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Added 2020-10-15 00:59:48 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
I want to experiment with something here. Ask me some questions in the comments sections below and I'll try to answer them (if I can do so relatively easily!)
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Hey Alec, I think that diversifying really starts from trying to understand what you do, and most importantly, what you do regularly. If you're looking to create new ideas, you really need to try and deliberately do things differently than you've done before. Maybe that means trying different phrasing, rearranging what you do in your left hand. I would go extremely slow, and really try to redesign each gesture / movement in your writing. Even a small tweak from something you might regularly do, can actually have a huge effect on the overall product of what you create. Hope that helps!
Trevor Rainer Wong
2020-10-19 01:29:33 +0000 UTCHey Trevor, what can I do to improve my tapping vocabulary? I feel like no matter what tuning I use I'm always using the same notes and all my riffs sound like different versions of the same thing.
sarahbef
2020-10-17 02:11:11 +0000 UTCHey YM Guru. For me, I usually like to focus on getting my tempos and meters set with a main guitar track. As in, a guitar track that I'm going to layer over top of. When it comes to the looper, I use that as a tool for looping certain sections (that I've written in my main guitar part) that I want to work on. When I'm focusing on a looped section, I'll try and layer a 2nd part over top. In short, write out the structure in full with one guitar, and use the looper as a tool to write the harmonies over top
Trevor Rainer Wong
2020-10-15 21:03:09 +0000 UTCYo! I would deliberately select the chords that you want to implement into your vocabulary, and I would try to write a short composition using them. I find writing is the best way to really understand a chord as it gives you an opportunity to see what it can do in a given context. Also, don't just settle for one version of the piece / one opportunity where you use that chord. Try and explore many different scenarios that involve it.
Trevor Rainer Wong
2020-10-15 21:00:16 +0000 UTCHey Trevor, can ya please share some insight when it comes to using a looper (like the DL4) as a tool for songwriting? Sometimes I get OCD with finding the right tempo (and since you can only set it by pressing the button). For instance sometimes when I create a loop I don't know how to integrate it into a grid when using a DAW to record.
YM Guru
2020-10-15 20:45:39 +0000 UTChey what do you think the best way would be to practice and memorize chords?
The Shed
2020-10-15 19:34:26 +0000 UTCTotally sick! Sweet, yeah definitely do. They are all really cool and have their own individual quirks
Trevor Rainer Wong
2020-10-15 18:01:44 +0000 UTCOut of all those players I've literally only heard of daijiro nagakawa (he's so sick!) I'll definitely be sure to check all these players out though! Thanks for the suggestions 🤟
Fuji Bou
2020-10-15 05:39:38 +0000 UTCYo! My favourite math rock guitarist is probably Dijaroo Nakagawa. Such an amazing player with great harmonic ideas and tone. Other than that I really like (in no particular order) Tim Collis, Victor Villareal, Dylan Matheson and Mike Kinsella. Probably missing someone important ones there. Outside of math rock, I really like Julian Lage, Johnathan Kreisberg and Stephanie Jones. Really recommend checking out all of these players!
Trevor Rainer Wong
2020-10-15 05:11:08 +0000 UTCI'd say the major scale is number #1 since pretty much all popular math rock is based on it. After that, pentatonic scales. But really make go all in on the former!
Trevor Rainer Wong
2020-10-15 04:31:02 +0000 UTCDo you have any personal favorites in terms of math Rock guitarists, or I guess just guitarists in general. I know your content is more informative than opinionated, but I always like hearing what guitarists people vibe with
Fuji Bou
2020-10-15 01:48:09 +0000 UTCWhat are some of the best scales to learn to get the emo/math vibe?
Riz
2020-10-15 01:16:49 +0000 UTC
