Congratz in a short way <| sep |> Or like photons and some crates etc . Depends what you want <| sep |> Nah mate I ' m good . You go have fun ! <| sep |> Its all part of the process , my friend . Don ' t fret too much . I ' m surprised your teacher only says maybe record yourself . This should be compulsory as it ' s your main shortcut to refining your playing . It ' s painful at first to listen to what you did but you have to repeat and repeat for the rest of your playing career . This helps you develop a sense of your own playing , and you can keep the good bits you ' ll play more good bits as time goes by , trust me . Right now I have probably 150 voice memos on my phone of me playing , refinining , playing again What I do feels either too friggin simpleNo such thing , my man . BB King could play great blues with 3 notes or less . Simple is fine , most players include too much then have to learn to leave things outI would highly recommend learning other peoples licks , in parallel with creating your own . By listening and copying the masters , you ' ll get a feel for how to tell a story with your solos . You ' ll also , how to phrase this is massive the rhythmic placement and space in between the notes really separates good players from great players . I also want to point out that scale shapes don ' t help you make a solo , just give you a collection of relevant notes to choose from . Theres also some other resources you can look at like this method for creating solosbetterguitarsolos but I think you ' ll be fine with repeating what you have done push through the cringing , learning l i c k s yourfirstbluesjamlectures 1411748 and maybe getting together with someone a little more advanced than you and get them to show you some things they do are there any friends that can help you out ?