[journeyman1040]

O.K

Here in TEXAS, ( San Antonio ) home of the SPURS!!!!!!!!!!!!
or should I say NBA CHAMPS of 2005 ?

It's Summer TIME !!!!

I said to myself : this summer I'm gonna make it MY GOAL to learn the song...

"MORE THAN WORD'S

I can almost play the whole song , BUT ! to sing it ! is another thing !!!

But this Summer , I WILL LEARN IT !!!!!!!!!!!!

What are your goals ??
What songs ??

We have only , what .. 3 month's left !!!!

[BaasLian]

I don't really have goals according the season of the year, but just guitar in general.

Up until a few months ago, I never really learnt songs properly through & through. My goal now being to do the complete thing (So far, so good).

Next song?

Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah...

[okiejohn]

I have a whole briefcase full of stuff that I can half ass, but right now I'm working on the Chet Atkins version of Vincent.

I do want to be able to nail that song, it's very nice.

[Bigfurrywhale]

I have a whole briefcase full of stuff that I can half ass, but right now I'm working on the Chet Atkins version of Vincent.

I do want to be able to nail that song, it's very nice.

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Yay! I'm learning that song too. It's a beautiful song. I've learned the whole things, i just have to get it down if you know what i mean.

[narad1986]

hmm

Ihave a John williams CD .... that is keeping me busy these days.....

[sara_nakesha]

Goal: learn SOMETHING...a year later...i feel i know nothing
Song of Choice: Video-India Arie...spiritual lyrics...may give me incentive to calm down, relax, and enjoy...that's what music is about right...the ride

[SlowFingers]

I am like some of you, in that I can play parts of a lot of songs, but nothing all the way through very well. My goal is to complete a few of these songs.

Classical Gas
Tears In Heaven
Windy and Warm

[BaasLian]

I have a whole briefcase full of stuff that I can half ass, but right now I'm working on the Chet Atkins version of Vincent.

I do want to be able to nail that song, it's very nice.

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Do you still have enough years left in you to do that, John?

[imme]

No seasonal goals, I'm learning Bridge To Cross (Black Label Society), and I will be learning some fingerpicking as my son learns, he wants a dvd so's he can hear and see what it should be. Kind of a show me guy, like his ol man, lol

[okiejohn]

I have a whole briefcase full of stuff that I can half ass, but right now I'm working on the Chet Atkins version of Vincent.

I do want to be able to nail that song, it's very nice.

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Do you still have enough years left in you to do that, John?

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I don't know, one thing I'm worried about is do I have enough living brain cells left to remember a tune all the way through.

It's been a good life.

[grzegorz_panek]

I want to record something, haven't had much time recently. Some originals I'm thinking of.

I want to learn more harmony.

[BaasLian]

I have a whole briefcase full of stuff that I can half ass, but right now I'm working on the Chet Atkins version of Vincent.

I do want to be able to nail that song, it's very nice.

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Do you still have enough years left in you to do that, John?

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I don't know, one thing I'm worried about is do I have enough living brain cells left to remember a tune all the way through.

It's been a good life.

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That's what matters.

Just make sure you get that song down in time!

[dadfad]

Im trying to make a real effort to play quality rack-harmonica as I play guitar. I mean, I do okay, but I tend to simplify one or the other as I play them together, either the guitar-work or the harmonica-work (I used to do the same thing while singing but pretty much have that under control now) (same old crappy voice, but at least I no longer noticeably cut down on the complexity of my guitar-work when I sing). I listen to true solo-guitarist "rack-masters" like John Hammond Jr. or (especially) Paul Geremia (probably THE best at it) and although I know I'll never reach his level, I want to do a lot better than I do now.

[journeyman1040]

Im trying to make a real effort to play quality rack-harmonica as I play guitar. I mean, I do okay, but I tend to simplify one or the other as I play them together, either the guitar-work or the harmonica-work (I used to do the same thing while singing but pretty much have that under control now) (same old crappy voice, but at least I no longer noticeably cut down on the complexity of my guitar-work when I sing). I listen to true solo-guitarist "rack-masters" like John Hammond Jr. or (especially) Paul Geremia (probably THE best at it) and although I know I'll never reach his level, I want to do a lot better than I do now.

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Morning Dadfad;

rack- harmonica , I haven't heard this term. are we talking blues?
I alway's have my ears open for harmonic !
willing to research.
I feel the guitar and harmonica were made for each other !
they make beautifull music together

have a good day !

[dadfad]

Yes, I am. Just simple well-placed rhythmic chugs and warbles even will add a lot to a solo-guitar performance, but I'm aiming for something more like this or this. (Which are clips of live solo guitar-rack performances.) I'm a pretty fair harmonica player, hand-held, and even when using a neck-rack (I'd done so in an electric bluesband for years), but the complexity of good fingerstyle blues makes much harp-work beyond just rhythms and a few little warbles or trills interjected here and there pretty elusive to me. So far.


I can play the tune on a guitar. I can do the harp separately easy enough. Doing them together simultaneously is the hard part!

[journeyman1040]

Yes, I am. Just simple well-placed rhythmic chugs and warbles even will  add a lot to a solo-guitar performance, but I'm aiming for something more like this or this. (Which is are clips of live solo guitar-rack performances.) I'm a pretty fair harmonica player, hand-held, and even when using a neck-rack (I'd done so in an electric bluesband for years), but the complexity of good fingerstyle blues makes much harp-work beyond just rhythms and a few little warbles or trills interjected here and there pretty elusive to me. So far.


I can play the tune on a guitar. I can do the harp separately easy enough. Doing them together simultaneously is the hard part!

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Yes .. doing them together is the hard part .
for me , I try to keep it simple,, with the little time that I have !
my wife is very jelous of all the time I spend with my Guitar !
then to practice Harmonica Too !, Look out!!
Just that Stare she give's me ,said's it all !

[dadfad]

And learning beginning harmonica is a much greater strain on the ears of the... er... non-combatants! It drove my wife crazy. And it's pretty obnoxiously loud. I'd go hide up in the attic to practice. I finally bought a neck-rack so I could practice in the car while driving (I got a lot of stares from other drivers!), but it eventually came together.

[blueswannabe]

I'm working my way through Devendra Banhart's 'Rejoicing in the hands' album, and i'm going to do a lot of work on fingerpicking and country blues.

[tubescream8]

I want to learn some real slide guitar. I can play more slide than most people, but I really want to learn it.

Another goal is to be able to play slide with a full bottle of some sort. It wouldnt really work for me at 14 to play with a beer bottle, but there's enough sodas in glass bottles it shouldnt be problem.

And dadfad, from what you mentioned I now want to learn how to play harmonica. Some good blues harp. Id really love to be able to do that.

[guitarplayinvamp]

Holeh crappers. You're in San Antonio? (Oh, and yay for the Spurs.) I'm going to San Antonio in July to visit my mum. ><

Yeah. That's all I wanted to say.