Remember all you went through to get those calluses? Whenever you feel them wearing thin, just think about the hours of fun you'll enjoy getting those back again. I have the same tendencies you...
Remember all you went through to get those calluses? Whenever you feel them wearing thin, just think about the hours of fun you'll enjoy getting those back again. I have the same tendencies you...
My best bit of advice on this is record yourself constantly and just accept that you're not going to sound the way you want to but that you will get better. You'll hear things to adjust in your...
Check out Chattanooga, Tennessee,. I've lived here most my life and am obviously biased, but without a doubt, it meets all your requirements over and above most cities I could think of.
Thanks to...
Jeff tried out lightscribe a few weeks ago, and the CDs look pretty cool. You burn your disk, flip it over and burn an immage on the front.
With the goal of "learning new tunes in many genres," a good idea would be to check out the Song-A-Week Social Group here. To get voted in as a tune of the week, it's usually fairly well known. You...
That's exactly it. I'm definitely my own worst critic and way harder on myself than anyone else ever is, ironically, that's the reason I make a lot of the mistakes I do. I've never experienced any...
What a great analogy, Bertram.
I don't know so much about the part of the video that says we're scared because of a feeling of rejection. I just don't like making mistakes in front of people...
It's possible that the thing you feel like you're missing is the ability to put your own personality and style into those tunes you're memorizing. There must be over 50 contributors to the...
I really love it and can't wait to hear more! One idea that came to me is promoting the album through You Tube. You could make a slideshow of pictures pertaining to Mr. Chapman as well as yourself...
The article was in the Chester Times, from Pennsylvania. It is in the July 20, 1953 issue, and is called "Meanful Words: Hamburger Box Is a Guitar by C. F. Butterfield
I came across it on the site,...
Hi, just saw the thread, and because I directed you to the classic recordings, I thought I'd jump in and give you my take on it, since like you, I sure didn't grow up with this music.
It may help...
One thing I used to do was take a little recording device to the jam so I could practice the tunes later at home. At first, it will seem like an impossibel feat to learn all the songs that come up,...