Yay Zaks back! Progress Update Too.

It feels like forever when we miss a week but Zaks back for guitar lessons today.

Tom attacked (in a good way) my song from the last post and I've got a load of work to do on it including a wicked "David Gilmore" style solo. I'm not trying to be predictable or cliche it really does need one! He took the piano solo and has layered it so it loops and builds and builds and BUILDS. I've already begun work on the bass which is sounding very cool and with some strings and a whopping guitar solo it's going to be awesome!!

I'm beginning to get my head around building songs from simple concepts but we'll have to see what happens when I try to put it into practice.

I've got a new fingerpicking idea on guitar, it's incredibly simple right now but it has masses and masses of room to manoeuvre which I'm looking forward to working on.

I NEED this week to get to a good place with 'Escape to you' because it's a beautiful song and I want it sounding really special.

Drums I've learnt a new beat and I'm going to try and build a quick song from it. It's so good to be learning drums properly although it's still slow going because we have so much else.

So ... to sum as I haven't for a while.

Guitar - soloing slowly improving, fingerpicking and song building moving forward by a big step.

Bass - writing nice melodies now and technique a bit better but I need to funk up!! Learnt a new trick yesterday to add to my solos so that's cool!

Piano - my fingers are working more naturally within different keys and are finding rhythms better. But not a huge step forward, however this one is my least concern right now.

Drums - timing is much better and I'm picking up new ideas. Technique still sucks but it's a bit better.

Songwriting - massive improvement, stronger concepts, more variety and I'm starting to put more of myself into them. Still a rediculously long way to go but I've done my first couple of songs in a different time signature. I've started with each instrument for the initial concept and they are sounding stronger.

It's been 4 months since I wrote my first full song - I'm looking forward to seeing where I'll be by Christmas but I'm certainly in no rush to get there. I'm also excited by my recent progress on guitar, it's not a huge step but it's an important one.

On we go.....!