Day 58 of The 100 Day Project

[Alfred]

Doggone it Michielle! now I want to learn that song, and I’ve done enough for today

You nailed that one

[Michelle-PSL]

Thanks! An easy-peasy one for you, @Alfred

[Alfred]

Rythmicly still tricky, but thanks for the vote of confidence 🙂

[Mike56]

👏

[Lance-Hankins]

👏

Excellet, Michelle!

[AttyTJ]

Really Truly, @Michelle_in_PSL

[SoCal_Ian]

Short but sweet definitely works @Michelle_in_PSL. Leave them wanting more is a good philosophy and is clearly the case here. Keep it up!

[Niels]

Great job, Michelle 😀 👏

[Chris_H]

Nicely done Michelle!👏👏

[ErikBog]

way to keep going @Michelle_in_PSL

[bsquared]

Way to go, Michelle!

[lisa18wheels]

Yay! \o/

[N-lightMike]

Nicely done @Michelle_in_PSL. You are developing a very natural and steady strumming pattern. And of course, your voice is excellent as always.

Yes, your voice was hard to hear. But there was nothing wrong with your sound. I was the same sound quality as always. That’s what you hear when someone is strumming a full size acoustic guitar with a pick and singing at the same time. The guitar overwhelms the voice.

Solution? Well, there are different ways. One is to use a different mic that doesn’t pick up your guitar very well. (Acoustic guitars, especially with a pick, especially especially with a fast strumming pattern, are so loud that you can’t get a condenser mic to not pick them up without sound isolation.)

You have a nice mic that does a good job of picking up the sound someone would hear live. So, I like a different solution than amplifying my voice. I don’t like to use picks for this very reason. If you just sit down on the couch and play for your husband, that’s what it sounds like with a pick. Not using a pick softens the guitar a lot. Finger picking softens the guitar even more. And with time, our ability to be more subtle in our string contact will allow us to brush the strings more lightly even with a pick.

I’m trying to work on that last one as I am finally determined to use a thumb pick. I still won’t use a flat pick cause I don’t want to learn hybrid picking since I’ve already gotten so far down the road of finger picking.

MG 😀

[Michelle-PSL]

Thank you for the advice @Mike-Gaurnier . Sometimes I can strum and sing and it’s fine, and sometimes it sounds like I’m using my laptop mic, even though I’m not. I wonder if it would help to turn the condenser mic upside down. I see that done sometimes??? I think I also need to find some good thinner picks. I like the DAVAs, but they are pretty hefty. I need the sticky-grip type…😀

[Bill_Brown]

👏🤩👏

• This reply was modified 4 years, 12 months ago by  Bill_Brown.

[Michelle-PSL]

Thank you so much @Mike56 , @Lance-Hankins , @AttyTJ , @SoCal_Ian , @Niels , @Christopher_H , @ErikBog , @bsquared , @lisa18wheels and @Bill_Brown . Sorry it’s taken so long to offer my appreciation. I’m finally having some success with navigating the new Forum.

[Bill_Brown]

Love what you’re doing!!! You’re giving inspiration to so many, including me!🏆💙🏆

[Michelle-PSL]

Thank you so much @Bill_Brown ! Hope I inspire you to post something soon. Always enjoy your performances!

[Ron-N]

Nicely done!

[Michelle-PSL]

Thank you @Ron-N !