StPatrón wrote:Morning Rian,
The blues, huh? Great taste in music. I'm a bluezhound myself.
Yes, it's challenging at first. Developing the coordination, having one hand do one motion while the other hand is doing another. That will improve with time, as you've noticed, until it becomes second nature. Just takes time and practice.
Some simple and repetitive exercises might help. Split them up between hands initially, then combine them. Plucking exercises might include variations of volume ("string attack") and speed. Slide exercises might include the "upslide" and "downslide", starting and stopping at frets that sound good to the ear, timing the picking appropriately. Experiment with plucking the string with the slide off and then touching the string with it... at various frets. Then, pluck with the slide on and slide up a coupla frets. Reverse that. Your ear will tell you what sounds good as you're developing these "mini-riffs" and fills.
Later, you may want to spend time studying music theory and playing techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, double-stops, etc. Those are all used frequently in blues. There are more "how to play" videos on YouTube than you could watch in a lifetime. Studying what Bemuzic does is time well spent, I think.
Remember, it's all about having fun and if you find yourself becoming frustrated, put it down and come back to it later.
Incontinence is a bugger ehhh?
Are you up early, or up late?
Not sure what the time is in OK, but it is now 08.55 on Saturday morning.
Been in the garage and shed already.
Found a Jack Daniels gift tin, the size of a large cookie tin, probably 300x200mm and about 100mm deep.
Could this form the basis of a BANJO ?
I have a load of pics, some art Nicola made and a bunch of wooden masks to put up today..... only been putting it off about 3 months now, and last week I left a postit note on a suit for nicola to resew a button onto, clever girl, she took it, edited it and stuck it on one of the framed pieces she had made with a request to hang it up.
Also discovered this instrument which I like (as I have about 4 Djembe drums and used to play a bit)
Now going to look out for a discarded large speaker box and see if I can make a Cajon drum.,
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWdKzHggNF0&feature=related[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWdKzHgg ... re=related
I am sure you know these.
Oh, and Manny at the music shop now wants me to make him a "solid electric guitar" Poor deluded boy.... not sure what he thinks I am capable of, but think he may be sorely disappointed.
Still, will look at it.
Purple Haze !!! 
