WEEK 4 – Music theory
DAY 22 – HOW TO BE PERSISTENT
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HOW TO BE PERSISTENT
In this video I will show you how to guarantee that you are as persistent as you can possibly be. I struggled with this like so many others but I also found the cure for the struggle.
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THE POWER OF MUSIC MECHANICS
The reason why we sometimes find music theory boring is because it is - but only because we forget why it is there. Once you start connecting every concept into a new useful skill it becomes exciting.
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THE TWO REALMS EXERCISE
The first exercise is to become very familiar with the two opposing realms of western music. This is such a fundamentally useful skill you will use it every day for the rest of your life.
DAY 23 – the recipe of consistency
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THE RECIPE OF CONSISTENCY
Learn how to be more consistent in your actions than you have ever been. Use these two simple strategies to change everything.
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MASTERING THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR REALMS
In this video I am going to give you the insights that allowed me to play solos over any rock or pop track - confidently and easily. This is music mechanics at its best.
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YOUR CORE SCALE TOOLS
The exercises in this session will make you a pro when it comes to choosing the right notes. These are the tools that will mean more to you soloing success than any other single thing you can practice.
DAY 24 – The self-discipline hoax
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HOW TO USE SELF-DISCIPLINE
We know we need it sometimes but we don't really know what it is. if there is such a thing called self-discipline and everyone has the choice to use it why don't we? because we need to be more self-disciplined? it doesn't add up.
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THE ULTIMATE SCALE TOOL
When I improvise in the style of rock and pop it feels like I am using just one scale tool. This is really one scale with different faces. The ultimate scale tool.
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MASTERING ARPEGGIOS IN SOLOING
Once you master the pentatonic/diatonic scale combination you can introduce arpeggios into your solos. This will allow you to play the most melodic lines possible.
DAY 25 – Mastery is never a slow process
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GET TO MASTERY FAST OR NOT AT ALL
We often have this idea that extraordinary skills take years to build but the truth is that they don't. In fact the more time you use the less likely it is that you will ever get there.
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ADVANCED SCALES MADE SUPER EASY
In this video we will take the next step towards a total understanding of scales in western music. Where they come from and when to use them.
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MINOR SCALE MAYHEM
Developing the highest degree of scale mastery is actually not that difficult if you follow the principle of adding to the familiar instead of practicing everything at once.
DAY 26 – How to be driven instead of motivated
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HOW TO DEVELOP INNER DRIVE
There is a big difference between being motivated and being driven. Drive is the inability to not take action and you will find it right between what you want and what you don't want.
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ADVANCED CHORD PROGRESSION
Learn how to create chord progressions that inspire you to play better solos, create better melodies and write better songs.
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CREATE & CONQUER
This is a simple method of creating your own soloing challenges and then conquering them. You are in control.
DAY 27 – Taking Charge!
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TAKING CHARGE!
The ability to completely direct and control your path to mastery is not a matter of self-discipline but rather a refusal to call for help.
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HOW TO LEARN MUSIC THEORY FAST
If you want the information you learn to stick and stick well right away, you must use it and even better: You must use it for something that's important to you.
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HOW TO WRITE GREAT SONGS NOW
By copying the structure of songs and not the content, you can learn to compose your own songs in no time.
DAY 28 – The power of expectations
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THE POWER OF EXPECTATIONS
Go from hoping you will get to the ultimate skill level to expecting it. This will remove the barriers that limit your passion and enthusiasm.
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THE FORCE THAT HOLDS YOU DOWN
The people you surround yourself with when playing and practicing can mean more to your progress than any other thing. Make the unconscious conscious and take control.
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ARRANGE YOUR SONGS
Writing and arranging your own songs is the most effective way to become a pro musician very fast. This will develop your skills in so many areas of guitar playing and fast.
DAY 29 – The habit of the super talented
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YOUR NEW IDENTITY & DESTINY
What determines where you will end up on your path of guitar mastery? Your identity does. But since your identity is made up in your mind, you can change it and decide consciously where you want to be years from now. (Remember victim)
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CHALLENGE ISOLATION
When studying people who got superior practicing results, psychologists found that the main difference in behavior is challenge isolation. Learn and use this principle to become super talented.
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MULTILEVEL PRACTICING
Once you have attained a certain level of mastery over several things you can start practicing them all at the same time. This will give you the last boost of effectiveness that will send you through the final wall of resistance.
DAY 30 – MULTILEVEL PRACTICING
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THE POWER OF INDIRECT FOCUS
In one simple step you can increase your intelligence and the effectiveness of your actions by ten times. 99.9% of all people focus directly on what they want and that creates a huge limitation to what they can achieve.
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RESULTS ORIENTATION
When you train yourself to be results oriented in everything you do in the guitar arena you will not only improve faster, you will also have the most fun in the process.
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FOCUS OF THE YEAR
Focus and concentration works on all levels. You must decide what one thing you want to focus on and conquer for the coming twelve months, quarter, month and week.
