4 More Days Guitar Lesson 

Thanks so much for watching!

Great question and congrats on getting into the studio! Send me a link when you get something back. Playing to a click track is definitely something you'll want to before hand. You can save a lot of time by knowing the bpm or 'beats per minute' of your songs when you show up. Most likely they're going to all be recording to a click so that'll get things moving right away if you show up and be like 'ok this song is in C at 120bpm' or something like that. That way the musicians at the studio can just lay it down and focus on getting it to sound great. I've been in situations where artists will come in and have no clue about the tempo they want, we'll decide on something, start tracking and then realize it's lagging or rushing and have to start over, which can get expensive. There's a good chance that you might be recording your guitar and vocals in different takes, so also be able to play through your songs without singing, often times us singer-songwriters will use the lyrics as a crutch for knowing how many times a certain part repeats and have no clue to have many bars are in a certain part without singing with it. That kind of organization will really show your professionalism and impress the musicians you're working with. But most of all try and stay loose and have fun! Hope that helps!

That's a great idea for a video, thanks!

Yeah my bad, the 2 cameras I use are so different, but I usually edit them a little but, must have forgotten for this vid.

Thanks Chris!

Except you're leaving the A out..... I'm enjoying the videos. Helps me think more about what I play.... .....in saying that, I'm using a lot of hybrid picked double stops....can you play too many of those ?

Speaking of elephants which we weren't, I have an idea I want to run past you.... A pedal. The first pedal in your chain. It has a mute foot switch, and an in, out and tuner out jack. It has a knob with 6 positions, a level control, and 6 trim pots /screwdriver only adjustments The idea. You adjust the gain, using the trim pots for each of your 6 guitars you take to a gig, so that the output for each of them is balanced relative to the other guitars. The level gives you a bit extra across all guitars. It's always in circuit. When you change guitar, you hit mute, unplug and plug in your next guitar, reach down and turn the switch to the number corresponding to that guitar and play. ...after checking the tuning and unmuting. I play an old gold top copy and, while it produces great tone, the levels are over the top when compared to the Jap Strat copy and Kellycaster (My Michael Kelly '53 cheapie I just got) I also have a couple of others that I play occasionally, but I always have hassles getting the gain structure right. Last gig, I grabbed a clean boost / Timmy clone and used it to make up the gain. Worked a treat. What do you think Sean Daniel​​ ??

Might have to save it for later :)

Great question! I'll have to answer this on a vid.

I look forward to it :)

Hi Sean, not sure if you'll see this, but have you answered this question yet? I've seen most of your videos and don't think I stumbled across it, cheers!

My mom actually does furniture like that so she did it, I might actually do a video soon on how to do it because it's not that hard. .

Oh I'm sure he'll make his presence felt eventually :)

I hate you now

hahahaha I only do it for the reactions

You're all first in my heart.

You're the greatest Sean 😂