when You play at home what are you playing

[splatter]

I don't mean what song or genera. I mean are you noodling,playing songs you already know or learning new stuff ? Also do you play along with a track or song or are you just jamming alone to no other music?

I'm either practicing what I've just learned or learning something new,either way I'm playing with the original song or a backing track. The only time I noodle is if I only have a short time to play say 30 minutes or less. Then I'll plug up and mostly work on finger exercise's or scales with some noodling thrown in.
This is a departure from what I was doing about 5 years ago which was always noodling. I used to say "I'm not gonna learn another song that I'm never gonna play live." But it seems I'm never gonna find a singer,so if I stick to that I'll never learn another song.

 

[Zachalou]

Use to be I’d learn new songs every day or so and work on difficult solos until I had them down. But for the past few years every time I play I only work on original stuff, aside from just noodling solos or riffs here and there

 

[romanianreaper]

I do my own recordings every once in awhile because I like to have some kind of "document" of my playing and like to post my songs so friends can hear it. Other times, I jam along to tracks on YouTube where the guitar part has been removed. Fun to play along and hear your guitar parts on a song where all of the other parts are original.

 

[splatter]

I do my own recordings every once in awhile because I like to have some kind of "document" of my playing and like to post my songs so friends can hear it. Other times, I jam along to tracks on YouTube where the guitar part has been removed. Fun to play along and hear your guitar parts on a song where all of the other parts are original.

Backing tracks on you tube ?

 

[romanianreaper]

I do my own recordings every once in awhile because I like to have some kind of "document" of my playing and like to post my songs so friends can hear it. Other times, I jam along to tracks on YouTube where the guitar part has been removed. Fun to play along and hear your guitar parts on a song where all of the other parts are original.

Backing tracks on you tube ?

Yeah, if you go on YouTube and just type "Guitar Backing Tracks", you'll get a ton of different types. Obviously the famous songs but also ones that are just called "metal song in E flat", etc.

 

[riffermadness]

Backing track cd's I buy off Ebay and Youtube backing tracks playing whatever comes off my fretboard. mostly noodling trying new made up patterns that usually sound terrible,but fun to waste time on.

 

[nightlight]

I feel terrible that I have to work for a living and only picked up guitar in my 20s.

Consequently, I have less time to learn all the songs and solos I want to learn.

When I started out, I would always be into learning new songs and tricks. Nowadays, when I plug in, I'm usually working on my own music.

It's like the learning process has become subverted until I come across something new by accident rather than through design.

Quite lame. As a result, 13-year-olds put me to shame on a daily basis on youtube. I must have thick skin to keep at this.

 

[D-Rock]

I like to improvise licks, fills and leads under pop radio tunes that have no guitar. It trains my ear gets me to go different directions on the fretboard that I normally wouldn't.

 

[wIsEbLooD]

I play everyday.
I mostly just learn new songs or try to match up tones, play to cd's.
Just relearned two exodus songs off of tempo this morning (2203kk covers that tone well).
I don't play in bands any more so I just have fun and mess with gear.

 

[rottingcorpse]

Just relearned two exodus songs off of tempo this morning (2203kk covers that tone well).

Scar spangled banner is part of my warm-up routine. As is war is my shepard.

Then i play/work on original riffs mostly.