Punk guitar

Yesterday i got an e-mail by someone who asked me to post some guitar lessons for Punk Music. I am preparing a whole blog especially for that topic but until then i will post some tips here labeled "Punk Guitar".

First of all , there is actually no such thing as a punk guitar technique. Also the punk music varies. There is the hardcore punk (exploited etc.) ,the old-school generally and the new school of punk (Something like Sum 41,Green day etc.). And i'm not sure about which punk style the e-mail was about (since i didn't get an answer when i asked that guy back).The difference is that almost always those who want to play punk music really wouldn't get too much into the music theory. So in the next tutorials that i will post under the "Punk Guitar" label i will try to cover the techniques that are characteristic to punk music (palm mute,fast downstrokes etc) and analyze the best ways to master those techniques as fast as possible.

For any questions or requests feel free to contact me at feralbreeze@gmail.com

Music is easy...

You may criticize the title of that post but there is a big point there.Yes, the music has a lot of theory, and for some people it's harder and for others it's easier to understand it. Many people are trying really hard to learn every aspect of music theory.That's especially true for the most of those who are trying to learn arranging,orchestration and composition.But music isn't math. A good musician is not the one who were sitting in a library reading books for 10 years or more. A good musician is the one who practiced a lot experimenting, transcripting and analyzing tunes, played with other musicians or bands, learned to hear the music,the rhythm the one who has the metronome in his mind and many more.

My piano teacher said "i was a theoretic for about 40 years, but there is nothing more fun than playing a melody over some octaves,you can always find something new even in the simplest things."

When i asked my guitar teacher what I should do to improve my jazz improvisation ,he told me "listen to jazz music".

After giving my Theory teacher a bunch of some pretty complicated exercises that he asked to bring ,he checked them out and he said "Yeah,ok, i can't see any mistakes, but you have to write MUSIC".

So,as you can see being a theory guru is not the only thing that you will need to become a good musician.No matter what you do, just have fun with it. Do what you like with music. Theory is there to help you,but it won't always guide you. Trust your ears,train your ears, Just try to become good in some things that you like the most in music,and don't try to be perfect in everything.

Music is simple,and if someone tells you the opposite he's lying. Just be creative, patient and have fun...