Greg Spence's Mystery to mastery

sauer · Veteran Member Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 210

I got this book just last night and read through it three times. Note that I found out about this book by reading through and playing the 19/30s exercise the last few days. I bought this book on its ebook special right now. Needless to say this is one of the better purchases I've made. The book is very clear and concise about what you need to do. There are sound clips along with almost all of the pages (with pages that have exercises) and Greg has given a great sound to model yours after. I've been working through it today and I can already hear a difference in sound. It resonates through my whole room. My dad even commented that my sound was better (thanks for never saying anything before dad!). While simple, the books principles really seem to help. I recommend ordering this book!

stumac · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject:

I have had Greg's book for a couple of years and work through it as part of my routine, I also have had a couple of lessons with Greg, a great teacher, monster player and a really nice guy.

Regards, Stuart.

Greg Spence · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:40 am Post subject: Book

Hi guys, thanks for the nice words.

A couple of new videos have gone up both on the site and in the eBook.

All the best,
Greg
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EBjazz · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:44 am Post subject:

Great stuff on the vids Greg!!
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garrett901 · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:19 am Post subject:

I like it!!! I watch it !!!
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eric33 · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:54 am Post subject:

There are books of the past, this is the book of tomorrow!

Intelligent, easy to understand, basic principles are clearly explained and the videos and mp3 sounds help a lot to demonstrate the goal of each exercise.

Bravissimo, mister Spence!!!

Eric
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Ominous_Pancake · Regular Member Joined: 22 Oct 2014 Posts: 17

I bought a visualizer and do the relaxation exercises... they really allow me to feel comfortable when playing, before a gig and whenever I don't feel relaxed. The only thing it is missing (in my opinion) is a method of identifying the right muscles in a relaxed manner and strengthening them, If you simply blow through the visualizer as relaxed as possible while slightly puckering forward and then with your finger, block the other side of the visualizer, you will be blowing against a closed rim... this identifies the correct muscles in a relaxed manner and strengthens those muscles... I think Greg is a genius though.