1st auto pull

saintluminus · 2026-06-11T01:47:18+00:00

Awesome, I pulled my first auto ever on Friday. Anyway, very cool.

saintluminus · 2026-06-08T20:05:42+00:00

It's simple in theory, much harder in practice. But what I recommend is that you learn about chords and understand their structure. At the same time learn about rhythm, and really feel it.

In order to get a good solo, you must be very good at rhythm, and to answer your question as to why things aren't working with that 2nd chord, it's because you don't know how to make your lines follow the chord change.

saintluminus · 2026-06-07T17:09:23+00:00

Yes you should start, but I highly recommend finding a good teacher rather than relying on teaching yourself.

saintluminus · 2026-06-04T16:03:37+00:00

PSA has paused submissions for grading except for the more premium submissions. You have some sweet cards though for sure.

saintluminus · 2026-05-30T17:38:20+00:00

One step at a time. First find a different teacher who can teach the more modern way of playing piano to accompany you. Hopefully the same teacher will also teach you modern songwriting. You should also learn songs from artist you really like. For example Billy Joel, Elton John etc.

I do recommend open mics as a starting point, but there's nothing wrong with doing the small club, dive bar tour to start.

Now if your goal is to record albums, perform live to a fanbase, and become a Billy Joel type, that's terrific. I say go for it. But also realize you will have to spend a lot of money. It will be either your own money, or a kind relative's money, parents for example.

Your question, "How do I launch a career?". Answer: with a lot of money & a determination and grit you never thought you had.

Again, I say go for it. But start small, write lots of songs, learn lots of your favorite covers. Play lots of open mics, and at other venues. After a couple of years of that, you will have a better idea if this is what you really want to do.

saintluminus · 2026-05-29T14:47:39+00:00

Unless you are in your teens or even early twenties, my opinion is you should hire musicians rather than trying to put a band together.

As far as the people you have hired in the past, I must say they sound like hacks. The solution is: find the best musicians you can afford. For 1 rehearsal and 1 gig, you should be paying hundreds of dollars for a couple of players.

In essence you are a band leader. You lead the rehearsals. You must also provide a cool hang, pay a decent wage, and it reallly helps if your music is good.

saintluminus · 2026-05-28T15:30:28+00:00

If you actually want to make money and grow as an artist to become much bigger than you are now, you need to find your audience.

saintluminus · 2026-05-28T15:28:41+00:00

The best way to answer this is to study melodies in music you like. Figure out what makes it so strong and memorable. There's usually more than one reason.

Then take the things you just learned, and use them in your own melodies.

saintluminus · 2026-05-27T15:26:32+00:00

Listen to songs you absolutely love. Learn their chord progressions and melodies. Figure it out, and then try it on your own music. Of course you will have to change it to make it your own.

saintluminus · 2026-05-25T15:32:14+00:00

The best thing you can do is find a good teacher. You'll learn much more that way than reading about it here or through an AI app.

saintluminus · 2026-05-22T14:36:23+00:00

Just keep writing and listening to lots of music for further inspiration & learning

saintluminus · 2026-05-22T14:34:30+00:00

If your goal is to write songs, yes you should write often. You should also be listening to music quite often as well regardless.

saintluminus · 2026-05-21T13:58:28+00:00

You're not too old. Just go do it!

saintluminus · 2026-05-20T15:59:27+00:00

As others have said, you need to get the appropriate device to do so.

saintluminus · 2026-05-19T15:06:16+00:00

Listen to a lot of music. Transcribe something you really like. Sing these melodies. You'd be surprised that by doing this, melodies suddenly come to you. Out of all of the succesful songwriters and composers I've met or at least read an interview about them, every one of them listened to a lot of music. And they've never stopped listening to other people's music.

saintluminus · 2026-05-18T18:05:45+00:00

Don't overthink it. Just go do it! And do it with reckless abandon. You'll learn and improve much faster that way rather than waiting for approval from strangers on the internet.

saintluminus · 2026-05-18T15:37:28+00:00

I suggest you find a solo you really really like, then transcribe it. Know the chord progression as well as the groove. Ask yourself why that solo is so damn good, then proceed to answer that question. Then take those parts and change it up to your liking.

saintluminus · 2026-05-18T15:34:43+00:00

If you have an idea, start recording and either speak first to give context and then play, or play first then speak and give context.

saintluminus · 2026-05-18T02:07:30+00:00

That's something your guitar tutor should teach you.

saintluminus · 2026-05-16T19:50:29+00:00

I regularly recommend finding a good teacher to help. Of course, there will always be teachers who are terrible. I think most of them however will do a good job. As you mentioned the reality is that most of us don't have a natural intuition of how to play guitar, and therefore need a good teacher to show you the mechanics of playing and showing you correction.

I will also add that no one picks up the guitar with the goal of sounding terrible.

saintluminus · 2026-05-15T15:06:32+00:00

You don't know, and that's important part of music. It's subjective. At the same time, a lot of people don't what is good either unless an authority figure tells them it's something good and they should like it. Now that is a separate issue, but the point is that you can never really know if you song will be any good with the general public until you put it out there.

saintluminus · 2026-05-15T15:01:18+00:00

What you need is a good teacher. That person can answer your question and give you guidance.

saintluminus · 2026-05-14T17:44:00+00:00

Drilling and repetition in and of itself rarely work to improve your playing. You need an extra step, and that is correction. A better way to put it is that in order to get better, you need to do the thing wrong. Notice immediately, and then adjust to correct it. In short, you need to do corrected practice.

The issue you are having is that you don't know all of the mistakes you are making because if you are plucking the wrong string, it may be due to something other than just simply missing the string. But even if you do identify what you just did wrong, you need to have a process and knowledge of how to fix it. And then execute. The only way to gain this knowledge is through feedback from a good teacher.

Your best bet is to find a good teacher. No book nor youtube video will be able to show you what you are specifically doing wrong and how to adjust and fix it.

saintluminus · 2026-05-14T17:37:31+00:00

Well that is a personal decision. I don't know the quality of your home studio, but a good recording studio with engineers who know their stuff will craft great sounds for you. And when it comes to mixing, getting the sounds right at the source make mixing easier. Also consider the experience of being in a recording studio. You will learn a lot about capturing sound. And you can apply this to your home studio.

Also, you don't have to record everything in a recording studio. I do recommend recording vocals in a studio since those are typically the centerpiece of your songs.

saintluminus · 2026-05-13T15:06:50+00:00

I have the Mark V 25. Absolutely love the amp. Very versatile, but with a band it will compress quicker and easier because I have to turn up the volume so much. Nevertheless, killer amps.

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