do i need a teacher??

Dimmu Borgir :rock: s .. I like Death Cult.... Amazing Double Bas on drums.. I'm trying to learn. Progrnecies of the great Apocalypse..

 

another thing which u must make sure is that your teacher is the right kind of teacher for what you want to be as a guitarist. Most of the guitar teachers you'll find in India are very low rate "teachers". After playing guitar on my own for almost 2 yrs, i started looking for a teacher to take me up to a higher level... I tried 4 different guys and 3 of them were not much better than me and the 4th one wanted to teach me Indian classical stuff... So make sure you have the right teacher as well..

 

I'm now looking for a mentor too. Its now getting really tight.. I'm learning from experienced people thats all i can do..

 

ya... but thats the best way..

 

Yes.. I found one guy.. His name is Bruce.. PLays for Thermal And A Quarter.. He's a nice guy..

 

hmm.. i may not kno much abt guitarin as such.. but i aint all dat satisfied wid my present teacher. he tells me stuff only if i ask him. he isnt very forthcomin. i find dat kinda weird. i mean, i xpect teachers 2 lecture n giv me gr8 deals of info. coz wen i started off, i knew absolutely nothin. ZILCH. n 1 eg... he dint teach me how 2 tune, until i asked him abt 3-4 weeks after da class had started.

well, newayz.. i AM on da lookout 4 a new teacher rite now. dus sumbody kno abt ne in chennai???

 

Personally, I would prefer a teacher who would just jam with me and show new techniques and stuff and teach me these new stuff in between jam sessions...

 

well, dats coz u can play quite sum already, rite? im juz a beginner. n i think i kno nothin.. absolutely nothin.. so i need a lot more dan juz jammin sessions.

 

guitar gal...
Do you have a guitar at all??.id suggest you buy one if you dont....( i am not tongue in cheek cos i know a lotta guys who go to classes and dont have one)
leave ur guitar plugged on always.. or just leave it lying around..( atleast make sure ur guitar looks good so ur attracted to it...)
speaking of guitars...
GUITARS ARE DEFINITELY FEMALE!!.. atleast i hope so . when im sliding my hand down the fretboard.......................................................................................................................................................

and jayanth
....yes... teh double bass on almost all of dimmu's songs are pretty wild..... i think hes using the same snare for 20 years!!
but the best double bass in any song ive heard is actually in a very popular song....." one " by metallica in the part where hes singing.... "landmines has taken my sight...." is pretty swell...
and damn hard as hell to play on my rhythm...
this time i say
"ALL KILLER NO FILLER"
TRIVIA#1
sum41 has an asian guitar player...hes either paki or indian ..not too sure..
so laters all
look out for more boring ass trivia!!

 

uhm.......
Guitar gal...ur in chennai right...i suggest you go to this guy called Steve vatz.....
man he teaches pure electric guitar...
i dont know ur taste in music..
but im sure he can teach u classical as well.....hes that good...
his fees is a little steep ...but im sure hes worth it

 

i DO hav a guitar. an acoustic. n i aint xactly VERY keen on learnin classical or nethin. its juz dat evrybody recommended dat it waz da best way 2 hit off. n well, i cudnt xactly find many guitar masters arnd. n da 1 dat many ppl recommended 2 me, taught classical. dats da only reason i took it up.

n i LUV playin my guitar. altho i cant really play much. i juz got started. but dis thing has fascinated me 4 several yrs n iv been dyin 2 play it 4 a very long time. n i started only recently. so i dun hafta make my guitar look attractive or watevr. iv always been attracted 2 it n i always wil b. its always lyin rite next 2 me.. all i hafta do is reach out 4 it..

n hey, can ya gimme da contact no. of dis person u r mentionin? n wer dus he live? n u mentioned he teaches pure elec. dus dat mean i buy an elec 4 sure if i gotta go 2 him? i thot it waz 2 early 4 me 2 buy an elec. thot i'l wait anoder yr b4 buyin 1...

 

uhm ....
guitar gal..
just start playing... i dont think ALL ur guitar teachers suck... most of em are pretty aware... stick to one... oh damn i forget ur in madras...whom do you go to and where do you live!...(its cool if you think thats private stuff )

steve vatz takes classes in kotturpuram...so if ur close enough tis cool
but he expects a lot of serious effort from the student.......hes gonna make u sweat thats for sure..... but he is expensive... thats the only reason i didnt go to him
so.the choice is urs ...steve vatz is dope...
peace

 

hey! iv juz had 1 guitar teacher until now.. n iv stuck 2 him 4 da past 4 months. dats how long iv been playin da guitar. im not sayin dat he sux, man... da thing is.. i guez i xpected a lot more frm my master. i juz dun feel satisfied wen a class gets ovr. dats it... its juz a gut feelin dat i cud do wid a better master. i cant possibly judge a teacher, coz i kno nothin...

i liv in anna ngr. dun really think u wuda heard of my master's name.

i wudnt at all mind a teacher who wud b kinda strict wid me. but NO WAY i cud go 2 kotturpuram 4 a guitar class!!!!!!! dats way 2 far... wats da fees like?? juz wanna kno...

 

uhm..
yeah anna nagar is very far away...
hard luck...practice hard and rock on...
before i forget.......
ur a terrible speller or ur from the carribean
KIDDING!!!

 

oh well, dis is da effect of excessive msgin. ever since i got a free sms offer on my mob, iv been msgin like bludy hell. n i cant afford 2 type out all da words fully on dat. its stuck on 2 chattin n emailin n evrythin else. (thank god my english essays r clean )

hey, im realy curious. how much dus da guy charge?? my current fees is 600 bux a month 4 a total of 4 hrs... spread ovr 8 classes. 2 per week.

 

n r ya goin 2 a tutor or r ya self-taught?? wer dya live btw?

 

uhm.
i dont go to guitar classes...never have... i guess i am pretty decent..
i can play most of ur metallica and megadeth except maybe the really tough solos.but i have a long long way to go...
i use to live in mylapore...now im moving to nungambakkam...and good luck with ur english exam...i wdnt want to be ur english teacher!
KIDDING!!
peace

 

I am self taught until now.. Now its time t oMOVE ON(I've heard that a lot) .. He he..

 

haha. hey guys. my name is harish. ive been going to this forum a lot for guitar tabs and all. i coulndt help but read this thread. its been way to interesting.

guitar gal - "temme sum oder sites." etc. wow. that is some english. i currently live in america. i moved from chennai some 8 years ago. i lived in adambakkam, and i find it realy amazing you guys use such english. i had no idea madras was that westernized. please dont mind me asing..how old are you? i just want to know what age group you are etc.

and as for the others..i had no idea..madras had so many guitarists..especially those who listened to metallica etc. thats simply..amazing..yet in a sense sad i think. but whatever, things change. when i was a bit younger, i was into metallica and all, but now im trying to learn karnatic clasical guitar. some change i guess when you live here. i cant find a teacher, and i really want to learn classical (in an acoustic guitar). anyway. sorry if a lot of my question and such didn't make sense. i left india a while ago, and a lot of things have apparently changed. i visited 2 years ago, and i could notice starch differences, but not nearly this much.

anyway. its been fun watching your posts. ill talk to you guys later.

 

hi harish! if uv read all my posts, u wuda read my xplanation as 2 y i type dis way.. dis "alien lingo" as sum ppl call it.. newayz, im 18. u can chek out ppl's profiles on dis site, u kno. sum like me, DO enter deir DOBs.. so u cuda found out my age. btw, wat dya mean by "doin hooka"?????:shock: im hopin it isnt wat i think it is!!! u r only 16! umm, alrite.. il wait until u gimme a decent answer 2 dat Q. oderwise my imaginations wud start runnin wild

n u left india wen u wer EIGHT yrs old... wat dya even r'mber abt da way things wer here?! hehehe, but yea.. metal waznt at ALL popular back den. (i usd 2 listen 2 toni braxton, 'air supply' n 'ace of base' at dat time).. now it IS.. wat wid JROs n da unwind centre n stuff like dat. (now, i listen 2 metal, heavy metal, rock, hard rock.. add sum more sub-divisions if u can ... n also instrumentals, hip-hop, rap n techno. but hey! i still listen 2 tamil gaana songs n da like!!! dats a diff genre in itself )

so, yea.. i guez things HAV changed dwn here. 8 yrs is definitely a LONG time. n btw, im pretty well-versed in carnatic, i shud say. in my mom's family, EVRYBODY either sings/plays da veena. mom started wid my vocal lessons wen i waz 3. n i played da veena 4 a few yrs 2. but i dunno y. i waz NEVA interested in classical. my mom likes tellin me dat its western influence. but i think not. iv been hatin carnatic ever since i waz a kid (n i had absolutely NO western influence den.. not a teeny weeny bit..) iv neva failed 2 fall asleep in even ONE kacheri (concert - 4 non-tamilians). its juz da way i am. my idea is - "y play/sing da same old thing OVER n OVER n OVER agn 4 centuries?" nobody invents nethin new. its da same old thyagaraja/purandasar/shyama sasthri krithis dat u hav. how many aeons r v gonna hav da same shit?!

of coz, dis cud trigger a HUGE debate. so, il keep da resta my views 2 myself.

n 1 thing.. der isnt a VERY drastic change in da chennai culture.. believe me. a lotta things r still da same. da brahmin-lingo (dat all my frenz make it a point 2 tease me abt... EVRYDAY!), da demand 4 paper-dosas wid sambaar, the auto-rickshaw guyz wid deir outrageous charges...

der r sum things in dis world dat wil neva change..
(ne matrix freaks out here? i lifted dat line frm reloaded )