Brent Mason playing style
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The gift is practice ,practice.practice. Having a dad that played is also a great advantage.
"as a kid i went through a lot of styles" .... There you have it!
You know when he’s a true tele player at heart when you see him flip the ol toggle switch back to the bridge pickup on a strat and then roll up the tone!!!! Love it!!!!
Our whole family plays. Music is part of who we Masons are.
Ha! I know what he means...after decades of hybrid style flat-pick pickin' (rock, blues, country) - I decided I wanted to learn to play with the thumb pick! Damn it's not easy - but I'm going to make it happen - it's now 4 months and I only use the thumb pick. Different style and technique - but overall am coming along. Forget about shredding...but those multi string country bends are to die for, lol. And its fun.
I didn't begin to learn to play guitar until I got my first electric when I was 17 years old . I have been playing for decades now but sometimes I cannot think of myself as a player simply because I still vividly remember those first years when I didn't ever see myself as being a guitarist ! must get a grip and think in a more positive way ! (LOL)
Brent nails fast tasty lines with his unique thumbpick / finger technique unlike default boom chucka. I doubt anybody will sound like Frank Gambale or other greats either it has to happen naturally or crashing frequently is generally the forecast. But we try :)
he is amusing !!!
he basically just said don't even try to learn to play like me
Kind of done both, myself - fingerstyle mainly for acoustic, with the pick as - until now, maybe - the weapon of choice for electric. Hmmm...
Of course, Ken Carlson ( great player/teacher) switched to a thumb pick after playing plectrum style for years.
So, Brent doesn't have a false nail on his index? Because of wanting to "pop" with that finger. Is that right?
I was wondering why he didn't have a nail on his index finger as well. "Popping" the strings seems to be the interesting answer.
dude is badass
OK, he's Travis picking pretty well, then, he shows he mastered at least one classical song: some jazz; some rock; and obviously, major key country LICKS-- the only thing I have not heard is sweeps or arpeggios, as in Yngee Malmsteems sweeping styple, or, . e.g., Chet's so called "SUPER LICK" (see Richard Smiths short video) which I comment probably comes from Andres Segovia--
You need a new sound tech
Either you are born with the gift or not. A learned talent will NEVER be able to compete with a God given gift. I spent almost fifty years learning this true fact, and Brent Mason and Danny Gatton had this gift at birth !
all these people in here sayin god given this god given that... you're wrong.
anybody who has reached musical greatness like Brent; if you look at their past/childhood it will show you that they have worked on his/her craft RELENTLESSLY.. the average person cannot even fathom the sacrifices they have made to master their craft. some of them did it without even realizing they're doing it, because they love it so much and couldn't live in a world where they didn't wake up playing their guitar, passing out with it in their arms at night trying to learn a phrase or song or what have you. 20,000hrs of CONTINUOUS Practice, failure and learning.. and not giving up. 3.5- 5hrs a day minimum a day they spend learning and noodling.
god given is a phrase lazy ass people like to throw around because they're just covering their own lazy asses.
+Trevor Rohwer you , sir, have it nailed!!!!!
Yeah.. it's a passion.. but it's really cool to get the next lick down.. I sleep with the guitar just a few feet away. Wake up. Play the claw by Jerry Reed.. do a little this and that.. woodwork.. I put in about 6 hours a day average.. not all guitar.. It's funny how you work on something and don't get it and pick it up later and it comes naturally... Picked up a book in the shed .. relearned Highway 41 blues..I could play the notes in the tab and the licks had become part of my style.. Yes, unless you are Mozart, perfection takes practice.
People don't really understand musicians..we study the most minute things like.. should this be an upstroke.. does this pattern flow.. Etc. I play about 10 instruments. Guitar and 5 string banjo favorite stringed instruments.
Sorry, but YOU'RE wrong. Yes, it takes a LOT of practice. But it's the God-given ability within them that gives them the DRIVE and ABILITY to master it. It's NOT ALL about practice and technique. If that were the case all musicians would sound and play alike. It's what God plants in their heart that separates them. Practice and technique just gives you the ability to "paint the picture" the way you feel it. Just like we're not all born with the God-given gift to be a brain surgeon or top lawyer or scientist or basketball star. If that were the case we would all be doing it. Some people could practice 10 hours a day for ten years and NEVER "get" it. Sure...they might be able to play, but not up to Brent's level. Plus, even as incredible as Brent is, there are players out there that could show him a few things too. And he would desire that. There are many players that he admires. And I can remember hearing Brent playing back when he was younger before he was even heard of in Nashville. And he was a monster even then. So yes, practice makes perfect. But it's the God-given ability in the first place that dictates the outcome of all of that practice.
What ever digit gets there first.
yeah, my wife says cut your finger nails.. I tell her, only on the left.. On the right.. I'll cut them to a 3/32" length.... it's pretty much non negotiable...
Brb guys I'm going to go get some fake nails