Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusI could use some help with my in-studio playing practices (sorry if this thread would be better suited to the "Recording" forum :o ). I improvise a lot - I play a fair bit of jazz - and, unfortunately, this has become a habit that manifests itself even when I'm recording something. The fact that I'm always pretty nervous when I play something that other people will hear, coupled with the fact that I'm making half of it up as I go along, mean that the results are pretty terrible (as anyone who has looked at my soundclick page can attest :o ). I was wondering whether anybody had any advice as to how to kick the habit of improvising whilst recording, and maybe some pointers on planning a song beyond the key and chord progressions, as well (I usually just plan these, and improvise the strumming/picking patterns and lead guitar parts).

Thanks everybody (and sorry for the huge post).

Try thinking of your solo as a vocal line the rest of your solo will work around that hook listen to the chords and just basicaly jam at home over backing tracks as much as u can the more u practice it the better and easier it will be..