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Here I talk about playing the famous song " Still got the blues " by Gary Moore. Check out my instructions on the bending tricks which are typical for his style and take your time to work out the melody and the variation on the melody properly. This will help you a lot on your personal expression on guitar. If you would like to work out the whole song note by note I have posted the full edited tabs as a .pdf - .gp5 or .midi - so if you like you can work through the whole song. But you will be busy learning the great melody with variations and the typical Gary Moore bending tricks. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...?showtopic=1171

Summer report It has been a while since my last blog entry. I was pretty busy because I had to move out of my place I live because of health problems. Some of you might noticed in the last videos that I used to have a running nose. Something at my place caused these problems and they had even got worse. So unfortunately I had to move out of the place. Talk to your guitar I have started with a new idea I had of a monthy video blog I call " talk to your guitar ". I thought it was a funny idea and the guys from guitartricks.com gave me the OK to act officialy as a representative with this idea. You can check the video on facebook here http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=...4025&ref=mf HP's online guitarschool on facebook.com Stevo ( Tonic Scale ) opened up a facebook group on facebook.com where issues about this school can be discussed and some additional information are available too. If you have a facebook.com account you can join here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zurich-Switz...27503763?ref=mf. There will be a major update of the school here in the next few weeks and as far as I understand the system it will be possible to synchronize the school here with facebook.com. The new system is great anyway. I am sure you will love it. I have tested it once for a few days but the subscription manager was not working proberly thats why I switched back to the old system till everything works out perfect. But you can already have a look on my german guitarsite http://www.gitarrenforum.eu Composing work I have released new music in order to license it at any kind of TV or movie library. One of the new songs can be listened at http://www.music-pictures.com/music/index.htm . It is called " reflections of the past ". If you might be wondering which color this song has. It is my favorite color - indigo. I got reports from all agencies and libraries I started to work in the last months ( LA, Houston, London ) that my music has been used in TV or movie productions. Seems like this really starts to work - it needs time and patience indeed but once the system is up and they love the music it really works. The more I get into composing work the more I feel that my strong sections which are wanted most are : Electronica, New Age, Ambient, Piano solo Summerbreak I will be off duties for 3 weeks now after the lesson of the month August is recorded.

Here's a cool video for all playing levels which shall give you an idea how to make a connection with your guitar and how you can get more and more into music. If you really work on those very slow and controlled movements this will raise your technical abbilities more then you might believe and this also will prevent you from any kind of injuries which are caused by " wanting too much immediatly " . http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...?showtopic=1150

I would I personally think that this is the best tutorial which I ever wrote. Brings all important things together on a quite easy way.

Advanced rock improvisation course Learn a easy to use improvisation concept for rock guitar which make you able to play over the whole fretboard. This is the introduction to advanced rock improvisation concepts. This entire tutorial will get you to the point where you can start to be creative with the minor pentatonic on the entire fretboard. Please take your time to really work out the theoretical and practical background which is needed to understand the whole concept. The 7 lessons will give you a good basis to get into creative improvisation work on a very easy way. Advanced rock improvisation – Introduction Advanced rock improvisation I : Pentatonic in all positions Advanced rock improvisation II : Pentatonics on one string Advanced rock improvisation III : Pentatonic – aeolian scale Advanced rock improvisation IV : Adding licks or motives Advanced rock improvisation V : Megachops & runs Advanced rock improvisation – Final notes

Ah now I remember you. I think this was at the red concert. I am on the video editing now. The first one is up now. This was at the final concert. Somebody was there with a videokamera and sent me the files this week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NesguGDFw0A

Which one were you - I guess I met you but I just now I do not remember. Just editing the videos of the last concert where I played both instruments. I will upload them soon. Yes those concerts in Zürich showed me that my colormusic works and people love it. Imagine that I did not do any active promotion for them and still the people came. This is a thing which shall be changed - it is only a matter of that people are there and they love it. The other thing which has to be better is the professional setting probably with more lightshow stuff. But the desicion is final - I will get this working on national and hopefully international liveshows. My contacts and success stories from 10 years online business might help me.

That's exacly the point. This upcoming DVD project really showed that I have been pretty away from what I am. I am glad that I stopped it now because at the end I would had to compose music which I do not really feel - link on the SULZER movie. So I go back to the roots and it is good to know that you guys support me.

Future plans I have been working very hard since the beginning of September 08. Believe it or not - Since then I have been working nearly 7 days a week to get all things done which had to be done and to push new ideas forward. It was a very hard but also very successful time since we think back to the movie I scored, the Hollywood placement, becoming a featured artist at taxi.com, getting signed by international digital music distribution companies, having a whole concert series realized with 7 color - concerts performing each time 7 originals on piano and guitar. Those who only know me as a guitarist might not know that I have the same professional abbilities on the piano as well. My vision of colormusic has leaded to serveral request to produce movies, DVD's or other projects with my colormusic. So you might see what the problem is. It is far too much for a one man company, and to be honest this has leaded to some health and personal problems which made me stop now and starting to think about my real priorities. I have made my desicions now : 1. Live - Playing : I definitly want to get back the reagular live - playing where I perform my music and my abilties on piano & guitar. It is not that easy because I have been away the music-scene for nearly 10 years - and of course to get booked at the really great places you need to know the booking managers. Making all the networking is a lot of work and of course I can not do too much of it because I am busy enough with my music. So I am lucky that I now have finally got somebody who is taking care of this business. We got some great ideas how my music and my show can be set up in special occasions to create a fanbase and then to finally performe at festivals, concert halls ... 2. DVD - Production : I am in fact planing to realize a DVD series with my music and some visual effects but this is displaced. The current setting with my team is not how it should be and I think this DVD can wait. 3. Online - Education work : I will keep up my online education work on guitartricks.com and my own 3 websites. I already made kind of a schedule stragegie where I can put together my efforts on live - playing and creating great new online lessons. But the focus on my teaching videos will be more in the advanced playing section since this is the strategie which will persist in international competition with my current business setting. 4. Music for TV, Movie & Hollywood : I had some very lucky moments with my composer work since I started 18 months ago. I will focus on my core - business here as well producing my style of music as can be heared at my liveperformences or on http://www.music-pictures.com. So if those internation music libraries still want my music its OK. I already have had many placements including the one on the ABC serial " Ugly Betty " but I will not do any scoring or composing work anymore which is outside my main core - business even when I have made a lot of money. I think an artist should not go too far away from what he really feels because this might stop all creativity as it happened to me now. So this is an outlook for the upcoming months and probably years. I will now slowy get back to work, but now I really will keep in mind where my real priorities are and don't forget to really enjoy life beside my work. This might slow things down but will keep my work up on the long term ;-)

Your plan looks very good - I have only one suggestion or advice since I know how you are playing. I would not spend too much time on technical issues because your technique is very developed for your current playing and knowledge level - Probably I would skip 5 minutes of technical practice and add it to the fun part. HP

I have added to new great rockriffs Rockriff 9 Rockriff 10

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This is the presentation video - the other one is used too but I don't know in which ways. You can join taxi. Its not that cheap, and pretty competitiv but they have great contacts if you can reach a forward. HP

Hey Stevo, your practice and recouvery plan sound just perfect. Just keep it going like this and don't try to force things and then you will recover without even noticing it. And this is how it should be. I am lookinf forward to your article you are planing. HP

Yes you made one of the major mistakes a lot of students are doing. You wanted to go through everything too fast - like discribed in my article http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=178 - the marathon part Your goals where not realistic on the long term, but still you did not do wrong since you have reached a lot in the time you already played, but you have to avoid the deadliest thing that can happen that you stop regularity after the first motivation run. Better take a total break of a few weeks and then reconsider your schedules and get that regularity into your daily schedules with work and familly. If you don't have that much time - then it would be better just to play a few songs and add some practice goals like 5 - 10 min daily. This should keep it up.

Your week must have something like 200 hours In generall you are spending too much time on exercises which only on topic. 3 repeats would be OK. Once you can play the exercises properly in a good tempo you can start to select something else to get more input but still working on the technique. As an example : You are playing 3 years now I guess so you can skip the chromatic exercises to more advanced stuff where you can use all fingers. Maybe you check out the 3 note - per - string scales or scales in generall in different positions. Barré Chords : You are advanced enough to go a step further. Work on more complex chords maybe the basic jazz chords. Even when you don't want to play jazz you can learn a lot from the stuff and maybe it gives you more inspiration. Modes : Why not playing a mode a week. You can swith between lydian and Ionian from one week to an other. They are related - learn the theoretical difference between them and the other modes and learn those interval steps which define a mode by heart and on the fretboard. The rest looks good so far.

To keep the overview .... everybody open up a new own topic and write it down ( or copy paste it ) - this way we can keep things together. HP

Practicing plans A new opportunity for all students to get more guidance into there learning process : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...hp?showforum=74 HD Update : Technial exercises easy improvisation variations on rhythm

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Thanks To get your practice plan online ... open an new topic and write it down the way I made an example. HP

Practice plans I have created this section that you can post your practice plans and workouts in order to compare them with other students and to get some workout and practice tips from me. The practicing is very important to keep your guitarplaying going - so please take some time to read my article about practicing http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=178 After that try to create your own practice plan which fits into your daily schedules to create the regularity which is required that you make progress on your guitarplaying. If you are a beginner or nearly a pro - the practicing process never stops and always has to be adapted to your current level and your timemanagement and your short - and long term goals you have. How do you create a practice plan ? 1 . Open a new topic. 2 . Check how much time you can invest in a regular manner. Best would be daily, but if this is not possible try to make a plan to create that regularity. 3 . Define your short and long term goal in guitarplaying and write it down. Find out what is required to reach your goals. If you don't know it you can ask for advice in your pratice plan. I will give you some tips, add links and give you a honest opinion. 4 . If you think that you can manage the entire practice plan on the long term - you can start with your practicing. If not you have to reconfigure your goals and your practice plan. Therefore you can ask for my advice or discuss this with other students. Here's now an example how a practice plan might look : My tips : technical : Build up speed on soloing : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...hp?showtopic=29 Learn all pentatonic patterns : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=325 // http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=326 Work on your sound : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=977 Learn alternatve picking properly : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=460 creativity : Learn the basic & advanced improvisation conzepts : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=908 // http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=907 Learn all kind of licks and examples : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...hp?showforum=55 // http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...hp?showforum=62

It's a very good oportunity to get your music placed in the industry, but it is very selectiv and competitive too. That Ferrari has to be earned

I currently am one of the featured artists at taxi.com. Seems like my idea getting a composer for TV, movie which I started at the end of 08 is more and more becoming real. Check http://www.taxi.com/transmitter/0904/deals.html I visited the shareholder convention of SULZER yesturday. There they show the movie I scored on a very large screen in HD. That was very impressive and made me kind of proud even that the music I wrote for that movie is not what I normaly would do. Here's now the video which is online at sulzer.com : http://www.sulzer.com/de/DesktopDefault.as...217_read-12562/ HP

Updated the Django Reinhardt videos in HD and added 2 final lessons. Here the full tutorial :

28.03.09 It has been some time since my last blog entry. I was pretty busy but I also needed a break since I have been working very hard in the last months. But still here are some news : Music-pictures.com I have made a new entry page on http://www.music-pictures.com . It took me around 24 hours till I got into the technique how to do this and then to get that entrymovie on the emotional and expressive level I wanted to have. The goal was that any visitor which comes to that site feels that you find some expressive, emotional music there and that I also do work as a scoring composer, right on any kind of movie or that you can get music which can be used for TV & movie. But still not having the focus only on this. It is the entire artwork with music, pictures, colors, emotions. Colormusic During my liveperfomances in Zürich from Januar till now I found out that on the one hand a lot of people do not understand what colormusic is. And a lot of people think this has to do something with esoteric or since the concerts were in church with religious topics. This is not correct. What is right is that the philosphy behind my music and the colormusic in special has to do with spiritual thoughts, but it is either christian, nor esoteric, nor anything other. My philosophy is based on music and it's emotional impact and what music can do for people. Colors is only one way of expression... I found out that emotions ( best would be positiv ) is what it is all about in music and that if you can bring emotions into your music you can change people and as a consequence can change things. So the colormusic is only a tool for me to get music closer to any kind of people. That's why I started to change the colorclips since some people said it is too esoteric. Here's now one try for violett. Current version : http://www.music-pictures.com/violett/index.htm Beta version : http://www.music-pictures.com/violett/beta.html Music distribution in South Korea I have started to work with a music - networking label in South Korea, which is the leading download market in Asia ( there words ) . South Korea is a special market and needs special treatment. I was able to make a contract with those guys. I might be that I have to travel to South Korea soon to make some liveperformances. Looking forward to it. Hanspeter Kruesi.com I have changed the homepage a bit to make it look a little more perfect. This will be my website for all my work as a guitarplayer including guitarmusic & online guitarschool. The online guitarschool has gone through some bigger updates and edits and now I start thinking that this is currently one of the best online guitarschools in the net. This is what some students tell me as well. New CD I have decided yesturday to start working on a new guitarsolo CD. I don't know when it will be ready but I am willing now to do it. This will feature a lot of sologuitar songs which are now part of my liveperformance. I am even thinking about recording it without any overdubs - only a full CD with only one guitar. We'll see what happenes. I will let you know in my blog. Guitartricks.com Since I still am a featured instructor at http://www.guitartricks.com and I love the work there too I will be part of the entire professional marketing campagne on facebook.com, youtube.com and myspace.com. So if you have any kind of account there you can join my account and start to build a cool Web 2.0 guitarcommunity. Here my coordinates : Hanspeter Kruesi on facebook.com http://www.youtube.com/user/hpcrazycom http://www.myspace.com/hanspeterkruesi So these were the current news. :-D HP