5 Quick Tricks When You're Stuck | Tim Pierce | Guitar Lesson | How To Play

We all get stuck feeling like we're not progressing and wondering what to do next...
Here are 5 tools that I use to get unstuck and find quick inspiration when I pick up my guitar.
Think of this as a 0 to 60 in three seconds approach...:)

to check out the expanded 7 video episode on this subject in the master class, episode 101.

Thanks so much for your support !
Tim

[drdbailey]

Tim, I'm 67 and just started guitar about a year and half ago. I bumped into your channel, and I swear you feel like a brother. You speak like me, and think like think. 😋 I want to play like you. I'm giving myself twenty years, and perhaps another lifetime.😂 And I will get there! Thank you so much!

[jerrynickel]

Well said Tim, lots of bands think they have to play really complicated stuff. I was in a band when I was around 20, we quickly learned some easy classic rock songs like Louie Louie etc for a gig for the singers dad and his buddies, these songs went over great and became our bread and butter for years.
We abandoned a lot of our complicated set, because people respond overwhelmingly better to easy songs done well, over hard songs done so so. Was a great

[SClark-wwvi]

Tim's videos are brilliant. I wish I had discovered them years ago when I was a full time working guitarist who was mediocre at best and suffered with constant self doubt which led to losing sight of why we play music in the first place.

[vulcandj]

Your take on practicing a part over and over is spot on. I had to learn both parts of the solo for Hotel California. That took a lot of time to get down. I learned it phrase by phrase, and then put them together. And as it’s so iconic, I wanted to get it as right as I could.

[raffaguitars]

You are so right. I always tell people better equipment does not make you a better player, but it can motivate to play more...

[zeitlosband]

I love his advice and attitude about making mistakes and not let it bug you down and take away the joy. It shows he really understand what it's all about.

[thAMG]

We love you, Tim Pearce.

You are the Gandhi to our playing, the chalkboard to our learning and the anchor in our inspirational moments.

What an incredibly humble decent human being you are.

You rock - literally! :)

Respect!

[TheRandyDowning]

Love your channel, Tim. I'm 65, and just started playing in '73. Finally beginning to get the hang of it, ;-) I always learn something and enjoy the heck out of your commentary.

[thegreatriffs]

This is a superb channel. Tim's intelligence and humanity compliment his musicianship perfectly.

[Beastt]

You ARE one of those guys who blows my mind... not just for your technical prowess and the pure musicality of how you play, but also for your absolute joy in playing which is teleported in your sound.

[autocrow]

I never feel stuck anymore with all of these wonderful instructional videos on YouTube. I keep learning and playing. It's slow progress but steadily upward.

[chrisjaillet]

Hey Tim, I really dig what you've got going on....Whenever I'm down I watch your vids and how you smile doing what you do and it picks me up and inspires me every time. Sometimes I say to myself, " This guy's having way too much fun". Then reality kicks in and the thought comes to me that, there's no such thing as too much fun when  playing guitar is involved. Thank you so very much for your brand of inspiration.

[justinmilliken]

Man, scary how relevant this advice is in my situation right now. You absolutely nailed it on every point and to see a guy with your ability talking about their insecurities with mistakes and watching virtuosos, etc. it's nice to know you can be human and be an incredible player. Thanks!

[spiketaterman]

I'm a writer--and your advice about taking what you need and being the best version of yourself is spot on! Famous writer TC Boyle gave me similar advice: nobody else can write your story like you. Author and story are unique, so be the best version of the two. Thanks!!

[guitartroy]

Fellow Albuquerquean here. Steve Maase used to tell me, "it's amazing how much better your tone is when you start liking what you play"
Thanks for the video!

[neuk]

Tim. Words of wisdom. I'm late beginning my guitar journey (44 after a 20 year hiatus due to work, kids, house etc etc) and I find myself constantly overwhelmed by players like Tosin Abasi, Andy Timmons, Mark Holcomb, Matt Schofield, Tom Quayle, Yngwie, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, Jon Gom, Ariel Posen, Pete Thorn etc. Their precision, feel and technique used to leave me hollowed and feeling utterly defeated. But finding my way through that and the writing process starts again, I find little bits of what I've watched and heard filter through in a very much diluted way, but I sense progress as a consequence of that exposure. The mountain of knowledge I have yet to attempt to absorb is crazy and its hearing genuine insights like this video that makes me think, one chord at a time, one scale at a time, one phrase at a time, one technique at a time... I might not ever learn it all, but I will always be a better player than when I started...

[ericstever]

Tim is such an amazing player and kind person. Really comes through in all of these videos. I only wish I had discovered him sooner. I've been listening to his playing for 30+ years and didn't even know

[AwayWithWordsMusic]

I always love how encouraging you are Tim. I appreciate your humility. V this is good counsel.

[Michlandir]

Phenomenal advice at 5:09 et seq re: simplicity; taking selectively from virtuosity and not feeling defeated by it.... awesome stuff Tim.

[PsychedelicCheeseburgers]

Hearing you describe messing up the sweet child o mine intro despite practicing it 80 times really makes me feel better haha! Sometimes I don't think the youtube guitarists do enough to explain the struggles and challenges that they face even now, they make it seem like they can just do the things they show in their videos with ease. I think it's much more valuable to get a glimpse of a reminder that even the people who do the things you don't think you could ever do, have to struggle with growing/learning pains as well and despite the perfect take that makes the cut, it wasn't as easy as they made it look and that take was NOT their first time playing that piece!