The becoming non-complacent in your playing thread.

[karpathion]

Now that I have seemingly returned to playing and recording all hardcore again, I have found my playing lacking. It's like I'm still a slave to the same old shit I've been playing forever, although my taste buds have obviously changed.

Time to do something about that, and I challenge everyone here to do it.

Learn a whole song, front to back, in a style that seems out of reach to you. Leads and solos included.

I'm choosing Van Halen, Hot For Teacher. I've always stayed away from Eddie V. The overwhelming amount of shit he can slam into one song, is humbling. It always scared me. Made feel like less of a player if I couldn't do it.

Well, I say to hell with that. I got this! I welcome the challenge, and I should learn a lot from it. Not stopping until I get it all right either. No matter how many decades it takes...