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  • First upload: Runaway train

    Posted by Alisa on June 4, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    Today I’m celebrating my 39 days anniversary at TAC: lucky number times an unlucky number must mean something. And inspired by many of you who post here, I decided to bite the bullet and share my first video.

    I feel like it should come with a disclaimer: it’s not going to good. 😂

    It’s runaway train by soul asylum, a song I grew up with and always gave me goosebumps. I’ve been working on this song for a while, to a point where I’m a little sick of it. By posting it here, I’m ritually letting go of it for a few months, so I concentrate on other songs. Perhaps by then, I’ll be able to land that transition to G a little better, not to mention the F.

    This is strumming only because singing makes my strumming fall apart. I’m playing the intro, the verse, the pre-chorus, and the chorus once.

    https://youtu.be/tGQBFkKQqEA

    Alisa replied 3 years, 8 months ago 16 Members · 32 Replies
  • 32 Replies
  • Alfred

    Member
    June 4, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    This is actually quite good! Give yourself some credit. Nice job! You should be proud of the work you put in.

    and the guitar is really pretty!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 5, 2021 at 3:42 pm

      Thank you for your kind words 🙂 I agree the guitar is pretty

  • Bob_E

    Member
    June 4, 2021 at 7:48 pm

    Alisa, that was really nice after 39 days. Those transitions will come.

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 5, 2021 at 3:45 pm

      Thanks, @Bob_E ! I will keep practicing and hope one day the miracle will happen. I have to mention, I was not a complete beginner when I joined, but TAC helped me a lot in the last month.

  • Fly

    Member
    June 5, 2021 at 3:58 am

    Nice post Alisa good song too! Looking forward to your 78th TACaversary

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 5, 2021 at 3:46 pm

      Thanks @Fly! I’ll try to remember and repost this exact song in another 39 days, to measure progress

  • JohnV

    Member
    June 5, 2021 at 8:49 am

    Excellent!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 5, 2021 at 3:46 pm

      Thanks!

  • Loraine

    Member
    June 5, 2021 at 9:45 am

    @Alisa For 39 days, you did extremely well. Great strumming and fretting. I understand about getting tired of a song and I’ve often posted in order to gain permission to move on also. That’s a great thing, and you can always revisit the song later on. I do that quite often to see if I’ve improved. Congratulations on your first video post!! That’s a huge feat.

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 5, 2021 at 3:50 pm

      Thanks @Loraine ! You inspired me to take this important step, I feel like it’s an essential part of the TAC experience. Not to make the wrong impression: I was trying to learn this song before TAC already, but made a lot of progress thanks to Tony’s lessons.

  • BethL

    Member
    June 6, 2021 at 3:42 pm

    nice job! Was singing along til I realized I couldn’t remember all words. Started to play along til I realized I was still in Open G tuning! will retune & let you teach me this one! Kudos! Sounds awesome

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 7, 2021 at 10:04 am

      Thank you, @BethL 🙂 I still don’t know all of the words either haha

      • BethL

        Member
        June 7, 2021 at 2:30 pm

        I pulled it up on Ultimate Guitar tabs. Was rollin right along. THanks for the addition of this one to my playable songs! I liked their song Misery off that album too!

  • Michael_Green

    Member
    June 6, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    Good first post. Wow only 39 days? That’s awesome. Nice sound too.

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 7, 2021 at 10:07 am

      Thanks, @Michael_Green 🙂 I wasn’t starting from scratch when I joined TAC. I wish I made a video, at least for myself, on day 1 to measure the progress.

  • Marisa

    Member
    June 6, 2021 at 5:49 pm

    You are getting really nice sound out of your beautiful guitar! @Alisa great

    job!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 7, 2021 at 10:09 am

      Thanks, @Marisa 🙂

  • andy_e

    Member
    June 6, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    Alisa, nice rhythm on the strumming! I enjoyed your playing so much that I played along with you!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 7, 2021 at 10:15 am

      Thanks, @andy_e 🙂 I wish I had someone to play this with, there’s a second guitar part I’ve been practicing as well, but it needs the rhythm guitar to sound nice. Maybe one day 🙂

  • Guitargeezer-Jack

    Member
    June 7, 2021 at 12:54 pm

    For just over a month @Alisa you are progress very well. Play on!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 10, 2021 at 6:05 am

      Thank you for the encourangement @Guitargeezer 🙂 We’ll find out in another month if this progress is linear or exponential. Hopefully not logarithmic haha.

  • Philb

    Member
    June 7, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Very nice job! My son introduced that song to me in the 90’s and it is on my playlist to this day. Your chords are clean and clear (I could hear the f fine). The transitions are a work in progress for anyone, and you are already doing it. Very good!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 10, 2021 at 6:03 am

      Thanks @Philb 😀 Your son has a great taste in music haha. I’m going to move on to a song with less chords in it, so I can dial in on the transitions more.

  • pattyc

    Member
    June 9, 2021 at 12:50 pm

    how well I remember struggling with that F chord when I first started playing guitar!! You’re doing great!!! Keep it up!!

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 10, 2021 at 6:00 am

      Thank you @pattyc 🙂 I’m working on the F-chord daily, with Tony’s strength exercise from the “your next 6 chords”, so maybe in 2-3 months I’ll get there lol 😂

  • johnny23

    Member
    June 14, 2021 at 5:56 am

    That’s great! Well done Alisa.

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 14, 2021 at 6:39 am

      Thank you for watching and kind words @johnnymiller 😀

  • Marty73

    Member
    June 14, 2021 at 6:05 am

    @Alisa Not bad at all! Keep it going! 😊👍😊👍😎

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 14, 2021 at 6:40 am

      Thanks @Marty69 😀 Every day a little better

      • Marty73

        Member
        June 14, 2021 at 8:12 am

        👍

  • AttyTJ

    Member
    June 14, 2021 at 7:24 am

    Clear, Even, Controlled and great take on a really good song, @Alisa . And a first video besides. Truly, it is your “lucky’ number, and we look forward to much more. Well Done.

    • Alisa

      Member
      June 14, 2021 at 3:44 pm

      Thank you for the kind words @AttyTJ !

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