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[ninja636]

Do you do scale runs, and chord progressions, or just noodle? I do the latter of the 2. If there's some new scale or mode I want to learn I learn the fingering, and then just start noodling around with it. I can't sit there and just do scale runs and chord fingerings. Too boring. Also, do you ever get days when you just don't want too play/practice? How do you get inspired to pick up your guitar on those days? I didn't even look at my guitar yesterday, until like 1am. Then I just sat there for like an hour looking at it(listening to music) before I finally played a little(like 30 minutes). I'm just trying to get ideas for different practicing techniques. I'm starting to feel a little stale, and uninspired. Really, I guess I'm getting into a rut, cause I keep practicing, and playing the same crap everyday. Thanks for any ideas to help.

[Brian Krashpad]

Neither.

Honestly, I practice at band rehearsals and not really otherwise.  I may pick up a guitar between rehearsals and play something, or work on writing a new song, but not really "practicing" n the sense of trying to learn a new technique or perfect an old one.  At band practice we run through the songs.  Usually in the order they're played.  Maybe work on arranging a new one.

That's it.  I'm old and set in my ways.  I know how to do what I need to do to play the original material done in the bands I'm in.  I'm not really interested in learning other techniques that would only be necessary to cover other peoples' songs or to play genres I'm not interested in playing.

[ninja636]

If I could get out and drive somewhere, that's what I'd do too. Right now I can't get my license cause of a vision problem, hopefully thats going to get corrected when I go to Emory in July. So right now I have to bum rides and wait around for someone to be able to drive me and my gear to someones house to jam. I live so far out in the boonies, no one wants to come here .