different it may be. It's okay to aspire to be something/someone but not at the expense of happiness.
Very important video, thanks mate
I used to listen to a bunch of prog metal and always felt bad about how so many people younger than me can play so fast and cleanly, at a level that I will never reach in my entire life... But then I listened to a bunch of other genres that focuses a lot less on technical abilities and I realized that: Playing guitar well is way more than just playing fast, and making good music is way more than just playing guitar well, and sometimes even determining whether a music is good or bad is extremely difficult LMAO... so that's when I begin to compare with other guitarist (and in general, musicians) less and less. Even if I'm still unable to play at the level I dreamt of I feel I'm definitely a much better musician than I used to!
Math rock / speed metal tends to be a competency test on whether you understand the importance of composition over flashy noodling. Some people can't tell the difference.
I don't believe you've peaked yet bro. You can't say you won't ever reach a certain level, especially if you're not even old and grey yet 😅 you definitely could achieve any level of guitar. Just about what you practice, and how much. All your favorite guitarists spent insane amount of hours on their playing. Don't put a cap on yourself!
I know that songs going viral and popular doesn't mean that they're in fact good, but usually what gets more attention and the stuff that sticks to people is the more simple stuff.
Don't beat yourself down, don't talk about what you can or can't be in the future, talk about what you are now, and set a short period goal.
Practice, practice, practice.
Even if you're in your 40's you can still achieve something remarkable (it's obviously harder than when we were younger but it's still possible with consistency).
I truly hope that you get what you're wishing for, and i wish you tons of luck, and more importantly, just fucking have fun, bro! That's what music is about. Have a good one!
@@Lifesizemortal precisely. Thats what an instrument virtuoso exactly is about.
Thank You. I might try to use what you said to pick my CZcams channel back up. I made a few videos and gave up on it because they aren't as good as the guitarist I watch. " Just don't compare them" is perfect for my imperfections.
It just randomly popped up in my feed. What you said is spot on.
Insane video upload, Glad someone was able to vocalize this so accurately. I was also trying to explain to a frined why there is an unspoken respect that goes out to those players who record their shit without direct input and actually still upload if they make a few mistakes.
Love this! Nice video Bro !
what a wonderful message
great video!
I try to not compare myself to others that much anymore. I try to get inspired and try to play what they're playing.
You can learn so much from all these crazy good guitarists!
I like the noodling, and the ideas and background you're playing. My view is that instead of just putting a nice background music that exists, and sorry if you're playing something that I don't know but exists, but in regard to this topic music is spot on. I respect that.
this video is one of the most important guitar lessons now a days. thank you
Wonderful video, Leroy!!
Excellent discussion, Leroy. I taught sociology at university/college level for 35 years and would talk about this stuff, regularly. I also do social media guitar jive, but not so slick. Some guitaristic troll called me 'grandpa' while also complimenting my playing on one of my videos last year. Passive-aggressive teenager? This video raises a bunch of super-valid questions. My clips don't get much treatment: I barely practice, I just knock them out, off the cuff when I'm in the mood. I almost never compare my playing (or looks) to all these 'perfect' shredders online. And I'm happy to get any likes at all. Tells me someone digs what I'm doing. The guys who get thousands of hits and likes do guitar stuff that I find pretty dull, though it may well be slick and proficient. I strive more for original and in-your-face than slick.
I love your tripod.
Also, this is very good advice. Playing guitar should be something you look forward to doing.
Really really really good video. Last point is maybe the most important thing a young musician needs to hear but thank you for the jacked men analogy also
just wanted to say, thank you.
i needed to hear this.
Thanks for this. I feel like If I’m playing better than I was this time last year, I’m happy. I’m no virtuoso, but I’ve been making music for 45+ years. No releases yet, but having fun doing it.
such a mature video from such a young mind, bravo Sir! 👍👍
I have the same Gio as my electric guitar! Love it, nice vid
For me personally, I just play at home and have no plans to play in front of people or for a band or even really post content or anything I just do it for fun. So a lot of the mentality is what you want from playing the guitar in the first place. So when I see someone like yourself or other great guitarist it just spurs me on as there is no jealous or illusion that I think I'm good because my goal isn't to be good. Goal is to have fun.
We only become better when we compare ourselves with what we were before, with what we are now and see the fruits of our progress.
I'm a self taught guitarist and my silver lining to this topic is once you get the major scale down, hone in on what you are good at and you become a true and unique player. Also shredding is not music so don't aspire to be a shredder right out of the gate. Learn to feel the rhythm and hang on certain notes for more feeling. Music comes from the soul. Also my number one advice to any new guitarist is play the pentatonic major scale with Jam tracks to learn the fretboard. Jam tracks are they key to being a better player, you won't fully learn the fretboard by watching others instead get right into it and muck around in the musical playground. But yeahJam tracks are the key to guitar success.
Never compare yourself to others. You are unique. Be the best you can be. Be you!
Bro, you need to write a book. Well spoken, and very well made video. Thank you.
Good video and you raised some great points! One thing to remember in addition to what Leroy said is that the players you see on social media are playing things at the absolute maximum of their ability. When you play guitar (or music), you may not be pushing to the absolute maximum every time. Don't be discouraged! Keep rockin' and try new things!
I deleted Instagram sometime last year and I honestly think my motivation to practice has been much higher since then. Not constantly seeing shred masters and feeling inferior every day.
The truth is that it takes years of problem solving to get to where they are, but when you actually get as good as them, your skills won’t even feel like a big deal because you can just do them. So you may as well enjoy the process.
And if at some point you decide to stop grinding and purely just focus on making music that sounds good (like 99% of guitarists in the world do, lol) then that’s ok too. Because in reality other people really don’t care how good you are. If you can play songs they like then they will be impressed, and they’re not going to know the difference between legato and alternate picking.
So if you want to become a shred master, like you say in the video, do it for yourself and try to only compare to yourself.
Social medias also an addiction and the companies are working to make it worse every day. I’m trying to kick the habit, doing it one by one. But more and more free time opens up as I get rid of them, just use it wisely
Amazing video, only facts spoken. I was very depressive because of the exact same reasons you gave. And the truth is that it doesnt matter , guitar is my wire to mental health and I guess for you and a lot of us that is the main reason to keep improving.
I started uploading videos , some of them with mistakes, others wich I just uploaded the raw audio showing the practice of some solo.
Keep it up, upload your improvement for you and for thoose who can give you some insights to improve 😊
Great video! Keep it up dude :)
Thanks man u really made me think abt this
You’re still young, it will grow on you. I started guitar at 65; fortunately at that age I am not conscientious about what other people think of my playing, so I spend more time learning than 2nd guessing what others think.
While i agree its not good to compare , having played guitar through the 80s 90s , i would say DO NOT underestimate what you can achieve grinding every day to a metronome. Dig in. 3 note per string scales up and down . Rythmn playing . Make love to that metronome . Be precise on time , be ahead of time, be behind time , feel all the grooves. Start on a downstroke, start on an upstroke , do the paul gilbert terrifying guitar trip VHS exercises . In 3 months with 3 hours a day you will be absolutely smoking. A lot of p[people play for over a decade without knowing how to practise properly
The whole vidio applies to almost anything in life i really enjoyed the vid and found it very inspirational
I’ve realized this fact a long time ago. I tell everyone I can about using people better then you for success, It’s also brilliantly displayed in the film whiplash. People who truly love their craft and have that undying desire to be the best they can, will not be affected by others. Since the beginning I always seen players better than me as a source of inspiration.
I’m jacked and I’m a good guitarist so I would feel fine in that room but I get it I had the same feeling when I went to a movie night at someone’s house with people my age and I was the only artist/musician there that typically doesn’t watch movies I just was not on the same page at all as these people. and I was one of the few that worked out on a regular basis and didn’t drink.
Shredding on your own background track on your own video is such a boss move. Actively comparing as we speak. 🤘🏼
Nice insight
Been playing guitar since 2000. Not once have I ever felt discouraged because of what someone can do. My mindset has been, if they can do it, then it's possible I can do it. Good music has always inspired me to want to play or sing along. My best experiences with music have always been shared with other musicians.
Not once will I say that my best moment was when I practiced for a week and memorized an entire Jason Becker solo. If I don't keep up with it and play it every day, then chances are I'll have to relearn it and burn the energy grinding away to build the muscle memory again. That's not fun. To hear a chord progression and to know how to plug into it by building a melody based on what I want it to sound like in my head- that's more enjoyable. It allows me to lower my sound and weave into the fabric of the music, to play off of other instruments, maybe even copy and harmonize along and make it more colorful. That to me is what makes playing guitar fun, not trying to compare myself to other people.
And remember that this aplies to every instrument. I've been playing bass for 7 months and a few weeks ago I realized I was not enjoying because I was forcing myself to practice hard tecniques like Double thumb, tapping and fast fingerstyle since I like metal (I thought it was the only thing that I needed to play to become good), but it didnt feel right. Last weekend, at a friend's birthday, some songs were playing and I liked them, discovered that it was from a band named Ocean Alley (reggae, surf rock psychedelic genre) and I LOVED them, felt good listening something after weeks of forcing myself to listen to complicated stuff because I thought I was not getting good if I listened to "easy" stuff. In conclusion, dont think that easy music is bad music, just enjoy everything that you play and enjoy the process, music isn't a race or competition, just let your soul come out and use people better than you to inspiration, not comparison.
For me, having picked up the guitar again after being away for over ten years, I feel that the stress of needing to compare myself to others has melted away. Maybe it's an age thing? Thankfully I just don't feel that burden anymore. I know my weaknesses and I just try to put in the work, get better, and enjoy myself. I also firmly believe that after you reach a certain threshold with your technique, a lot of the stuff you see online just turns into dick measuring. Get good at what you like and cultivate your own voice and relationship with the instrument.
I am old and played when young, returned to guitar after retirement.
As you say, it is about what you like and enjoy, so I use social media as a way to find inspiration and new songs to learn. If you want to compete, compete with yourself. Recording yourself is great for that as you say.
But in the end, my goal is to just find my own voice with the songs I play and with that do any song to the best of my ability on any given day. I play open mics sometimes, that is my test bed for songs. I will steal techniques from anyone, learn from anyone and just enjoy playing, preferable with other musicians.
Just enjoy playing.
confidence and perseverance is really the key here, ive played guitar a long time, and after a certain point i gave up trying to play the crazy shit, i genuinely thought theres no way i can do that, im not born with X gene that lets it happen, got to a point down the road where i figured fuck it im gonna try and learn a satriani song for shits and giggles (after 15 yrs of playing), it took about a year of everyday practice to play it well, that showed me with enough work it really is possible, now after about 4 years of practicing my tits off, im learning polyphia/vai/bodom all that stuff i convinced myself wasnt possible, im writing better music than i ever have, in 4 years ive improved more than the last 10 by practicing as much as possible
this isnt to brag but to reinforce the points in this video, i see so many ppl say "that musician just talented, i could never do that" i thought the same way, but like he stated in the video, what u dont see is the insane amount of hours these ppl have put into their craft, humans are incredible animals and when we do something with everything we have then there is a lot of possiblity, even someone like steve vai had a 10 and 30 hr practice routine, he worked for every inch of that ability
tldr: nobody is born with the ability to play guitar like a god, it comes down to positive mindset and putting in the work to do it, if u think u cant then u cant, if u think u can then u can
You are spot on. Hard work is the key, and we never really think about the number of hours that it took to get there.
Drummer here. I have my annual practice goal for a specific number of hours each year. I write the hours for each day on a calendar for my personal record.
I DO NOT PLAY, I PRACTICE. I define playing as striving to please somebody's ears, so in playing you only do things you are already good at. Even if you are playing by yourself you are still striving to please your own ears if you are doing stuff you already do well. Practice is where you grind on things that you don't do well, striving to do them better, it sounds bad and punishes everyone's ears.
My practice is a miserable grinding struggle. There is no daily progress. The progress comes slow and it comes in 3 steps forward, then 2 steps back, or maybe 2 steps forward then 3 back. It's like financial markets with upswings and downturns, but hopefully there is a general upward trend. I look for personal progress from year to year. It takes a whole year of grinding to see a small amount of progress, but there is steady progress.
Talent is real. The guy who says talent is a lie always looks and sounds like he got it out of a syringe, then he rubs your nose in it and tells you the only reason you don't compare to him is because you don't try as hard. It's like a billionaire telling working people they aren't rich because they didn't work as hard as he did.
Talent determines how much dividend you earn from each hour of practice invested. High talent is having flesh that can withstand 8 to 12 hours of grinding per day, every day, without injury, without burnout or hitting the wall. High talent steadily gains strength and makes steady upward progress. High talent does not make 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. High talent grasps a new concept quickly, gets it in the bag and is ready to move forward to the next concept. High talent occasionally struggles on a difficult piece, then humble brags about it. High talent never struggles with a basic concept for years or decades. High talent never gets discouraged, and even when occasionally overexerted it recovers quickly with rest. High talent enjoys practice because the rewards come steady, and so high talent is always motivated for more and more practice, making snowballing gains.
Some people have zero talent, and we all know at least one of them. Some have high talent and a few have gifted talent. Most of us have average talent. We can still break thru and attain excellence with our average talent, but not without the decades of miserable grinding and sometimes discouraging struggle.
Good video, no matter what level you are at, you are going to always struggle. If not, then you might not be challenging yourself. Blessings!
Good video bro!
This video was so fucking useful, Thank you so much 🙏🏻🤘🏼
You are wise, my man!
Just learn guitar at your own pace. Dont worry about being the best of the best and the craziest shredder. All that will come soon enough after you get a deep understanding of the fretboard. It’s about the journey, not the destination. The destination is just a bonus. But honestly with guitar, there is no destination. There is ALWAYS something new to learn everyday.
We're all on our own journey. No need to compare to anyone. Just try to improve your own playing and enjoy the journey...
"Tim Henson, Manuel Gardner Fernandes, Ichika Nito, Mateus Asato, Jason Richardson"
I guess I dont compare myself to these people since this is the first time Ive heard of them.
I never searched for Tim Henson or Ichika youtube had put them in my recommended a lot at times.
They're all wizards
Guitar is just a tool of expression as an artist - the more you enjoy playing, the more you enjoy... As a working musician it is more of a tool to make a living so playing to a standard ix expected but still some fun can be had...finally if its not fun...dont do it because its rarevly an individual venture and who wants others to be miserable.. last thought - discover undiscovered music. Listen and enjoy everything... Music of any variety is there to be enjoyed and inspire
Dude, at first I was feeling so relatable with the background sound of this video, but then suddenly you just started playing so melodically, it sounded so good, and then I got depressed again LMAOOO
Jokes apart, this vid just made me not feel alone in this gruesome process of sucking so bad, thanks for the video man!!
There’s a big missing piece of comparison of “skill”. It’s infinitely easier to play the piece if you write it. It’s infinitely more difficult to play a piece someone else wrote. Keep that in mind
This was all so true; which is why on my Instagram, I post my early stuff and a lot of my fails. Why? Because it motivates me to acknowledge the mistakes, embrace them as a learning process, and grow. It also makes it to where people will see where I came from even when I’m playing songs like Phantom of The Opera and Stargazer 10 years from now.
we need more people like this in the world
What helps me is remembering that a lot of my heroes didn’t have much else going in life. I have a lot easier life than a lot of them when they were cutting their teeth and so music isn’t an all or nothing endeavor for me like it was for them. I have many other things to be thankful for and so when I feel I’m falling behind on where I want to be with guitar I just remember that those heroes of mine didn’t have some of the things I’m blessed with. I don’t play as much as I used to and that makes me alittle sad but I try to not let it feel like the end of the world.
This goes for almost every guitar channel,trogly,rhett,baker,etc.nice guys for the most part.I have been playing ,repairing, tech-ing,selling,consulting for almost 50 years.These younger guys are just getting up to speed on things that were covered,explored and put to rest long ago.its cool that they are discovering things like ....Marshall tone for 1 example. Saying goes " I have forgotten more info than they might ever know.just saying.
Well said. Life perspective.
Seen half of the guitarists namedropped in the description playing live. Nothing fake, all of them truly inspiring amazing players! Please enjoy guitar more, clickbaits less ❤️
Consider this: We constantly try to improve. What are our goals? I am a bass player. I was studying jazz and wanted to become a better soloist. I was fortunate to find a teacher that honestly assessed my abilities. He.politely informed me that, although I was a decent bass player, I was missing key elements of basic musicianship. He asked me if I really listened closely to myself play. I had a tendency to play ahead of the beat. I lacked the ability to play dynamically and tried to play too many notes. He suggested that I work on being more Solid in the pocket. The moral of the story is that one must understand what their mission is as a guitarist or whatever it is they play. Learning and getting good with the basics cannot be overstated enough. You might not be able to play like your favorite players but getting really good at the basic fundamentals will help you to improve as an overall player and you will definitely notice it with your own playing. With every session that I play now, I am focused on being the best that I can be fundamentally. It’s something that I CAN do.
We are all exactly where we are supposed to be.
If we were supposed to be elsewhere, that's where we would be.
Hey man I really liked the video, but I couldn’t help to notice at 7:12 the effects you use on the guitar, is that a specific setting on your amp? Or a specific pedal you use?
thanks man! I use a rotary effect on my multi effects pedal
@@LeroyGuitar 🙏🏻
I've been playing 58 years, I probably learned every lick from every rock player in the '60s and into the mid '70s or so until there became too many to keep up with. Then I taught myself classical and jazz. By the time shredding came along I was like, "What the fuck, you mean I have to learn something ELSE?" Then I sez to myself, I sez, "I'm tired and don't care anymore, screw it."