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EYES WIDE SHUT
I wanted to share a recent experience, which may help other readers. I was getting in a rut jamming along with songs and coming up with my own solos, it was then that I realised I was looking at the fretboard and going to my ‘safe areas’ with the same old string bends, hammering on, etc. So I tried with my eyes closed and, after a few missed notes, I suddenly started playing different stuff and in ways that were beyond my musical pay grade/ability. I was moving up the neck and, amazingly, getting the right notes! I’ve always admired seeing pros playing with their eyes shut but never expected I could do it. I then tried using some trem and found I was in Alan Murphy territory. It was like taking the stabilisers off your first bike and then going off-road into a forest! I can only encourage people
