Very cool man. As someone else who's not new to guitar but sharpening/practicing skills, I appreciate your very specific goals. Looking forward to seeing your progress
thank you. You're motivating me to practice again after a long time off. I've been looking through your videos to see all the resources you are using, and I wonder if its possible to have a list somewhere of everything you've used over these videos? All the best
Nice! Since January I've focused almost exclusively on Christiaan Van Hemert's first two books. Check out his youtube channel for info (he has a couple of videos on exactly what's in the books). If you have any questions about them, let me know. Before January, I worked a bit on a Truefire comping "course" by Frank Vignola and a chord melody system by Robert Conti (Chord Melody Assembly Line). Both are great, but I ultimately decided to focus on learning to solo. Btw I checked out your videos. You already shred!
Hey ! Great recap :) I think you're on a good way to play very well. The only thing I would suggest (like others said) is to try to play on actual songs. Even if you're not at the best point yet. For instance I've been playing on Coquette for I think almost a year two years ago. And it really helped while jamming later on. And I last yet I went jamming for the first time. It was pretty brutal ^^ You have to give a shot at songs you barely know sometimes. And you can't know all the standards by heart. But at least you try and you try to have fun !
Thanks for checking it out! Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how/when to start practicing on songs. On the one hand, I'd like to try really focusing on something until it's complete (the book I'm doing), something I've never done. Ever. Whenever I try to add stuff to a project that's going well, it all falls apart. On the other hand, this is music and the goal is to play these licks over actual tunes... I dunno. For now, I'm seeing progress with my current routine so I think I'll stick with it for a while. I've been toying with the idea of adding 30 minutes at the end to apply the licks to tunes but I'm pretty spent after 2 hours. We'll see. But I agree with you. And I appreciate the input!
I usually listen to individual tracks/performances on youtube so I don't know too many albums. The only full album I ever put on is 1910 by Les doigts de l'homme. Individual songs I revisit: Minor Swing, Gwen Cahue; Bireli's For Sephora solo; Moignard's solo on Caravan (with Cyrille Aimee); anything by Joscho Stephan; recently some Fapy Lafertin; Remy Harris's short jams... Favorite players? Honestly, they all blow me away. Favorite/most useful books: Gypsy Picking (Michael Horowitz) and Getting into Gypsy Jazz Guitar (Stephane Wrembel). I still have a long way to go but without these two I don't know how I would have even gotten started in this style.
I'll keep the talking to a minimum but I figured it would be a nice way to give the channel some "structure." I'm happy to share. I hope it helps others who are in a similar situation.
I play your practice videos before my own practice session, while doing home gym, doing housework, having my first meal after gym, etc. They really motivate me and serve like a mental preparation for my practicing. I practice classical guitar mainly though. Thanks for your sharing!
That's awesome to hear! And an honor! I'm glad I could help you out in some way. Good luck with your music. (By the way, I did the same thing with "study with me" channels to motivate myself. There's just something about watching someone else focus that helps me get to work.)
Hey, man! Pretty informative video... just wanted to ask if you've been on some gyspy jazz guitar camp already? Or have you joined or think of joining some of the gypsy jazz guitar "clubs"/academies like Robin Nolan's, Joscho Stephan's or Yaakov Hoter's?
Thanks for watching! No camps/festivals yet, but maybe one of these days. The only thing I've joined so far is Van Hemert's system. I've looked at the Rosenberg Academy but it's way too advanced/fast for me right now. Same with Joscho Stephan's site. I've thought about Robin Nolan's too, for his sweet chord melodies. It'll be a while before I move on to something else though.
@@justadudepracticing I joined Robin Nolan's club, he has first 14 days for free... there are a lot of pretty useful videos for soloing by him but also by others. He holds a online session every week or so and discuss pretty interesting topics. There's also like a always open zoom room, so you can catch up with others from the club. Pretty interesting concept I'd say...
@@justadudepracticing Well, tbh my playing is limited since the last year or so, I think I must have injured my left hand fingers or something from fretting too hard and playing outside in cold... so I can't play for long periods as before. But actually I went through some videos in the club and learned some new arpeggios and so. Apart from that a lot of stuff in progress, out of the guitar world, so I try to play when I can and... yeah, getting better I hope. :)
@@MegaGameHunter Sorry to hear about your hand. I hope it heals up soon. Yeah, life does like to get in the way of practice. The best we can do is squeeze it in when we can.
I'm the same way with having played guitar forever but still haven't moved much further beyond just knowing riffs from songs I like. I have a bad habit of chasing shapes when attempting improv.
@@justadudepracticing thank you sir for your time i wanna ask you some other questions also. Idk if you able to reply me or not I want to improvize and i want to become a good improvizer what shoud i do?
@@pinpoint2789 I'm in the early stages myself so I don't have a good answer for you. Fortunately, it's a popular topic. Grab a guitar, search "how to improvise jazz guitar" on youtube, and start watching/learning.
Cool video! Great to hear your thoughts on the process!
Thank you Christiaan! I'll be sticking with these books for a while so there are plenty more thoughts coming lol
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Very cool man. As someone else who's not new to guitar but sharpening/practicing skills, I appreciate your very specific goals. Looking forward to seeing your progress
Thank you! Good luck with your practice too!
thank you. You're motivating me to practice again after a long time off. I've been looking through your videos to see all the resources you are using, and I wonder if its possible to have a list somewhere of everything you've used over these videos? All the best
Nice! Since January I've focused almost exclusively on Christiaan Van Hemert's first two books. Check out his youtube channel for info (he has a couple of videos on exactly what's in the books). If you have any questions about them, let me know. Before January, I worked a bit on a Truefire comping "course" by Frank Vignola and a chord melody system by Robert Conti (Chord Melody Assembly Line). Both are great, but I ultimately decided to focus on learning to solo. Btw I checked out your videos. You already shred!
Hey ! Great recap :) I think you're on a good way to play very well. The only thing I would suggest (like others said) is to try to play on actual songs. Even if you're not at the best point yet. For instance I've been playing on Coquette for I think almost a year two years ago. And it really helped while jamming later on. And I last yet I went jamming for the first time. It was pretty brutal ^^ You have to give a shot at songs you barely know sometimes. And you can't know all the standards by heart. But at least you try and you try to have fun !
Thanks for checking it out! Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how/when to start practicing on songs. On the one hand, I'd like to try really focusing on something until it's complete (the book I'm doing), something I've never done. Ever. Whenever I try to add stuff to a project that's going well, it all falls apart. On the other hand, this is music and the goal is to play these licks over actual tunes... I dunno. For now, I'm seeing progress with my current routine so I think I'll stick with it for a while. I've been toying with the idea of adding 30 minutes at the end to apply the licks to tunes but I'm pretty spent after 2 hours. We'll see. But I agree with you. And I appreciate the input!
Very motivating! I'd love to know your favourite Gypsy Jazz Guitarists & Favourite Albums?
Also your favourite books you've learned from?
I usually listen to individual tracks/performances on youtube so I don't know too many albums. The only full album I ever put on is 1910 by Les doigts de l'homme. Individual songs I revisit: Minor Swing, Gwen Cahue; Bireli's For Sephora solo; Moignard's solo on Caravan (with Cyrille Aimee); anything by Joscho Stephan; recently some Fapy Lafertin; Remy Harris's short jams... Favorite players? Honestly, they all blow me away.
Favorite/most useful books: Gypsy Picking (Michael Horowitz) and Getting into Gypsy Jazz Guitar (Stephane Wrembel). I still have a long way to go but without these two I don't know how I would have even gotten started in this style.
Cool stuff. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Never thought I’d hear you speak! Good stuff, nice to hear your goals and mentality 😎
I'll keep the talking to a minimum but I figured it would be a nice way to give the channel some "structure." I'm happy to share. I hope it helps others who are in a similar situation.
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love this concept dude :) subscribed.
Thank you!
It's the journey. Inspirational 4 all! Thanks.
This is it! One step at a time. I'm glad you found it inspiring.
I play your practice videos before my own practice session, while doing home gym, doing housework, having my first meal after gym, etc. They really motivate me and serve like a mental preparation for my practicing. I practice classical guitar mainly though. Thanks for your sharing!
That's awesome to hear! And an honor! I'm glad I could help you out in some way. Good luck with your music. (By the way, I did the same thing with "study with me" channels to motivate myself. There's just something about watching someone else focus that helps me get to work.)
Hey, man! Pretty informative video... just wanted to ask if you've been on some gyspy jazz guitar camp already? Or have you joined or think of joining some of the gypsy jazz guitar "clubs"/academies like Robin Nolan's, Joscho Stephan's or Yaakov Hoter's?
Thanks for watching! No camps/festivals yet, but maybe one of these days. The only thing I've joined so far is Van Hemert's system. I've looked at the Rosenberg Academy but it's way too advanced/fast for me right now. Same with Joscho Stephan's site. I've thought about Robin Nolan's too, for his sweet chord melodies. It'll be a while before I move on to something else though.
@@justadudepracticing I joined Robin Nolan's club, he has first 14 days for free... there are a lot of pretty useful videos for soloing by him but also by others. He holds a online session every week or so and discuss pretty interesting topics. There's also like a always open zoom room, so you can catch up with others from the club. Pretty interesting concept I'd say...
@@MegaGameHunter That's awesome. I'll definitely check it out one of these days. How's it going for you? Getting better?
@@justadudepracticing Well, tbh my playing is limited since the last year or so, I think I must have injured my left hand fingers or something from fretting too hard and playing outside in cold... so I can't play for long periods as before. But actually I went through some videos in the club and learned some new arpeggios and so. Apart from that a lot of stuff in progress, out of the guitar world, so I try to play when I can and... yeah, getting better I hope. :)
@@MegaGameHunter Sorry to hear about your hand. I hope it heals up soon. Yeah, life does like to get in the way of practice. The best we can do is squeeze it in when we can.
I'm the same way with having played guitar forever but still haven't moved much further beyond just knowing riffs from songs I like. I have a bad habit of chasing shapes when attempting improv.
Yeah, it's a frustrating place to be (for me anyway). It feels like I can "play" guitar but I can't PLAY guitar. Join me and start working on it lol
How can i join you?
@@pinpoint2789 Hmm... Maybe you could use my videos like a "study with me" video and put one on while you practice?
@@justadudepracticing thank you sir for your time i wanna ask you some other questions also.
Idk if you able to reply me or not
I want to improvize and i want to become a good improvizer what shoud i do?
@@pinpoint2789 I'm in the early stages myself so I don't have a good answer for you. Fortunately, it's a popular topic. Grab a guitar, search "how to improvise jazz guitar" on youtube, and start watching/learning.