weekly update, Sept. 24

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weekly update, Sept. 24 Sept 24, 2023 2:26:02 GMT -6 bluesbruce, Phil, and 1 more like this

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Post by joachim on Sept 24, 2023 2:26:02 GMT -6

I feel like kicking off the weekly update thread for a change.

I am on a long break from my previous guitar teacher because of his touring schedule, so I signed up for lesson at a local music school, which is mostly for kids. My daughter takes lessons in classical guitar there, and saw a few adults taking lessons in different instruments there. I had the first lesson this week, and it was awesome! I am back at simple blues playing, and I got homework assignments in tabs. I love it, it really brought back my excitement about playing. The instructor is great, and also offered to help transcribing and work up some of my favorite blues songs, so now I am thinking of where to start.

Heck, I might even record a video again sometime!

For the band I have to start learning this song:

Please give it a listen, it's an amazing vocalist.

Last Edit: Sept 24, 2023 2:30:33 GMT -6 by joachim

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weekly update, Sept. 24 Sept 24, 2023 10:42:55 GMT -6 jack1982 likes this

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Post by bluesbruce on Sept 24, 2023 10:42:55 GMT -6

Joachim, I'm liking that "Beautiful Love" song. Agree, the vocalist is superb! I'm glad to hear that a new teacher has re-invigorated your playing - maybe that's what I need. I'm also trying to work up some actual blues songs, and have thought about making some "work in progress" videos. Anyway, I think I at least played some every day this past week, which is a move in the right direction.

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weekly update, Sept. 24 Sept 25, 2023 9:20:14 GMT -6 bluesbruce and Phil like this

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Post by jack1982 on Sept 25, 2023 9:20:14 GMT -6

Joachim, good to hear you're enjoying your guitar lessons! Motivation is more important than anything

I had a decent week, still working on the solos for "Headed for a Heartbreak." Finally got the tapping part up to speed, now it's just a matter of doing a few ~~hundred~~ thousand more rep's to get it all smoothed out lol. Cool techniques in these solos, plenty of tapping and whammy bar stuff. In the second solo he uses the bar for a lot of vibrato which, if you're Reb Beach, makes it sound very cool. Or if you're me, well...it sounds "different."

The fixit thing is Wednesday so I'll see what Griff thinks of what I've got so far, then for October I'll try to get the whole song done. The rhythm guitar shouldn't be too hard, and I'll see about doing the bass and keyboard parts as well.

I bought a sound library from IK Multimedia to give me more keyboard sounds, as well as some mastering software and a bit of guitar stuff. I saved $15,000

The damned thing must be an entire terabyte, I've still got a bunch of crap to download and my SSD is pretty much full.

Oh well, take care guys and keep practicing

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weekly update, Sept. 24 Sept 27, 2023 17:05:17 GMT -6 bluesbruce and jack1982 like this

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Post by grampalerxst on Sept 27, 2023 17:05:17 GMT -6

Hey guys sorry I'm late again. Busy packing and getting the hideout ready for the winter. Hard to keep track of what day is what. Glad you had a happy surprise when you had to switch teachers, Joachim. My guitar is all packed now but I did at least pick it up all the prior days. I'm feeling the itch to get back into some more focused/productive endeavors. Likely will go back and try to finish of BLYCU. I was getting fairly close but then got sidetracked.

The note being played at this moment *is* the song