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Hi everyone,

I've been having singing lessons for the past few years at a superb local singing school. They put on a Summer Show last weekend at a great venue to an audience of 200 people to showcase their students, kids singing groups and pop choirs (which I've also joined). Here is their video of me performing my own arrangement of I Can See Clearly Now, along with a backing track that I recorded myself and superb backing vocals from my teacher and her colleague. Neither the vocals nor guitar are particularly virtuosic, I deliberately wanted something simple so that I could focus on overcoming incredible stage fright nerves that have previously crippled my performances in front of other people. It's far from perfect, and I really need to work on those facial expressions, but I did it!

When my LMG package was delivered 10 years ago and I couldn't play or sing a note, I could never ever have imagined doing this. I can honestly say that without Steve starting me on my journey and the incredible support and encouragement from this community this would never have happened.

Ian

 

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Proud of you Ian , That was great hope you have a lot more successes. Really Nice . Thanks foe sharing. Blue Dog 

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Brilliant, Ian!

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this is what it's all about.. to stand up and be heard.

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Wow Ian that is absolutely brilliant. I enjoyed that. Well done! You don't look or sound nervous to me. You have every reason to be proud of all the work you have done to get to this stage. An excellent performance. ???????????

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Great Job 

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My wife is taking singing lessons and it really helps with her playing the accordion. I am sure it has affected your playing as well, for the better.

 

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@Don I’m not sure if it has directly, but it’s definitely improved my confidence to just get out there and give it a go. I play and sing a lot now, mostly at home still, but I do tend to choose songs that are simple to play along with my singing. I have to keep forcing myself to stop singing and focus on improving the guitar technique. I’m determined to keep progressing, even if slowly, rather than settle.

 

ian

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Good Go!!!

 

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Fantastic Ian, you are an inspiration to us all.

Henk

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Awesome man. Sorry I missed your posting of this on Wednesday. I wish you could have seen the smile on my face as I watched you perform in the video. I thought your stage charisma was great and if there were errors in anything, I didn't see them. Very, very impressive. My only regret.... I wasn't there to give you a standing ovation. A star is born!? Encore! Encore! ?

Greg

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Wow, Ian, that was terrific! I especially loved the bridge and the finish. Bravo! ?

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That's great, Ian. Well done.

Wim.

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BRAVO IAN!

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Bravo!  ?  

You did a fantastic job. I watched with a huge smile on my face. 

Thank you for sharing. 

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Well done Ian!

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