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howdy, What I'll do is turn every thing i usually use off, and turn everything I don't use on. I'm talking about echo, reverb, compression, distortion, etc. You get the picture. it forces you out fo your comfort zone and send you off in a different direction. Rig --- Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the best ways to create new inspiration > whether studio or just a > rut, I learned from Mick Goodrick's Advancing > Guitarist book several years > ago. > > The idea was to record yourself for 2 minutes > playing anything that comes > into your head. Don't listen back to it, then and > from his example he > suggested doing this daily but I've applied to say a > 30 minute setting, > record another 2 minute passage, again don't listen > to it then. He > suggested over the daily lifespan of a 60 min > cassette tape filling both > sides with 2 minute sequences. Then when it's > filled up go back and listen > to it through. In the current day of digital > capturing as mentioned I do > this for 30-minute periods of time. > > That gesturing of momentary thoughts once rescued me > from a depressed low > confidence place I fell into several years ago > following a misunderstanding > (my ego) with a teacher. > > I'm doing this now with a violin I received for > Father's Day which is a new > instrument to me and at the learning the technique > stage. > > Think of the 2-minute gesture recording kind of like > something Robin > Williamson (INcredible String Band) once said, 'it's > like knaive painting'. > > Now go hit Record David and don't think about it. > > Best > > Jim Goodin > www.jimgoodinmusic.com > www.chinapaintingmusic.com > www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic > www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic > > > > On 6/30/07, David Kirkdorffer <vze2ncsr@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > > Hi - > > > > I'm going into studio next weekend to record. > Over the years I've fallen > > into patterns. I'd like to try something > different. > > > > Past efforts can be heard here: > http://www.myspace.com/undomusic > > > > And this is a great community for sharing ideas. > What are some concepts > > or > > strategies you've used to break out of your > patterns? > > > > Thanks in advance for your thoughts. > > > > David > > > > > > > -- > The Acoustic World Guitar of Jim Goodin - > http://www.jimgoodinmusic.com > MySpace (solo) - > http://www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic > Chinapainting - > http://www.chinapaintingmusic.com > Chinapainting on My Space - > http://www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic.com > The Jim Goodin label and home for 7 other creative > souls - > http://www.woodandwiremusic.com > Jim Goodin uses GHS Strings - > http://www.ghsstrings.com and Seagull Guitars > - http://www.seagullguitars.com, Jim Goodin is > published by Mel Bay > Publications, Inc. - http://www.melbay.com > > Associates and friends on the web - > Daryl Shawn - > http://www.swanwelder.com > Adam Werner - http://www.adamwerner.com > John Stowell - http://www.johnstowell.com > Matt Richards - http://www.mattrichardsmusic.net > Michael Manring - http://www.manthing.com > Will Ackerman - http://www.williamackerman.com > New Land Music - http://www.newlandmusic.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC