I’ve read that one way to ensure you accomplish your goals is by making them public and trying to get external support. That’s the point of this blog post. Ever since I first saw this video, I’ve wanted to be able to play the song. I can play most of it now, but the song makes extensive use of a technique called ’sweep picking’ that I have yet to figure out. It’s a way of playing notes incredibly quickly – up to six notes, in rapid succession, with one stroke of the pick. It’s apparently a very difficult technique to learn. I thought about trying to rewrite the song to remove the sweep picking, but it just wouldn’t sound as cool.
I’d also like to get in shape this year, but I know people only have so much self control, and I’d rather expend all of that self control to get better at guitar. Therefore, for 2009, I resolve to learn sweep picking and learn to play all of ‘Canon Rock.’
Wish me Luck. I will post updates.