I think it’s important that every musician should learn music theory. It’s not that hard to learn really. It’s all a piece of cake to learn. Pretty easy stuff. It just takes quite a while to memorize that stuff by heart and I’m getting there.

If I want to learn improvisation, learn how to write songs better and stuff… I gotta learn this stuff. I’ve been playing guitar for 19 – 20 years now and I really need to sound like that I’ve been playing for that long. My goal in guitar is not necessarily to become a shredder. I just wanna to be able to play everything I hear in my head. My head is like a radio 24/7. I’m always hearing songs in my head and I wanna be able to get that stuff out of me quickly. To do that, you must have a good ear.

Memorize the names of the notes on the guitar fretboard. Know how intervals work. The major scale, the circle of 4ths/5ths, key signatures… so on and so forth.

I’ve been trying to learn all kinds of different scales. Learning various finger exercises for building up my speed. When I do finger exercises and scales, I like to play along with a metronome. Playing along with a metronome is pretty important. It’s to help you learn to play fast. I do wanna play fast lead guitar but only when the solo calls for it so I’m probably not gonna be obsessed with fast notes. I just wanna play good guitar solos. Speaking of the metronome, I also have been playing rhythm guitar along with it too ’cause I really need to learn how to play in the pocket and play real tight if I ever wanna play in a band someday.

I wanna play good lead guitar. I wanna be able to learn to improvise and learn phrasing. All that stuff. Trying really hard.

I just wanna become a real “musician”. I wanna be able to jam with other guitarists and maybe even other bands too. I’m trying all I can to become a more advanced musician. It takes dedication, patience, and hard work.

A lot of people mistakenly wants to believe that Jimi Hendrix never knew any music theory but they are all wrong. Hendrix was a music theory master, he knew all of it.

It’s important stuff to learn. Honestly, I’ve been focusing a lot on learning guitar more than songwriting. I just wanna play like all of my heroes that I look after (Page, Hendrix, Satriani, etc.).

Pretty soon you’ll see me on youtube playing guitar solos over songs when I’m ready.

Guitar playing is really in my blood. I really love it too much. Just wanna get better and learn how to play like a pro. Getting there the best I can. I just wanna get better at guitar so I can write better songs.

Kev