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Well done Danny! Good effort Nutty! I recommend you stop looking at your fretting hand so much while playing. You are playing the chords fine so believe in yourself.

Thank you @Randy120 you are absolutely right! I will practice not peeking 👀😁

Thanks, all. Visited the eyelash specialist and he said the lower eyelid had sagged due to age. With sagging it turns either out or in. Mine turned in, which he said was fortunate. I don't think so. If I'd been fortunate, the darned lid wouldn't have sagged at all. So, long 'bout the end of April I have to have eyelid surgery, where he insert some suture and string it up like a hammock, so it'll be tight and not sag. Lotsa luck.

You are a singer songwriter now, Mandy! Nice song, I like it. Btw, I like red guitars, too 😀 Wim.

As most of you are likely aware, this upgrade has been completed, and all forums, chat etc appear to be functioning normally. If you experience any issues with the site, you can send me a PM and I'll pass them along to Steve, who does the "behind the scenes" work.

I'm a huge fan of his and have been listening to him since his Racer X days. New record incoming in May. Here's one of the tracks.

A point to add: Several members have given Southwest Airlines a thumbs-up on being "guitar" friendly in the past. Bryan

@Curtis I flew once and it was to Nashville Guitar Gathering. be 100% ready to put it in the luggage hold.. that means you should be using a hard case not a gig bag if you want it in one piece. tune the guitar down 1 whole step before heading to the airport. now you have a hard case, a carry on bag, a suite case, guitar(s), amps, etc. how do you carry all that and airlines charge per pound for extra. so yes acoustic is probably going to be your only choice if flying as all the gear costs$$. I found this company http://www.backaxe.com/ it adds straps to your hard case so you can carry it like a gig bag and still have hands free for carry on and suite case. the way down I was on 1 plane, my case was 2" too thick for the overhead (using a Godin TRIC foam case so they're a lot thicker). so the flight attendant headed to the luggage guy at the door. on the other end the luggage guy said he loved my case. on the way back we had a layover, the plane was just a bit bigger and the guitar fit in overhead, and I finally lucked out and got an overhead that was in like row B not where I always am in row ZZ. the security guys x-ray the case to see what's inside. overall I had a pretty good experience flying with a guitar.. if you wanted a 2nd guitar (electric), amp, etc. you'll be paying for the poundage and you'll need to figure out how to carry it all with only 2 hands, as the person you're flying with will probably have their hands full too and no room to carry your guitar.

I watched Paul David's video on shell voicings (below) and I really like the sound. Its amazing to me, since I've been playing full bar chords, chords with mostly their notes on strings next to each other, and single notes. I've only played the major and minor triad shell voicings, though I'm excited to explore more. How have you got on with shell voicings? Anything you want to share about them?

Live Lessons Forum has now been cleaned up and all lessons for the past year (2018) are now in chronological order for easy reference. So now, you can scan the list of Live Lessons, find one that interests you, and access it directly from the Guitar Gathering site link to our YouTube Channel. Lesson Sheets ".pdf" s , as applicable are attached to each lesson and may be downloaded there. p.s. I'm looking for a solution to provide these Lesson Sheets in a central "cloud" storage for easy access from any location, any time, without necessarily being logged into this site.