I haven't been blogging on the "Reconstruction" thing the last few weeks...life got hectic and my actual "studies" went by the wayside although I've been playing a bunch.  I'm recording a version of "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin for the forums Recordingfest with a few friends, I got asked to play the "Star Spangled Banner" ala Jimi Hendrix at a local political function and I have gigs coming up with two different bands in the next few weeks.

    One thing that has been progressing is my right hand technique, though.  I think it all started when Robert Renman from Dolphinstreet.com came by my studio to visit last December and while playing my guitars sounded totally different than me.  One thing was his choice of pick (heavy, where I was playing Fender Mediums) but his hands just worked more efficiently on the instrument than mine did.  The whole last year has been me working on that inspiration.  The Bluegrass stuff has helped, as well as getting rid of the Pod in my teaching studio.  Not having the compressed amp models to play through all day long has really forced me to be more accurate and consistent with my pick attack.

    This week's revelation has come from one of the guys in my forum (mosiddqui), who posted a Peber Brown video on "Sarod" picking.  Just working on it last night for an hour or so I was actually able to gain some fluidity and some dynamic headroom that I didn't have before in my pick attack....here are the videos:





The "What did you work on today" thread has been cool because it's giving us some food for thought in our own practicing by watching what some of the other guys are working on...I highly recommend it! http://markweinguitarlessons.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8063