For the Playaz!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZP4tQRCaug

To the guitar playaz,

There comes a time in your guitar playing where you go "oohh" or "aaahh" and I had those moments this week.  I think I'm starting to get the idea of "play by ear."

In the past, I always think that "play by ear" is somekind of a gift.  I had to rely on tabs, and I was convincing myself that sooner or later I'll find patterns through tabs and I can develop my craft from there.  But in so doing,  I was actually reducing the spectrum or possibilities of guitar / theory.

But ever since I started writing songs, there are times where you have a melody or a direction that you want to go to, and you want to dress up that melody with the right chords.  I find that I'm starting to get better at this now. 

And also the same principle applies to figuring out a cover song.

Check out the video by Nuno Bettencourt. He also explains this concept quite well