I haven’t been able to practice much in the past week or two, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to get a bunch done this week and into next week. I haven’t learned any new songs lately, but I’m going to try and learn 2 songs by this time next week. Those two songs are: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol and Hostage by Billie Eilish. Besides that, I’ve got Wish You Were Gay by Billie Eilish completed and I’m working on perfecting the intro to Come As You Are by Nirvana.
Over the weekend, my Dad gave me some equipment to help with my guitar journey. He gave me a case for my electric, an amp and a new chord, and a capo. I tested out the amp and it seems to be working pretty well! I’m gonna mess around with some of the settings sometime this week to see how it affects the sound, if anything. Another thing I need to get on top of is deciding what I’m going to do for my final project/presentation. I’m leaning towards making a general slideshow with a brief description of my project along with a short performance of some of the stuff I’ve learned over the past couple of weeks. I’ll either film myself doing these performances or I’ll play directly in front of the class, but I’m learning towards the recording. And just so you know, no.. I won’t be singing! If anything, I’ll put the song’s voice-over over the video or I’ll play it in the background (if I perform in class). I’ll also bring in my electric guitar to show it off and I might even bring in my Dad’s acoustic that he is letting me borrow for this project (maybe I can convince him to let me keep it ;)). Also, a big shout out goes to Mr. Barker for being a mentor and a big help in my guitar journey! He’s helped me start to learn and understand music theory and he has also helped me with Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. I’m thinking about bringing in my electric guitar next week so I can practice and maybe even get some additional help :). Just like I’ve put for the past couple of weeks, leave me some song recommendations down in the comments! I’ll try to get to them and if I do, I’ll be sure to give you credits for the inspiration :).
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Kaylee Lynch
11/22/2022 09:34:46 am
Sounds like you are making good progress! Keep going and working hard!
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dawn c
11/22/2022 11:51:44 am
i love this !! it's really cool and I bet it's fun.you got this girl !!
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