Iām undusting the Begineerās Songbook and I decided to set myself a challenge:
Iād like to record a cover of each song of the book
Considering that there are 100 songs in the book and I only recorded āDonāt you (forget about me)ā so far, there are only 99 songs leftā¦
Also, I only can get round to recording 1 song each weekā¦ well, if there are a couple of very straight forward songs and Iām inspired, I might record them the same day but then, there are some which are REALLY difficult and Iāll need some more time.
So, if Iām able to keep my current steady pace of practice (4 days x 1 hour and 1 day x 3 hours each week), I would like to complete my challenge within 2 years.
One aspect that Iām thinking about is the order. I think Iām gonna be trying to jump between different stages but trying not to repeat a stage till I recorded one song of each of them. For instance, if I record a song from stage 4, I canāt record another one from that stage till I recorded 9 songs from the rest of the stages. Hope it makes sense
This weekend Iām gonna give a stage 4 song a tryā¦
Letās see if Iām disciplined enough to fulfill my mission or this text isnāt worth the space it takes up!
Actually that would be an interesting challenge for all those working their way through the beginners grades to learn, record and post every song in the JG beginner song books. A very good learning experience.
I can tell you from experience that thereās a lot of skill and knowledge that you can glean from Justinās songbooks. Really cool, wish you all the luck getting through these.
Yeah, itās the only book on playing the guitar that Iāve got and Iāve learnt A LOT from it during the first period that I worked with it. Now I want to get better results as I know it can help me.
I have both vol 1 and 2 od his beginner songbooks. I didnāt have the app until recently and I needed something! Then, of course, I discover Walk of Life by Dire Straits is supposed to be played at 178bpm, not the 80ish Iāve been doing. Yeah, that speed aināt happening for a while. I can barely go above 108 with any consistency!
Oh, I love that tune! That opening riff with the keyboard brings me back to my childhood. It sounds like a sunny morning on a summerās day, starts waking up pleasantly slowly and all of a sudden, there youāve got lotās of fun!
Getting speed with the strumming is hard sometimes, but until youāre able to keep up with the original recording thereās always room for creativity. A cover is a cover after all!
Hahahaha! Thatās got a story behind. I called a couple of old friends to meet and try to play something. Once we were there one asked: āwhat do we play?ā And I said: āIāve got this little tune, the strumming pattern goes like thisā.
The funny thing was that we are Spanish but I didnāt know how to say strumming pattern in Spanish. They took the mickey out of me quite a lot and it was a very enjoyable afternoon
I like your idea though, I look forward to seeing you complete this!
Yeah, that speed aināt happening for a while. I can barely go above 108 with any consistency!