So, you just wrote a GREAT guitar part...

It's one thing to come up with a cool part. It's another thing to find the right spots for it in the song, to allow the listener to enjoy it without overdoing it. You want to leave people wanting MORE, not less. Pat's song here is really great. I am not saying that he played some of his parts too many times. There are sections of the song that I think could maybe be a little bit shorter, but really I'm just raising the question: how many times to do play a great part???

It's easy for us to write a part we REALLY like and then play it literally EVERYWHERE in the song. Picking your spots is CRUCIAL. I tend to err on the side of less is more. You definitely don't want your parts, hooks, melodic ideas to overstay their welcome with your listeners.

This really is a great track. Great job, Pat! I am continually impressed by some of the tracks you guys send in. It makes me want to be even better at what I do, knowing there are so many gifted musicians watching the channel. Onward and upward, friends!

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Welcome!
1:18 If you’re new here…
1:37 Pat’s email….
5:53 I’m going to play along with my ’69 LP Custom (pre volute)…
7:55 Going from a guitar with high string tension to one with low string tension
8:16 Playing into the Lazy J
8:41 the song, “Privateering”
12:41 Here’s that cool thing he was doing in the verses…
13:57 …and then the chorus…
14:16 It’s ok to use stops; just know how they affect things in different parts of the song.
16:06 let’s listen to this bridge again…very cool melody
17:39 are some of the sections long? And thoughts on Spotify…
19:06 not that he’s going for Spotify spins…
19:22 someone in the outro did not agree with the rest of the band…
19:57 when accents don’t line up across the band, you get conflicting vibes.
20:41 what’s a “push”?
21:46 QUESTION: how many times is a cool part necessary?
22:10 Pat has the fundamentals down! (down pat? :))
22:53 Here’s my chart
24:12 What does this remind you of?
24:30 To recap my suggestions to Pat…
25:08 DERAIL: A brief history of early SGs…
27:53 One last problem with early SGs…
29:04 Thanks for sending in your song, Pat!
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