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Dear Fellow Members; As many will know, its been my privilege to serve here in the moderator chair since the inception of this Guitar Gathering site in January 2018. Im proud to say Ive helped it grow from Zero to nearly 1700 members, and hope that I've been able to make some worthwhile contribution. To be run well it requires regular (daily) attention. I find now, that due to other commitments, it is necessary, for me to share the duties with another eminently qualified member. Please join me in welcoming @DianeB as co-moderator!

This topic has probably been addressed numerous times in the past. To avoid searching back through all the posts, I will ask the question once again. My goal here is to merely record my practice to hear and analyze my playing. At this point I only have acoustic guitars without electronics. Hoping to make it simple and keep it inexpensive. I have recorded with my phone on video but it is too distorted to be of much help. Appreciate your ideas.

April 23rd, 2019 Topic: Rock Legend Rick Derringer: Guitars and Stories! "...his guitar playing influenced me to play slide guitar." - Duane Allman, The Allman Brothers Band Toured with the Rolling Stones, played guitar along side John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn. Recorded with Steely Dan, Barbara Streisand, Air Supply, Edgar Winter, Ringo Starr, The McCoys, Cyndi Lauper, KISS, Alice Cooper and countless others. Rick's amazing career has included writing "Hang On Sloopy" in the 60s, "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" in the 70s, playing guitar on "Total Eclipse the Heart" and Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" in the 80s, to producing Weird Al Yankovic's "Eat It", to modern day work topping the Smooth Jazz charts and writing for the FX series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia". Rick will be shows some of his personal collection of guitars and talking about his amazing career. Here are a few videos... Back in the day with Edgar Winter "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo"

Hi Steve, I have a question. How did Rick learn to play? Did he get any music education, or did he learn by try and error and by listening to others? And how does he maintain his playing technique now? Thanks, Wim.

Welcome @DianeB and big thanks to the moderators and the whole team behind the site!

You continue to bring great outside artists to these Live Lessons for our benefit; for our expanded learning, @Steve Krenz Robben Ford and and now Rick Deringer! Thanks, Steve!!!!

Welcome and thanks, @DianeB and @NeilES335! Wim.

Thank all of you for your generosity. I'm sure it's a big time commitment but you guys do an amazing job. This site runs pretty much flawlessly! Diane will be a great addition to the team! Again, thank you for all that you do, the GG family truly appreciates it. Bill

I had no idea this was coming. but I could not be more thrilled with the choice. @DianeB thank you for volunteering to help.

Thanks, Neil, for all you do. It's needed. You are aware, I hope, that an organized desk is the sign of a sick mind. Just a joke. Lotsa luck. Best, John 😀

What most here have found is that getting into digital recording using a DAW and mic's is a learning curve just as steep as learning to play an instrument and can become just as gear intensive. Even doing a simple recording of acoustic and vocals through a DAW will require some learning, but if your goal is to eventually do high quality recordings of your playing, its the way to go. That said, I still wish I had gone with a Zoom/Tascam as my first recording solution rather than a DAW.

Diane is a great contributor to posts and definitely a contributor to the Guitar Gathering conference. Delete them as you see them Diane 😉

Welcome Diane B.. now lets talk about your compensation so we have equality for all.. we don't need any issues on this site come on guys that was a joke! LOL

Hi everyone, I will be singing a couple of songs live with my guitar next Saturday at an intimate evening session organised by my singing teacher for students to build experience in performing in front of others. From previous ones I've done, I've learned that it's not good to practice unplugged and then suddenly be surprised by the sound when you're plugged into a loud P.A. on the night (one night was a complete car crash)!! As a result, I've been making an effort to practice with a mic and my acoustic guitar both plugged into my acoustic amp and with the volume turned quite high (sorry neighbours!). Anyway, a couple of evenings ago when I finished, I messed around with a song that I won't be doing on the night and haven't done before. I was pleasantly surprised and quite pleased how it turned out so I thought I'd share. So, this is sung and played live through a Loudbox acoustic amp and was just recorded on my iPhone (no editing and no post-processing). The ending needs some work though. For anyone out there that is looking to venture out of the bedroom and try performing in front of others, i.e. at open mic, I'd thoroughly recommend that your practice includes simulation of what might happen on the night (e.g. you can't hear yourself properly through the monitors, or the P.A. sounds incredibly loud and bassy, or somebody drops a glass... all of these things can really put you off). Ian

I use my voice recorder app on my phone, not video. I put it on my music stand.