A brief excerpt from the Cacophony song, 'Concerto', from their album, Speed Metal Symphony. Copyright Notice: I do not hold the publishing copyright for the musical composition referenced herein. This video and audio production are provided solely for non-commercial and educational/demonstrative purposes and is not monetized. All instrumental and vocal components contained in this recording were recreated by me; no original master recordings or copyrighted audio stems were used in its production. Be sure to check out my website and other pages. Thanks. www.theindividual21.net #shorts #shortsfeed

The video shows me improvising using a number of different shred patterns and other soloing ideas. As you can see, I have fully made the transition to a ‘palm mute’ style picker like Paul Gilbert, as opposed to my former ‘ring finger anchored’ style, which was more consistent with Michael Angelo Batio. The picking speed is still not as fast as it was prior, but I should be able to play even faster than before eventually. The video shows me playing 16th note scalar runs at 180 BPM. Otherwise, I thought it was some pretty good footage, so I decided to post. Enjoy! Thanks to matsomo for the backing track: https://youtu.be/bDgHJpKaoZc More content at www.theindividual21.net

The music book publisher, 'Fundamental Changes', started a competition in their Facebook group asking members to post a video of themselves playing to a blues-style backing track, which they pre-selected. The competition is not based on skill. The winner will be picked at random on April 15th 2021. Nonetheless, the competition seemed like a good excuse to work on my pentatonic scale, so I thought I'd make a submission. The above video represents my entry to the competition. It shows me improvising using the e minor pentatonic and blues scales, demonstrating various shred patterns that can be used to rip it up on the pentatonic. The backing track is from the book, 100 Classic Blues Licks for Guitar. I don't own the book, but trying my hand at a little blues guitar provided a breath of fresh air. See the book and site @ https://www.fundamental-changes.com/book/100-classic-blues-licks-for-guitar/ Also, for anyone interested in which particular Fundamental Changes books I would recommend, I'd say that 'Sweep Picking Speed Strategies' and '100 Arpeggio Licks for Shred Guitar' by Chris Brooks have been very helpful in improving my technique. Also, for the type of licks shown in the above post, 'Ultimate Shred Machine' by Chris Zoupa is a must buy. Be sure to check out my other shred guitar improvisation video as well. https://youtu.be/TFjgp9_NZgw For my other web content and social links see my personal site: https://www.theindividual21.net/ Enjoy!

My cover of the Green Day song, 'Holiday', from their album, American Idiot. Copyright Notice: I do not hold the publishing copyright for the musical composition referenced herein. This video and audio production are provided solely for non-commercial and educational/demonstrative purposes and is not monetized. All instrumental and vocal components contained in this recording were recreated by me; no original master recordings or copyrighted audio stems were used in its production. Be sure to check out my website and other pages. Thanks. www.theindividual21.net

My cover of 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath. For this version, I modernized the original by transposing it to drop D tuning and lowering the guitar lines down an octave. The addition of a keyboard adds an electronica style touch. I think my arrangement makes a stylistic contribution. Copyright Notice: I do not hold the publishing copyright for the musical composition referenced herein. This video and audio production are provided solely for non-commercial and educational/demonstrative purposes and is not monetized. All instrumental and vocal components contained in this recording were recreated by me; no original master recordings or copyrighted audio stems were used in its production. Be sure to check out my website and other pages. Thanks. www.theindividual21.net

My cover of the Misfits song, ‘Dig Up Her Bones.’ Copyright Notice: I do not hold the publishing copyright for the musical composition referenced herein. This video and audio production are provided solely for non-commercial and educational/demonstrative purposes and is not monetized. All instrumental and vocal components contained in this recording were recreated by me; no original master recordings or copyrighted audio stems were used in its production. Be sure to check out my website and other pages. Thanks. www.theindividual21.net

My third video illustrating shred guitar improvisation-- This current video shows various licks and picking patterns reminiscent of Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen applied to the A natural minor scale. What sets this video apart from my previous shred guitar improvisation videos is that it illustrates the use of triad arpeggios to form the core melodic structure of a song while using lead fills, solos, and scalar passages to add variation on the main theme. Of particular interest is the use of all the various triads and their inversions across all six strings and at all parts of the fingerboard. The backing track for the current video is used with permission from N&M Creation and can be found at the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kucXDE6EW6g&list=PL7QtwBrf3zPAuKEmAqYZJtJIHAKbfkjm2&index=4

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net

One of my original tunes. © theindividual21 https://www.theindividual21.net