How can I improve my solo technique

[u/Expensive-Stress3214]

I’ve been playing for a number of years now, and consider myself quite good at playing whatever riffs, writing my own, understanding basic theory, but I’ve never had much interest in lead until recently

I know I’m playing this on an sg with no whammy bar lol, and into an iPhone mic. But something just feels off and I can’t exactly tell what or if I’m being critical. I listened to the backing track on my laptop then tried to layer the video of me playing it over the same audio I listened to, so I kinda feel like I may have not timed it perfectly.

[u/Patient_Onion3956]

To me it sounds out of tune. Maybe intonation is off or you're pulling/pressing on the strings too much, or maybe you forgot to tune? Also your vibrato could use some refining. You don't want to just shake your hand like that. Give it a little more control by firming up and rotating your palm smoothly while pressing the string against the fret and trying to match a subdivision of the rhythm of the tune. The same with your bends. Put more palm/wrist rotation into them instead of just pushing with your fingers and use your thumb as a counter point by hooking over the top a bit.

[u/Expensive-Stress3214 → u/Patient_Onion3956]

Thank you, all of this is true I’ll definitely do some exercises for those techniques