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@Mike-F as a fellow sausage finger guy I hear you … but we do what we do! One of my friends refers to my hands as “mits”😆
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very nice !
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Loved loved loved that ! Great job! and tanks for the link. I might give it a try but it looks pretty hard !😱 Well done
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thanks Jack – yes it , it brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my face !
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Just got a note from a person I dont even know who recently lost their Dad and he said the song described his Dad perfectly and brought a smile to his face during a time of great sadness. Every once in a while I start to wonder why I am going to all this trouble to record and release music and then something like this happens and it gives me new energy to keep going.
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well done – like the tempo and dynamic changes. Nice strumming, palm muting and hammers.
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@Loraine thanks so much for the nice comments! Speaking of inspiration your playing, strumming, timing, and singing is on an exponential improvement trajectory! Congratulations on all your hard work. Your comment comes at a great time because I have learned that after I release music those demons creep in with “not good enough, should be better etc”. Funny you mention NPR because I saw Ira Glass last night and he shared this which is so appropriate for all of us in the the Guitar Geek Community. This is what he wrote and talked about:
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be. It has potential. But your taste — your taste is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you.
“A lot of people never get past this phase. They quit. Most people I know who do interesting creative work went through years of this. Our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you’re just getting started or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal, and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline, so that every week, you will finish one project. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap and your work will be as good as your ambitions. It’s gonna take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” Ira Glass
It was just the message I needed to hear last night! Thanks again for all the support!
Terry
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@Philb hey thanks for clicking on a few. When you get more time (like that ever happens 😆) maybe a road trip of something…. let me know what you think. It is funny based on some of the early feedback – many people have noted their favorite was a song I almost did not record because I thought it might be too personal. “First To Go” seems to be landing with a lot of people and their own experience. Anyway… I really appreciate the support of this community !
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@Loraine hmmm reposting reply – first effort did not seem to go through. There was just a little mist of rain but we are used to that in the Northwest ! The tent holds about 30 people and there were another 30 outside. There is a heater in the tent that blows occasionally and it is right by the performers which is a little distracting. I kept my guitar away from the blower and I did have to tune frequently over the 2 hour set but I do that anyway with capo moves and a few songs in drop D. I have heard there is a full recording of the Quarterdeck song and I will try to get a copy of it. I wrote it for Mckenzie who is the woman who purchased the place a few months ago. I think she liked it since she said she wants us to come back. Singing with Natalie is a real treat for me. We were both pretty nervous and it is great to not be all alone up there !
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@ Loraine – thanks – I actually used input from the TAC community when producing this song. I was experimenting with the harmonica and got a lot of great feedback from TAC folks about how and when to use it and I incorporated that feedback into the final cut. Learning to use a pick has been a game changer for me! I can play things now that sound so much better using the pick vs just strumming with my thumb – not to mention it hurt sometime if I was trying to play louder !😆
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Thanks @stevieblues – We have another gig scheduled for May 24th and are in the process of getting back on the schedule for the Quarterdeck.
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Thanks Albert ! Yes I wrote that song 4 days before the gig and the crowd really got into it!
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@Marisa I did a test of all the systems today and it is all back up and running thank goodness!
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Single drops this Friday! I actually played it live on Sunday at a gig and made it through without getting chocked up – a first!😆