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And who am I to judge what is a good home?😉 Are you at that point in your learning you're ready to start playing some songs? Maybe at about Session 6 or 7 or higher? The Hal Leonard Guitar Method "Easy Pop Melodies" series has been mentioned on here, and over at our previous digs, many times as a great way to start playing songs and keep the learning fun. If you go to the Amazon link and then look at the Table of Contents you will get a list of songs for each one of the three: Easy Pop Melodies More Easy Pop Melodies Even More Easy Pop Melodies These have been untouched by human hands. I bought them, fully intended to study and learn them, and they went in my pile of materials "I'm going to learn". And never picked them up again. Fortunately, I suppose, I've progressed enough that I'm a little advanced for these now. If you want these, they are yours. There are only 2 conditions: 1. You put them to better use than I did. That you actually use them. 2. They don't go to the land fill. When you are through with them you, in turn, pass them forward. If you feel so inclined, when you receive them, you can look at the postage amount and my return address and send me postage. Totally optional. I don't know how to do this other than FCFS. If you are the first to send me a pm requesting them, they are yours.

Are you getting a lot of playing in? What are you working on? Have you chosen this time to get into something new? How are you spending this time? These are strange days, I know they have been personally quite stressful and anxious for me - it's been difficult for me to want to go pick up the guitar at times. But it is a great mindfulness activity, and it does allow us a way to escape for a time and continue to learn and grow. Just wanted to say hello and that I hope all of the friends here are finding time in our lives for guitar.

Hey everyone, I hope that everyone is doing ok and not having any coronavirus health problems. I lost my job and I pray that next September we will get funding to start again. It was the BEST teaching job I ever had and it took me so long to get it! I am an ESL teacher for adults. Anyway I did a video using my Taylor Gs Mini and a few iPad apps. I hope you like it. I'm not really good at improvising on the guitar but Steve's triads workshop helped fuel my creativity and I am pretty happy with the way it came out. It got featured on a blog which is very cool. I hope you like it Maria https://discchord.com/appnews/2020/03/20/maria-calfa-depaul-taylor-gs-mini-in-aum-on-ipad-improv

Thank you guys for listening and your kind words and good wishes! they mean a lot! Be well, Be safe Maria

Nicely done! Great tone on that!

@matonanjin Generous offer Ron. You may have something here... Perhaps we could start a "Resources Sharing Library" . Somthing like this; A Member posts their unused/seldom used/ unwanted guitar or song instruction for donation. The recipient pays the postage; far less than the cost of the courses or books/cd's. They receive a resouce to study that perhaps they could not afford or were unsure of. The resource doesnt gather dust and donor helps a fellow student on their guitar journey. What do you folks think? Neil

Nicely done Maria. I hope you will get rehired soon. Stay healthy!

Very nice and relaxing Maria 🙂 Thought I was listening the "The Spa" channel on cable tv. N

Neat. Wish I was out on a lake right now. Sorry for the job loss, been there/done that years ago. Also, I"m a GS Mini "convert," back in 2016. Best Wishes.

I work overnight in a grocery store, so not much change in my life so far other than almost being run over by frantic shoppers when we open. Quarantine is a great idea but among the peeps: "We want food." So it goes. Going along through session 5 I thought what the heck: I learned the chords in sessions 5-8 months ago. Why not just practice across those sessions to gain clarity and speed? So that's what I'm doing. Yesterday I got unexpected insight into how to hold my--relaxed--hand during the 5th string barre chord majors practice. I found that I can even play a G with my three fingers as long as I angle my hand so my finger nails are aligned parallel with the strings, rather than trying to edge my fingers in. It seems to be an act of faith that keeps getting better. I had messed up one chord and saw that my three fingers somehow were bunched up on two strings for an F or G on the 5th string, so I thought, Three will be easier. Yep. How fun! Another thing is that I am quite interested in the Jarod James Nichols Blackstar amp/cab and Epiphone guitar. I watched JJN play and his rationale. He is quite skilled at doing a LOT with a little bit equipment-wise. I started doing about half or a bit more of my practicing fingerstyle. I need to revisit the fingerstyle dvd now. I really love it and it feels natural to me. I first tried fingerstyle with the octave jump exercise expanded to include sharps and flats from session 4 and I just keep exploring. I won't abandon the pick though. I like that too. Rock On!

I'm getting less, not even my car practice. The company I work for supplies computers to the large banks in Canada, the banks requested literally thousands of computers setup from us. I'm working 12 hr days 5 days a week and 8hr weekends. Trucks are not inspected for produce, medical supplies or TVs or computers. As long as the trucks for of computers allowed on the roads , I'm at the office working along with my staff and the warehouse staff , But let's see who posts here and in the recording challenge.