Improvement Advice

[xomegaxweapon]

Hi all you lovely people, haven't been on for a couple of years, so i'd also like to say hello to all the newer guys and gals too!

Anyways straight to the point.
I would like to improve and start gradually playing harder songs..

My current skill level isn't that good, so please bear with me.

Currently i play both handed on this config:

D - Left arrow
F - Down arrow
J - Up arrow
K - Right arrow

Speed: recently change from 1.7 to 2.0, bit of quicker pace but i find increasing the speed easier to manage. 1.5 used to be my standard.

i have picked up a few tips from good/great players in the past but have A) forgot them or B) didn't work for me, a good technique for example was to fix my eyes to a certain point on the screen and focus on that fixed point, it works to a certain degree and i have then since stared around the arrow's play area.

Sorry if i sound vague, but really; am looking to "finally" move on from "tricky songs" lol

Thanks once again (ps - i'm too old for this game, but i'm glad its back online!)