Even, even more real people 🤯

[brianlarsen]

@roger_holland

I hope you behaved

Always on best behaviour with the first visit
I am however playing the long game and waiting for the rumbling of a rockin’ rollstuhl to roll up my path…

[roger_holland]

@brianlarsen

and waiting for the rumbling of a rockin’ rollstuhl to roll up my path

Ha ha … you never know … and a weekend away has been on the wish list for a long time … 1: the new big car has arrived last spring and 2:after a difficult few months I have planned a car trip for 45 minutes for next weekend … … Yes, yes, it’s a start for 3 and 4 …and 6 is the go I hope for a long swim

Greetings

[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

Always good to see people popping in to see Mr L and making sure he’s behaving himself !

[Richtrfc]

I can confirm Brian behaved impeccably!
Good to meet up and talk guitars and music, ran out of time for philosophy.
Richard

[brianlarsen]

I had another very enjoyable session with @Richtrfc this morning, but this time the mountain went to Mohammed, so no skulls in the background
Some months ago, I planned on playing The Sound of Silence with @Willsie, but the dates have not been kind and, whilst waiting for his return, Richard from up the road and I decided to have a bash at it.
It’s funny how you can feel quite comfortable playing a song on your own, and everything falls apart when you try to do it with someone else. Just another form of red-light fever, I suppose…
Anyway, Richard set his ipad and usb mic rolling and this is what came out the other end.
I probably should have checked whether he was ok with me sharing in public
Cheers, Richard

[Helen0609]

Thanks for sharing! First thing that put a smile on my face on this grey afternoon !

[brianlarsen]

@Helen0609

put a smile on my face

Right back at you!
The sun’s splitting the stones here and there’s plenty of daylight left for many more smiles

[roger_holland]

@brianlarsen

, and everything falls apart when you try to do it with someone else. Just another form of red-light fever,

I wish you a lot of fun soon with your " Dublin group"

But gentlemen, I thought this was very successful

@Richtrfc you must have been a good influence on Brian with the guitar playing here …

I enjoyed the video very much

Greetings

[brianlarsen]

@roger_holland

you must have been a good influence on Brian…

Hehe, that’s not a high bar
Glad you enjoyed, Rogier

[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

Smye and Larsen ? Sure got a ring to that name. Well done guys and thanks for sharing. Always good to see JGC folks getting together in person. True Community,

[Lisa_S]

It’s always great to see people connect for real from an online community. And the outcome of that session was most enjoyable!

Thanks for sharing.

[sairfingers]

Well done guys, good stuff.
Liked how you used a capo to blend the guitar tones.

[Richtrfc]

Well Brian, if I had known we were doing an AVOYP I’d have combed my hair and stopped my shirt sleeve button keeping time on the guitar body!
I only started learning Sound of Silence three weeks ago so was quite pleased that I managed to keep up with the chord changes. And our timing wasn’t too bad, I’m sure @JustinGuitar would approve of the coordinated strumming hands
As has been said it’s thanks to the JG community spirit that Brian and I met up, and I’m really enjoying playing with the like minded @brianlarsen ! It’s a very good way of improving one’s playing and enjoying a good sing.

[brianlarsen]

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Smye and Larsen ? Sure got a ring to that name

Hehe, shoulda got Chris Goldring to join us on fiddle- Two Docs & a Prof.
Cheers Toby.

@Lisa_S

people connect for real

Life’s all about ‘connecting’
Vielen Dank!

@sairfingers

Liked how you used a capo

I do sometimes listen to the pearls our sensei casts
Cheers, mate

@Richtrfc

I’d have combed my hair

Which one?
Your button was slappin’ time like the windshield wipers in Bobby McGee…
And just for the record, this is not an AVOYP. I’m taking great care not to clog up the forum with excessive posts It’s an ‘appropriate share’ in a pre-existing thread.
But yes, good to meet up and play again

[Willsie]

Very well done chaps, you done good.
I have been to the Wirral twice since our get together. You were away the first time and the second was a real flying visit to meet extended family while celebrating our latest granchild’s birthday. You’ve now got to nominate another song, Brian, for our eventual meeting. We are coming up around the weekend of the 12th/13th April. Pick something easy and we could have a bash then.

[brianlarsen]

Ah, John,
Cheers for the thumbs up, and apologies for nicking ‘our song’
I’ll pm you for alternatives
The week before Easter sounds good to me

[guitlesson]

Nicely done. Enjoyed both the music and singing. I’m hoping to get to this level someday.

[jvlynch]

You guys really got it goin’ early into it. Great job! Wondering, what did you use for a mic? I seem to have trouble getting the guitar volume level even with the voice. Also wondered if you used an iPhone or computer video software program. Picked it up well. I enjoyed it. Do more please.

[brianlarsen]

Cheers, Ronald. Much appreciated

@guitlesson

I’m hoping to get to this level someday

Stick with Justin and the program and you’ll be there in no time. Seriously. This is not very complicated stuff, and I have an awful reputation for sloppy playing

Thanks Jim,
Tbh, I don’t know what mic @Richtrfc used. I’m pretty sure it was a usb one. The most important thing with mics is placement. It’s amazing how much difference it makes, moving it closer to a guitar, or raising it up to mouth level when you’re singing. (We just plonked it on a chair equidistant from all the sources). Mobile phones by and large are very good at recording as well

[Richtrfc]

@jvlynch

Wondering, what did you use for a mic? I seem to have trouble getting the guitar volume level even with the voice. Also wondered if you used an iPhone or computer video software program. Picked it up well

Very simple set up, a Snowball Ice Blue mic and a usb c hub (from Amazon) plugged into my iPad and just videoed without any clever software. Records well into GarageBand as well. As Brian said we just plonked the mic on a chair. An impromptu recording session!

Richard