How do I get out of my 80's metal rut and play modern P&W successfully?

Gaetano Paul · 11-11-2011, 11:00 AM

Yeah how are you doing with this bud?

rook3207 · 01-22-2012, 09:41 PM

Less is more. I don't use a lot of delay except for a couple of songs and have a little dirt but not so much that notes are not defined. I don't see anything wrong with doing something a little flashy but like I stated at the beginning. Less is more.

Bushman · 01-23-2012, 10:45 AM

+1 on the Paul Baloche DVD series. Especially the electric guitar DVD.
If you would like to get a little preview, you can download the Companion Booklets
Here: http://www.leadworship.com/electricg...tricguitar.pdf
They have a lot of info about triads and inversions of triads that are super useful.

Kenman22 · 01-23-2012, 09:31 PM

Thanks for the extra info. The gig I was planning to brush up on the modern P&W styles for got cancelled, so I fell back into my old 80's metal ways and forgot about learning CCM for awhile. Now that it looks like I might be playing again in a church band, I've begun to look at the lessons again. Hoping these will get me up to speed on playing competently in a modern worship band setting.

funkStrat_97 · 01-29-2012, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenman22

Thanks for the extra info. The gig I was planning to brush up on the modern P&W styles for got cancelled, so I fell back into my old 80's metal ways and forgot about learning CCM for awhile. Now that it looks like I might be playing again in a church band, I've begun to look at the lessons again. Hoping these will get me up to speed on playing competently in a modern worship band setting.

Quite frankly, this really isn't a problem. In fact, we should all just go back to the 80's and live happily ever after!!!!

But in all honesty, much of the modern P & W is so much more simpler than 80's metal that you'll have no trouble adapting. Perhaps you can even find ways to incorporate some of those old school licks here and there.

Kenman22 · 01-30-2012, 02:57 PM

I think Lincoln Brewster is a great example of a technically advanced guitar player fitting into a modern P&W setting. He can blaze with the best of them but still knows how to make it work for the song. He's probably my favorite player in CCM right now and a good example of someone who can "play out" without making it sound pretentious or like it's grandstanding.