The Secret To Writing Rock Riffs ft. Michael Nielsen

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[partypoison]

Me: can't play guitar yet
Also me: let's learn how to write rock music, shall we?

[Typoopie]

"I'm sneaking in a D here" oh ok

[ethanjoyce]

6:12 here In England that means something VERY DIFFERENT and I assure you that you most certainly do not want "spunk" on your notes

[mars]

"Dumb, sexy & angry." Well, I have TWO of those.

[TheMrmaniam]

This actually helped me to write my first raw rock riff and it’s slowly forming into a song I’m really liking, never thought writing and getting inspired would be so much fun lol thanks man

[thelion]

I feel like I'm watching Wayne's World

[Kurt]

I haven't written a great rock riff since cutting my hair about 10 years ago...

[ehdforlife]

There needs to be more ROCK N ROLL! I love good hard rock and most bands today simply don't rock.

[jjhjh]

Damn he’s improving and coming up with better riffs that me actually trying

[marcusbrodosc]

0:23 I thought Helter Skelter was about to start

[salzulli]

The example at 4:00 I feel works really well as a post solo variation as opposed to the full song. The full chord approach is thicker, while the double stop approach is more aggressive.

[collinputney]

Michaels lesson almost started off sounding like a math rock riff

[sn_mustang_garage]

Michael’s channel is awesome, been a sub since he did that Zakk Wylde Shaven Years video. His demos are awesome and the playing is incredible. No wonder he’s writing stuff for gaming. This is a very informative video for riff writing.

[RockWeller]

Hey! We are a rock band from Singapore and we find this video awesome in helping us write better rock riffs!

[brendenhampton]

That fast riff that you used gave off some Metallica kill em' all vibes

[hilariovargas]

Great video... and Michael ..really good teacher.. straight forward... i will join his channel... thanks again...

[johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

*I can’t believe I’m just catching this now. I’m trying to create more hard rock vibes on my YouTube channel and I feel like this was the video I’ve been looking for. You definitely know how to keep things entertaining but useful at the same time.*

[firemarshal]

Would love to see a vid of the bands that inspired you, great vid!

[jasonjohnson]

Man...I aspire to play like you Robert.  You rock.  That relaxed picking hand is what I ultimately want some day.  Those relaxed motions with (yet) your incredible ability to finesse the notes with both bite and soft attack (at will) along with very little wasted motion while at the same time also employing a lot of motion (again at will) is right on the money.  It just looks like you are having a ton of fun with little need for right hand effort.  Watching you...It is fairly safe to say that you have mastered that ability.  I played for twenty-five years with arm elbow locked wrist strumming and picking.  We old guys didn't have the internet, and I never bought VHS tapes to learn from, so I never had any extended watch-time to investigate and examine how guitarists moved their picking hands and wrists.  Sweated constantly when playing fast songs.  Wore my arm and shoulder out every time too.  lol    10 years ago I started learning a wrist motion that was necessary to change that bad habit.... but it has always been over exaggerated and way more movement in the wrist and forearm than is necessary to play with little effort.  I have now started with Claus Levin's picking style.  In many ways, he picks a lot like Paul Gilbert and I believe I need to learn that first to eventually get where you are, which is a much more relaxed style... and really the epitome of 80s rock guitarists.  I have started to unlock the speed Claus is capable of within the last week...finally.  Was worried I wouldn't be able to do it, as it wasn't working at first (2 weeks of attempt and getting nowhere).  I was trying everything...including a lot of patience.  Then something clicked several days ago, and I ended up realizing that the speed part of it all is a very subtle thing regarding the motion and corresponding muscles one uses to get it.  Anyway....thanks for doing the utube thing Robert.  Between you, Claus & David I now feel I can get where I always wanted to be.  Fan forever.  Jason