Members kwakatak Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 I got the Tommy Emmanuel bug again and haven't learned one of his songs in a long time so I downloaded the tab for his song "The Mystery" and have been trying to find the groove. It's late at night and the sky's getting really angry (a t-storm is rilling through) but here I am trying to woodshed and make as little noise as possible. I've only been at it for about a day now and it's not note for note by a long stretch but I'm pretty proud of my progress so far so I had to share: http://www.box.net/shared/qznmiacjff1rrabcr3bd Sorry about the glassy tone. I plugged my Larrivee OM-03R's K&K pure western mini directly to my PC with no preamp and used a light touch (so as not to wake up the family) so I had to artificially boost the levels afterward. I also threw on some heavy reverb too - in the same way that a junk food junkie will dump sugar all over their food in order to make it palatable. Anybody else working on something but are still working out the kinks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 That's very good if you are just learning it. My hat goes off to you...I wouldn't even attempt to learn or play a Tommy E tune... I suppose I should really start working on this easy fingerstyle version of Autumn Leaves that I found. I already know the chords and the basic melody. Lately I have been concentrating on the material I need for busking which is all strumming/singing tunes. Heck I still have trouble playing a basic version of Elizabeth Cotton's Freight Train... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Loved it! That's a beautiful piece. You play like a musician! Lately I've just been working on my Book of Riffs, stealing from Monroe and Matt Flinner. I could use a good song project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members baldbloke Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 One day! That is great. It takes me a week to get the first two bars of any tune. 3 to 4 months to make it passable. I am jealous. That is fast progress. A bit less sugar though would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 One day! That is great. It takes me a week to get the first two bars of any tune. 3 to 4 months to make it passable. I am jealous. That is fast progress. . . . ^This. I don't think I could get anywhere near that good on any song in a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted June 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Thanks, guys. FWIW it's kinda stuck in my head though and now when I pick up the guitar it's the fist thing I play. That's not always a good thing though so I've been trying to mix it up with other songs that I know but don't play as much as my standard go-to songs. OGP, you should pick up that piece and dedicate the summer to it. That way when an autumn VOM rolls around you'll be ready! I'm just sayin...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 13, 2011 Members Share Posted June 13, 2011 I shared a room with kwakatak a couple weeks back in Central Ohio and he sat on the edge of his bed and peeled off about 6 T.E. instrumentals, one after the other, pretty as you please, polished up to a spit-shine. (If I wasn't such a generous and magnanimous sort, he would have pissed me off.) Oh, by the way, You're off to a great start on this one, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted June 14, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2011 Shucks, Q. FWIW I lost my place in more than half of them though. I do know a good 7 or 8 TE songs though. I didn't know you were keeping track though, and I'm sorry if I seemed like I was showing off. I wasn't really. Besides, you were noodling around pretty well too on your little Epi L-00 IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stanford&Son Posted June 14, 2011 Members Share Posted June 14, 2011 I got the Tommy Emmanuel bug again and haven't learned one of his songs in a long time so I downloaded the tab for his song "The Mystery" and have been trying to find the groove. It's late at night and the sky's getting really angry (a t-storm is rilling through) but here I am trying to woodshed and make as little noise as possible. I've only been at it for about a day now and it's not note for note by a long stretch but I'm pretty proud of my progress so far so I had to share: http://www.box.net/shared/qznmiacjff1rrabcr3bdSorry about the glassy tone. I plugged my Larrivee OM-03R's K&K pure western mini directly to my PC with no preamp and used a light touch (so as not to wake up the family) so I had to artificially boost the levels afterward. I also threw on some heavy reverb too - in the same way that a junk food junkie will dump sugar all over their food in order to make it palatable. Anybody else working on something but are still working out the kinks? Kwak, that is amazing to do that in one day, it would take me a week and it wouldn't sound that good. Great job, I can't wait to hear it when it's totally finished! Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 14, 2011 Members Share Posted June 14, 2011 Heck no, Kwak, you weren't showing off. We were just kickin' back and relaxing in the room. I was in digging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 14, 2011 Members Share Posted June 14, 2011 Sounds great, kwak! I'm sort of in awe of how good it sounds with how little time you've put in to it. You've got kids running around everywhere, a real job, and yet you still manage to get practicing in late at night. I need to look to you as an example a little more often! Thanks, guys. FWIW it's kinda stuck in my head though and now when I pick up the guitar it's the fist thing I play. I so know this feeling. Whenever i'm working on something, people think it's the only thing I know how to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted June 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 15, 2011 Wow - that's humbling to be an example to a Berklee grad who's toured two continents. Seriously? C'mon now - you don't need to woodshed, girl. You're putting the time in on the road. It's me who should be following your example - though I'd be happy getting back into just doing open mics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordchunker Posted June 15, 2011 Members Share Posted June 15, 2011 I suppose I should really start working on this easy fingerstyle version of Autumn Leaves that I found. I already know the chords and the basic melody. Lately I have been concentrating on the material I need for busking which is all strumming/singing tunes. Heck I still have trouble playing a basic version of Elizabeth Cotton's Freight Train... Autumn Leaves is a great tune. Pretty much a minor version of "How Dry I Am".. Also the same changes as Europa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 15, 2011 Members Share Posted June 15, 2011 Wow - that's humbling to be an example to a Berklee grad who's toured two continents. Seriously? C'mon now - you don't need to woodshed, girl. You're putting the time in on the road. It's me who should be following your example - though I'd be happy getting back into just doing open mics. But I don't have offspring (not to mention offspring that require some extra attention like yours) or a real job. I've had nearly 100% of my time available to music. I think what you've accomplished is pretty damn remarkable. But thanks for the kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted June 17, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Been working on this one a lot yesterday and today: http://www.box.net/shared/gtv437xdjznl85miah8f I still need to work on technique and stuff but I'm getting a better feel for the song structure and melody. I have to admit that I dressed it up a bit with some reverb and sat very close to my Zoom H2 this time. I'm still not entirely happy with it but I wanted to share my progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 18, 2011 Members Share Posted June 18, 2011 Been working on this one a lot yesterday and today: . . . . . . I still need to work on technique and stuff . . . Dunno about "technique and stuff" but it sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordchunker Posted June 18, 2011 Members Share Posted June 18, 2011 Great stuff! Fantastical sounding guitar as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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