Originally Posted by: HammurabiI was once told by a very skilled guitarist that I should stop picking like a p*ssy. It turns out he was right that learning to pick solidly greatly helps with speed and articulation.

I got the same advice, except phrased a little differently. "You have to play like you have balls.'' Not the best advice I've ever recieve, but helpful.

The most influential lesson I ever learned was from my first instructor really early on in my guitar playing. Learning blues scales and the 8 bar blues.