I haven't read all posts so I might be saying the same things as the others, sorry if that happens.

I in no way say that I'm good at playing with feeling but I don't know the first thing about theory (ask Azrael lol) and every solo I do is improvised. Rarely do I sit down and take time to analyse a solo and construct it. When I do it takes me years.

So yes I do beleive I play with feeling and do you know how I do it.... I just play man. You've learned tricks to get better and playing, be more accurate but if you only play those tricks in a solo you'll sound like the guy that made them. It's only by trial and error that you'll be able to play like you want, with feeling. Put yourself out there, play over midi files, play over music, sit down in front of the TV and play along video's on MTV but PLAY. It doesn't matter if you're out of key sometimes, with experience you'll learn with key to play. But please don't do like me and at least learn in which key you're in lol

BTW a good midi file to jam over is Confortably numb by Pink Floyd, play over that one.


I've lost so many years of not soling because I was afraid of sounding bad, this is the biggest mistake you'll ever made. Beleive in your talent and you'll see good things will come out. Then as time goes by and you develope you're style you'll realise, like me, that you sound like Sanata lol or another guitarist... man we all end up sounding like someone else, nobody can say he's original but at least you'll play with feeling. At least that how I feel.

that's my 2 cents