Lets hear it. What do you consider your best/worst points as a guitarist/songwriter?

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Have had successful trades with:
Dunky_poos
No_happy

sometimes i cant come up with a good vocal melody to go over my chord progressoins at first. thats aqbout it.

I find it really hard to follow on songs. I write pretty good intros and then get completely lost

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Gear Thread
Gear pics(update 23/08/05)
Songs(update 30/12/08)

Singing and playing at the same time. Damn that is far to difficult. I dont know how some people do it so easily.

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My 3 guitars. 3 tubes. 1 speaker. and a tuner. Pics of my stuff.


Successful trades with: Rushfanlv, Teleman

Practice, pure and simple.


As for me....

Strengths:

when im creative, I think I write some good songs and lyrics and people have told me they are pretty good
can sing and play
feeling and soul into my music
working in a band together to create something that sounds good by working in effects, different styles etc

Weaknesses:

long dry spells with no creative spark
soloing
theory
jamming (playing things in front of/with people when I have nothing prepared, I just freeze up)
writing parts of songs and not being able to link them together into well constructed songs

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So I'll try not to breathe as I hold my head still,
the light bends on my face, there'd be tears if I cried
And I'll try not to think what the happy things were
I just think of the stuff that just made me **** scared


Gear Pics!
Rig Thread
Elita's Rev Online

FOR SALE/TRADE:

Vox Valvetone - £45 posted or trade for Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive

Digitech Digidelay (+cash) - trade for Boss DD-20

strength-good ear
weakness-sloppy

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proud member of the marshall family

fender esquire gt
ibanez rg 270 dx w/invader
boss tu-2 tuner
boss ns-2 noise supressor
mxr 10 band eq
marshall jcm 2000 dsl
marshall 1960a 4x12

Strengths

My timing is good
I can "feel" solos...but they are based around 1 or 2 scales only
I find riff writing really easy
Jamming

Weaknesses

Theory
Dedication to real practise, not just jamming
Lyrics
Writing basslines that do more than play root notes

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My rig, with pics, and other random stuff


Looking for-
Poweramp, of any description, under £220 preferably, PM me!

Have done business with-
Manfrommars
Jamie.Pope
(I also have 100% feedback on ebay, my name on there is Jelly4000)

Feel free to gimme a shout at pyromaniac_jelly@hotmail.com (on msn or email)

Strengths:
- sense of melody.
- being able to hear where to put parts
- creativity
- lyrics
- Multi-instrumentalist

Weakness:
- Voice, not as good as I wish it was.
- Have a hard time writing anything that isn't a ballad
- over doing things, I always want a song to be big and can forget that not all songs should be big.
- Relativly same song structures
- difficulties with non standard rythems

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gear: Outdated
http://community.webshots.com/user/seven1082000
Rig Thread:
http://guitargeek.com/chat/showthrea...threadid=95916
And my music: Halfway house
http://www.myspace.com/theglcc
looking for:
Analog delay
TC electronics D2

4sale/trade
Boss DS1

Done Buissness with:
Aneuretic, guitargeek, Tyler Durden

Strengths:

Good ear, I can learn songs very quickly.

Good at improvising.

Good at developing hooks, catchy choruses and riffs.

Weaknesses:

Inconsistant singing voice

Lyrics,

Writing verses, (Choruses are easy, its working out where to go thats hard)

Terrible work ethic.

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Have had successful trades with:
Dunky_poos
No_happy

this should be a strength

Strengths:

"Good" lyricist. (I know this is subjective, but... Christ, you should see some of the stuff other bandmembers have come up with over the years... )
I can write in nonstandard time signatures. In fact, I use 4/4 only about 30% of the time.
I tend to write complimentary parts for all instruments, not just the instrument I happen to play in which ever band that I am in. No one instrument really sticks out.
Good rhythm, good sense of time. Not great, but I can easily hang with most people I've played with. I'm working on improvement, however.

Weaknesses:
I can't sight read. It takes me a long time to read music. I can do it, I just have to squint and mutter a lot.
I can't sing and play, and my voice isn't that great. I have a hard time judging vocal pitch while I sing. This is also something I'm working on.
I need to study my scales and modes a bit more. I'm not as fluent in them as I'd like to be.

Strengths = sounds, production

Weaknesses = technique

Strengths:

Improvising/jamming - I can pull stuff off the top of my head pretty easily
Singing - I have a decent voice, and can sing and play at the same time with relative ease
Recording - I have an ear for production

Weaknesses:

Reading - I read pretty badly for someone at my level
Writing Choruses - I really am a verse writer, the hooky chorus is not my forte

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Tremonti molests farm animals

/heritage 535/Kramer V?Takamine Jumbo
Marshall DSL100 head, marshall 1936 2x12 cab
boss BF-3, homemade Octavia clone/smallstone clone/pt80 delay/ts 808 clone/bluesbreaker clone/treble boost/marshall ED-1 compressor/fish'n'chips eq

Strengths:

Soloing's pretty good. Relaxing and just jamming. Working with fellow musicians. Theory. Learning quickly. Making people have fun.

Weaknesses:

Singing. Writing anything particularly original. "This might sound weird, but getting into the music by moving - what i mean is a lot of guitarists really move and get into it when they solo; while I solo just as i do anything. I feel it, but i don't really show that i feel it."

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Art is selling your wounds to those who will never experience calluses.

Art is not a mirror heald up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.

Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

If you think you're free, no escape is possible.

No matter where you go or what you do, you spend your entire life within the confines of your head.

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed?

Oh, and another weakness for me: my ear. I love music, but I have a hard time like figuring out what someone is playing by ear, or knowing what key they're in.

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Art is selling your wounds to those who will never experience calluses.

Art is not a mirror heald up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.

Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

If you think you're free, no escape is possible.

No matter where you go or what you do, you spend your entire life within the confines of your head.

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed?