I have been playing guitar along with a metronome a lot more often. It’s coming along really well. Counting rhythm along with a metronome is actually pretty easy. Not that hard as you think. Every time I pick up the guitar, I turn the metronome on. Still trying to get a sense of rhythm and timing better. This Spring/Summer, I think I’m planning on looking for a drummer to jam with. Just a drummer, not an actual band. I want to jam with a drummer ’cause it would help me test out my timing skills. Timing is everything in music. It must be taken seriously. It is important ’cause that way you won’t slow down or speed up by accident in a middle of the song. A metronome and a drummer will help you keep a steady tempo. If you play in time, people will take your songs a lot more seriously. Playing in time will help write your songs better and will help you play better guitar solos too. Most importantly, the secret to playing tighter and with more energy is timing. Understand the timing in music, and you would be able to play just about any genre of music.

While I mostly want to be a rock n’ roll and hard rock kind of songwriter, I need to switch it up and vary the genres. I need to be versatile, so I will be writing folky slow ballads. Maybe I will play a little bit of blues and jazz sometime in the future. I need to try everything.

I’m really trying to improve my musicianship ’cause I want to get better at songwriting and playing better guitar solos. Trying all I can and loving every bit of it.

Kev