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    SNL's Cool Guitarist, Maddie Rice

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    THANKS @DianeB and @Nancy Lawing for bringing guitarist Maddie Rice to my attention, I made a concerted effort to find her in the band that I otherwise would have missed without this string. She has been in 2 SNL shows that I've seen since I read this. As Nancy pointed out you could see she has the fingers for it and I hope they will bring her out front more to feature some of her playing. Kinda like they did with GE Smith occasionally.

    Have a great week, stay well.

    Gene C

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    Trying Something New

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    Sounds good Gary, I have tried other instruments too and it is FUN, capital F U N. You have good taste in musical instruments and I think you'll do just fine with the new sounds. Keep up the good work, take care, you and yours have a very Merry Christmas. 

    Gene C

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    James Taylor lesson

    in Weekly Live Lessons & Guitar Workouts

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    Hey Diane, Hope you are having a great start to the week. I wanted to let you know I followed your link in the above message. I watched the video with Pete Huttlinger and found it VERY informative and inspirational. He was so talented, I am sorry he passed much too soon. 

    His website has a lot of good resources. I appreciate the home splash page quote "Don't just live, live well". I think it's a good thing to aspire to. Thanks for getting me to the video, Gene C

     

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    Wipe Out

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    I bought this DOT Sufaris album from my neighbor for a dollar early 1967, loved it and I played it over and over in our basement. The first time I remember hearing the song was at a hamburger restaurant, either a Top-Hat or White Castle. The Jukebox  was connected to the ceiling mounted speakers and as a 6th grader I thought that getting the sound from so many directions was REALLY cool.

    I downloaded the musicnotes sheet music, THANKS @Triple-o for bringing this our attention !

    Have Happy and prosperous New Year,

    Gene C 

    Page Turn Recommendations?

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    Gary, Thanks for the text -  very much appreciated. Thankfully the flooding SE of here did not effect our immediate area.

    How are you getting along with the AirTurn Duo500 ? A step in that direction for me, I took an I Pad class last week after getting it's battery charged.

    The hard copy of Sept/Oct (AG336) Acoustic magazine arrived a couple days ago with the Neil Young song "Harvest Moon". See pages 48-49, a Reader's Pick...

    Best guitar wishes,

    Gene C, London KY

     

    What path should i take in my guitar journey/formation?

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted

    guitarfeelsuccess Good luck in your guitar learning journey, practice daily and enjoy the music.

    Thanks Diane B - Thanks Nancy L, I have seen and used some of Justin's instruction but haven't heard of the others mentioned in the first paragraph. I will have to give them a look-see now that I'm curious.

    I too remain committed to learning from Steve and not "wavered from his instruction". Steve is a great teacher and guitarist. I take and use Steve 's words of advise in the link Diane has provided seriously. It's certainly has been a good way for me to learn on my guitar journey.

     

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    What path should i take in my guitar journey/formation?

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

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    You've come to the right place, welcome to the Guitar Gathering. I hope you can tune into the Tuesday night Live lessons or just watch one of them on the YouTube channel previously recorded. They are VERY informational and one can find lots of useful nuggets to put into your "toolkit" of musical knowledge. Be patient with yourself while building guitar skills, I would recommend setting some specific goals to give your guitar journey some road markers. 

    Gene C

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    Page Turn Recommendations?

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    Gary, I really need to shift my paradigm and get this technology into my routine. Honestly I have  put it off until the paperwork nears knee deep status. Maybe a future LIVE LESSON on the software and associated Gizmos that make up the system would be a good suggestion to present to Steve. Kind of like he did for the pedal board discussions. 

    Another good resource would be to touch base with Diane  and get her ideas. She may be a fan of all things I-Pad.

    I heard the T-322E enjoys travel in the Fall, 

    Lots of success to you on this, I'll continue to follow this so I can fast track my learning curve.

    Gene C

     

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    Page Turn Recommendations?

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    Hello Gary, Hope you are doing well and continuing-full-steam-ahead with your Guitar Learning. Seems the Gathering didn't work out for Doris and I this year mostly due to the timing of everything else that was going on. I may go the Fall Retreat, have you ever been to one? It's almost in your back yard (LOL).

    On to the "PAGE TURN QUESTION" I have in my notes that Steve discussed the software he uses and accommodates (I would assume) the Pageturners. i may be wrong, I don't use my PDFs this way. See the Live Lesson Videos below where Steve mentions them. or just send him an email and request an update on the matter. 

    24March2021 - 24May2021 - and 29June2021 to see Live Lesson references to:

    FINALE - Comprehensive with a Learning Curve

    SIBELIUS/AVID - Music Notation Software

    museScore - Had a 70% off Sale in March 2021

    FORESCORE - For Sheet music, "Got Guitar Questions" 29Jun2021 Live Lesson

    Hope this Helps,

    Happy 4th of JULY, be safe and have fun.

    Gene and Doris

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    Fingering the Dm7 chord

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted

    Dear Session 6, I had the same Dm7 situation and after a month or two that "mini-Bar" with the 1 and finally the 2 on the "A" came around. It was easier to use my ring finger at first but I would encourage you to take Steve's guidance and get the muscle memory built on the suggested fingerings. Grab what you can and get comfortable with the strumming rhythms, lots to learn there in pages 37-42. 

    It's good to have alternate fingerings for a chord but don't get in a hurry to move on with this one because when you get to working on the F chord on page 44 - ALL your fingers get busy.

    It feels good when you can land a chord SPOT ON and do it consistently. Steve's instruction and advice can help you get where you want to be and there are no short cuts that substitute for regular practice. 

    All of this is just my opinion on the matter and I hope you continue to be encouraged on your guitar learning journey. You will find many on this site to be knowledgeable and helpful.

    Gene C

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    NGD - Gibson ES335

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    @Fretless I hope you and yours are doing well as we approach the winter months and Christmas Season. Good time to practice if you can manage to keep your Acoustic from getting too dry from the lack of indoor humidity. There is so much to learn and the results are very rewarding when it all comes together. I was happy to hear that @Gary Nelson bought a ES-335 and he now got it cranked up. He had mentioned he was working on the Pentonic lessons from the Learn and Master Series just before the 2021 Gathering. My guess is he will reap the benefits of that study very soon when what he learned goes over to the ES-335. There are many videos on the guitargathering site you can learn from but Jazz keeps coming up in nearly everything lately so I thought I would concentrate on it for a while. The instructional video from the Fretboard Workout lesson covers about 35 chords up and down the neck that are frequently used in Jazz. Very informative stuff and a lot of it builds on what you probably already know.  Good Luck on all your studies, tune in on the Live Lessons Tuesday evening- they're great.

    I really just wanted to say Hello from Kentucky and not end up doing an info-mercial, LOL

    Best Regards, Gene C

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    NGD - Gibson ES335

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    @Gary Nelson Glad to to hear you got it where you want it, Greg Voros has posted info on this site too if you want to look it up. He discussed humidity and truss rods in a thread 3-4 years ago. I need to have Greg look at a couple of my guitars during the 2022 Gathering. I am hopeful we ALL can get together without too much Covid concerns next year. I would like to try out the fall retreat, that seems to be a motivator me at this time. For my guitar learning I have been watching and working on the Fretboard Workout for JAZZ Chords. Now that I am retired it seems to soak in better and make sense, especially  after seeing the Arpeggio live lessons of late. Steve is really providing a lot of good useful material and I enjoy learning from him. Enjoy your new guitar, she's a beauty.

    Definitely the rainy season here in KY too, it's knocking all the leaves off now so it's more yard work.(after I practice)

    Later, Gene

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