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9 hours ago, sleepingangel said:

Okay in all the years I've been here (Aug 2011) I don't think I've ever done this challenge. So this is NEW for me. I used an Older guitar and I haven't really been playing too much guitar due to arthritis so playing guitar feels new to me. Also I decided to do something a  little different and I only used the open D chord for the backing picking part and then only the 5th and 7th fret for the "lead" if you will. I plugged my older Godin 2013 into Logic Pro X and hit record.I used the Godin nylon for 3 tracks!  I also used for one track a "new" Baritone Ukulele. 

I call it Repentance on a D chord because today's Mass was in honor of my mom Angelica who will be gone 3 years on Valentine's Day and my dad had a mass today (and for the next year or so every month) and the homily was about repentance and of course it's all on the D chord...

Thanks for the challenge and thanks for listening~~

 

Maria

 

https://soundcloud.com/mariacalfa-depaul/repentence-on-a-d-chord-guitar

Very pretty Maria, well done. A very fitting piece. Mark

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On 18/01/2018 at 5:22 PM, WATSON43 said:

Hi UncleHammy.  I've been listening to Tuesday night Live Lessons for years, but I only recently joined the forum.  Here's my entry -- an old favorite from the Beatles "Revolver" album.  I recorded it using Presonus Studio One.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.    

https://soundcloud.com/user-198649149/kg-and-your-bird-can-sing-3-2-17-key-of-c-with-drums    

Hi Watson43, welcome and thanks for posting. What a very professional production great job. Looking forward to hearing more. ?? Mark.

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On 18/01/2018 at 10:05 AM, IanD said:

Here's a bonus one. Not sure it fits the theme, but I was playing around with 'Songbird' last night (mainly as vocal practice). This is a single, live take that I recorded on a little Zoom recorder then imported into Logic just to add a little reverb and compression and then lift the level.

Regarding the guitar, I was talking in the chat room the other night; I'm fairly comfortable with fingerstyle now where I just set my right hand going on auto-pilot whilst playing simple chords. I have reached a psychological roadblock though about adding in melody notes (my coordination just falls apart). The instrumental middle on this (and the intro) would be much more interesting with some melody notes, hammer-ons etc. Going to make it a resolution to crack that this year!

Ian

 

Great job Ian! Excellent recording, that guitar has a great bass. ?? Mark

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5 hours ago, IanD said:

Here is my contribution for this month.

I bought a Udemy course 'Audio + Music Production in Logic Pro X' in the Black Friday sale and have been slowly working through it. I have to say that it's brilliant, I'm having lot's of 'so that's what that function is for' and 'so that's how you do it' moments. I thoroughly recommend the course if you have Logic Pro X. 

Anyway, this month I decided to submit a multi-track effort to practice and apply some of what I've learned (before I forget it all).

Ian

 

It sounds like that was great buy Ian. Very professional production. ?????????

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21 hours ago, Nutty1 said:

Here is my offering. I fancied having a go at 12 Bar Blues. It is daft and not all that good but I had heaps of fun doing it and I learnt a lot.? As Country Lou Watson once said "The Blues Is a Good Woman Feeling Bad" Well, this is a bad singer and guitar player feeling good, thanks to this new forum!

https://soundcloud.com/user-581560130/cheesy-blues

By the way, the warning notice you will see is only a photograph of a message I was getting, it is not a warning about soundcloud or the link above.

So cool Mandy, well done. ?? you’re doing really well. ?????? Mark

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34 minutes ago, Maybellene said:

Beautiful ?. Thank you for posting. 

Thanks Maybellene, it’s always a pleasure to share. Mark 

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44 minutes ago, Texaspackerfan said:

Well done Mark!

  I'm gonna try to post one if i can squeeze it in between practicing songs for our gigs.

Danny

Thanks Danny, looking forward to hearing your post. Mark

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5 hours ago, JayKayWright said:

Nicely done Mark...  Really like the slide followed by the hammer on / offs starting at about 27 seconds.  Now off to try to duplicate that sound.  Great Job!!

Thanks Jaykay, this piece is one of a few that are relatively simple in their construction but near impossible to play perfectly. I use it as a guide as to how my playing is improving.(or not!) the way I play the section you are referring to is not perfect and I doubt it ever will be. So just take it slow and let it build speed naturally, starting the phrase on the correct  finger is the key to keeping it smooth. (I think, I’ll let you know for sure if I ever get it right. :-). Mark

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16 hours ago, Nutty1 said:

Absolutely superb Mark. I am so very glad that you have migrated over to here as you are a real inspiration for me. Thank you for sharing your lovely work!

Thanks Mandy, it’s so good to see you here too. Looking forward to hearing a song from you soon. ???

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17 hours ago, Mike Hoodenpyle said:

Beautiful, Mark. Great playing and great tone.

Thanks so much Mike. ??

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1 hour ago, AcousticM said:

Beautiful song Mark!  Well done. 

Congratulations on being the very first to post a song on the new forum! 

Also nice to see is that we now can listen to Soundcloud within the post instead of having to go to Soundcloud itself. 

 

 

Thanks AcousticM. Its an honor. You’re so right about the in browser playing, my heart always sank when the page moved away to another site. Hopefully it will inspire more people to listen  and post. Mark

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1 hour ago, UncleHammy said:

Beautiful as always Mark. 

I am certainly glad you made the jump to the new forum, it is always great to hear what you have to play for the recording challenges.

 

Thank you, it’s great to feel welcome. So glad to hear your  wife is on the mend. Mark 

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2 hours ago, IanD said:

Beautiful Mark!

It's great to see so many people migrating across from the old forum, even if some of us have changed our names 

Ian (formerly isdavies)

Thanks Ian. Yes, it’s starting to feel familiar-ish! ?

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Here is a piece to get the ball rolling. It’s by Tarrega and it is called Adalita. It is a constant work in progress for me, and a fall back piece if I’m running out of ideas at a wedding. I hope you enjoy it. 

 

 

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Happy New Year to you all and happy new home to the forum. Mark (I can’t remember what my name was on the other site. ? getting old is so humiliating. )