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August Ask Me Anything Question #1 - Primus American Life - Thoughts (Patreon)

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A Patron asked what I thought/think of when approaching a new song, in this case they specifically wanted me opinion on the band Primus, and they gave me a range of songs, I just picked the first one - American Life

Please remember that when I put my professional hat on I hear music differently from my normal-human-being hat! you should consider that when evaluating your own music.

BUT, you should also think of these elements that I discuss since eventually, they have significant influences on how you perform/practice the song

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Michael

Ah sorry I haven't got on Patreon in a while! Thats awesome you mentioned the point of the repeating baseline. I've always thought it was like that to paint the picture of day in day out same stuff over and over which is kind of the emotion the lyrics try to evoke. Thanks for explaining the rhythm of that base line, those triplets always get me! lol I just got to that section on your Harmony course a few days ago actually. I need a lot of practice with rhythm for sure. Whats kinda funny is I picked songs that I thought had interesting guitar parts/solos because I thought that would be what you'd naturally focus on. I honestly didn't even think much about the vocals but it makes sense because it's really the vocals and the baseline that carry the song and go back and forth. Very cool, thanks! Oh and btw we were able to hear the program when you played the baseline.

MK Fingerstyle Academy
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Hello Michael, usually the guitar part is of interest to me but this song was a dialogue between the vocal melody and solos. The solos are 'personal' touch and are not reproduce-able so as a performer, I'd either omit them from my arrangement or add my own touch to it. So from that sense, there's no point discussing them unless someone wants analaysis of the actual song. When you evaluate a song/performer, there are many layers to examine, and all are subjective, so it is really hard to do. But hopefully this video answer gives you ONE way I'd approach a piece Can't wait for more suggestion/challenges to share opinions with you guys