Everything becomes natural with practice.

DOES NOT AGREE, THEREFORE DODGING
I DONT LIKE HIS COMPARISON, SO IN MY IGNORANCE I MUST CLAIM THAT HE IS STUPID TO RETAIN MY FAITH IN SOMETHING INCREDULOUS AND POINTLESS.

It sounds good, so I fail to see how it can be unnecessary ...

Show me an example of it sounding different or preferable to anything in proportion to the imaginary effort put forward to perform it

This post was edited by chronowarp on Jul 15 2010 04:17pm

Still, some techniques/licks are harder than others when you start doing them.

Preferable is a matter of taste. As for different, well it certainly reduces the pick noise and thus sounds different...

examples? nobody cares about pick noise anyway, what a stupid thing to care about.

I do care about pick noise. I prefer a smooth picking technique as opposed to the usual crisp and loud "tick-tick-tick" we hear most of the time. Frank Gambale vs Petrucci for example. Maybe most people won't notice/care, but it actually annoys me

I'm not into circular picking enough to give examples right now, I just know what it is and liked what I watched on youtube when I last checked it (although I remember EJ talking about it and I liked his way of doing it)

This post was edited by JesperIF on Jul 15 2010 04:26pm

The difference between Frank Gambale and JP is an issue of economy/alternate, and probably moreso an issue of tone. Anything that requires more effort, but yields almost no distinguishable difference, and addresses something that isn't even a problem in the first place is a waste of time.

LOL! Circular Motion = Shred technique? it's a rhythm technique you fool. Thank you for proving you are all talk and no walk.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride & Joy. That is circular motion picking, think of it as intelligent fingerpicking as it plays Bass aswell as offbeat rhythms. If you STILL think it's a shredding technique, then you need to go back to your music school and demand your money back for not teaching you important information.

A large vouch.

Also, if anyone is into acoustic playing, Circular Motion is a great technique to learn as it opens up a hell of alot of possibilities. You know, for your AWESOMEGOSU UBER SHRED LOL

This post was edited by bob(Cs2) on Jul 16 2010 06:52am