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What I've learned recording myself (so far)

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Slack:

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Haha.  Alex, stick with us, you cannot go wrong.  ;D

uncle bud:

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--- Quote ---I can't believe this but I agree with Both Slack and Uncle Bud.
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Haha.? Alex, stick with us, you cannot go wrong.? ;D

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For my next trick, I will convince Alex of the benefits of bilingualism...

GhostRider:

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For my next trick, I will convince Alex of the benefits of bilingualism...



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Don't push it ;),

Alex

a2tom:
good thoughts all,? I appreciate your comments.

re: the 80% concept.? There are two takes here.? ?First is the idea that one only knows 80% of a song, and that getting all the parts, verses, intros, endings, breaks, lyrics? and variations established is an incrementally difficult part of getting a performance ready song.? I am totally with Uncle Bud that part of my problem in that regard is attention sp

the other notion of 80% is that when I play something - a lick or what have you - that I may play it dead on 80% of the time.? The other 20%, it's just dead.? This makes it hard to play a song through with 10 verses, since you'll miss the lick 2 times!? ?This issue - nailing it every time - becomes exacerbated as you try to make a full tune out of it, because as you start mixing it up, your hands/mind are less certain as to "what comes next".? So, I think the idea of seeing The Whole Song as the unit of learning is an important concept.? I think I learn mostly as bunches of parts nowadays.?

tom

waxwing:
Hey, Tom, you've elicited some pretty good advice above (from both sides of the political equation <g>) and I would only re-emphasize what Frank said about singing. It takes just as much practice to create a good voice as it does to develop your guitar licks. So, if you've been playing guitar for a while and are thinking you can add the voice on later (I don't mean you in particular, Tom), figure that it's gonna take you about as long again for your voice to catch up with your playing. Start singing now!!! No matter where you are starting from, it will get better and you will come to think of yourself as a singer. Just think what your first attempts at fingerpicking were like. And the involvement it takes to sing will help with that 80% barrier Tom is talking about.
All for now.
John C.

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