"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Any guitar players out there
- Thread starter Baseball05
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"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
I'll second that. Jimmy Page has always been my idol. Still plan on getting a Les Paul someday just because of him. If you listen to some live performances, you'll see he can be sloppy and make a lot of mistakes, but what's in his playing outshines all the technically great guitarists out there in my opinion.
I bought the two DVD set that came out two years ago. Great stuff if you haven't seen it, and some live performances of Going to California and That's the Way on it. I have a mandolin too, but so far have only learned Battle of Evermore.
Try mxTabs .
Also, here's a good guitar website: http://www.cyberfret.com
MetalFortress
Master Don Juan
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
WhitePimp
Master Don Juan
You will never look at a guitar the same way again. This guy can literally do anything on a guitar. Truly inspirational
The Bad Ass Canadian
Master Don Juan
I always felt Page was a very sloppy player. Hendrix was the same. These guys were more innovators then guitar masters.
The cool thing about Page was how he would make a mistake, then play it 3 times in a row and turn it into a lick.. hahaha how's that for fooling the audience?
The key to playing great guitar is getting both left and right hands moving in sync with each other. Getting the fretting hand and the picking hand to hit the notes accurately. That takes alot of practice but once you got it down, the rest comes easy.
Songs like Over The Hills aren't all that difficult. They have alot of pull offs and hammer-ons, which are kinda guitar playing "parlor tricks" . They're easy to do and require little skill ( not saying that Page isn't skilled), and many guitarists base they're style around that kind of legato playing. Pull-offs and hammer-ons sound really fluid and slick and you can play stuff that would otherwise be impossible to pick.
Check out Alex Skolnick of Testament for a really great legatto style. His chops are impeccable and he sounds rediculously smooth.
Of course, we have Pettrucci of Dream Theater... this guy is insane. I have his instructional dvd, and it is retarded.
I agree some of his stuff is sloppy, but still sounds good. Some of it is real crisp though, like Bron-y-aur. Rain Song too. That guy is such a damn genius, and knows it all came from the American south, and gives nods to the blues. What a creative guy. His musical instincts astonish me, still, and always will. I'll just never tire of Zeppelin.
Bad Ass, what do you do? Session work/teach/gigs?
What kind of axes do you have?
Elimidate
Senior Don Juan
Jack Johnson - Sitting, waiting, wishing
Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Robbie Williams - Angles
Howie Day - Collide
I fully guarantee all of the above are official acoustic "panty removers!"
Trust me on this one Gentleman!
Elimidate
The Bad Ass Canadian
Master Don Juan
I front a rock band. We tour quite a bit. We're under an agency and have been a pretty big up-and-comer on Canada's East Coast, thia past year.
I'm a singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer
Between gigging, recording my own songs and producing other artists in my studio, I keep pretty busy. (I do have another job, to help sustain myself. It's seasonal so I only work a few months out of the year)
Been getting into teaching guitar, as well (I know enough, I'm just not into spending 4 days a week with students..It's more a private one-on-one thing, and I only have a few people I'm currently teaching)..... In this buisness, you need to diversify. It's rare that any artist can sustain himself on just one thing. Only a handful of artists make real money in music.
I play PRS and Gibson . I also have a Taylor acoustic which I love. 615 CE model... very nice
Got a nice studio with some pretty decent gear, too. I love what I do and I take it very seriously.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
The first song i ever learned to play was 'Karma Police' by Radiohead, & the feeling i got from producing the same music as one of the greatest bands of all time is unparrelled. I was hooked on the guitar after that.
If you want popular stuff to play around crowds of people, then you can't go wrong with the Beatles. Most of their stuff is pretty basic, but everyone knows them, plus they're just great songs.
Also, learning one of the latest hits in the charts will make you seem like a cool guy. Playing a pop or RnB song on a acustic not only gives it a new dimension, but shows a diversity & creativity that most snotty, elitist guitar players ignore.
tuck andersson- man in the mirror
TRUSTTTT MEE WIHT URRR LFIEEEEE
I SWEARRR TO EVERYTHING THAT IMPT. TO ME.....ULL LOVE ITTTTTTT i know soem are lazy..soem wil b elike....nahh..BUT TRUST ME>>>U HAVE TO GET THIS SONGGGG!!!
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It's a mandolin, not a damn mandarin, there is no such thing to my knowledge. Sounds like a fruit to me.
The Bad Ass Canadian
Master Don Juan
Learn "Comfortable" by John Mayer
I played that once, at an open mic, of all things, and literally got molested by 7 ridiculously hot college chicks. It was hillarious!!!
They even wanted to take pictures with me, after i was done lol.... I wasn't single at the time, or I woulda scored me a phone #.
There are alot of great songs out there. Don't just learn what you think you should. Play stuff you really enjoy. A musician who is passionate about what he does will gain more respect then the guy who pulls out all the common "crowd pleasers".... It's really nice to be able do both, but writing your own stuff is a much higher feeling of accomplishment. It goes beyond learning an instrument.