Yikes! Iāve been a bit remiss in responding to all the lovely comments- (I blame the visiting in-laws
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Actually not. They are very āintelligentā little boxes (and not that cheap), but work on whatever level you play. If you are able to play four simple down-strums and tap your foot at the same time, thatās enough to create a loop that will give you drum and base backing to practice over. If you can play a couple of bars with chord changes, that allows you to create whole song backing tracks. Theyāre a lot of fun and good for getting you to play in time as well as learning song structure.
@liaty Cheers, Dave 
I hope to check in and see how folks are doing. Otherwise Iāll check it out when it goes up online.
@TheMadman_tobyjenner The forum/OM ārockā in more ways than one:
Hog-revvinā, tractor-pullinā, beer-swillinā axe-man. Look forward to catching your set 
@sairfingers Cheers, mate
Your vote of confidence more than any amount of dooze points1 
I never did see Mrs. Spain. I suppose I could check it out online, but I received an invitation from someone called Sophie yesterday who wants to be my friend and seems well fit 
@batwoman ah, Maggie, always looking for whatās underneath the surfaceā¦
Careful there, luvvie

@DavidP Whow, David, very generous indeed 
I guess weāre of similar (fine) vintage and not too far apart on our guitar journey.
Glad you enjoyed (again!)
Cheers, Rogier. When I started recording, I used to just try and play and sing the song as well as I could. My Danish guitar-playing cousin used to tell me to sing with more emotion, which I didnāt really find helpful. I think it was @LievenDV in one of his posts who mentioned that itās a good idea to really exaggerate whilst performing. I suppose itās a bit like actors wearing a ton of makeup while on stage or filming.
And yes, Iād like to read your long list of ideas⦠Not that I think any of them would be practical, but I do enjoy a good laugh 
Finally, I am going to ask a silly question:
what is bis bis bis?
Youāve mentioned it a number of times and the Google-oracle is unable to help me. So far Iāve been reading it as āhe he heā
@jkahn Thank you so much. Itās good fun to try and write your own stuff. Once you get over the misconception that it shouldnāt be ābadā, you can have a ball 
@SgtColon Cheers mate 
I guess life is as simple or complicated as we choose to see it.
I wear my rose-tinted spectacles most days 
@robert.c.1984 Cheers Robert, and how nice to see you back in action. Loved your jazz number the other day. The most individual style in the community in my book (and thatās great!)
Please accept this as a lazy comment on your thread 