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I have a great skill, I can totally ignore a metronome. 😎 Even if it is really loud. Those of you who have heard my GarageBand produced songs will testify to that! So when I heard that there is a metronome that you can wear and it pulses so that you can feel the beat I thought it would be worth a try! Here it is...drum roll please.....🥁.......The Soundbrenner vibrating metronome! It comes with two watch strap holders, I got a good deal on a package which included the body strap also. So now I have plenty of options to try it out. I can sync it to a DAW that has a midi clock (I use Ableton Live Lite) that way I can see if I am playing on the beat. What do I mean "if" I should say that I can see that I am not playing on the beat!🤣

😎Let's work together to write and record another song. It will be another team effort and anyone at any level is encouraged to join in.🎸 🥁Please volunteer to do the tasks below shown in black. I will try to pick up any tasks that do not get volunteered for (except the rhythm guitar unless it is a really easy and slow chord progressions because of my arthritis😁) and I will help anyone who wants to join in. 🎙 🎶One of the great things about working with others in this way is that we end up with a song that has been crafted by a pool of ideas. The production tasks:  1) Nutty 1 will Choose a tempo (bpm), time signature (eg 4/4), key (eg. C major) and a song structure (eg. intro, verse, chorus, bridge outro) with bars and chords. Key: G Time signature: 4/4 Tempo: 72 bpm Intro (4 bars) G / C / D / Em Verse 1 (8 bars) C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7 Chorus (8 bars) G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em Verse 2 (8 bars) C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7 Solo (8 bars) G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em Verse 3 (8 bars) C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7 Bridge (4 bars) D / Am/ D / Em Chorus (8 bars) G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em Outro (1 bar) G 2) Nutty 1 will Record a drum track. 3) guitarben will Record a rhythm guitar track. 4) Jusca will Record a bass guitar track.  5) gotto will Write some lyrics and choose a title for the song. 6) gotto will Record the vocals. 7) Texaspackerfan will Record a lead guitar track (solos, fills). 😎Texaspackerfan will Mix and master the song, this includes providing intermediate mixes for collaborators who want a specific mix in order to record their parts. Please note: 🎤 If you can record your track in 24 bit and at 44.1kHz, saving your track as a wave (WAV) file that would be great, if not then even an MP3 will do at the best quality you can. If you do not have any recording software (Apple products have GarageBand included free of charge) you can use Audacity, it is free to download and free to use. Audacity is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac. We have a shared online space for uploading and sharing the audio files, I will send a PM to new contributors. 🎧 P.s. If anyone wants to play rhythm guitar but is worried that the chord structure and tempo may be too difficult for them, then please reply to this thread or send me a private message and we will taylor the chord progressions so that you can play it. I wholeheartedly encourage beginners and anyone who is new to home recording. We need all experience levels in these collaborations. This is exactly how I got started, I learnt a lot from the experienced collaborators and I am still learning with every collaboration!

Hey gang, We had the live lesson with Rick Derringer last night. What an amazing guy with such Rock and Roll history. There's folks that know Rock history and then there's folks that lived it. From Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, to Eric Clapton, to Weird Al Yankovic, Rick Derringer has been in the middle of that. From the first few minutes of the live lesson I realized that my plans and script for this live lesson were going to be useless. It was one of the few live lessons that I felt pretty out of control. Rick just started talking and rarely came up for air, each story more amazing than the last. I'm sure many of you were wondering why he didn't play. (Here we had one of the greatest living guitarists, who played on countless hits, and I think he played just a handful of chords then entire broadcast.) Well, here's the deal. He recently, injured his hand, and the part of the finger that was still injured was just at the point where the finger contacts the strings. Any of you who have had an injury in just that place on your finger can relate and know exactly the razor-blade like pain on touching the strings that comes with it. I found out about it only about an hour before the show. So, we decided to make the best of it and just talk about the guitars that he was offering for sale at Gruhn's. He was a very kind man on and off camera. I'd love to have him back sometime - and get to hear him play! - Steve

Ditto Fretless. Get well soon. My life is crazy busy lately- a good thing for a retiree, yes-but i will try to help if this project launches again. Let's see if this can spark some creative genius from our forum friends here. Maybe even Mr K? 😃

I posted the 7 guitars he had for sale in the chat feed. All I can say is, tell him come back anytime

Hi Steve, you might have to rename that show "Every guitar has a story" LOL. It would be great though to get some performing and playing tips from Rick since he has probably seen it all in his lifetime. You did a good job keeping him focused and talking even if he couldn't play last night. Thanks

I would, as usual, love to be involved but I have just gone down with flu so if you need anything once my energy returns I'll help out then.

Hello @Jusca, I have not run any collaborations for a while because of the general lack of volunteers at the time. My main problem is that my arthritis is still limiting me with my chord playing etc. I am happy to advertise another collaboration and see what happens.

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

Thanks for the Vaideology review, Old Guy. Great stuff! I received the materials today. The play along: it's going to be awhile! Too advanced for now, which is great for later. The music theory book I'll begin slowly integrating with L & M. The 10 and 30 hour workouts!!! What a nut for guitar Steve Vai is. It's inspiring to see how deeply, intuitively and intellectually Steve goes in his practice. He strongly emphasizes correct playing of each note/chord along with the sound you intend to make. Thanks Steve Krentz! This is great material. Now back to those guitar miles... Phil

It's good to have you back @mark_h. I really like hearing your songs because you play with such nice tone and emotion. @Wim VD1, this is your best one yet. I must admit I never heard this song before. I can see why it was a challenge to record – it has a great groove.

Welcome back Mark, we missed you! I love hearing your recordings as they are so inspirational. We need great players like you as well the strugglers like me! 😁 What a beautiful song, thank you for sharing it with us.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I have been worried that the monthly recording challenge threads would die. We need people of all abilities to post, it is really a great learning experience. When people practice on their own they have no real idea of what it sounds like but once you start recording yourself you begin to step up your learning because it gives you specific things to work on and makes you practice that song much more which leads to improvement. This is a great forum, no one is going to tear anyone's recording to pices because we are all real guitar players and we have all either been there or would love to get there! 😁(Sorry folks, that was an encouragement rant aimed at the non posters).