Comments on: How To Be A Metal Musician http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/12/how-to-be-a-metal-musician/ Be a successful musician, one note at a time. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: VintageP http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/12/how-to-be-a-metal-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-130 VintageP Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:03:56 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/how-to-be-a-metal-musician/#comment-130 I began the guitar at age 50 as a cure for a midlife crisis. I either stumbled on or was directed to many of the recommendations listed in the article and they are beneficial for any genre in my view. Learning favorite songs is especially beneficial as each one is a briefcase full of licks and technique. I spend a lot of time on "Crazy Train" as a training exercise for improving my speed. Of course, the pre-requisite to duplicate your favorites is learning scales, pre-requisite to that - some good instruction.... I began the guitar at age 50 as a cure for a midlife crisis. I either stumbled on or was directed to many of the recommendations listed in the article and they are beneficial for any genre in my view. Learning favorite songs is especially beneficial as each one is a briefcase full of licks and technique. I spend a lot of time on “Crazy Train” as a training exercise for improving my speed.

Of course, the pre-requisite to duplicate your favorites is learning scales, pre-requisite to that – some good instruction….

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