Just listening...(lesson feedback)

Andyroo

..and I figured out the "Country Soul Guitar".

For anyone who is looking to fill their bag a bit more, this really is a great lesson (although Jim, full disclosure...I didn't actually purchase this one, I figured it out on the You Tube and just sorta ran with it. I figured you would appreciate that. It hearkens back to the good ole cassette/album days, no?)

Anyway, once I figured out what Jim was actually doing, it really is easy to use those individual figures and add them to your bag of tricks.

I think what I really appreciate about Jim's lessons is that they are so much more than, "hey man....here's the licks I just played. Pay yer money and I'll hand them to you and you can regurgitate them"

Yeah...it's nothing like that. For me, these lessons are really expanding my knowledge base and my vocabulary. I'm a big John Scofield fan, I have an article from John that I always refer to and it reminds me of what I've been doing with Jim lately. Taking the concepts, making them work all over the board, and using them to express myself more better.

On that note...I'm going right now to buy the Twister lesson.

Thank you Jim Campilongo. Now....get yerself to Oregon. Or back to the Bay Area man. I'll go visit my people there to get a chance to see you.

Droo

CJG

Hey Droo,
I couldn't agree more regarding the practical applicability of these lessons. And glad to hear that they are having a profound impact on your overall playing. I feel the exact same way! I am excited to hear that you are picking up Twister. This is still one of my favorite lessons and favorite songs to play. Have a blast with that one dude!

Yes, these lessons offer so much more than just memorizing a bunch of licks. Anyone who puts some time into these lessons should walk away a better and more complete player. I wish that someone had told me about Lessons by Mail (and Jim's music for that matter) several years ago. Once I had a few lessons under my belt, I really started noticing dramatic improvement in my overall playing. I've been going after more advanced stuff lately and most of the time quite successfully. Its like making up for lost time. And I keep spreading the word to all of my friends who play as well.

Another really cool lesson by the way that I highly reccommend is Country Lead in G. This lesson is more of "lick based" lesson that arms the student with an arsenal of cool riffs that you can use to build your own solos. And once you get the riffs down in G its a snap to to transpose to other keys.

Anyway, hope you enjoy Twister and always a pleasure to hear about the progres you are making on your lessons. Thanks for sharing.

Andyroo

Yup, I spent an hour this afternoon, I really love that Twister lesson! Such a "touchy feely" tune. Really keeps me in contact with the strings. Although I think I'm liking doing the double stops with pick and middle, different from Jim's suggestion about middle and ring. I use flatwounds, and I get better snap with the pick/finger combo. I'm not doing it in tempo yet, but even doing it slow has given me some ideas about solo ideas for my original tunes. I'm a singer songwriter with a fantastic upright bass player, and when she takes leads she just sounds so fresh and wonderful. I feel like I play the same damn things. But hey...at least I'm writing the darn songs

Thanks for the tip on Country Lead in G. Perhaps that's my May lesson. I'm going to do one a month for a spell. I really like coming here and reading about other folks experiences with lessons too.

Droo

CJG

Hi Droo, would like to hear some of your tunes. Can you post something on the forum or do you have any clips on YouTube? A small recommendation: try playing those double stops with middle and ring. It took me awhile to get used to it cuz it was really new to me. But it REALLY pays off after you get used to it. It's kind of like one step back to go two steps forward. Of course, as long as you are having fun with it and learning it can't be bad. But in the long run you may have better results with Jims suggested fingering.
Happy playing!
CJ

Andyroo

Hey CJ, I just posted a link to our duo on the "Campliongo Connections" thread you started And thanks for the recommendation, I've been trying it both ways

tboneberry

Hi guys, a question about Twister. Seems like the single note runs between the double stops are a touch muted. Is that performed by right hand or left?

JimCampilongo

This is very difficult to articulate but the sound you are hearing is a "clicking" of the pick that is striking a muted string below the obvious "primary" notes. My feeling is you'll achieve this effect organically by repetitive practicing.
In other words, play what is written and it will come naturally.
Hope this helps... other opinions?

Andyroo

I think you nailed it Jim Technically, I guess it's like muted eighth notes in between the articulated quarters? And it will absolutely come with practice. I don't do it in all the same spots as Jim does, and none of it was intentional. It just started happening. But it sounds natural and you will get that effect with the right hand. All about the right hand, this guitar thang, eh?

Droo