Nous'che Rhythm Guitar Course For Sale!!

Passacaglia

Bear with me, please, and I'm sorry if this is too indulgently personal. My greatest regret is not that I came to this music way too late to be able to play it at the level I'd wish; it's that I have simply not put in the years listening to this, and myriad other, related musics, and so I'll never own it in a way you folks with decades in musicianship can claim. I read through the oldest posts forward of people like Ted Gottsegen or Scot Wise, and I realize I'll never simply have that long, broad river of music in my bones, that gives fluency to the ears and soul. It's a pretty painful reckoning. So I guess I'm saying - and I speak only personally, here - it's probably really difficult for me to dismiss very much as "ridiculous." There's just so much merit in so much music, so long as it's given with a generous heart.

Hemert

Passacaglia wrote:

Not sure what you're referring to, Christiaan.

I'm not referring to anything in particular but to give you an example: the way Stochelo explains bossa nova rhythm inside the academy totally misses the mark. It makes no sense now that I know how Nous'che does it. Of course you could argue that there are different styles and I understand that. But in many cases and certainly in this one there's usually one way which just sounds better or even more important: feels better to a lead player having to produce a solo over the rhythm guitar.

Bones

I think the course is a total bargain.

Biggest problem is I have so much material to go thru....but that's a good problem :-)

AmundLauritzen

As Passacaglia wrote, it's about value.

One got to consider how important it is to them to play this kind of music. To me the price was a total steal.

I don't think people realize just how much work goes into making a product like that. Particularly transcribing.
I always knew it took time and patience, but it was not until I seriously started transcribing myself that I understood not only how time consuming it is, but how much focus, patience and accuracy it demands.

So to complain about an already ridiculous low price considering the fact that we get to learn the secrets from THE best rhythm player transcribed to the tiniest detail, that's ridiculous to me.

But to me music comes before everything else. Maybe someone who picks up the guitar once a week and plays for five minutes might place another value on the course.

If you committ to the course, practice every day, you WILL become great. Rock solid rhythm players are sought after, and once a lead player gets ahold of one, he won't let him go! That's why rhythm players like Nous'che, Hono, and Johnny always play and are never out of work.

I am already seeing marked progress. My rhythm is tighter and swings more. I try to get 30 minutes to an hour practicing rhythm each day because lead is my main focus which I try to spend 3-4 hours on at least. But even with that small amount of rhythm practice, my rhythm playing has already transformed from an atrocious display of incompetence to something that's starting to sound decent.

Every successful person in any field will tell you the same: Take a look at someone who excels in the skill you want to learn, find out what they're doing and do exactly that.

You find the same thing with lead players. Many players object to copying the masters, arguing that they want to find their own voice. They rarely get anywhere and their playing usually sounds like mindless meandering around the chords, hoping to get at least one good phrase out of that chorus.

Just needed to get that off my chest.