🎙️ Tune in to this episode of "Govs on the Go: Alumni Edition" as Dean William Hoon chats with Natalie A. Kilgore, a 2001 APSU Department of Communication alumna. From her start at WBUZ / 102.9 The Buzz in Nashville to becoming VP of Publicity at Brown Sellers Brown, Natalie’s journey in the music industry is inspiring. Hear how she went from radio DJ to promoting icons like Reba McEntire! 🎶
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One of the things I learned a long time ago was the power of envisioning outcomes. It's funny how the cares of life can side-track things that were once important to you. For me the power of concentrating on what I've been learning on guitar has begun to pay off for me.
I'm reminded of a video I watched where Rick Beato interviewed both Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, two of the most fantastic, learned guitar virtuosos of the last 30 years. They really are consider two of the best players.
During the interview Vai, who was once a student Satriani's (really they grew up in the same neighborhood) was told by Satriani to know the fretboard the next time you show up for a lesson.
Vai walked home, guitar in hand, thinking, "Oh no, I'm not going to do that."
Well the next time he showed up for a lesson, the first thing Satriana said was, "Play a G# any where on the fret board." Vai couldn't do it and Satriani told him, "When you're ready to learn the notes on the guitar, come back."
Which brings me to myself and my progress as a guitar player. Some nights as I lay in bed, before I nod off for the night. In my minds eye I envision the entire fretboard from one end of the neck to the other. String by string, fret by fret I learned every note. It's paid off for me.
I can at any time identify notes across the strings and up and down the fretboard. It's helped learning and playing solos and it's helped me forming chords. I'll be the first one to readily admit I can't name all of the notes in some chords, but if it's a Major or Minor tri-chord I got this. Confidence.
Since most rock and country songs are based on the I, IV, V and sometimes a minor Vi, we call it a progression, I've got it.
I've applied the same visionary principles with knowing the fretboard to playing tri-chords across the fretboard on any three adjacent strings.
Visualization is as important as it is in playing a guitar, or any instrument for that matter, as it is with any undertaking where we need to demonstrate results or mastery.
Hope you enjoy this video of these two guitar greats.
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