Out of interest what is the song?
The Sound of Silence. I’m so happy to be learning this!
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Some good versions out there Judi.
I did a hybrid version of the old S&G and this
The end result ? Our Open Mic 14
As @CT frequently says, find your own voice and go your own way. 
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Toby
Super cover of a great song. Very enjoyable.
Brian
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Thank you for both of those, Toby! This is one of the reasons I love this song - as you say, there are many ways to interpret it. I love that you played it on an SG!
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As I said at the open mic itself, the SG was a nod to Simon and Garfunkel
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Likewise. I didn’t really get fingerstyle in the earlier courses but have found recently that I quite like it!! In fact I would go so far to say enjoying it! I have to blame @Richard_close2u for this and his excellent fingerstyle vintage clubs which started me off again.
I have used the tabs from Justin’s lessons for The Sound of Silence and found it to be not to bad, although still working on some of the transitions.
Have also started learning Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. So far so good.
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I wonder why we think of “fingerstyle” as its own type of guitar playing…
To me, playing guitar is using the fingers and hands in some combination of strumming, picking, tapping, slurs and whatever to develop the sound you want.
Unless you play strictly background chord rhythm in a band, and never solo, never play melody and only crank out chord rhythms, you will play or mix in fingerstyle.
I understand starting with strumming, and learning the broader rhythm early on is important, but after a while, as the thread title states, that gets boring.
Especially for those of us who play by themselves and don’t sing much. Without bringing in a way to express melodic structure, the music lacks.
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I guess because, in my case, I’m using my fingers and not a pick.
Good point, I have completely forgotten that people play with picks! D’oh!
Good to see that sarcasm is not dead 