do i really have to do this to get good ?

jem_fanatic · #1 10-25-2006, 04:51 PM

ok so some of my guitar idols ie steve vai rusty cooley paul gilbert have ben known to have locked themselves up and practice hours and days on end to achieve thier level of musical ability damn they all became reclusive for that period, is this really what im going to have to at sometime do if iever want to play that well, its bummin me out atm

i can put in like 4-5 hours striaght if i pushed myslef but 5 hours to a whole 24 even more . ill like lose all my friends and become reclusive i mean wtf

i really have to get into practicing more and not just playing all the time

crevis · #2 10-25-2006, 04:57 PM

I ahve to practise at least 3 hours a day or i get anxiety in my hands. Right now, i wake up at 10 at night, practise until 6 in the morning and do wotever until mid day and go to bed. So yer its pretty reclusive but if you like music as much i and steve/petrucci etc do then its no biggy.

kennydoe · #3 10-25-2006, 05:01 PM

You guys better be careful to not get tendonitis!

crevis · #4 10-25-2006, 05:04 PM

yer my hands kill me sometimes and a couple times ive piched an artery in my shoulder and my arm turned blue lol i didnt notice for ages.

JJEMMER777 · #5 10-25-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kennydoe

You guys better be careful to not get tendonitis!

- No doubt!!

Thus defeating your original purpose

jem_fanatic · #6 10-25-2006, 05:25 PM

warming up is my friend though i doubt ill be able to sustain this task i gotta sort out a regime

crevis · #7 10-25-2006, 05:25 PM

More specifically, I dont think steve vai practised as much as you think, it was more to do with goin to music colage and touring with Zappa, Alcatraz and DLR for ten years where he would have gained alot of experience so in comparison to of alot of player, he was a late blosomer.

crevis · #8 10-25-2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jem_fanatic

warming up is my friend though i doubt ill be able to sustain this task i gotta sort out a regime

Watch rock disciplin by petrucci, hes got alot of good warm up things. I usually stretch my arm and then play some DT songs to warm up.

ibanezcollector · #9 10-25-2006, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by crevis

I usually stretch my arm and then play some DT songs to warm up.

I usually stretch, and think I can play DT songs, and then I put the guitar down.

estray · #10 10-25-2006, 05:42 PM

If you wanna be a shredder you gotta do alternate picking exercises with a metronome.

crevis · #11 10-25-2006, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by estray

If you wanna be a shredder you gotta do alternate picking exercises with a metronome.

+1

do everything to a metronome.

powertab is good for that

spkenn5 · #12 10-25-2006, 05:52 PM

keep this in mind, i forgot where did i get it..

" in order to gain something, you'll have to lose something "

=)

andy7jem · #13 10-25-2006, 06:25 PM

Just make sure the time you do spend practising is well spent and focused.

chavie · #14 10-25-2006, 09:16 PM

its not the time its what you put into it

ive had fantastic 30 min practices
and ****ty marathon practices that got me no where

practice as much as you can
just keep challenging yourself