I don't like my licks
Tue, 01/14/2014 - 09:25
So I have been spending 15-20 minutes each day working on improvising using all of the chorus forms. I can't help but notice that all of the licks I came up with - they suck. I don't want to take the easy way out by just copying licks from another song though..What should I do?Thanks.
Tue, 01/14/2014 - 09:48
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Hello Mr. Barrett-
You're
Hello Mr. Barrett-
You're right. Learn to walk before you run.. it's right idea.
Thank you.
I recommend that you DO use other player's licks, this is how we develop our vocabulary. Take licks from the players that inspire you… great players. Chorus Forms is a way to help you memorize those licks and learn how to place them into what we know to be good phrasing. Don't be fixated on creating your own licks, his will happen naturally as the years roll on.