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  1. Wim VD1
    That's a swinging rendition, and it sounds great on a 12-string! Wim.
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    I gave the same Brothers In Arms arrangement a go on electric guitar today. I actually like it more than the acoustic version, because of the better sustain and articulation. Wim. https://soundcloud.com/wim-van-damme-401299565/brothers-in-arms-solo-electric
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    Thanks, Joao, The tab for Yoni's arrangement is freely available at the B&G website: https://knowledge.bngguitars.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016009631-TABS-for-Dire-Straits-Brothers-in-Arms-Solo-Fingerstyle-by-Yoni-Schlesinger Wim.
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    Wow Greg, that's the nicest compliment to get. Thank you. Nowadays more than ever, with so much ugliness and harshness in the world around, I seek for beauty and emotion in music. I am glad to be able to share it on this platform here. Wim.
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    Thank you, @Simira. Some great covers and arrangements from Yoni Schlesinger can be found on YouTube, Brothers In Arms being my favourite. I need to study his percussive slapping technique. He adds this snaredrum sound to his fingerstyle playing, that makes it even more interesting. Wim.
  6. Wim VD1
    Thanks, @Nutty 1 and @Fretless.
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    Nice Travis picking, I like that style. Thanks for sharing, Wim.
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    I wanted to learn a solo arrangement of Brothers In Arms ever since I heard this song covered by Yoni Schlesinger in a promotion video for B&G Guitars. I hesitated to record it on acoustic or on electric guitar, but finally decided for acoustic. It's a great song to learn, with many nice licks and a beautiful chord progression. Wim. https://soundcloud.com/wim-van-damme-401299565/brothers-in-arms-solo-acoustic
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    @Nutty 1 Very nice, Mandy. It's great to see you playing fingerstyle! i agree with what our other guitar friends are writing here, your progress is remarkable. Wim.
  10. Wim VD1
    Thanks, Greg. Of all the courses I have done so far, I like the LMG Fingerstyle course the most. Wim.
  11. Wim VD1
    Perfect timing. I am right now in session 7 "Jazz" of the fingerstyle course, so that fits perfectly with the challenge of the month 😀. This is a walking bass style arrangement of the jazz standard Autumn Leaves. Wim.
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    Good playing, @Skip Russell. You jazz cats are being spoiled by Steve with a new Jazz Standards course! Enjoy it. Wim.
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    What a nice Jazz trio, @Fretless. Like @Eracer_Team-DougH said, it's great that you can enjoy making music together. Well played, Wim.
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    That is great fingerpicking, Mike. Your sound is very clean. Could you tell me what strings you are using? Wim.
  15. Wim VD1
    @gotto Greg, having your granddaughter singing along makes this special indeed 👍. I truly enjoyed the result of your family collaboration. Wim.
  16. Wim VD1
    Happy birthday to you, @Steve Krenz. Thank you for all that you do for us guitar players. Wim.
  17. Wim VD1
    That sounds great, @Slaphappy,
  18. Wim VD1
    I'm sad to hear that Peter Green died today aged 73. Back in the old days, he played the blues with so much soul. He did not play too many notes, but he played the right ones with great feeling. I dived a bit deeper in his songs and style when learning to play Albatross 2 years ago. A little tribute to Peter Green 🎸😪 Wim.
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    Good work on a difficult lick. Wim.
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    My amp is an old solid state, so I always record electric directly plugged into a DAW. I am quite familiar with Garage Band, and now I am exploring Reaper. Wim.
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    Skip, good job on a song full of nice color tones. Well done. Wim.
  22. Wim VD1
    Thanks, Mandy and Neil. @NeilES335, the string noise is indeed still an issue when recording my acoustic. It is a bit better with the new microphone. I have Elexir Polyweb strings on now and will try out Martin SP when I change strings again. In this song, there were some slides of full chords, making it hard to avoid squeaks. Wim.
  23. Wim VD1
    Hi Neil, Indeed, your Gibson ES-137 is a great instrument with beautiful Jazz tone, so that will do the job without much processing. I want to get a good Jazz tone out of my solid body PRS S2, so I will play around with the guitar settings and eventually some plug-ins to get closer. I have just started session 7 (Fingerstyle Jazz) of the fingerstyle course, and look forward to learn the song "Back home in Indiana". Wim.
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    Hi Neil, I checked out the video series from Kenny Goia "recording your band" and those gave me most of the info I needed to record my first tune in Reaper. Thanks for your earlier advice to use Reaper instead of Pro Tools First. I think learning from your experience saved me a lot of frustration and time. Do you get your nice jazz tone on your latest recordings from using standard Reaper plug-ins? Wim.
  25. Wim VD1
    Ron, I will spend some more time tonight learning the ins and outs of Reaper.

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