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August 21st, 2009

Love your enemies Part II

God Spoke to me that day , he saidĀ  “Love your enemies”

So i did the DIY Guitar Kit Sale .

You know what , i think it is working . We should all LOVE OUR ENEMIES .

Guess what happened today ?

Roland Send me this T shirt !! ;)

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Its like saying ” Mau Jadi Best Friend Balik Mou?”

haha . Thank you Roland Boys ..

A lil bit of history . The Rolands were damn pissed with me because of this ..its like freakin’ 8 months ago..

and also , i was indirectly involve in the Roland Microcube Market Spoiling program . How funny they send me a Roland Microcube T shirt eh ?

So , are they practicing “Love your enemies” too ? or is it a Pre-battle message ? :)




5 Quick Q & A Guitar Related Random Questions:

1.Gap , How do i know which lick i play is my signature lick ?

The lick that is the easiest and the most comfortable for you .

2.I got my signature lick , what’s next?

Expand it like crazy . It all started with 4 to 5 signature lick notes . Play it in Octaves .Then , try sweeping it out . Try different positions on the fingerboard . Oh yes , try string skipping it too . And feel free to add a note or two .

3.Simplest guide to theory?

a) Knowing all the basic chords (up to 11th or 13th) , e.g chord formation , knowing the formula.

b) Major minor scale

c) Transposing songs and solos

d) Harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale , diminish and augmented

e) Hearing , Song arrangement , Song Composition , Complicated timings

If you’ve somewhat master the above , you pretty much covered the basics . You are ready to gig .

4) Simplest guide to technique ?

a) Bends , Hammer on , Pull offs , Vibrato, slide

b) Legato

c) Tapping ( not just single string )

d) Alternate picking

e) Sweep Picking

f) Sweep Tapping

g) String skip alternate picking

h) String skip legato , String skip tapping

i) Go back to Bends , Pull offs , Hammer on , slide

j) Dynamics , Attack , Phrasing

k) Whatever new technique youtube shredders are doing

5) I am demotivated , Lazy to practice , and i need some one to inspire me .

Go meet and jam with a guitar guru . Make sure he pawns you .

You learn moreĀ  , willing to practice more and get inspired more when you feel the pain of getting pawned .

11 Responses to “Love your enemies Part II”

  1. wei nice t shirt! :p
    the 5th wan, sometimes u get pawned, u get even more demotivated

  2. OH MY..the comic at the end there..!! LOLZ!!!!!!!!! XDDDDD

  3. Check the t-shirt for hidden microphones, lol…

  4. The comic damn kau funny…

    but wait..what if my signature lick was copied from someone else in the first place! :S

  5. joshuachinyohan Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    woahahahhahahahhahhahhahahahhahahahahhahhahahhahahahah
    i want the 1 buck thing then!

  6. ehh.. i heard a similiar story like the comic, i think the comic is from the story.. haha

    its about robert johnson, he sold his soul to the devil in the crossroads, where people say he admitted and then got so good suddenly,then he wrote the song crossroads.

  7. echobrainproject Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 12:12 am

    for answers of question number 3: clem, you really have super high standards to start gigging.

  8. Everyone here knows about the Robert Johnson story already what.

  9. haha

    gap why you so against bassist ?

  10. wah, the comic quite classic man. i wonder if a marker and a cardboard are worth RM 1 here. :T most prob more than that.

    and..very nice shirts there :D

  11. well, i remember once from the video, guitarist got the chicks compare to basist :D

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