I guess that's why I'm addicted to this particular channel and its contents: sheer wisdom shared, zero bullshit and a bit of fun. Oh and I need that massage machine by the way :-)
Telling yourself that you don't have the time (90+20 minutes or 'any schedule on a daily basis') is pointing out the lack of priority, I think this is the biggest reason why so many people don't develop much. We won't wake up one day and suddenly are at the point of skills that we always dreamed of...
Great video! There were some great points made here. I do need to try and devote more time to practicing for sure. I'm always looking for areas where I find I can't pull off something I want to do, so I'm able to break practice up into smaller chunks. Less effective than a 1-2 hour chunk of time but I do still see improvement.
Dani Rabin...I'm a teacher/ player of many styles and lifetime guitar fanatic and kudos to you as if you've read my mind on this video. Our community needs more of this type of psychology HOW TO "coaching" and less Am pent repetitions
My current hang up is that carving out that 90 minutes is really tough lately between a hectic gigging and teaching schedule. I'm playing up to 10 hours a day often recently, but not deliberate practice!
Good video. I like the bit about him saying we need to ask ourselves just how good are you? What standard are you at? And like many, if I think about the amount of years I have been playing, it's quite shocking really. Plus I know more than one pro guitarist in a pro band who would fall apart at an open mic night if presented with music outside their comfort zone.
My biggest issue is what a friend calls "stability" or having the finger independence to keep my pinky in close to the fretboard when I'm playing legato. Makes the finger inaccurate when finger accuracy is very, very, important for legato playing.
@@samlong9354 I would make a wager that you are misdiagnosing the problem and that you haven’t figured out how to use the weight of your palm to transfer the pressure from finger to finger when playing legato and that that’s the hang up
My linear lines are bad, I haven't transcribed much and I'm carrying much of my rock type of sound. Not much outside playing and too much overplaying. And rhythmically I'm not too good either, I think it's coming from bad chord change chops
I am able to very comfortable and quite musically improvise in simple pop progressions like 1-6-4-5 in keys like C D A F, but I'm losing my mind when I switch to keys like C# F# G# A#. I feel like I never played guitar before, half of the notes are just farts in the sky. It is weird, I don't know why it's so hard for me to do all that half step transitions for schemes what I played a thousand times already. I wanna play like Greg Howe, but I understand that I can't play like Greg Howe, and I need to target something what he does, but on lover difficulty levels. And it's not always obvious and clear.
My big thing that I'm working on is percussive acoustic playing. I know what sound I want, I know what I want to write, but I currently lack the sense of timing I need to pull it off. I have no formal education and am entirely self taught. Anyone have some advice?
@@chriszec4588 if you can’t play in time getting the percussive wound you want look at someone who gets the sound and examined their motion mechanics. Particularly the right hand and compare it to yours by recording yourself on video and going back and forth between the vids. You’ll learn a lot
I like to many styles of music which makes my confused. I don’t realy know who i am from a musically standpoint. Sometimes its Rock, then blues, gypsy Jazz, fusion and so on. Can somebody relate?
@@YourNextMistake you are not the audience. Hold your guitar hit record on your phone and play for 10 minutes. Then listen back. That’s exactly who (and more importantly where) you are. Confront that, work on that and get better.
@@marbinmusic Most of the time i don’t like my playing.. its not good, not good enough for me and my Goals. It feels like everyone is better and my Goals are out of reach.
@@YourNextMistake saying you’re not good is a cop out because it’s just kicking yourself in the balls in a way that doesn’t allow you to take action to solve problems. Ask yourself what isn’t good about your playing, or what the worst thing about it in this moment and try to solve that. If you constantly work on your biggest problem at the time you will get better and over time since you will start to like you playing since you took steps to solve and correct the behaviours you don’t like one by one
@@YourNextMistake shifting awareness from what you think you know, to being aware of your mistakes, limitations and things you still don't know are normal in any skill as you become more proficient. Happens with whatever skill, be it driving a car, speaking a new language, etc...
If only people taught more about math rock and Midwest emo type of stuff. However at least Steve from Lets Talk About Math Rock and Trevor Wong exist, probably will patreon them to get tabs to learn some stuff since most of those songs are near impossible without tabs imo.
I found just making albums is the better goal to be honest, even if they suck. I am grateful for dudes like the guy from Invalids who programmed drums and played all instruments on his albums. That's what inspired me to actually make music, as should most of you should do. More so because it is impossible to find people into Midwest emo or math rock in any area I've been in lol. Better to make it myself
Really, really cool and useful -unlike most of the other takes on the subject! Biggest issue? Possibly too much TH-cam without an actual guitar in my hands 🫣
Sir, you are quickly becoming my favorite TH-cam guitar instructor! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and sense of humor!
Dani is the MAN!!! Very knowledgable and no non-sense. One of the few people I recommend that you listen to. :)
I guess that's why I'm addicted to this particular channel and its contents: sheer wisdom shared, zero bullshit and a bit of fun. Oh and I need that massage machine by the way :-)
Glad you dig it. Lots more to come.
My biggest issue is being overwhelmed with what to learn and jumping around to different things too much without consistent repetition
Get a teacher and do what he tells you.
@@marbinmusic that's you! I'm trying but my fingers keep getting stuck with all the cheeto dust (this is Matt H.)
Actually, this advice fits very well with anything one needs to do to improve (musically or otherwise). I love it!!!
He’s right about slowing down and going backwards. I really good jazz pianist told me to practice scales slowly. Took me 10 years to try it. lol
Better late than never
@@marbinmusic Unless you are a paramedic.
It's really great to encounter this kind of honesty.
This is great advice. Noticed you stopped talking about SRV after you said the word “system.”
Telling yourself that you don't have the time (90+20 minutes or 'any schedule on a daily basis') is pointing out the lack of priority, I think this is the biggest reason why so many people don't develop much. We won't wake up one day and suddenly are at the point of skills that we always dreamed of...
Another great video.
I really like how you explain reality . Especially about music school was so incredible and honest .
Great video! There were some great points made here. I do need to try and devote more time to practicing for sure. I'm always looking for areas where I find I can't pull off something I want to do, so I'm able to break practice up into smaller chunks. Less effective than a 1-2 hour chunk of time but I do still see improvement.
Glad it was helpful!
I thought you were gonna say at 00:15: the fact that you're watching this video instead of practicing is already a bad start for you
Dani Rabin...I'm a teacher/ player of many styles and lifetime guitar fanatic and kudos to you as if you've read my mind on this video.
Our community needs more of this type of psychology HOW TO "coaching" and less Am pent repetitions
This video is spot on advice
Awesome advice and true points all around.
Glad it was helpful!
My current hang up is that carving out that 90 minutes is really tough lately between a hectic gigging and teaching schedule. I'm playing up to 10 hours a day often recently, but not deliberate practice!
This is extremely well deserved expressed. I mean incredibly on the button. Well put man
Good video. I like the bit about him saying we need to ask ourselves just how good are you? What standard are you at? And like many, if I think about the amount of years I have been playing, it's quite shocking really. Plus I know more than one pro guitarist in a pro band who would fall apart at an open mic night if presented with music outside their comfort zone.
Great advice!! I fucking love Marbin
We love you (deeply)
My biggest issue is what a friend calls "stability" or having the finger independence to keep my pinky in close to the fretboard when I'm playing legato. Makes the finger inaccurate when finger accuracy is very, very, important for legato playing.
@@samlong9354 I would make a wager that you are misdiagnosing the problem and that you haven’t figured out how to use the weight of your palm to transfer the pressure from finger to finger when playing legato and that that’s the hang up
@@marbinmusic Thanks for the response. Know any good exercises?
@@samlong9354 join our Patreon we are posting a bunch of legato stuff next week
My linear lines are bad, I haven't transcribed much and I'm carrying much of my rock type of sound. Not much outside playing and too much overplaying. And rhythmically I'm not too good either, I think it's coming from bad chord change chops
that neck massager tho. holy shit
It's the only way to get good at guitar!
Great points, very reminiscent of Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo (RIP)
I got three guitars and i think i need to pick one to just really focus my playing on the most
Love your videos man! Put a noise gate on your mic there's a lot of white noise
I don’t play but want to get better!
@@bubbles3161 that’s a hard one
8:58 This ⬆️
Uh oh - 3:40 you just described me 🤣
I am able to very comfortable and quite musically improvise in simple pop progressions like 1-6-4-5 in keys like C D A F, but I'm losing my mind when I switch to keys like C# F# G# A#.
I feel like I never played guitar before, half of the notes are just farts in the sky. It is weird, I don't know why it's so hard for me to do all that half step transitions for schemes what I played a thousand times already.
I wanna play like Greg Howe, but I understand that I can't play like Greg Howe, and I need to target something what he does, but on lover difficulty levels. And it's not always obvious and clear.
@@alexproh3826 you need to practice your scales in all keys and try playing with your eyes closed
@@marbinmusic thank you sir, my best time and focus on this
My big thing that I'm working on is percussive acoustic playing. I know what sound I want, I know what I want to write, but I currently lack the sense of timing I need to pull it off. I have no formal education and am entirely self taught. Anyone have some advice?
@@chriszec4588 if you can’t play in time getting the percussive wound you want look at someone who gets the sound and examined their motion mechanics. Particularly the right hand and compare it to yours by recording yourself on video and going back and forth between the vids. You’ll learn a lot
3:34 or you can be me and be in a superposition of both at the same time. I’m a Shroedinger’s Dunning Kruger effect
I like to many styles of music which makes my confused. I don’t realy know who i am from a musically standpoint. Sometimes its Rock, then blues, gypsy Jazz, fusion and so on. Can somebody relate?
@@YourNextMistake you are not the audience. Hold your guitar hit record on your phone and play for 10 minutes. Then listen back. That’s exactly who (and more importantly where) you are. Confront that, work on that and get better.
@@marbinmusic Most of the time i don’t like my playing.. its not good, not good enough for me and my Goals. It feels like everyone is better and my Goals are out of reach.
@@YourNextMistake saying you’re not good is a cop out because it’s just kicking yourself in the balls in a way that doesn’t allow you to take action to solve problems.
Ask yourself what isn’t good about your playing, or what the worst thing about it in this moment and try to solve that. If you constantly work on your biggest problem at the time you will get better and over time since you will start to like you playing since you took steps to solve and correct the behaviours you don’t like one by one
@@marbinmusic True, its demotivating… the thing is also, as more I learn the more I understand I know nothing yet 🤯.
@@YourNextMistake shifting awareness from what you think you know, to being aware of your mistakes, limitations and things you still don't know are normal in any skill as you become more proficient. Happens with whatever skill, be it driving a car, speaking a new language, etc...
When you put your hand up for step 5 I realized the reason I can’t succeed is genetic
The shocking truth is that number five changed my life...
8:28 thats where its at 😅😂
Broken 16th notes in odd groups.
too late, I'm already good at guitar. I have defied and defeated you.
I don't have a problem with discipline, my big problem is that I don't know what to practice.
Take lessons
🌹😁👍
I can always tell if you've been "scratching your balls and eating Cheetos" from the orange cheese marks so DON'T DO IT. Cheetos are junk.
Noooo... How did he know about the shit stains?!?!?
Everyone knows... it reeks
1 reason why i might not watch this video: i ain't tryin' to hear that.
Ron Jeremy LOL
But… I love Cheetos!
If only people taught more about math rock and Midwest emo type of stuff. However at least Steve from Lets Talk About Math Rock and Trevor Wong exist, probably will patreon them to get tabs to learn some stuff since most of those songs are near impossible without tabs imo.
I found just making albums is the better goal to be honest, even if they suck.
I am grateful for dudes like the guy from Invalids who programmed drums and played all instruments on his albums. That's what inspired me to actually make music, as should most of you should do.
More so because it is impossible to find people into Midwest emo or math rock in any area I've been in lol. Better to make it myself
Really, really cool and useful -unlike most of the other takes on the subject!
Biggest issue? Possibly too much TH-cam without an actual guitar in my hands 🫣
These lessons can be helpful, but without solitary practice they won't help. At least that's an easy problem to fix.