need help finding motivation and inspiration

[TriPPin'BiLLies']

hey.... after looking on these boards for a long time i finally decided to do a post. Ive been playing for almost 2 years and ive learned to play a lot of dave songs very well thanks to this awesome site but now after learning daves style i want to learn something else. my problem is i cant find anything motivating enough to learn. i want to get into and learn intricate fingerpicking. i aslo want to play chords mixed with improvising (i saw my friends cousin play like this he was playing chord progressions and then throwing in licks in between) but i cant find any tabs nor know any artists to help me learn these styles. Im really going after instrumental music. if anyone could give me some tabs or give me some direction for what im looking for it would be greatly appreciated thanks.

[mangold]

You might want to give the Kaki King, Trace Bundy, Justin King road a try.

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=19608

enjoy

dmbtabs, welcome to it!

[sfmartins]

I've started listening/playing Tommy Emmanuel and it's nice to develop your skills...

[TriPPin'BiLLies']

I watched some of Tommy Emmanuel videos on youtube.com and that guy is amazing... i looked on ultimate-guitar.com for some tabs, but i was just wondering if there are any sites dedicated to him to learn his style. thanks for the help this guy blows my mind away and now im motivated again.

[sfmartins]

I watched some of Tommy Emmanuel videos on youtube.com and that guy is amazing... i looked on ultimate-guitar.com for some tabs, but i was just wondering if there are any sites dedicated to him to learn his style. thanks for the help this guy blows my mind away and now im motivated again.

Nice to know that... I just found myself a lot of motivation from him too...

[c_tietze]

For me, as a fan of music since birth (thanks Mom and Dad) I still didn't start playing until very late, my early twenties (I'm 26) and in all seriousness I followed the Dave mold and it's worked to date for me.

I found a great live music club, got a job there, worked my ass off, took notes on everything, the music, the performance styles, the stuff that you can't learn in books you know? I worked the courage to play open mics and eventually I had the guts to play my own material, I found the best players I could and asked them to teach me and play with me,
later forming a band and I attribute this to watching, interacting and learning from area musicians. It's the best way to learn new techniques and styles and when you play together you always inspire each other and the bar is contantly raised.

Find the people that love music like you and talk with them, interact and that's better than any CD or tab book.

C

[sfmartins]

For me, as a fan of music since birth (thanks Mom and Dad) I still didn't start playing until very late, my early twenties (I'm 26) and in all seriousness I followed the Dave mold and it's worked to date for me.

I found a great live music club, got a job there, worked my ass off, took notes on everything, the music, the performance styles, the stuff that you can't learn in books you know? I worked the courage to play open mics and eventually I had the guts to play my own material, I found the best players I could and asked them to teach me and play with me,
later forming a band and I attribute this to watching, interacting and learning from area musicians. It's the best way to learn new techniques and styles and when you play together you always inspire each other and the bar is contantly raised.

Find the people that love music like you and talk with them, interact and that's better than any CD or tab book.

C

Truth, but not very easy to do, I would say...

[c_tietze]

You know what I'm thinking...

"If it comes easy then you're not doing it right."

Depends what you want out of music, the guitar, whatever, I wanted certain things and I will get them but you have to have a plan.

If you're simply looking to find inspiration at playing the guitar then listen to different music as stated above and I would suggest going to more live performances and ask a lot of questions to any and all musicians you know.

Good luck my brother!

[TriPPin'BiLLies']

Thanks for all the responses so far... I guess i just want to learn more styles. All i can really play is dave matthews and i just want to move on to something new. Ive been learning basic scales such as blues, major, minor, and pentatonic but its just overwhelming how many notes there are to memorize in the scales for all the keys. Ive been practicing tommy emmanuel stuff for a couple of day now and its really opened me up to fingerpicking. His stuff is very hard but i know if just keep at it ill get better. Ive been listening to a lot of hendrix, srv, clapton, ect and i just want to be able to solo and improvise like they do but dont really know what direction i should go to learn that. basically i really dont want to play songs i want to jam and improvise. thanks for the help so far.