Recording yourself REALLY helps!

Guest · 2005-08-28T22:37:37Z

For everone who is just starting out here is some advice from a fellow newbie: Find a way to record yourself playng. It makes a big difference in judging your progress. I started recording myself with about 3 weeks of practice. I am at 7 weeks now and I didn't think I made that much improvement. But I just re-recorded my Stairway to Heaven and I'll tell you that there is DEFINITELY a difference in my playing. Talk about motivation! I am still making mistakes but it sounds "smoother" and with the exception of getting to that F chord a bit quicker it doesn't sound half bad (if I must say so myself! 8) ...Hey, are all guitarists this vain! :oops: :oops: ). If you go to my Guitar Gallery site (link in my signature) and click on My Recordings you'll see stairway2.mp3 (the older one) and then the newer version with the date (which I am going to date files from now on). Hopefully you'll hear the improvement as well.I also recorded Hells Bells (Mike's Hells Bells) that I just started learning yesterday (I also posted a link in the Hear Hear section). I think it sound OK...Plus I recorded Star Spangled Banner but I haven't been playing that one for a while and I can tell by the recording.So if you have the opportunity record your playing even though you may think you're not that great YET! You will see a difference in only a few days/weeks!

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09/09/2005 8:19 pm

You can also go to this post and it will show you how to convert midis to wav files with Winamp.

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11/09/2005 2:01 am

Thanks for the answers guys. Really appreciate it.

"Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest...if it makes you
feel good, don't stop until you see the blood from your fingers.
Then you'll know you're on to something!"
- Ted Nugent

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