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Episode 7.... who would have thunk it? We continue our verbal onslaught.

This week, we dive right into a Holdsworth quote, paraphrasing, where he mentions the goal for him playing live is to not just regurgitate what he practiced, but to play something he never even tried before. How do you practice for that?

We also talk about a hypothesis of Tim's that's surely to get a few people upset, but not intentionally, haha.... Essentially there seems to be 3 primary types of uses of amplification in the guitar world.

Type 1: Using amplification solely to make the sound of your guitar louder. You don't want the amplifier to color the tone of your instrument much, if at all, and you're really not working with the amp in any particular way, you just want it to make you louder.

Type 2: The amp is just as important as the guitar, your instrument is the guitar and amp, and one without the other might as well be clicking keys on a keyboard. The amp has to be a certain volume/feel... do certain things when you roll the tone and volume knobs around, expressive kind of playing.

Type 3: More or you create sounds. It doesn't so much matter what amp, though the amp itself (like a Mesa sound) might be one of the sounds you want. This is the person who crafts sounds to be very specific. It really doesn't matter if its modelling or an amp, as long as the end result sounds a certain way. Everyone, for the most part, is a little bit of each category, but most tend to fall into one camp more than the other. This has a lot to do with what stage volume you need to... and why different players have different takes on the stage situation.

We also talk a bit about playing in Pit orchestras and all kinds of other stuff.

Some players mentioned worth checking out: Allan Holdsworth, Chris Crocco, Gustavo Assil Brasil, Stephen Aron, Steve Vai (again, haha), Wayne Krantz, Michael Landau... and probably others I'm forgetting (sorry).

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***Track playing is "Impressions" by John Coltrane : solo by Tim Mirth, with a killer Abersold backing track....

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Oh joy, the aftermath of a gig that goes unexpected. In today's day an age of streaming and relying on technology... we are vulnerable to chances.... Tube amps, Live Streams, Routers, oh my... soldering, pickups, and things that stop working.

Then we dive into all kinds of stuff, in probably the loosest and while Tim tries to derail Adam's attempt to have some kind of plan, ha. Other topics, string action, adjustments, backstory on guitars and all kinds of other stuff. I suppose I should write some more here, but I'm starting to wind down, ha. So you'll just have to listen.

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Adam and Tim discuss a strange thing happening in today's day.

Tim has a gig and has to get the rust off. So we thought, why not share what that takes? We'll talk about the guitar itself, the project "Night Terrors", certain effects, and how to, one way, do a Wet/Dry rig using an attenuator (without actually using any attenuation, and even why you'd want to do that. Also, just what kind of practice do you need to do for a gig?

The prep work, practicing the parts, rehearsing with the other musicians, etc... running stuff before the gig at the gig. Also, just setting up at the gig (presuming you have gear to setup), getting sounds, warming up. I guess we'll see how it goes!

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The song at the beginning is "Summertime" performed by Tim Mirth.

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Adam's back this week and we dive right into it, despite some perceived technical issues on Tim's side (thinking it was a ASIO driver thing)... Today we talk about all kinds of stuff, but drive towards the theme of the day which is basically the new landscape of the music scene.

Has the function of music changed? As suggested by Eric Johnson on Rick Beato's channel. Meaning... previously, people had music as a primary form of entertainment and relief. They'd spend time with focused listening... introspection, etc.. but perhaps now a days, that is really not the case. Perhaps now, music is more of a filler, in the background of our lives, but too many distractions from other things get in the way.

We also dive a bit into Matteus Asato's recent retirement? And the Instagram 60 second culture. Is a 60 second guitar lick music? Is it cool at all to present something as "off the cuff" when you rehearsed and recorded it 78 times and perhaps even mimed the best video with the best audio? Finally, we get into an "Ask Ann" article about how Ann Landers and this kids parents wanted to destroy their kids ambitions and love for guitar and well, how we hate her for it, ha.

This and more! Tim was fortune this week to be part of an interview on "Getcha Some Productions" podcast to discuss the recent passing of Chick Corea, so be sure to check that out too. Here's the link: https://www.getchasomeproductions.com/podcast/special-episode-chick-corea-tribute-with-special-guest-tim-mirth/

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We are out a "normal" new episodes this week, so I thought I'd do a quick video lesson that we can discuss more in the future.

This is the first of the "Things I wish I knew about guitar when I first started" series we are starting. Adam and Tim will drop these from time to time, so be sure to check in for quick tips. In this video Tim Mirth talks about the wrist motion of the picking hand, and how it might not quite be what you think it is.

In Tim's words, he didn't figure this out till likely 15 years of playing or so, after much experimenting and the help of the 1000th time reading Tuck Andress's article on picking. Where Tuck expresses why George Benson had come up with the most economical and effective picking motion. Tim has altered this slightly, but in this video he shows you what it is, and what is "important" about the motion. There is plenty more to explore, but I think you might get something out of this one.

We'll see you next week! Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe, hit the bell, like, and comment, it helps motivate more of these. We have plenty more in this series and episodes coming in the future. If you prefer hearing more than seeing these videos, find us at your favorite podcast host and subscribe for multiple episodes. Cheers.

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Welcome to episode 3 of WoodAirMetal guitar podcast. Who knew we'd make it this far? But we are having fun with it. It's more or less we have to tell each other to stop the episode more than anything, ha.

Today we get into all kinds of stuff, a bit about the guitars we have, both being lefty guitarists (With a shout-out to Southpaw Guitars in Houston, TX), even a bit about True Temperament tuning, which I think we'd both love to try (though it's tough being lefty on that front).

We get into what we're working on, Adam shares a bit about his cool new arranging project, and Tim discusses his ongoing 9 year recording project for his band Red Side Visible, which just isn't getting done, but included replacing all the guitar tracking, violas, gongs, more and more. But basically got to the point that he has taken over 100 takes on a solo for the one song because he thinks he can do better. I'm sure we can all relate.

We shift into the self promotion topic for a bit, and just the new landscape of guitar promotion. We will need to spend a lot more time on this topic. What are your thoughts on the new paradigm? And especially things like Instagram and 60 second clips?

Adam's still listening to a lot of Thraikill and Tim is in Keith Jarrett land.

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Thanks for joining us again on the Wood Air Metal (WoodAirMetal) guitar podcast. Adam and Tim had a few topics to discuss about teaching that lead into the topic of Advanced musicianship and even comparing some unlikely characters together. How do you determine if a musician is "advanced" anyways? Is Jeff Beck advanced if he doesn't know weird exotic scales and 12 tone harmony (do we know he doesn't know these things?) or is Steve Vai technically better than Hendrix? We didn't even get into the fact that speed is just one technique... either way, we disagreed on this one   How about teaching too? What are good methods to teach? Adam shares his favorite methods for beginner students and an approach that works both in his college classes and private studio.

We also talk about some music we are listening to today and instagram/youtubers to check out.

Some Guitarists mentioned today: Mattias IA Eklundh, Josh Smith, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Mike Moreno, Thraikill, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Liquid Tension Experiment, Johannes Mueller https://woodairmetal.pinecast.co/ RSS Feed: https://pinecast.com/feed/woodairmetal https://www.facebook.com/woodairmetal

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In today's episode we eventually get into the topic of "music competitions". Are they good? What's good about them? Or not? And the fear....oh the fear. We mention a lot of great guitar players names throughout the episode, be sure to check them out. Among them include classical players like Xavier Jara, Marcin Dylla, Tengyue Zhang, David Russell, Sharon Isbin, the other other John Williams and jazz players such as Pat Metheny, Max Light, John Scofield... plus other players like the great Michael Manring, Pierre Bensusan, Michael Hedges, and some guy named Steve Vai??? (whoever that is) More to come, we hope to do this weekly, we're still figuring out the logistics. We'll get the video to Youtube and the Audio to your favorite Podcast host/players. What will we talk about next week? Let us know what you want to hear! Cheers! Topics Today include: 1.) Introduction 2.) Comments on the current landscape (such as Instagram) 3.) Adam brings up GFA (Guitar Foundation of America) Competition Winners and we start to discuss whether it is good or bad for music/guitar? 4.) As we wrap we get a little bit into one of Tim and Adam's biggest pet peeves, having excuses for not learning the notes on the fretboard.

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