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  1. Ian- Great job. Since I was at the gathering and watched your performance live and then watching this video. You have made some great strides and improved tremendously. I too noticed the confidence as you progressed through the song. Your voice became stronger, stayed in pitch and in tempo. Great job Ian. Keep up the good work. So good to see you progress and not let the bumps in the road pull you back. I experienced the same nerves and trouble singing, playing and staying in tempo and loosing my place in the song while playing at the Gathering in one of the group classes. These were songs I had played hundreds of times and the only difference was, I had always played at home in the office or den and maybe my wife was the only audience. With an audience in the class, my leg started jumping, wrist started its own tempo and rhythm, and my voice found octaves i did not know I could hit. Amazing what a little pressure will do for you. I am trying to get to a place where I record myself and I have started to ask a couple people who play guitars, if they would like to practice together once a week. Trying to find a way to progress!
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  2. Just put this together. Hope you enjoy!
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  3. Well done Mandy, you're rockin' that Rod Stewart look! Ian
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  4. overall very good. using the backing track to lead in before playing was a good choice and the ladies helping in the background as well. Neil talked about sometimes not playing the same chords as the 'other musicians' (in this case your backing track) in a lot of cases that might be true. also depends on the circumstances. I play second rhythm in church. I many times (most times) I play the exact chords as the lead for the reason he plays a 12 string that's very bright and my cedar acoustic is very warm and mellow so I think I balance of the sound, besides adding sound reinforcement. as Neil says to arpeggiate it or finger pick it.. but that's at another playing level; as I found out when I directed the choir back in June. on songs I would normally finger pick.. I needed to be rock solid for the singers and the keyboard, and finger picking took too much concentration with my singing, the choir singing and the keyboardist doing her thing, you're hearing all these combined as you play.. Need someone to "bring it home" that's where 'simple' strumming and singing come in.. brings it home.
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  5. Still working on mastering pentatonics. This George Harrison style solo is a great exercise on playing the major pentatonic scale all over the neck. Thanks for listening. Wim.
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  6. Here is my go at "Have you ever seen the rain" (doing a Rod Stewart). 😁
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