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guitar force one

By leafo on January 19, 2020 11:57 pm

This year I am unable to practice guitar:

* Last week after submitting I played guitar a bit for practice but strained my arm so bad i couldn't type or work
* This weekend my fingers still hurt when trying to play

Old Age has caught up with me


This time around I mostly tried messing around with guitar effex plugins after writing the chorus part and then had to fart out the rest real quick at the end b/c I was running out of time

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This is really awesome! I love these indie tones! Ah that sucks I hope your arm / fingers get better soon!! Take it slow!

Really cool jam, lovin' all the tunes from the guitar peeps smile

hmmm for some reason I thought we were around the same age but it's fine we all age at the same rate anyway anyway it's a chill song see you next week

strained arm? is your wrist at like a 90 degree angle when you try to fret? your arm tenses up if you try to play like that and that sucks; it feels bad and apparently will wreck your arm. oddly enough I think I have bad guitar hero/rock band technique (I can't play those games for too long anymore without hurting my wrist) but "okay" real guitar technique

maybe look at these guys' technique for a straighter wrist position

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTlb70x8qWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkSsapYYsA

Sorry to hear the guitar is causing you pain but you're getting some sweet results nonetheless.  Digging the rocking vibe on this.

VBO wrote:

hmmm for some reason I thought we were around the same age but it's fine we all age at the same rate anyway anyway it's a chill song see you next week

strained arm? is your wrist at like a 90 degree angle when you try to fret? your arm tenses up if you try to play like that and that sucks; it feels bad and apparently will wreck your arm. oddly enough I think I have bad guitar hero/rock band technique (I can't play those games for too long anymore without hurting my wrist) but "okay" real guitar technique

maybe look at these guys' technique for a straighter wrist position

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTlb70x8qWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkSsapYYsA

thank you for the very thoughtful response. I'm not that old, just complaining. I didn't play guitar for all of 2019 and now I'm trying to grind out 5 hour sessions to finish my weekly beat right before the deadline. I don't have the strength so my body is tense. I should be fine in a few weeks as I get back into the flow.

Impressive for a weeks work...great track, in fact. The pain sounds very frustrating, hope it subsides!

Have you considered a ukulele? It might not get these sweet sounds, but it won't destroy your arm.

This is rad! It has a kind of late 90s/early 2000s indie vibe. College radio sounds haha. I dig it.

Amazing.

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