Hello @Chris Zoupa I'm having a go at the Symphony of Destruction song that you posted in the SongBook section of this forum. The rhythm stuff is fine, but I'm struggling with the solo, just for the shear speed of it. The process I use to learn a solo like this is very long winded and very likely highly inefficient. I typically learn the notes of the solo first, just over repetition, burn them into my brain so that I can get to a point where I'm thinking about the song rather than trying to remember what to play next. Next I plug my guitar in and hear how sloppy I'm playing, then try to work out how to play it reasonably clean. Then I go back to the song and try to play along, but at this stage I get shocked at how fast the solo is. I'm playing so frantically that I'm all slopy and forgetting bits and getting flustered. I've just recently worked out that I can slow the song down in Reaper, so I'm now doing that and trying to learn how to play at the slower speed, somewhere between 60-80% of the actual speed. I'm self taught and never worked with an instructor before, so not really sure what to ask. But do you think this is probably next best step forward? playing along with the song at a slower speed and gradually speed it up? Here is where I'm at, this only includes the beginning part of the solo which is much slower than the rest of it. The solo is at the end of the clip. https://app.box.com/s/ilc5d9no7ssmffdezessc0qdqyuftaie

I arranged and produced a song for The Beach Boys, 'The Only One', specifically for Christian Love, the son of Mike Love. Produced two videos for Sherjan Ahmad, the lead guitar player of Junoon, the biggest Sufi Rock band in the world. And have a song being pitched for a scene in the new Baywatch: 'Ain't no Hero, Ain't no King'.

Hey guys! I'm going to be doing some lessons with Gary and be a "guest" instructor on a few Rock and Metal lessons. Looking forward to meeting you all and being part of this new, and growing community

This is my first attempt to perform Chris' 3rd exercise G Major CAGED and 3 Note Per String (3NPS) in the first position at 92 BPM (Beats Per Minute). Then I share a couple of tips for getting through this. I also used alternate picking throughout the exercise. And when I am talking about the first finger Roll descending 3NPS, I meant the 2nd string then the 3rd string 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjlX7fTMTio Here is an improv I did a few days ago using a backing track from the GDGA backings catalog. Trying to blend pentatonics with position shifts as well as some minor scales. Enjoy... very warts and all, nothing fancy just me playing on a phone recording.