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  • Hotel California, pre-learning attempt

    Posted by Bill1am on June 27, 2025 at 9:41 am

    I just passed my 3 month tac-aversary. That means I’ve had a week of lessons on three of our four benchmark tunes. I decided it might be cool to just look up basic tabs to Hotel California, which I haven’t been exposed to in TAC yet and take a stab at a basic version BEFORE I learn it Tony’s way:

    https://youtu.be/Fq7S7rpFd6E?si=eft5OOVVC_8NIIXj

    This is on the new YouTube channel I started this week in an effort to start desensitizing myself to performance anxiety, please check it out!

    -thank you,

    Bill Callahan

    Bill1am replied 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Loraine

    Member
    June 27, 2025 at 4:54 pm

    @Bill1am That was fantastic! And you got the singing too, which baffles most players. It’s like patting your head and rubbing your stomach – lol. Very impressive for only playing a few months. I am not a great player or singer, but I approached playing and getting over my social anxiety and shyness and pure terror was to to commit to posting the good, the bad, and the ugly. You will continue to grow and gain confidence and become a much better player. You were right to choose a song you really liked and knew. That is the trick to playing and singing. Kudos for tackling your insecurities and fear. That dreaded read button when recording has ruined many a performance – lol

  • Bill1am

    Member
    June 28, 2025 at 12:08 pm

    Thank you so much! The singing often crashes my rhythm, I know what you mean!

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