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Greetings friends; Another happy co-incidence... I happened to be working on a tune who's best known recording is by The Beatles! My rendition of "Till There Was You" Till There Was You, sung by Paul McCartney on the With The Beatles album, was written by Meredith Willson for 1957 musical The Music Man. It also appeared in the 1962 film of the same name. McCartney, however, heard the song through Peggy Lee's 1958 version. I always loved this song, first hearing it when I was a kid back in 1963, on my transistor radio! I played both the Rhythm and Melody tracks recorded directly to my DAW (Reaper 6.0, basically clean, very little effects) using my Godin 5th Ave Kingpin archtop (p90). I hope you enjoy listening 🙂 It was fun (and challenging) to do. https://soundcloud.com/neiles335/till-there-was-you

What a coincidence. Yesterday I recorded this Beatles song from the L&M Fingerstyle course that I had been working on for some weeks. I heard McCartney say in an interview that they wanted to sound like Bach in this one 😀. Wim.

@NeilES335 I have The Beatles Anthology and 'Til There Was You is one of my favorites.

@NeilES335 That is wonderful! A beautiful jazz tone on the harmony and a crystal clear melody. Your recording ability has come a long way quickly! Ian

My wife and I made a quick trip to Nashville on Friday to attend the Instruments of Joy benefit concert. We didn't have much time, but did visit the new Artisan Guitars shop, played a few guitars at Carter's Vintage Guitars, and visited a bit with Greg Voros at Gruhn's. Along the way, we met up with Collin Hill and family, enjoyed a great dinner, and then took in the concert which featured Phil Keaggy, Audrey Assad, and Buddy Greene. There was a nice meet and greet with the artists prior to the concert as well as a silent auction with tons of sports, musical and other Nashville-related items. Overall, the concert and silent auction raised over $20,000 for Instruments of Joy. Thirty hours after we set out, we were back home - wish we could have spent more time. One more note: East of Nashville, we saw a little of the devastation caused by the tornado last week. The photos I have seen online and in the media don't begin to describe the damage. Photos below: Inside Carter's, a line-up of McPherson's at Gruhn's, and Phil playing 'Here Comes the Sun' during the concert.

Thanks for listening and for your kind words, @Simira, @gotto, @NeilES335, @Nutty 1, @pkotof, @Popeye, @WATSON43. While searching for the suitable bird sound, I now learned the difference between the sound of a red-winged and a regular blackbird 🎵. Learning all I can 😎. Wim.