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Petrovsk Mizinski 
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 Posted: March 27 2008 at 09:08 |
Well I play for 5 hours yesterday, about 2/3 of which was in the band practice session today.
I was playing some string skipping legato licks in the Soothsayer arrangement, when I get to where I start my solo (our bassist actually gets 64 bars to play a solo in that song as well  ). I've been trying out major/minor add 7 add 9 arpeggios too lately, and sometimes I play them surprisingly clean.
I think for a little while, I have to spend more and more time on sweep picking, still pretty far behind my alternate picking and legato, but it's slowly catching up . |
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 28 2008 at 16:21 |
Since my computer chooses to work once every 3 days or so, I haven't been able to inform everyone on my progress.
Tommorow I will be going into the studio to record some new stuff, should be fun. I've pretty much been focusing on John Petrucci excercises from his instructional book/cd "Wild Stringdom", and my own songs.
Good news, I am getting a new computer sometime this/next week so I will actually report in everyday again.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 30 2008 at 22:33 |
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Today I couldn't go into the studio but next weekend I should be finishing everything up and maybe putting some stuff on myspace.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
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Posted: March 31 2008 at 00:28 |
 MisterProg2112 wrote:
Since my computer chooses to work once every 3 days or so, I haven't been able to inform everyone on my progress.
Tommorow I will be going into the studio to record some new stuff, should be fun. I've pretty much been focusing on John Petrucci excercises from his instructional book/cd "Wild Stringdom", and my own songs.
Good news, I am getting a new computer sometime this/next week so I will actually report in everyday again. |
What are the specifications for your new computer going to be?
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Today I couldn't go into the studio but next weekend I should be finishing everything up and maybe putting some stuff on myspace. |
I'm eagerly waiting to hear it  If I PM my email address to you, can you email the songs to me?
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
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Posted: April 01 2008 at 05:13 |
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Hey Brandon, are you still in the shred war?
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Passionist
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Posted: April 01 2008 at 12:02 |
My friend is asking for my recording too. I really need to arse myself into doing them or he'll never ask me again. It's just so hard to get anythign done nowadays  Always so busy, and yet, you never really are.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: April 02 2008 at 07:49 |
200 000 homes were affected by a power failure in Melbourne today, one of those including mine. Since the power failure happened about 2 hours before I planned to start playing (the power came back 5 and a half hours after it cut out), I couldn't play electric. I got out the classical guitar for about 2 hours, and learnt to play the intro to Diary Of A Madman-Ozzy Osbourne. That song features some of the best guitar work Randy Rhoads ever did IMO. I nailed that in about 20mins, and after that, set to work on just improvised finger picking stuff, and two handed tapping on the low E and A strings , which kinda hurts for a little while, but you gradually get used to it.
Well It's 10:50pm here, I've been on the forums and msn since 8:30, might set to work on electric at 11:30, and play till about 2am, or until I get tired I guess.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 12:31 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Since my computer chooses to work once every 3 days or so, I haven't been able to inform everyone on my progress.
Tommorow I will be going into the studio to record some new stuff, should be fun. I've pretty much been focusing on John Petrucci excercises from his instructional book/cd "Wild Stringdom", and my own songs.
Good news, I am getting a new computer sometime this/next week so I will actually report in everyday again. |
What are the specifications for your new computer going to be?
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Today I couldn't go into the studio but next weekend I should be finishing everything up and maybe putting some stuff on myspace. |
I'm eagerly waiting to hear it If I PM my email address to you, can you email the songs to me?
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I will most deffinitley e-mail them to you when everything is finalized. As far as my computer I am not sure exactly what I will be getting but I'm hoping to get it soon.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: April 03 2008 at 12:33 |
In other news, I am playing a benefit show for Darfur (my school is hosting it), my set will be:
1. Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails
2. An original of my own
3. Joe Satriani - Crowd Chant (hopefully there will be some participants) 
I wish the set could be longer but there's a "time restriction"  |
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
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Posted: April 04 2008 at 07:22 |
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Since my computer chooses to work once every 3 days or so, I haven't been able to inform everyone on my progress.
Tommorow I will be going into the studio to record some new stuff, should be fun. I've pretty much been focusing on John Petrucci excercises from his instructional book/cd "Wild Stringdom", and my own songs.
Good news, I am getting a new computer sometime this/next week so I will actually report in everyday again. |
What are the specifications for your new computer going to be?
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Today I couldn't go into the studio but next weekend I should be finishing everything up and maybe putting some stuff on myspace. |
I'm eagerly waiting to hear it If I PM my email address to you, can you email the songs to me?
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I will most deffinitley e-mail them to you when everything is finalized. As far as my computer I am not sure exactly what I will be getting but I'm hoping to get it soon. |
Cool, well I guess no point PMing my email adress now, I'll wait till your new computer arrives.
MisterProg2112 wrote:
In other news, I am playing a benefit show for Darfur (my school is hosting it), my set will be:
1. Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails
2. An original of my own
3. Joe Satriani - Crowd Chant (hopefully there will be some participants)
I wish the set could be longer but there's a "time restriction" |
Awesome  I wish I could do a benefit show like that, but at the moment, I don't think there is anywhere around Melbourne that I know of offering something like that, unless perhaps I ask my school if I could do one as well, cos apart from music, I'm fairly into politics, international events and history too, so I've sorta come to realise how being a musician can be have a positive impact on people's lives. It's a really good feeling knowing your a musician that can make a difference, we really do need less selfish people in the world, kudos to you dude  I haven't heard Wedding Nails yet (the only PT album I have is Fear Of a Blank Planet), but I assume if's a cool song anyway. Crowd Chant, woa, I seriously thought no one but Satch would do that, but hey, hopefully the crowd has some Satch fans that have seen his Satriani Live! DVD already  Good luck with the show.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Posted: April 04 2008 at 07:27 |
Well before I forget, yesterday I played from 11:30 till 2am, actually working more on rhythm guitar than normal, and of course going through the usual stuff.
I recently got Guitar Pro 5, so I've been making backing tracks to solo over, which is handy since my bass player friend Billy got a girlfriend and hasn't been home (his obviously been at his GFs house, mind you her house is a 7 minute walk from mine, and billy lives 15 minutes away, so she lives about halfway between us), so I haven't been able to jam with him since last the 28th of March. Damn it, why couldn't he get a GF that lived further away so they aren't always seeing each other  (and yes, all 3 of us go to the same school, garghhhhh!). |
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: April 08 2008 at 23:08 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Since my computer chooses to work once every 3 days or so, I haven't been able to inform everyone on my progress.
Tommorow I will be going into the studio to record some new stuff, should be fun. I've pretty much been focusing on John Petrucci excercises from his instructional book/cd "Wild Stringdom", and my own songs.
Good news, I am getting a new computer sometime this/next week so I will actually report in everyday again. |
What are the specifications for your new computer going to be?
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Today I couldn't go into the studio but next weekend I should be finishing everything up and maybe putting some stuff on myspace. |
I'm eagerly waiting to hear it If I PM my email address to you, can you email the songs to me?
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I will most deffinitley e-mail them to you when everything is finalized. As far as my computer I am not sure exactly what I will be getting but I'm hoping to get it soon. |
Cool, well I guess no point PMing my email adress now, I'll wait till your new computer arrives.
MisterProg2112 wrote:
In other news, I am playing a benefit show for Darfur (my school is hosting it), my set will be:
1. Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails
2. An original of my own
3. Joe Satriani - Crowd Chant (hopefully there will be some participants)
I wish the set could be longer but there's a "time restriction" |
Awesome I wish I could do a benefit show like that, but at the moment, I don't think there is anywhere around Melbourne that I know of offering something like that, unless perhaps I ask my school if I could do one as well, cos apart from music, I'm fairly into politics, international events and history too, so I've sorta come to realise how being a musician can be have a positive impact on people's lives. It's a really good feeling knowing your a musician that can make a difference, we really do need less selfish people in the world, kudos to you dude I haven't heard Wedding Nails yet (the only PT album I have is Fear Of a Blank Planet), but I assume if's a cool song anyway. Crowd Chant, woa, I seriously thought no one but Satch would do that, but hey, hopefully the crowd has some Satch fans that have seen his Satriani Live! DVD already Good luck with the show. |
Thanks very much  . The show will be next Monday. I have been practicing a lot lately and writing some new material, trying to record, AND all the hockey that I'm involved in has prevented me from updating with everyone since April 4.
So how has everyone been doing the last couple of days?
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Posted: April 08 2008 at 23:26 |
Me, I started school again this week But I've been doing my best to get 3 hours in a night.
My string skipping is really really happening now, in alternate picking. The sweep picking just doesn't improve as fast as I want it to unforunately.
Other than that, I haven't been jamming with friends at all lately, more just creating backing tracks in guitar pro to solo and improvise over.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: April 11 2008 at 09:35 |
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I have been working on my sweeping for the past week or so and it really has been picking up. No new computer yet, I currently still am recording and writing. Still lots of hockey, but at the same time still lots of guitar.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: April 11 2008 at 09:48 |
I got in 3 hours today (it's about 10 minutes to midnight here in Melbourne), mainly jamming over chord progressions really. I wasn't sure whether we are meant to post everyday, I was just kinda always waiting for you to reply first before I made my next post here.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: April 14 2008 at 23:09 |
My sweeping is coming along even more My sweeping just always sucked, but I can actually hear the individual notes in the sweep now.
Got in 3 hours today, mainly working around chrod progression where I can fit in diminished arpeggios.
EDIT: I managed another 4 hours today. I've been trying out some 3 note per string pentatonic patterns lately, mainly in A minor. So far it's only at slow tempos and I've been trying it in string skipping as well.
Edited by HughesJB4 - April 15 2008 at 08:05
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: April 15 2008 at 12:32 |
My school benefit concert was a success, Wedding Nails went very well (I constructed my own solo considering SW's isn't the best IMO) and Crowd Chant went pretty good, only about half of the audience was participating because there was some old hags but I got some really good feedback from some of my classmates.
I did however get a lot more feedback when I played "Cliffs of Dover" for the Variety Show in January which is before I even joined the forum.
I'm going to do some more recording over the weekend probably, I'm looking forward to that.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: April 19 2008 at 10:18 |
Fantastic job with the sucessful performance
Wow, you can play Cliffs Of Dover. That song is hellishly difficult, but then again I've never really tried to play it. It would be awesome if you got around to making a youtube video of yourself playing one day.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: April 23 2008 at 13:49 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
Fantastic job with the sucessful performance
Wow, you can play Cliffs Of Dover. That song is hellishly difficult, but then again I've never really tried to play it. It would be awesome if you got around to making a youtube video of yourself playing one day. |
Once I get a camera I'll be glad too, also it's not as difficult as it sounds really. Just by the way you talk about music and your guitar playing I can tell you're a better guitarist/musician than me, I don't know a lick of theory. You would deffinitley be able to pull of cliffs.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 01:21 |
As for what theory I know, I'm completely self taught, and have never done any formal theory lessons anywhere, what I know has come from reading books really and figuring out some aspects myself. I can only really use Tab, reading proper notation takes way too long for me. I'm very very well versed in theory with modes, and chord progressions, and I know some classical music concepts as well.
As for skill, I can imagine you're about equal to me, but then again, I've never actually tried to play Cliffs Of Dover from the start to end, but I might give that a go later this year.
I'm working on a Buckethead song right now, and I've just about nearly nailed the main guitar solo from Pull Me Under. I've got a performance for school next friday, but have run into some complications, due to our rhythm guitarist completely dropping out of school, so we have a whole week to teach our replacement dude the stuff, not sure how well that will go, but I'm hopeful at least
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