Post by : James Lee  
  Date : September 2004  
  Subject : Personal  
  Title : About guitar technique/style  
         
  QUESTION:  
 
Hello Marty.
I've been a great fan of yours, and you made me start playing guitar. However, I'm still strugging with your songs, probably due to your extreme speed on sweep picking. How long did you take you to "master" sweep picking? As in, became able to sweep pick extremely fast, unlike many other guitar playeres. Currently, i've been playing guitar for 2 months, and can play few of Liquid Tension Experiment songs, and my friends have been telling me i'm improving really fast. Yet, whenever i listen to your song, and try to play them, it just seems like an unbreakable barrier's in front of me.

Okay. So to get to the point, my questions are
:What's your secret in your extremely fast sweep picking? Other than practice :) And how long will it usually take for "normal" people to learn it?
:Where can I buy your music tabs at? I've looked at tabs on your website, and tabs offered in your books, yet, I could not find tabs of sogns I really enjoyed. Such as ripped, cheer girl rampage, and such.
:Finally, what will your dvd that's coming out soon exactly include? :D Oh, and when is it raelly coming out???? It's already almost October.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!!!!!!!!!
 
     
  MARTY'S ANSWER:  
 
If you can play LTE songs after only 2 months, I need to ask YOU for advice!
There are no secrets to anything other than practice. That is the secret.
The DVD is done and will be out by the end of the year and contains over 100 'secret' things to practice...
Good luck!
 
     
 
 
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