Thats a really tough one to provide an accurate answer on. If I added all my time up, I’ve probably got 2-3 years of guitar experience, spread across 10 or so years. And that would have been 20 years ago now. For Bass I have about 6 or 7 months combined. But my recent experience is only about 2 months. Prior to that, I hadnt played for about 5 years. I’ve gotten fairly decent in a short timespan this go around. I’m sure its allot of the previous experience, and having began taking Adderall a couple of years ago. This is my first time trying to play an instrument while getting ADHD treatment. Really makes me wonder how far I could have gone if i had of known in my teens, what I know now.
Most of us say this, but what’s important is you’re here now doing it.
What you’re playing above is pretty advanced stuff.
I think if you slow it down to where you can play to a beat, and bump the beat up 2bpm, nail it to the beat, and repeat, until perfectly up to speed, you will get there.
Trying to play something too complex too fast can be more harmful than good as you will begin to learn mistakes
But if you keep at it and go slow you will nail it! Keep going. You’re on the right path.
I hear ya. I’ve actually been doing that allot. Although I’m still not totally clear on the timing for Tommy the Cat. The initial notes after the down/up strum are super fast. I kind of assume they should fit in the first quarter of the bar. And then the dun dun dun, dun dun dun, dun dun dun would finish off the bar. But if that is accurate, its a very weird mass of notes then, it feels like the rest slows down so much it doesnt make sense. But I’m sure Ill figure it out.
In all of my videos, its usually towards the end of practice, and I’m doing it as fast as possible. But I do actually practice allot at slower speeds, and using a metronome.
Appreciate the kind words though. I’m very motivated to perfect all of these. I need to put up a good video of American Life.