The Musicians Thread

[smurphy]

Find a cracked Guitar Pro somewhere, it's awesome.

Where could I find such a thing? Torrents?

Yeah, shouldn't be too hard to find.

[dmin]

EDIT: Also, where to buy lead and picks?

I've used these a few times before - http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk

[CaptainCalcium]

Update time: The band (strawberry float Yeah! Molecules) is going into the studio to record our first EP in the next few weeks or so, should be up on the Facebook as soon as. Also, our studio Soundwave Studios asked us to feature on their next podcast, some interviews and probably the first play of the recordings. Got a few gigs lined up as well, so things are looking good.


Also, hers a few pictures of my set up. Its simple, but it does the job.

[Exxy]

You will find a lead and picks in your local guitar shop.

The best way to learn is to pick songs that you know and sound easy (or have easy parts), and find tabs for them. I use(d to use, before I learnt by ear) this site. Find a cracked Guitar Pro somewhere, it's awesome. Then learn the easy bits, struggle with the hard bits. Have fun, learn more songs, get better, realise you can play the harder bits, start picking harder songs etc.

Try to keep your playing varied, too. When I started I tended to focus on single-note, pick based riffy songs. Subsequently I was (still am a bit) gooseberry fool at chords. Try things like finger picking as well, it's well fun. After playing a different style you'll notice an improvement in your regular playing, too.

The most important part is to have fun, if it's not fun you will not stick with it. Make sure to play with an amp, this was one of my killer mistakes. You end up playing way too hard so you can hear yourself. Especially fatal when I was first learning bass, I'm only getting over that today, years later. Play out loud along to the songs as well. You're tone might be awful, but it's still fun. Helps with your rhythm too, another big mistake of mine. Playing parts solo I always ended up going way, way too fast.

Cheers for the advice My local music shop is a dump, rip off prices and owned buy a guy who will try and flog the whole store to me. Internet is way easier.

Advice seems sound, I'm definitely finding the playing loud so I can hear it thing, just hope my amp still works. Used to have Guitar Pro when I tried learning a few years ago, I'll have another look at getting it.

EDIT: Also, where to buy lead and picks?

I've used these a few times before - http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk

Cheers, I'll have a look

[LewisD]

Exxy, get yourself a nice cheap USB interface to plug your guitar into your computer and download ( ) GuitarRig4 or something along those lines.
An Alesis GuitarLink Plus is what I've been using and after a bit of tinkering the latency isn't an issue anymore - but a good dedicated interface should do the trick.

And then BAM! Guitar amps on your PC.

[Exxy]

I'll invest in that tech if I get decent All I need right now is a £5 lead and some picks. Ordering them off the website dmin posted

[sawyerpip]

Right, I've always wanted to play the piano, so I've decided to get a keyboard just to mess around on and try and learn some songs I'd like to be able to play. I don't really want to spend too much as I won't be playing seriously or anything, and just want to see if I have any musical ability at all really. I really have no idea about instruments so any suggestions on what'd be a good starting point?

[Victor Mildew]

I really have no idea about instruments so any suggestions on what'd be a good starting point?

Buy a guitar? *troll face*

Seriously though, try and start simple as you can but with something you know off by heart.

And dont do what everyone else does and learn bloody clocks by coldplay . It's the piano equivilent of stairway to heaven

[Exxy]

Stuff arrived today, ten picks and a lead. Amp still works \o/ Much better playing with picks and an amp. Only just noticed how strawberry floated my strings are, few years of being left in a cupboard has done them no good, little warped in places and the GBE strings are coming undone at the tuning pegs. strawberry floated it up last time I tried changing strings, so I'm not full of hope this time round.

On the playing front, I can play D and G no problem, just can't get the transition down between them. Annoying as gooseberry fool.

[LewisD]

Getting a brand new one of these for Free next week:



Connections in the industry ftw.
Would've preferred a Line 6 Pod HD500 - but they wouldn't give free ones of those away.

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

[dmin]

http://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/fender-kurt-cobain-jaguar-signature-guitar-announced-492048

Next up, signature cardigan from unplugged.

[Victor Mildew]

This Pod X3 is brilliant!

I set it to simultaneous mic + guitar and within an hour i had a basic song down from scratch (recorded too). I've just spent a couple of hours finishing it off and its done now. Inspirational

[Victor Mildew]

This thread needs bumping

Realised i hadnt changed my guitar strings in about 5 years ( ) so went and bought a load and re-strung all my guitars. God i love the sound of a newly strung Tele

Loving songwriting at the moment, it might be generic shite but its great fun

[Lime]

Getting a brand new one of these for Free next week:



Connections in the industry ftw.
Would've preferred a Line 6 Pod HD500 - but they wouldn't give free ones of those away.

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

Oooooooooo I've got one of those.

It's amazing. Great sounds and a built in looper so you can play with yourself (oo-er).

[LewisD]

I'm forming an 80's cover/function band with the guys from work.

I reckon loads of people would want an 80s as strawberry float band playing their weddings and stuff - We'd get all dressed up and everything, think Steel Panther, but covers of the best of the 80s (so all of it).

Nearly finished building my hot rodded super strat, it's going to be sooo 80's when it's done!

[Frank]

Now I'm back to Uni, and have access to a fully equipped workshop, I've revived my old College project. Ended up building a seven string guitar out of Plywood, so it ended up being ridiculously heavy Just found my old plans out, and I've just bashed together this thing:

(ignore the "How do I print screen" browser window there... )

Which I should hopefully be able to use to mill this body blank I've had lying around for a while. Got an Ibanez neck to stick onto it, too. Just hope I've still got all the neck equations somewhere. Would suck to stick it on at the wrong angle

[Pontius Pilate]

An Sg with a floyd and one pickup!? Sacrilege. That would look really cool.

Here is the link to my bands new demo if anyone would like to check us out.
http://bodacious.bandcamp.com/


This is my secret weapon really, can make any amp sound good!


Use this amp as my bedroom practice amp. Thing is ancient, built in the 80s, but for a solid state it sounds great! Clapton used to use these for recording, so I've heard.

Now for the guitars!

[Victor Mildew]

Here is the link to my bands new demo if anyone would like to check us out.
http://bodacious.bandcamp.com/

I'd be lying if i said that was my type of music, but its pretty damn good mate

We should get a pool of Grcader's tunes linked in here or something. Things like yours deserve to get some coverage.

[Pontius Pilate]

Cheers man.

[Victor Mildew]

Which ones Lemmy?

*trollface*

Nah, good stuff