Kind of a repeat, but always interesting to hear what others are up to.
I've been concentrating the last few weeks on:
Gimme Shelter
Mellisa
Mr. Jones (counting Crows)
Curtis Loew
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
I've been working on:
Band on the run
Blackbird
Classical Gas (Been trying to learn this forever, but I can never get it right.)
Southern Man
Are you doing Curtis Loewe the way it oughta be, in Open E with a slide?
I've dug out my standard tuned Washburn flattop and flatpick. Started off looking at some online bluegrass lessons, noodled around aimlessly in G a while, found most of "Dueling Banjos," the last few minutes I've been figuring out some of the Allmans' "Stormy Monday." Got a long way to go.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Are you doing Curtis Loewe the way it oughta be, in Open E with a slide?
No, I'm doing the standard tuning. It's what was in my book.
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
That is so odd, I was just thinking of digging that thread up again.
Right now it is:
Your Song-Elton John (fingerstyle arrangement)
Crazy on you-Heart
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You-Zepplin
Little Drummer Boy-lesson from this site in drop D
I will be starting on You've Got a Friend (fingerstyle arrangement from guitarforbeginners.com website )soon
Good question, I haven't done much really focused practicing lately, I think i'm going to practice:
Runnin' with the devil
Nothing Else Matters
N.I.B
Steve-0
Carol Of The Bells - fingerpicked arrangement
Miracle Drug - for solo acoustic (my own version inspired by lots of different tabs for the song)
That's all I'm learning right now. For the most part I've been making up my own stuff.
Ok, this is what I've been working on:
Alone Again- Dokken...got the intro down
Hotel California- Eagles....can play the whole song thru (just strumming the chords)
Highway to Hell- AC/DC....can play the whole song (just rythym part)
and I'm working on Old Man from the GN lesson...that song is sweet!! :D
Music........she has always loved me, never left me, and always will be with me.
House of the Rising Sun (using the GN lesson), and still playing around with Horse With No Name (also using the GN lesson).
All I want is food and creative love.
Just some books:
Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method 1 - So far pretty easy, I'm at exercise "Aura Lee"
Troy Stetina's Total Rock Guitar - "Hair Rock" Pretty hard.
Gibson SG Special
I've been working on my scales....I have always known bits of them but now I'm learning them up and down the fretboard and really getting to know them. I've also been working pretty hard on ear training.
No songs in particular though at the moment :p
A hoopy frood knows where his towel is....
sun king -the beatles
blackbird - the beatles
fake plastic trees - radiohead
Brushing up on my x-mas tunes to entertain the relatives, other than that been working on some jazz stuff, It's a Wonderful World, Curtis Mayfield version of People Get Ready
Immature? Of course I'm immature Einstein, I'm 50 and in a Rock and ROll band.
New Band site http://www.myspace.com/guidedbymonkeys
I am not really working on any specific songs right now...I sometimes fool with a few when noodling but not really "practicing" them...
However, I am working on the Blues in general, working on the style and the skills...I am hoping that these skills will transfer over to the songs once I start with them again...The bluesskills I am working on include:
Shuffle
Soloing
Boogie
Also the rock-n-roll shuffle
I would like to start the 12 barblues using chords but I need to figure out how the rhythm works?
Songs I have recently started (within the last 3 weeks) include:
You're Not Alone Tonight - Keith Urban
Over the Hills and Far Away (intro only) - Led Zeppelin
Night Moves (strumming & chord changes) - Bob Seger
Shooting Star - Bad Co.
Memories Of Us - Keith Urban
Jeans On (Rock-n-Roll rhythm only) - Keith Urban
There are others I started a while ago but I haven't really tried to "complete" them because there are over my head (as some of theseare as well!)