"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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This is incredibly fvckin sweet

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Dam he really was good. Thats pretty dum question to ask. All it takes is practice.
 

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shydude said:
Dam he really was good. Thats pretty dum question to ask. All it takes is practice.
Yea, i know sport. Not everyone who practices can do that. I wanted to know how long it might take and where to start. I play now but i dont know what to practice.
 

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Yea, i know sport. Not everyone who practices can do that. I wanted to know how long it might take and where to start. I play now but i dont know what to practice.

Well it does take practice. I can play several songs by The Fall of Troy (the guitarist of the band plays really fast, way faster than that guy), and it's all practice. Just play the song really slow at first, then get faster and faster. That's just how it's done. It could take a day or a month. It depends on how often you practice and dedication.

I'd say it'd take about a week or two to play that song that fast if you really work at it. Cause that's nothing compared to what I've seen.
 

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DogFashionDisco said:
Well it does take practice. I can play several songs by The Fall of Troy (the guitarist of the band plays really fast, way faster than that guy), and it's all practice. Just play the song really slow at first, then get faster and faster. That's just how it's done. It could take a day or a month. It depends on how often you practice and dedication.

I'd say it'd take about a week or two to play that song that fast if you really work at it. Cause that's nothing compared to what I've seen.
Damn, the fall of troy is fvckin amazing. I wanna be able to improve like that, but i dunno if i need to know chords or theory or what.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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Sorry to burst you bubbles, but there was absolutely nothing difficult about that song. Drop D...gee what a surprise. Get a clue, that's nothing more than run-of-the-mill psuedo-new-metal.

I've been playing guitar for over 12 years, and I've dabbled in many different styles.

If you want to play some difficult metal, start with some early metallica and megadeth, then work your way up to some slayer. Get your right hand up to speed and practice your downpicking. If you can play the riffs on Master of Puppets the correct way(mostly all downpicking), then you can play what that guy plays in the clip with your eyes closed and half-asleep.

Then when you get bored with that, buy a flamenco guitar and try learning flamenco just to humble yourself and realize how little you know about playing guitar.
 

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i couldn't play a regular scale on a guitar but i can play anything I hear by ear on the piano, and there was nothing specticular about that.

Learn your chords and scales, learn them backwards, fowards. Learn all the variations until it becomes second nature.

I am to the point where I can play a song I have never heard more times than not before I hear the entire song, becuase I know how the normal chord progressions are supposed to go, or sound like they will go.

If you go to collegehumor.com there is a guy playing zelda on the piano, it's pretty cool. What he did isn't the hardest thing on earth, but that's a long ass song
 

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Then when you get bored with that, buy a flamenco guitar and try learning flamenco just to humble yourself and realize how little you know about playing guitar.
Uhh...sorry i thought it sounded cool:rolleyes: And uhh...i know how little i know and how little i will know...thats not the point. Next time dont get so offended.:whistle:
 

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italostud said:
Sorry to burst you bubbles, but there was absolutely nothing difficult about that song. Drop D...gee what a surprise. Get a clue, that's nothing more than run-of-the-mill psuedo-new-metal.

I've been playing guitar for over 12 years, and I've dabbled in many different styles.

If you want to play some difficult metal, start with some early metallica and megadeth, then work your way up to some slayer. Get your right hand up to speed and practice your downpicking. If you can play the riffs on Master of Puppets the correct way(mostly all downpicking), then you can play what that guy plays in the clip with your eyes closed and half-asleep.

Then when you get bored with that, buy a flamenco guitar and try learning flamenco just to humble yourself and realize how little you know about playing guitar.
haha, i was anticipating some complex guitar skills! definitely not a difficult song to play
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Gotta love drop D. One finger power chords = looking like you know how to thrash really well.

Get good at power chords and palm muting and you can play that riff.
 

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italostud said:
Sorry to burst you bubbles, but there was absolutely nothing difficult about that song. Drop D...gee what a surprise. Get a clue, that's nothing more than run-of-the-mill psuedo-new-metal. QUOTE]

Amen I could play that behind my head (LOL If I really wanted to). :kick:
 

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That isn't so amazingly impressive, I've seen much better
 

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That was average new metal riffing, in dropped D tuning, nonethelss. nothing fancy. He was nice and tight, though.... many players haven't learned how to NOT play, meaning, they haven't learned that the space between notes needs to be clean.

I saw that last link (Canon in D) and that guy's pretty slick. It's a bit more my style of playing.

I was influenced by megadeth, Extreme, Testament and Metallica. I could play the entire Justice For All album note for note when I was 17. (solos and all) All it takes is massive dedication to your instrument, to get good..... and alot of time. I've been playing guitar for 16 years and the past 5 years I've been doing it proffessionally.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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i am a semi decent guitar player, but i still would not intentionally sit a girl down and play her a piece unless it was an impressively difficult piece that i knew i could play flawlessly.

playing some basic ramones or metal shzt is not going to impress any woman - they've already had 10 boyfriends that could play master of puppets.
 

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Yeah, that guy ain't anything special. The last guy was pretty good though. Those triplets near the end were pretty damn fast. By any standards he was far better than the first dude.
 

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