Instead of recording a practice session and then uploading it, they are now being live streamed over at
www.twitch.tv/milehighshred

Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to ask questions and interact during these streams.

Not only will guitar practice sessions be streamed, but lesson material writing, song writing, drum programming, and other behind the scenes type stuff will be streamed.

Now, get your assess over there and participate!

Working on some 16th note triplets at 150 and 160 BPM for today's guitar practice.

No talking, please. Thank you :)

Did some recording to see how things sound for the ending section of Juggernaut.

Did some full run throughs of my song Juggernaut, plus some other stuff I wrote.

A friend of mine, Dustin, mailed me some guitar picks to try out. Most of them were Swiss picks. Didn't do anything for me. Another was an XL Jazz III pick. Kind of liked that one, but still nothing like the 6mm Gravity Pick. Also a Dunlop Ultex Sharp. HATED IT INSTANTLY. Yuck!

Then, I went on to practice a string skipping (kind of) riff that finishes off my song Juggernaut.

When learning or practicing a piece of music, or section of music, it can be helpful to break things down into small chunks. This allows you to practice what you want without getting overwhelmed with having to play too much while you learn and improve.

That's what I did for today's guitar log. I broke up the ending section to Juggernaut into 3 chunks.

If you've watched the previous guitar logs you've probably heard several swear words come out of my mouth.

I'm being pretty real to who I am when I practice. I'm not holding back!

Swearing seems to help with easing frustration.

There's more chromatic work in this guitar log too.

Sometimes you can add just one note to something you're working on. I feel this approach really helps you get VERY familiar with what you're working on.

That's what I did for this guitar log.

The chromatic run has proven to be a pain in the butt for me!

This guitar log shows what I did to troubleshoot this note cluster.