AVOYP Community: Summer camp 2026

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WELCOME TO THE FIRST COMMUNITY AVOYP : SUMMER CAMP !

What is it ?

The goal is just to spend a good time together by playing songs, which share the same theme, and to share our AVOYPs ( videos )in this topic , as if we were playing around a fire camp :smiley:

the 2026 theme is : SUMMER

All songs shared in this topic should be related to this theme !

The topic will run from the first of July to the end of August ! ( 01/07 - 31/08 )

You can share any type of songs , traditional songs from your countries , pop , rock , metal , etc , as long as it is in the theme
You can play on an electric , an acoustic , a uke , ā€¦ anything !
Even kidā€™s songs are allowed

Dont be shy if youā€™re a beginner, all levels are welcome !!!

Dont know any songs ?
You can find some nice songs to learn here : https://www.justinguitar.com/songs?genres=14

You can also find some nice songs to learn on the JG app

here are some songs ideas you can find on the website

here comes the sun

ainā€™t no sunshine

surfinā€™ USA

watermelon sugar

house of the rising sun

Summer of 69

Summertime Blues

you can of course play something you ve learned somewhere else :smiley:

Someone else has already posted a video with the song you wanted to play ?
No problem !
Share your own video too because everybody plays differently !

No AI, pleaseā€¦just brimg your guitarā€¦

IT S TIME TO GATHER AROUND THE FIRE !

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My song is : On the beach by Chris Rea

It was very hard to record this video because of the heatwave we have in France
My hands were full of sweat and they were sticking too much on the neck
I really wonder how professionals can play under the heat of many spotlights :open_mouth:

It could have been better but itā€™s the best I could with 3 months of practice and what really matters here is to participate !

I learned the song with my guitar teacher and used the original song from 86 as a backing track
In the original song from 86 , there was no lead guitar
The lead guitar appeared in 1988 when Rea re-recorded ā€œOn the Beachā€ for his album New Light Through Old Windows

So I kind of created my own thing :slight_smile:

The backing track is not loud enough but I honestly couldnt re record it in the heat
Its better than nothing , at first I thought Iā€™d never be able to post a video :sweat_smile:

Whoā€™s next ? :smiley:

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Thanks for the great community jam event! You kicked things off with a wonderful song and played it beautifully!

Okay, that gives me courage, so here is my summer wine.

Wishing all JG guitar friends a wonderful summer

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Great idea for a thread, and well done with your song. Youā€™ve really got that palm muting down pat.

I can relate to the heat issues, weā€™ve been broiling in Barcelona as well, and it has definitely made me cut back on my playing time.

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I hadnā€™t thought of posting this one, but it fits right in with the theme, so here goesā€¦ This one is an original - my ode to the beautiful summer days (and nights) in Seattle (my home town).

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Thatā€™s great Deborah. Thatā€™s one of my favourite Chris Rea songs and one of my favourite artists from North east England (my birthplace). I guess that wasnā€™t easy to learn. Well done.

I hope you are surviving the heat. In Lausanne, we have a cooler day today and then temps are set to go back up to 34C until the end of the next week. My office is now 38C+ in the morning when I get to work - no AC.

Great thread Deborah and I look forward to the next posts. Just hoping my wrist injury is going to improve so that I can post mine.

p.s. I couldnā€™t get your video to play in the page. I had to go to YouTube to see/listen. Donā€™t know why. The two others currently in this thread worked fine.

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Good performance. Itā€™s one of my favourite summer songs.
BTW - I tried to learn to play the harmonica, and I found it EXTREMELY difficultā€¦ :slight_smile:

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Dzięki ci Jacku,
thanks for the kind words. So Iā€™m trying to learn harp too, and I find the harp is, as they say, easy to learn but extremely hard to master.
Pzdr Witek

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This one has been sitting on the shelf for some time; actually when the temps were in the low teens F. Now itā€™s 100+ in my part of the woods. I see too where the UK is experiencing some unheard of temps . Try to stay cool!!
I originally made the backing track just to practice improvising to. Last night I saw @GrumpyMac had a post in the HUB about summertime songs but couldnā€™t find a thread here, so thought Iā€™d go ahead and post this to maybe get it started.

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Oh soo cool Dave, really enjoyed that classic. Lovely guitar tone. :guitar: :sign_of_the_horns: @oldhead49

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Really enjoyed that! I like your vocals, very understated. Brings to mind JJ Cale. @oldhead49

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That was terrific, well done! Shame you ran out of tape though. @oldhead49

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That was very enjoyable! Great rhythm, playing and singing! :slight_smile: @oldhead49

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Wonderful version of a Classic tune, Dave!
Your touch is light & your tone is spot-on! I also liked the mixā€¦ balanced very well between the backing track, guitar & vocals!!! I can imagine hearing that on my favorite Jazz station on the radio - between Brubeckā€™s ā€œTake Fiveā€ & JoĆ£o Gilberto along with Astrid Gilberto & Stan Getz playing ā€œThe Girl from Impanemaā€! :musical_notes:

Thanks for sharing ā€œSummertimeā€, Iā€™m listening again as I type this!!! Lovely song!!!

Tod @oldhead49

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was really enjoying your playing, and then you sang - took it to a new level! Makes this 35+C Summertime day bearable ā€¦ thanks @oldhead49

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I ve finally been able to listen to the song

Very impressive :open_mouth:
awesome playing and singing !!! @oldhead49

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Very tasty cover, sir. Vocals and playing are on point. Nailed it! :slight_smile: @oldhead49

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A wonderful cover version, beautifully played and sung. @oldhead49

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That was great. Thanks for posting. You make both singing and guitar playing look effortless (which as we all know, it isnā€™t). @oldhead49

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Wow, what an amazing performance, brilliantly played and even better sung!

I would like to be able to sing, but the sounds I make are absolutely unsuitable for publicationā€¦ :slight_smile: @oldhead49

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A wonderful cover version, beautifully played and sung.