Hello Winni, and congrats on your first recording 
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That was really nice playing 
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And yes, making more mistakes than ever once the recording has started, is an experience we’ve all gone through - and still do 
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Keep on the great work - and don’t forget to have fun 
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@prbushe @roger_holland @NicoleKKB
Thank you so much! That really makes this day better 
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Congrats on your first post @Siehtscheh .
Definitely recognisable which is a good start. You might want to look at how you’ve recorded it as it was distorting quite a lot or the guitar tone wasn’t very clean. Maybe you just had it turned up too loud.
A lower volume less distorted tone would make it sound better and make it easier to offer advice.
In general the strumming seemed fluid, a little hesitancy in parts but that can be expected as a beginner doing a first recording. The strumming pattern sounded a little odd in places but without seeing you play it’s very difficult to tell if it’s right or wrong. Chord changes themselves seemed pretty good.
Overall a great first posting and hopefully encourages you to try again and post more.
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Congratulations on your first AVoYP, its a great first go. Song was recognizable, always a start. A few hesitant chord changes but that is to be expected at your stage, it will improve with practice.
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@Rossco01
That’s a very good advice with the distortion. I have a modeling amp and I created a clean sound. At least that’s what I thought, but it seems that distortion is still activated. 
I’m not only learning playing guitar, but operating the amp.
And some of the chords are not that clean i think.
@skinnyt @Rossco01
Thank you so much. I’ll keep on practicing. 
Have a nice evening you all 
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Sounding good Winni, no need to shut the windows. Took me back to my early days with Justin. Nice and steady and good clean changes. Some advice offered already on recording but perfectly acceptable doing what you are doing. Well done.
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Thank you 
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@Siehtscheh Bravo, Winni, sounding pretty good. Keep doing what you are doing.
I find I get better audio quality if I record a video with the phone rather than just audio. So if you have a smart phone perhaps try that.
Copy URLs to SoundCloud, videos in YT etc and paste into your post on a blank line with no other text and it will embed. You can look at yours and see the effect
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Way to go @Siehtscheh
That was a really good performance. Sounded like the strumming was nice and steady. A lot of things to be happy about.
Just open your windows 
Well done!!
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@DavidP @tRONd
Thank you so much. Your words are encouraging. 
Before recording a video maybe I should start practicing with the windows opened 
Ah, ok… pretty simple then 
thank you
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this sounds great! well done 
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Congratulations on your first AVOYP posting Winni, you’ve done a nice job with the song. Open those windows and let everyone hear your skills on the guitar.
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Hi, pretty new to the community, and not a native English speaker so I hope you understand me 
Didn’t want to start a topic and glad I found this space. Still have to get my recording set up on par (had to mono the video as I couldn’t mix my interface over the phone).
Playing since Oct 2022. Im currently at Module 19 of Grade 3, but revisiting this song right now as I never memorized and learned the strum/picking pattern until recently.
Still not getting it as flawless as I’d like. Some unnecessary slowdowns and mistakes. Forgetting to mute the 1st string on the verses, not enough single picking too much strum…
First time trying to record with mics. So the voice is a bit more clear than I’m used to, but I’m more conscious of the flaws in my singing. Am I close to the pitches, way too flat?
I’m a really inexperienced singer I feel. Always thought I do ok when casually singing songs, but hearing it back clearly I’m doubting my progress in that area… could use some neutral ears, thanks.
Grade 2: Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day | JustinGuitar.com
So any feedback would be highly appreciated:
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@LPeterL @SgtColon
Thank you so much
And sorry for the late answer. There were almost 3 weeks with very poor internet. Now it’s back
@Siff
My device doesn’t manage to hear anything from your video, so I can’t say anything 
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@Siehtscheh: Thank you for pointing it out. I uploaded it on Youtube now and edited the post with the link. Hope it works now.
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Marcel, good job with the song, strumming and chord changes look and sound good. Vocally, you are a little flat but I think singing along to songs on the radio and actually playing along with your guitar are totally different. Remember you can use a capo to find which pitch best suits your voice.
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Hi every one! So it is not possible to play a song not included in a lesson? Let us say…a tango for instance? Thanks! Regards! Mario
Surely, it’s possible. That’s how I understand it at least The recommendation is to “ideally” upload a song from the song lessons. I guess that’s to make it more likely that people, who listen to the song you are playing in the video actually know the song and can hence give better feedback
Still, I think absolutely nothing speaks against you uploading a tango 
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@MarioD Mario, you can learn to play and share any song you like. As part of mastering and consolidating what is taught in grade 1 and 2 what is important is to exercise what you are learning. That enables you to get feedback to aid in your progress.
And over and above that, you can throw in other things. While we advocate following the lesson flow as Justin as a tried and tested sequence that supports laying strong foundations there is nothing wrong with adding extra things that help keep you motivated, such as a tango.
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Thank you very much David! Anyway…I am 70, so I belong to a pre-tec generation, and still don’t realize how to upload a video here. I would greately appreciate some help on this matter.
On other respect, of course I love Justin’s lessons (I am working on grade 3). But I think it would be interesting for other students to have more contact with Latin styles, and, as I was born in Argentina…a tango rises as a natural option. Thanks again! Regards, Mario