Want to get serious about playing the guitar. Need Help

[guckymister]

I have been playing guitar for 5 years now. Im 16 years old And i feel like I have made pretty much no progress. I mean people tell me im amazing at guitar but I know im not very good. To give you an example of how good Im at guitar. I can play Technical Difficulties by Paul Gilbert. But thats about the Hardest I can go. And look at this kid [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RV6dYzzSao[/media] hes playing it and he has only been playing for 3 years. And he has made a lot more progress. So I have decided I need to get serious about playing guitar. But I have no idea how. I know your basic theory (1,3,5s, 1,4,5s and some scales and arpeggios) But not much. Can you guys point me into the right direction of where to go. Also I listen to a lot of Steely Dan, Judas Priest, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Vai, and Paul Gilbert.

[phobia-_-]

You just practice, practice scales and theory and don't worry about other people. Also playing the same piece of music doesn't mean your the same level a guitarist as someone.

[guckymister]

[QUOTE=phobia-_-;30034491]You just practice, practice scales and theory and don't worry about other people. Also playing the same piece of music doesn't mean your the same level a guitarist as someone.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I do play a lot of complex chords that most people cannot do

[thisispain]

if you just wanna be super-fast and shred off arpeggio's and play C6add9/5+ chords then yeah just keep practicing scales and theories and do scales up and down the fret board

but if you wanna actually make music and develop a unique style you're gonna have to learn to switch your brain off

but then again it depends on what you like

[guckymister]

[QUOTE=thisispain;30035351]if you just wanna be super-fast and shred off arpeggio's and play C6add9/5+ chords then yeah just keep practicing scales and theories and do scales up and down the fret board

but if you wanna actually make music and develop a unique style you're gonna have to learn to switch your brain off

but then again it depends on what you like[/QUOTE]

I dont want to be another Malmsteen. So Ill stick To developing a unique style

[thisispain]

[QUOTE=guckymister;30035698]I dont want to be another Malmsteen. So Ill stick To developing a unique style[/QUOTE]

then just play and don't worry about how fast you are

[gnoob]

If you hadn't already realised, unless you're entering technical metal or something, most genres of music do not require extreme speed, and have a higher emphasis on expression.

If you can really make what you play come alive, and have people really enjoy listening to you, then you are 'good'

[T-Bag-T]

I've been playing much longer than you and I highly doubt I could play technical difficuilties, simply because that's not the type of music I'm into or like to play, I concentrate more on rhythm and chords, and I'm by no means a bad guitarist. Fast=/=good