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~ The official blog of Metal Mike. I'm a heavy metal musician most commonly known as a long standing guitarist to Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford. I'm a highly sought after heavy metal guitar and music coach. I am also a solo artist, an entrepreneur, a business owner, an avid car nut and a closet extrovert. I believe Heavy Metal should be lived loud & proud and it has been a highly motivating source in my life. I'm here to share my thoughts, pass on lessons learned and sometimes chew on big subjects. If you enjoy the content of Metal For Life, I only ask you to share my blog with one more person. Thank you & welcome.

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If You Can Do Some Of Of It – You Can Do All Of It

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by Metal Mike in Guitar & Music, Inspiration & Motivation

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Okay, what do I mean? Well, the above is something to keep in mind as you are attempting to do something that seems difficult or at the time overwhelming.

Let’s look at guitar playing and how it applies to the above header.

Lots of people who read this blog have a talent at playing the guitar. I believe that talent is what nudges you to try something, to develop an interest in something you find cool. When people ask me if they have any talent for playing guitar, I say probably yes. If they are very interested in playing, then I believe that they have at least some basic talent in them. They might not be Steve Vai, but they can enjoy learning and playing the guitar. Or, they might find out that they really do have a thing for playing an instrument. Truth is – you will never, ever know – unless, you give it a true shot.

If you were, just for example, able to learn 1 scale fingering in E minor, then you are 100% able to learn all of the scale fingerings available for that key as well.

It is not a matter “if you can” but rather “am I willing to put in the repetitions recessary” to learn the patterns. Guitar is like that. If you are able to learn 1 hot guitar lick – you are 100% capable of learning a 100. It just comes down to committment, repetition, putting the time in and nothing else.

It is just like learning to walk one step. With repeating the same effort 3x again, you would have walked 4 steps.

It is important to remember the above saying when you wonder, question your ability to learn new ideas and master them.

Remember: If you had “enough” ability to learn “some” of it; you have the ability to learn all of it. Stick with it.

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