Cheers Adi, don’t wait on me to crack on with it 
I’m starting to think just a little more abotu what pickup selector setting to use with songs now, rabbit hole here we come!!
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Oh yes tones are a rabbit hole, don’t even start thinking about those knobs on your sim/modelling amp! 
cause that will get you sucked in for good!
I’m still only working with 5 presets that I’ve only subtly messed with in the THR, quite handy for Lithium actually which I’m working on now for switching between verse and chorus but beyond that no doubt it would / will get very messy! 
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Nice one Mark, that flowed well. Not a big fan of Oasis, but I enjoyed you playing this. Nothing more to add, really. Well done, good timing throughout. 
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Good stuff Mark, steady strumming throughout. I wouldn’t have noticed your F ‘s if you hadn’t pointed them out! Standing up, that’s something I’ve been experimenting with recently too. Takes a little getting used to.
Your consolidation is right on track. Well done.
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Round 2 for March and onto some power chord fun and games. This has been in my slow learning list since Justin’s lesson on it last August. I’ve not gone into any of Kurt’s fancy stuff yet but will do at some point as this one’s an absolute riot to play. A bit of footswitching involved and alternate tuning of DGCFAD to play along to the original via Spotify.
“Fromage” can grunge
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Oasis - Wow Mark, you did a great job, it sounds really good! I loved especially the dynamics you put into the strumming, starting with Old Faithful and then adding strums and go with different patterns, it kept my ear interested all the way through.
Now there’s a second recording here […]
[…] Nirvana - Another great one, it sounds really cool, I thought the Rhythm was going along very nicely with the track. I wish I could practice strumming without singing, I would probably progress faster…but I just can’t help it, I have to sing first and the Rhythm gets often all messed up 
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Thanks so much Silvia! It’s been a difficult choice to not sing with these but I want to complete my consolidation list and getting the singing right would add a lot of time!! I’ll revisit to do vocals on these at some point though for sure 
Appreciate you checking these both out 
Nirvana again, guys you really spoil this teenage rebel in me 
you sounded really good Mark, not too far away from Kurt’s fancy stuff for sure!
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Cheers Adi, Teen Spirit was blasting out of our 6th form common room when it came out so I’m with you there
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Don’t Look Back is a real stand-up performance.
but Nirvana was my fav. 
. Sounding good, Mark.
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Cheesy brother! Well I guess the cheese name has stuck, Cheddar and Fromage (the fancy french one apparently, had to google that) are guitar brothers from other mothers.
Great to see these AVOYPs Mark. Both were great, played really well. I thought Lithium was better than the Oasis one. Because I like the song better . Timing was great. Playing was confident.
I think that’s the first time I’ve seen you tone switching while playing? Are you doing that through your Yamaha THR? I’m curious on your pedal setup.
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Only being fancy and going the french route to tip a hat to my family background, but yes the name’s certainly stuck, it just makes me smile thinking of the conversation to get there in the OM green room!!
Thanks for checking both of these out. I tone switched in my second OM on Boulevard of Broken Dreams, albeit badly!! I’m using an Airstep on the THR, a 5 button pedal which you can set in a variety of ways, either to turn on / off specific effects, toggle effects and scroll between presets or to simply switch between the 5 presets. I’m doing the latter in the Lithium recording, the guitar is on bridge humbucker pickup. I’ve got the beginnings of a proper pedalboard running through the Blackstar bigboy amp but I’m not really recording through that so much yet.
More Nirvana on the way I think, that was alot of fun to play I have to admit.
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Nice one Mark. I came back after I saw you posted Lithium. Another stellar job mate! Really well played!
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Super cool, Mark! Both great tracks and you’ve got them nailed! 
Looking nice and relaxed with your rhythm and the chord changes following smoothly, great job!
Plus the Fromage is sounding tasty mate! 
Excellent! 
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Well guys it is just written in the stars, cheese-y guitars, both of you covered Nirvana song as last - this collab NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW! 
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Ah, that’s neat. I didn’t know THRs could be controlled by pedals. I looked into the Airstep before I got my Fender amp, they seem pretty flexible. I don’t have a pedalboard, just the amp’s pedal - which admittedly can do a lot, similar to the Airstep.
Lol, I haven’t heard that song for a long time, not since I was a teenager listening to Nirvana daily.
How do people collaborate online anyway, you’ve done it a couple of times?
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Crikey I haven’t heard that for a long time too!!
I’m game if you are @jkahn but similarly interested in Adi’s advice there. First step deciding who plays what presumably!
Two very accomplished recordings there Mark. I especially like the Nirvana one, although they’re a band I haven’t given a lot of attention to. Need to have a look after that great performance. Well done sir!
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You’re making great progress, Mark. I’d say that you’ve definately beyond Grade 2 now. Though, I still want you to finish that list of consolidation songs particularly the Notter Original. I was expecting that one before Lithium 
RE: Don’t Look Back In Anger
That was really good and confident performance. Noel would have been proud of you.
I think you are more than ready to tackle the individual note picking. So one to revisit for a future OM if you want to differentiate your AVoYP from your OM performance.
RE: Lithium - One of the few Nirvana songs that I enjoy outside of the unplugged album. You did very well with it mate. I enjoyed that one very much, it sounded really good. You’re playing was confident. Top stuff.
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