{"id":7303,"date":"2018-04-17T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/?p=7303"},"modified":"2018-04-17T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T03:03:15","slug":"lets-talk-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/lets-talk-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk Technique…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As blues players, sometimes the word technique<\/em> leaves a… less than desireable taste…<\/p>\n

Blues is about feeling the music and playing from your heart and leaving your soul bare on the stage for all to see and hear.<\/em>..<\/p>\n

But, how do you think you’re going to do that if you can’t play well<\/em>?<\/p>\n

If I had a nickel for every time I thought, “Man, I love what you were going for there…” I would be a wealthy man indeed.<\/p>\n

When you get a great idea, or you hear a cool lick or phrase that you want to copy, do you ever think, “too bad I<\/em> can’t play like that?”<\/p>\n

And then you might make up some excuses about small hands, or being too old, or not having time to practice… and in some instances where there is arthritis or nerve damage of some sort, those concerns might be legitimate, but for 995 out of 1000 students that I see, those excuses are nothing but excuses.<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be cooler to hear something, have a pretty good idea of how it might be achieved (because you’ve played something similar, so you can kind of recognize it) and then tinker around with it for a few minutes and you’re playing around with it like you own it?<\/p>\n

So I’m going to start on a mission today: I want to improve your speed (and that means, your techniques, your speed, your control, and your dexterity) by 10% over the next 30 days.<\/p>\n

Really, I think I can get it up by 20%… but I realize that might sound unbelievable, so I’ll stick with 10% for now. (I’ve actually got proof that I can do over 20%, on average, because I’ve done it… but I’ll save that for later.)<\/p>\n

My part, as you can probably guess, is videos and stuff that I do…<\/p>\n

Your part, is that I need your time. I don’t need a lot, but if you commit to this, you’ll reap the benefits for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with about 15 minutes today… grab your guitar (though you won’t need it right away) and watch this, and take it in. If you can practice this in front of a mirror so that you can see your hand position, that’s all the better.<\/p>\n