Just from personal experience....
When I started out my first experience was taking record albums (you know...Those ancient things), and learning them inside out.
Like literally taking Van Halens first album and playing it several hundred times until I could play it as well as he did. (the thought always being at the back of my head that he's just a human being too and no special than anybody else...So if he can do it...I can do it too.

Next step was to move on to other albums like Pink Floyd and learn how they put their stuff together.

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