Many thanks for the various comments, queries and information that people have provided in response to my BLIM2 recordings. Hopefully the following replies give some further useful information and context:
@domi7 Good to see you, Dominique! There’s always more practice to be done 
@beejay56 Many thanks for your feedback, Brian. I am aware of the video/audio synchronisation issue and it seems worse in some of my recordings than others. My rather amateur approach to recording has been to prop up my mobile phone on a box in front of me and use the free ‘Music Pro’ app, leaning in to press the red button to start and stop the recording, a laptop next to that playing the backing track, and my guitar running through a Positive Grid Spark 40 amp directly behind me.
Annoyingly, the phone app records videos rotated 90 degrees so on transferring files to my laptop I have been opening each one in Microsoft Clipchamp, rotating the video to the correct orientation, and then saving as a new .mp4 file with the video the right way up. I assume the small delay in the audio is coming in while doing this second step, the raw video file seemingly not being affected. I could share the raw .mp4 files but you would need to lean your head over to watch them sideways!
One of my goals now that BLIM2 is over is to investigate other recording options and look into purchasing an audio interface and relevant software for my laptop. The mobile phone recording approach includes all the acoustic noise in the room, including my breathing, foot tapping, unintended pick and finger hits on the pick guard, and the occasional police siren going by outside, which possibly adds some interesting vibes but can be a distraction when listening back!
@Ontime Hi, Jason. Thank you for the information about the different Clubs. I have actually been in attendance during most of the Vintage Club and Motivation & Inspiration Club sessions since the start of this year, along with attending all the BLIM2 specific sessions. I do not currently have a YouTube account to join the live chat feed and post while a live session is taking place but I have followed the chat each time and spotted several BLIM2 classmates, including yourself, posting and asking questions.
I have already learnt a lot from Richard and Lieven from the Club sessions I have listened in to and look forward to attending more in the future. The last 6 months were indeed a great journey and I look forward to that continuing 
@MollyT Many thanks for your comment, Molly!
@Carreta Thank you for your comments, Michal. BLIM was certainly good fun and I am sure it will still be around for when you feel ready to take it on 
As noted in one of my other responses above, the video/audio synchronisation issue is something I am aware of, I am just not sure how to fix it within my current recording workflow. Any new hardware/software I pick up once I have investigated the different options available will hopefully resolve this in the future.
@jkahn JK, yes, the guitar is a Texas Tea Ultra Telecaster with a roasted maple neck, the neck wood choice being a Fender Special Run (FSR) for the store I bought it from. It turned up in May last year and it is the only guitar I have played since it arrived (I have two other guitars in my collection that are struggling to cope with a year of neglect).
To your other point, yes, I will be signing up for the August open mic soon
@BurnsRhythm David, the guitar is an Ultra rather than Ultra II, but well spotted
There is no pick hiding going on. While I would like to go full Chris Buck or similar in terms of being able to swap between fingers and pick by keeping a pick in hand, I am currently one or the other with a preference for finger style. Any swapping between the two styles requires a pick to be on the table in front of me!
With regard to prior experience, I have been playing guitar since I was a teenager so I have a lot of playing experience but there was relatively little understanding of what I was playing until I discovered JustinGuitar a couple of years ago and then started the BLIM2 course 6 months ago. Over the last year I have chosen to focus on finger style playing and have also gone back to basics to develop my understanding of music theory. On my list of things to get done are a BLIM2 before and after post and I will try and complete that task soon.
@Boris1565 
If it sounds good, it is good! It has been great to see your videos appearing during BLIM2 and to watch others you have posted on the wider forum. Great job on your open mic playing!
@DeltaTyne Many thanks, Hec. It was good to talk to you online earlier in the year following the February open mic event and I hope to do so again
@twistor59 Many thanks, Phil! Finger style playing has been my focus for a while now and the investment in practicing that technique has resulted in all sorts of what were initially very odd right-hand and left-hand movements to mute unwanted string noise slowly become more automatic. A worthwhile time investment and, if it is inspiring others, that is a great motivator for me
