My daily routine for guitar practice: Step 1. Go to work Step 2. Leave work and pick up kids from school or sports. Step 3. Get ready for work the next day. Step 4. Get to play briefly on Saturday after work before yard chores. Welcome to dad/garage band. And ultimately not being that good on guitar lol. Enjoy your youth kids. Playing guitar is a badass way to spend your time👍🏼
Most likely. Even with kids and a job, I could have an hour each morning and one at night if I got up early.. maybe just the one in the morning, but still. That would be something.
Even with a full time job. I have also never stopped practicing for 3-5 hours a day. Its all about the dedication and putting in the extra time into doing it. 2 hours before work and 2 hours after tends to work out best. Not that bad.
I have twin 5 year Olds and my wife and I both have full time jobs. Not that easy if I want to be there for my family. I love them and had a family on purpose, I'm just saying not everyone's life is the same. I'll take an hour per day before work and a little on my lunch break. I work at guitar center. I also randomly get to jam or record music in the evenings and on weekends. Just have to make sure not to waste all my time outside of family time playing video games
For everyone commenting, you do not need to practice this much to be a really good guitarist, especially if you’re musically inclined, just do whatever is enjoyable for you and at the pace you feel is most comfortable enjoy the road ahead of you instead of trying to blaze through it
4h is not "that much". 6h a day of PLAYING is by far standard for anyone who wanna be/is a professional/tries to be. u can easily get 10-12h of "guitar work" if u put in there the filming+ editing+recording+ research etc. If its strict playing, usually u wont play more than 6-8h, but i can speak only for myself and a very close friend. We def had many days of 8h+ of playing. Its like any other "job" or prepping for a job. Yall been to uni ? u study all the time u awake-sleep-back to it. This no diff
@@cechichanWhy are you quoting "that much"? The op never implied it was an excess amount. All they were saying is you don't need to practice for 5 hours a day to get better, or even to get good at all. After a certain amount of playing, you aren't improving your muscle memory or building on your knowledge. The human brain can only assimilate so much knowledge, and it's the same with muscle memory. You can play for 12 hours but it doesn't mean you'll be getting 4 times better than someone who plays for 3.
@@castleanthrax1833 Ofc at some point is the low of diminshing returns but there are many details and practical theory u can work on for an eternity. More is always more. Avoiding injuries is important but still. Also, All i wanted was just to inspire people to do more when possible, guitar is fun !!
Actually it only really takes two hours a day. More than that and you can burn out, unless you’re just a beginner. But prodigies and regular intermediates alike are best off practicing in moderation and playing plenty.
When I was a kid I used to get home from school at about 3.30pm and play until 1am - unstructured, just doing whatever. Writing I guess, noodling, trying to work out how to play things on a record (this is before RUclips). Over the years you slowly end up having fewer hours in the day for playing. But any time spent playing is worth it. I do miss those carefree days though.
Honestly God this is a great video and I just love watching guitar videos. Even though I don't even play that much it inspires me to practice but I just don't have the time due to whatever
@@pietart3596 I don't know what your skill level is, but from the little I know about Polyphia, you're setting the bar pretty high for yourself. If you keep at it, you can definitely play that stuff. 💯
I use to do this but recently changed to actually practice things instead of just play and it exponentially increased how I play. Especially with genre exploration and learning from different genres
Just wanna let you know, between seeing your shorts and listening to kirk hammet for awhile, I've really gotten into playing, I purchased my first strat about 6 months ago and last month I got a Les Paul as a gift, and you're a real inspiration!
I started practicing 5 hours a day and you see exponential growth in a matter of weeks. I split my practice into Technical Skill and Musical Skill. It’s amazing.
That's so cool, I used to play 3 hours before precollege. Now I have a full-time job and study in the evenings. Anyway I still find 1-2 hours a day to practice and write songs 😮💨
Before getting married and having kids I was able to practice that many hours a day with a full time job, but I’m lucky to have 30 minutes free these days. I still manage to sneak a little bit of playing in every now and then.
Can you do a video on “killing the intermediate guitarist?”. As in- I’m practicing and getting better but I would like to explore more. I know what I like but I would like to find more mental approaches to making the process fresh!
I've been practicing to a metronome a lot recently and it's amazing the difference, also like you say bending I don't get to practice everyday as I don't get chance, but I've tried to be a bit more structured and I've found myself playing stuff I found difficult with a lot more ease, I work a lot on pull offs, hammer ons are so easy but it's the pull offs and instead of playing say 1234 I play 4321 playing the descending stuff is far more difficult so I concentrate on that, if you can play it descending anything else will come a lot easier, or at least that's what I found works for me
Idk y I get so jealous when I see someone better at guitar than me, it’s something I hate about myself but I feel like if I put in more hours it’ll just make me feel worse I’ve been stuck on the same songs and making the same riffs, it sucks but idk what it is about this vid, it’s kinda giving me hope in a way since I learned that Marcus King riff in like 10 min so I know I can but I just keep myself at a halt, it sucks man but like I said this video gives me a bit more hope for myself to become a better person and NOT get jealous since I’m tired of putting myself down and not accepting the fact that there’s others with years of experience out there. Sorry just wanted to rant since this video kinda made me see differently a bit more, thx :)
Honest version: “I practice for about 2 hours, the other 3 are on youtube” “Here’s a lick I started learning last week” “I jam for the whole time. I don’t do anything regimented, let alone stretching, that’s why my riffs are always the same”
I have a full time job and a kid so 4-5 hour practice is impossible for me which, at first, felt like there was no point practicing at all cause i wouldnt become the next alex skolnik if i didnt get at least 4 hours in. Then, after some time of selfpity, i slowly began practicing again with 15 to 30 min a day and hoenstly it has worked wonders for me. My alt picking speed is increasing, my eartraining is getting really good and my overall feel is getting good too.
When I was 16 and I started to practice we didn't have RUclips. Around 2003. I had so many books and we actually learned how to read & write music. I used to practice 7-8 hours a day. We learned everything by ear too. I did record myself with a tape recorded and a 8 mil camera🤘I still play 1-2 hours every day.
See. I just play when I feel so no assigned time and I'll play whatever I feel and practise whatever I'm in the mood for. Having it all structured makes it less enjoyable and more like a chore
Guess that's for you..this guy clearly knows what he's doing and is a very good guitarist. Structure has helped me a lot. I used to just noodle when I felt like it too
Ive been seeing people say that they don't have energy or something to practice guitar this much. It honestly shouldn't be a chore. If you're not enjoying it for that long then maybe consider a new instrument, bc i believe you shouldn't do it if its not fun. I play guitar, and I don't set a timer for how long a day I should play. I just play all the time, whenever I get a free chance. Because I love it. I get lost in playing and end up playing for hours even though it only seems like 20 mins have gone by. So don't push yourself if you don't really want to. Ur choice, just a suggestion!
This is a good maintenance practice but when you really try to stretch into new difficulty with learning you can hit “tracer burnout” within 2 hours and then the next day it’s like it wasn’t even challenging at all
danggg wish i had that kind of time to practice. Whats funny is i set up guitars for work but i often dont get to play very often. Need to brush up my skills
In sports we established that stretching afterwards is the important part and stretching before exercise is loosing necessary muscle tension for better results. i wonder if, but guess that this also holds true for guitar. what do you think?
Some years back I was subject to procrastination on the guitar : either I let the guitar in its corner for almost the full day and only finally played it at the end of the day, or (5-10 days later) I got over my lazyness and grabbed the thing for several hours in a row but not knowing where I was going... (and ended up more wore out than necessary !). Trying to solve this problem I now play SHORTER 3 or 4 or 5 sessions in the day EVERYDAY. That's how I found that during my procrastination period in fact the most difficult thing to do was move my ass and grab the guit. I think it is the key point that allows me to go forward.
Haha this is basically exactly what I do, scales until I'm bored (usually an hour), riffs from songs I like until I'm bored (usually an hour), I've been doing solos instead of bends and then I just fuck around for another hour until my wrist gets sore. All while watching TV 🫡
I'm working fulltime, have a girlfriend and love playing video games. I started playing guitar one year ago and I committed to play at least one hour everyday. Sometimes I get two hours, but wish I had much more time.
I’m getting a new guitar 1st electric guitar ever can’t wait to begin learning how to play this instrument. Seems like I can take some of the things I learned from the piano into my guitar learning journey 🤔
my bad habit is multitrack recorders. Portastudios, Not DAWs! I like to record a drum machine first and then start layering instrument parts to see what I can come up with ( and make my own self written tunes) Its a good way to flush 6 to 12 hours down the drain, and not get very much sleep. I play electric guitar plus 20 other music instruments, (I don't play drums) and I have to make time for all of those instrumentst (not easy) either to practice them individually, record tracks with them, or play them along with youtube backing tracks. Not playing in any bands at this time.
For me, every hour is the fourth hour 🤌
Same lmao
.... playing some 2-chord punk
@@yoserbmon6827 stop calling me out
Same
@@yoserbmon6827 correction, I play anything from 3-12 chord punk/ alt rock
imagine having 4-5 hours free to play guitar
I think its his career not really free time
@@sinangolhan6800 his dad has millions of dollars, no hate, just saying
Rich parents
@@nick_wells6105 oh ok didn’t know it. Who’s his dad?
@@claudio1741 jeffrey epstein
" 4-5 hours free to play guitar every day "
Damn that's my dream , man i got a day job to eat 😭
You can get good practice in with 30 minutes! There’s a lot of ways people do it. I believe in you
@@helloitsmcdole Definitely !! thank you for your support 😁🙏
I work 60hours a week doing construction, and i still practice 4 hours a day.
I sacrifice a lot, but to me, its worth it
@@joe5959 💯💯🔥🔥
@@joe5959 Respect, but how do you do that? like, what does your day look like
My daily routine for guitar practice:
Step 1. Go to work
Step 2. Leave work and pick up kids from school or sports.
Step 3. Get ready for work the next day.
Step 4. Get to play briefly on Saturday after work before yard chores.
Welcome to dad/garage band. And ultimately not being that good on guitar lol. Enjoy your youth kids. Playing guitar is a badass way to spend your time👍🏼
Same. What I do is just play at night while everyone is asleep. I’ll plug in my headphones and I get lost in my guitar. No one interrupts
No one forced you to make babies
@@VahidOnTheMoveno one is crying about it except you.
Even just 20 minutes is enough as long as you are practicing consistently.
Some people forget that practice should be fun. Dude's got the right idea
Man’s got to have absolutely shredded forearms playing that much daily
Just started playing.... Oh the pain
if all of you put down your phones, i guarantee you'd have at LEAST 2+ hours to practice, but we aren't ready for that conversation yet 🤣🤣
Fr, even if it’s just one hour if you’re committed, you can get better
I'm in the bathroom 💩🤣
Most likely. Even with kids and a job, I could have an hour each morning and one at night if I got up early.. maybe just the one in the morning, but still. That would be something.
Firstly… stop attacking me, sir.
Fair point
Jesus, no wonder you got so good, so quickly!!!
That unemployed friend:
Even with a full time job. I have also never stopped practicing for 3-5 hours a day. Its all about the dedication and putting in the extra time into doing it.
2 hours before work and 2 hours after tends to work out best. Not that bad.
I have twin 5 year Olds and my wife and I both have full time jobs. Not that easy if I want to be there for my family. I love them and had a family on purpose, I'm just saying not everyone's life is the same. I'll take an hour per day before work and a little on my lunch break. I work at guitar center. I also randomly get to jam or record music in the evenings and on weekends. Just have to make sure not to waste all my time outside of family time playing video games
For anyone with less time, an hour a day of good structured practice and you'll improve at guitar!
this is the best comment.
This musician is progressing well and sounds rather good! Continue! 🎸
Wish I had the time to practice this much.
Sometimes I warm up sometimes I don’t, but I always make sure to play metal.
Apparently 5 hours a day without metal still isn’t enough
It shows man, definitely one of my new favorite guitarists now!
For everyone commenting, you do not need to practice this much to be a really good guitarist, especially if you’re musically inclined, just do whatever is enjoyable for you and at the pace you feel is most comfortable enjoy the road ahead of you instead of trying to blaze through it
Even the youtber doesnt practice this much... hes just dying for internet points
4h is not "that much". 6h a day of PLAYING is by far standard for anyone who wanna be/is a professional/tries to be. u can easily get 10-12h of "guitar work" if u put in there the filming+ editing+recording+ research etc.
If its strict playing, usually u wont play more than 6-8h, but i can speak only for myself and a very close friend. We def had many days of 8h+ of playing. Its like any other "job" or prepping for a job. Yall been to uni ? u study all the time u awake-sleep-back to it. This no diff
@@cechichanWhy are you quoting "that much"?
The op never implied it was an excess amount. All they were saying is you don't need to practice for 5 hours a day to get better, or even to get good at all.
After a certain amount of playing, you aren't improving your muscle memory or building on your knowledge. The human brain can only assimilate so much knowledge, and it's the same with muscle memory. You can play for 12 hours but it doesn't mean you'll be getting 4 times better than someone who plays for 3.
@@castleanthrax1833 Ofc at some point is the low of diminshing returns but there are many details and practical theory u can work on for an eternity. More is always more. Avoiding injuries is important but still.
Also, All i wanted was just to inspire people to do more when possible, guitar is fun !!
@@cechichan i understand 4 hours but i dont think anyone could manage 12 hours very easily
Learning a new riff or song on guitar is a great feeling
My whole day is guitar therapy and sometimes if I hear a song I like I’ll learn it. Recently I’ve been working on chord substitutions and such.
bro got the skills, the brains, and the discipline 💪🏻
But most importantly the time 😢
I started playing guitar 3 months ago and today I finally play the intro to message in a bottle
Honestly that’s huge
No problem there
Things take time
i wish i had this much time to play guitar
also i just cant find the energy
Unless you’re an absolute prodigy, this is just what it takes to get insanely good at playing guitar. There aren’t any shortcuts. 🤘🏼
Actually it only really takes two hours a day. More than that and you can burn out, unless you’re just a beginner. But prodigies and regular intermediates alike are best off practicing in moderation and playing plenty.
I usually practice 23 hours a day. It’s really not hard at all it’s just about the passion and dedication to your craft
When I was a kid I used to get home from school at about 3.30pm and play until 1am - unstructured, just doing whatever. Writing I guess, noodling, trying to work out how to play things on a record (this is before RUclips).
Over the years you slowly end up having fewer hours in the day for playing. But any time spent playing is worth it.
I do miss those carefree days though.
Honestly God this is a great video and I just love watching guitar videos. Even though I don't even play that much it inspires me to practice but I just don't have the time due to whatever
it would make my day (and probably my entire life) to see this guy playing live and learn by crush 40
No better therapy than that 👌👌
Really, this is how much practice it takes to get good, fast. I wish I could, but not with my job, enjoyed your video !
You can get really good on half that time if you structure your routine, and use the time wisely.
@@castleanthrax1833 i practice exercises. the songs and riffs I like are Polyphia which I've been practicing for days but still I'm slow at it.
@@pietart3596 I don't know what your skill level is, but from the little I know about Polyphia, you're setting the bar pretty high for yourself. If you keep at it, you can definitely play that stuff. 💯
@@castleanthrax1833 thanks!
Can you do a video on what stretches you do?
Honestly, I just do whatever i feel and build up the skill gradually
I use to do this but recently changed to actually practice things instead of just play and it exponentially increased how I play. Especially with genre exploration and learning from different genres
That’s some serious hardwork right there 💪🏻
It’s obvious that you put in the hours. Talent plus hard work is a winning combination.
If you haven't already, you can slam the bridge to the body and it will allow you to do proper bends without other strings going out of tune
This explains why you are amazing!!! Hard work ftw
Attention: never static stretch before warming up. Dynamic stretches are fine, but hold off on the static stretches until you are warmed up.
Lol...hour 5, practice plugging in and unplugging the guitar cable and then finally for the last hour I practice polishing the guitar
Just wanna let you know, between seeing your shorts and listening to kirk hammet for awhile, I've really gotten into playing, I purchased my first strat about 6 months ago and last month I got a Les Paul as a gift, and you're a real inspiration!
I used to have time for practice, then life happened.
I started practicing 5 hours a day and you see exponential growth in a matter of weeks.
I split my practice into Technical Skill and Musical Skill. It’s amazing.
Your room , amps and headstock are a vibe 🔥
🎶Oh my good ness oh my damn oh my goodness they goin ham🎶
I'm digging those posters Jimmie front and center cornered by stevie .🤘🏼
Keep shredding Mikey 🤘
That's so cool, I used to play 3 hours before precollege. Now I have a full-time job and study in the evenings. Anyway I still find 1-2 hours a day to practice and write songs 😮💨
I need that nirvana poster in the back ground
Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😎
Before getting married and having kids I was able to practice that many hours a day with a full time job, but I’m lucky to have 30 minutes free these days. I still manage to sneak a little bit of playing in every now and then.
Yes it is therapy . Its great .
Can you do a video on “killing the intermediate guitarist?”. As in- I’m practicing and getting better but I would like to explore more. I know what I like but I would like to find more mental approaches to making the process fresh!
sims when you’re trying to teach them how to play guitar:
Broo I have a hard time finding 10 mins to myself to practice and heres Mikey with 4-5 hours a day…. I need to re prioritize how my time is spent! 🤘🏼🎸
I've been practicing to a metronome a lot recently and it's amazing the difference, also like you say bending
I don't get to practice everyday as I don't get chance, but I've tried to be a bit more structured and I've found myself playing stuff I found difficult with a lot more ease, I work a lot on pull offs, hammer ons are so easy but it's the pull offs and instead of playing say 1234 I play 4321 playing the descending stuff is far more difficult so I concentrate on that, if you can play it descending anything else will come a lot easier, or at least that's what I found works for me
Great dedication and discipline
Idk y I get so jealous when I see someone better at guitar than me, it’s something I hate about myself but I feel like if I put in more hours it’ll just make me feel worse I’ve been stuck on the same songs and making the same riffs, it sucks but idk what it is about this vid, it’s kinda giving me hope in a way since I learned that Marcus King riff in like 10 min so I know I can but I just keep myself at a halt, it sucks man but like I said this video gives me a bit more hope for myself to become a better person and NOT get jealous since I’m tired of putting myself down and not accepting the fact that there’s others with years of experience out there. Sorry just wanted to rant since this video kinda made me see differently a bit more, thx :)
Stop comparing yourself to others and focus on challenging yourself.
We just love all those squire strats
Honest version:
“I practice for about 2 hours, the other 3 are on youtube”
“Here’s a lick I started learning last week”
“I jam for the whole time. I don’t do anything regimented, let alone stretching, that’s why my riffs are always the same”
True.
I have a full time job and a kid so 4-5 hour practice is impossible for me which, at first, felt like there was no point practicing at all cause i wouldnt become the next alex skolnik if i didnt get at least 4 hours in. Then, after some time of selfpity, i slowly began practicing again with 15 to 30 min a day and hoenstly it has worked wonders for me. My alt picking speed is increasing, my eartraining is getting really good and my overall feel is getting good too.
Just purchased a beginners electric guitar set excited to start my learning happy Christmas in July🎸🎄🎅🎁😊
im glad this video has 1.2 million views
When I was 16 and I started to practice we didn't have RUclips. Around 2003. I had so many books and we actually learned how to read & write music. I used to practice 7-8 hours a day. We learned everything by ear too. I did record myself with a tape recorded and a 8 mil camera🤘I still play 1-2 hours every day.
i have been waiting!!!
See. I just play when I feel so no assigned time and I'll play whatever I feel and practise whatever I'm in the mood for. Having it all structured makes it less enjoyable and more like a chore
Guess that's for you..this guy clearly knows what he's doing and is a very good guitarist. Structure has helped me a lot. I used to just noodle when I felt like it too
Ive been seeing people say that they don't have energy or something to practice guitar this much. It honestly shouldn't be a chore. If you're not enjoying it for that long then maybe consider a new instrument, bc i believe you shouldn't do it if its not fun. I play guitar, and I don't set a timer for how long a day I should play. I just play all the time, whenever I get a free chance. Because I love it. I get lost in playing and end up playing for hours even though it only seems like 20 mins have gone by. So don't push yourself if you don't really want to. Ur choice, just a suggestion!
Love that hellcat guitar
This is a good maintenance practice but when you really try to stretch into new difficulty with learning you can hit “tracer burnout” within 2 hours and then the next day it’s like it wasn’t even challenging at all
Imma follow this routine
2 hours of practice is my max after that I just can't play either out of soreness or boredom
There was me spending 20 mins a day wondering why I've plateaud after 2 years
that super reverb 😍😫
Super reverb
That's a sweet amp super reverb yes yes he'll yeah
danggg wish i had that kind of time to practice. Whats funny is i set up guitars for work but i often dont get to play very often. Need to brush up my skills
PLAYING MY BASS HELPS ME RELAX
you’re the man bro. i love your content
In sports we established that stretching afterwards is the important part and stretching before exercise is loosing necessary muscle tension for better results. i wonder if, but guess that this also holds true for guitar. what do you think?
Some years back I was subject to procrastination on the guitar : either I let the guitar in its corner for almost the full day and only finally played it at the end of the day, or (5-10 days later) I got over my lazyness and grabbed the thing for several hours in a row but not knowing where I was going... (and ended up more wore out than necessary !).
Trying to solve this problem I now play SHORTER 3 or 4 or 5 sessions in the day EVERYDAY. That's how I found that during my procrastination period in fact the most difficult thing to do was move my ass and grab the guit. I think it is the key point that allows me to go forward.
I miss having the time to dedicate 5 hours. I am happy that I can at least pick up an instrument everyday at this point in the journey
Love the left handed guitar strung backwards 😂 great channel btw I really enjoy watching your vids
Hour 2 and hour 4 is basically all I do. I find a cool song to play, play it, and then fuck around for a while.
Thanks for sharing!!
When hes done hes just in time for more practice
Practice makes perfect someway somehow
Haha this is basically exactly what I do, scales until I'm bored (usually an hour), riffs from songs I like until I'm bored (usually an hour), I've been doing solos instead of bends and then I just fuck around for another hour until my wrist gets sore. All while watching TV 🫡
Step 1 . Have a wealthy father who buys you all the gear you want .
Step 2 . Repeat step 1
🧂
Literally all of this dude's videos. Underrated comment.
well yeh, but he got the skills obviously. You can't buy that, there aint no shortcut to practice. If you play like that, dude paid his dues
Can you please do a Strat collection video, would be so cool to see all of them and why you got them
Wow this showed up at the right time thanks bro
inspiring my man
I'm working fulltime, have a girlfriend and love playing video games. I started playing guitar one year ago and I committed to play at least one hour everyday. Sometimes I get two hours, but wish I had much more time.
Same here..I've found having an acoustic around me all the time helps a lot. Very easy to just pick up for 10-15 minutes through the day
Can u do one going into the scales/arpeggios u do?
>get home from work
>Play Areals by SOAD for 20 minutes
>Get complains from neighbors and parents
"flexh out" 😅👍🏽
Is actually pretty cool to watch some of your videos when you repair guitars so who is your father that you idolize and he plays guitar
Bueee este si que se la vive con la guitarra 🎸
I’m getting a new guitar 1st electric guitar ever can’t wait to begin learning how to play this instrument. Seems like I can take some of the things I learned from the piano into my guitar learning journey 🤔
The guy in the video has a signature orange amp. It does sound very good for the bluesy stuff
You know bro is serious when he does a 20 min hand stretch 💀
Omg your room is so beautiful
I should learn more licks and riffs. Currently working on the sextuplet pattern at the end of the intro to Rock You Like a Hurricane.
Nice guitar👍cool vid
my bad habit is multitrack recorders. Portastudios, Not DAWs! I like to record a drum machine first and then start layering instrument parts to see what I can come up with ( and make my own self written tunes) Its a good way to flush 6 to 12 hours down the drain, and not get very much sleep. I play electric guitar plus 20 other music instruments, (I don't play drums) and I have to make time for all of those instrumentst (not easy) either to practice them individually, record tracks with them, or play them along with youtube backing tracks. Not playing in any bands at this time.
God bless.
Glad you've got the time