Originally Posted by: caponi14But there is one crucial thing that is holding me back. and thats my solo style.
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When there is no music, and i play with myself, i can pretty much play these kinds of things without thinking too much about it. But when i have to play these kinds of things in a proper solo i feel that what i do is wrong.

You've got some good chops! Congrats. The problem you are describing is one that all aspiring guitarists have: staying in rhythm.

All the speed & notes in the world mean nothing, unless you are making music with them. And music has one key characteristic: melody.

A melody is a series of notes played in a specific rhythm that makes a complete statement. It doesn't matter how fast or slow the notes are or the rhythm is. What matters is making them sound musical.

Making slow or fast licks sound musical means making little melodies, or clearly phrased statements.

I saw an old instructional video with Al DiMeola in which he made the point that no matter how fast, slow, simple or complex you are playing a solo, you should be able to tap your foot & be able to know where the steady beat is all the time. If you can't, then you are not in control of your playing & it's going to sound and feel disjointed or unmusical.

This isn't the original video I saw, but he makes the same point at around 3:30 in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ4FZ80Qdd8

Listen to the whole thing to get his point.

I also address the issue of phrasing your soloing licks in this GT Channel episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tyqui6BTQ4

Most people will agree that blues players (SRV, BB King, Joe B.) sound very musical because even though they mostly use simple blues licks, they turn those simple licks into beautiful sounding musical phrases & statements.

This is also why shredder guys like EVH, Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert are so good. Even though they are playing extremely fast, they are still being musical.

The bottom line is that shredding versus playing slow licks is just a matter of personal taste. Regardless of how fast or slow you play, you must play rhythmically in time by phrasing your licks into melodic statements in order to play music & not just a bunch of random notes that aren't connected to anything else.

Hope this helps. Best of success!