1. Learning basic music theory: Doing this wouldn’t just make me a better song writer or musician but also make me a better band member. Id like to learn the note on the fretboard so i someone wants a solo for a specific scale then i could play them that, accompanying that would also be learning major, minor and pentatonic scales and also learning the circle of 5ths so i can make chord progressions and solos in those chord progressions.
2. Performing ‘Eruption’ with my band: I was going to learn ‘Mr.Crowley’ by Ozzy Osbourne but being a whole song rather than just a solo piece unlike ‘Eruption’ it would of been harder to focus on the soloing parts as there would of been the rest of the song to learn as well. And also i wouldn’t of had a band to perform ‘Mr.Crowley’ with, as my band setlist is already full. Eruption contains more guitar techniques, is a shorter song, and ill be able to add it to my band setlist as theres only a little drum part at the start of the song.
3. Performing with my band and developing my musicianship: I’ve scrapped the solo musician idea just because i’ve always meant to be a guitarist and loved being one, and realised i really want to start perfecting that side of my career and start being proud of it. But maybe in the future ill get back into singing and playing. It also takes me about 3 weeks to sing and learn 1 song on guitar so that would of been enough time in my project. I want to focus on my stage presence as a guitarist, be able to manage a band better and get things organised and be least stressful as possible.