Originally Posted by: W3I get where you're coming from! For me, it was learning the intro/driving rythm run for ZZ Top's Just Got Paid. I learned it as muscle memory as it was an up/down picking pattern that I could not get! Yeah, frustrating insanity because I was doing the same mistakes over and over. I finally got it! Now it's second nature muscle memory. You'll get it, believe me!!
Just Got Paid is, in itself, not a super hard song. It's all about timing for that one. Falling in to that looping groove. Cuz for Reverend Billy, it's all about that groove. In another thread, I mentioned learning some Steely Dan recently. Along with that I was like, I listened to Fandango a million times since the 70's, I'm learning 'Balinese' and 'Heard it on the X'. Very different grooves for those. But fun!
