The Madman's Learning Log

Catalogue of The Madman’s Recordings on the Old JG Forum

AOVYP Recordings Since 2014

  1. Tears Of The Dragon ( September 25, 2014)
    Stream Tears Of The Dragon by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  2. Tears Of The Dragon Overdub
    Stream 3 Min Tears Of The Dragon Overdub by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  3. Power Chord Abuse - Basket Case
    Stream Power Chord Abuse - Basket Case by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  4. What’s Up 4NB
    Stream episode What's Up 4NB by tobyjenner podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  5. Whats Up Recording 2
    Stream episode Whats Up Recording 2 by tobyjenner podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  6. Call Me The Breeze First Cut ADE
    Stream episode Call Me The Breeze First Cut ADE by tobyjenner podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  7. The Cranberries - Zombie
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  8. Wear Did You Lose It Stitch (a very bad Zombie)
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  9. Fly Away
    Stream Fly Away by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  10. Another Man’s Cause
    Another Man's Cause - YouTube

  11. Murder By The Seine (Parisienne Walkways first cut, no Backing Track)
    Stream Murder By The Seine (No Backing Track) by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  12. Murder By The Seine (Parisienne Walkways mash up)
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  13. Holy Smoke
    Stream Holy Smoke by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  14. Funky Tears Of The Dragon
    Stream Funky Tears Of The Dragon by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  15. Normandie Noddle (Impro In D)
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  16. Malice Aforethought - Delay Driven
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  17. Hotel California Speaker ReMix
    Stream Hotel California Speaker ReMix by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  18. Like These Times
    Stream Like These Times by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  19. Like These Times Take 3
    Stream Like These Times Take 3 by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  20. I’ll Be There - PR & C
    Stream I'll Be There - PR & C by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  21. Inside - A Schlaffenwagen Production
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  22. Schlaffenwagen The French Connecton Aka Ascension Day (First ever singing recording)
    Ascension Day The Movie - YouTube
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  23. House Of The Rising Sun - Schlaffenwagen Mix
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  24. An Irish Pub Song Cover
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  25. Bridge Of Sighs Final Mix
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  26. Hey You Get Out Of That CAGE(D) - Justin Guitar G Major Impro
    Stream Hey You Get Out Of That CAGE(D) - Justin Guitar G Major Impro by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  27. Beautiful Soft E Minor Impro (that was the name of the backing track not my playing)
    Stream Beautilful Soft E Minor Impro by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  28. The Reaper (Original) Lots of musicians passed either side of Christmas 2016, Lemmy, Bowie etc. So a reflection on life
    Stream The Reaper by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  29. Turn The Page Hybrid
    Stream Turn The Page Hybrid 090320 TJ by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  30. Born To Be Wild (Vocals Only Cagn and Roman did the hard work)
    Stream Born To Be Wild by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  31. Behind Blue Eyes Hybrid
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  32. Attestation Blues (Original)
    Attestation Blues - YouTube
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  33. Investigating Private Noodles (January 2021)
    Stream Investigating Private Noodles by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  34. Maiden Voyage [Rough n ready snippets - a taste of the future] (January 2021)
    Dropbox - MV I.mp3 - Simplify your life
    Dropbox - MV II.mp3 - Simplify your life
    Dropbox - MV III.mp3 - Simplify your life

  35. C2U Modes Master Class A Ionian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Modes - an adventure, an exploration ...
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class An Ionian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  36. C2U Modes Master Class A Lydian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class A Lydian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  37. C2U Modes Master Class A Mixolydian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class A Mixolydian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  38. C2U Modes Master Class An Aeolian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class An Aeolian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  39. C2U Modes Master Class A Dorian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class A Dorian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  40. C2U Modes Master Class A Phrygian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class A Phrygian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  41. C2U Modes Master Class A Locrian Madman Melody (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class A Locrian Madman Melody by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  42. C2U Modes Master Class A Locrian Madman Cellar Production (June 2021)
    Stream C2U Modes Master Class A Locrian Madman Cellar Production by tobyjenner | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

  43. Borrowed Chord Experiments – A Switch In Time (in G Major) September 2021
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yhfP22oypm83eOIgKNr5HTc8qzVTFnnJ/view?usp=sharing
    https://studio.youtube.com/video/vbZW5GQvJmc/edit re-edited in stereo.

  44. Borrowed Chord Experiments – A Minor Inconvenience (in G minor) October 2021
    https://studio.youtube.com/video/uSLF_cwIxjg/edit

  45. Borrowed Chord Experiments – Power Chords on Loan / Lets Ride (in G minor) October 2021
    https://youtu.be/nC3EzLRRqCg

  46. Borrowed Chord Experiments (Non Diatonic Progressions) – La Toussaint in E minor November 2021
    https://youtu.be/nPLQH8zB3gA

Christmas Colabs with the Kookaburra Krew
2019- Schools Out - Alice Cooper (part of the “Kookaburra choir”)

2020 – Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade (vocals only)

Pre-Madman’s Diary/Dipping Into Singing/Playing and Recording on Video

  1. Streets Of Pain (First trial of singing and playing)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rOMlKo4fM

  2. Waiting For A Friend The Pretty Reckless Cover (first full song sung and played.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTzOpP0xRbk
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/waiting-for-a-friend-the-pretty-reckless-cover

JGC Open Mic/LiveStreams

  1. Knockin On Heavens Door (OM 1 Trial 23 April 2021)
  2. Feel Like I’m Fixin To Die (OM 1 Trial 23 April 2021)
  3. Waiting For A Friend (OM 00 LiveStream Trial 7 May 2021)
  4. Behind Blue Eyes (OM 2 15 May 2021)
  5. Times Like These (OM2 15 May 2021)
  6. Seagull (OM3 14 August 2021)
  7. Feel Like Makin Love (OM3 14 August 2021)
  8. Turn The Page (OM4 16 October 2021)
  9. The Rambler (OM4 16 October 2021)
  10. All the Madmen (OM5 11 December 2021)
  11. Broken (OM5 11 December 2021)

https://justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php?topic=49041.0

Madman’s Diary Series
Which all started with this tale of woe, which could have been called The Death of a Mustang.

https://justinguitarcommunity.com/index.php?topic=48043.msg432767#msg432767

In short Diaries are an AOVYP post with a short(ish) video intro, as it saves me typing !! Plus 2020 was a year in which folks needed a little humour and fun.

  1. Streets Of London Cover (Chapter 1 Nov 2020)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNhHGl1D7y8 Intro & Performance
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/streets-of-london-cover

  2. Tears Of The Dragon Acoustic Cover (Chapter 2 Dec 2020)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZu_p54ibo Intro & Performance
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/tears-of-the-dragon-acoustic-cover

  3. Rock N Roll Suicide Madman Cover (Chapter 3 Jan 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJr-qZIbos Intro Only
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgaQlxxFZXw Performance Only
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/rock-n-roll-suicide-madman-cover_0

  4. Madman White Rabbit Cover (Chapter 4 Feb 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p0Z6JhifAk Intro Only
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OvyeTzkQWo Performance Only
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/madman-white-rabbit-cover

  5. Smokey And The Mixo Kid (Chapter 5 April 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZd9NGChCSs
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/smokey-and-the-mixo-kid

  6. The Madman’s Diaries – Bon Jovi Blaze Of Glory (Chapter 6 May 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3qV41Lb9so&t=7s Full Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trploZ-fWNM Performance Only
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/blaze-of-glory-bon-jovi-cover-single-guitar

  7. The Madman’s Diaries – Bad Company Seagull (Chapter 7 July 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DqUShhFdc Full Show
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8Uu7K0PKk Intro Only
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bec1I4rX_8 Performance Only
    https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/madmans-does-bad-company-seagull

  8. The Madman’s Diaries – Bad Company Feel Like Makin Love (OM3 Footnote)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74AnUHxby58

  9. The Madman’s Diaries – The Who Behind Blues Eyes (Chapter 8 September 2021)
    https://youtu.be/rfxPIOrzqKY Full Show
    https://youtu.be/fx2OgSrL6jU Intro Only
    https://youtu.be/Hu1-Mqqo5kI Performance Only

  10. The Madman’s Diaries – Easy Rider in B Minor (Chapter 9 October 2021)
    https://youtu.be/bOrFk7mV5Jg
    No video diary for this one just write up in AOVYP

  11. The Madman’s Diaries – Madman Goes Swampy (Chapter 10 October 2021)
    https://youtu.be/cCd3gk3_PEo
    No video diary for this one just write up in AOVYP

  12. The Madman’s Diaries - The Rambler Black Stone Cherry Rehearsal (OM 4 Footnote)
    https://youtu.be/MDT9MYdViEY

  13. The Madman’s Diaries – Wanted Dead or Alive (Chapter 11 November 2021)
    https://youtu.be/CGA1IP75vFU
    Chapter 11 Footnote – DOA Intro Fingerstyle (December 2021)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5mRqoupIA

  14. The Madman’s Diaries – Santa and The Mixo Kid (Chapter 12 December 2021)
    https://youtu.be/FqFjb-bTuRI Intro Only
    https://youtu.be/F0puKl74kCY Performance Only

“Madman’s Diary Series” YouTube Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3Ur4AkmxhbSguH4vkGWT9gsy3BbyBkz

The Madman’s Diaries Series will be back soon, watch this space.

@end of December 2021 : 74 recordings (colabs posted by other members not included)

It’s been a long 25 years but glad I never gave up.

NEW COMMUNITY NEW UPDATE – NEW FOR ‘22

So, in late 2021 we upped sticks and moved to this new Community where we find ourselves today. A couple of years ago, on the old Forum, I decided to take stock or my recordings and create a catalogue and history of my posts and shares with the JustinGuitar Forum, in my Road Case as it was then. At the end of each year I updated the list and as we head to the end of 2022 I thought it was time to do it again, mainly because I have lost count of this years posts! So here we go with what I might call A Few For 22.

The Madman’s Diaries Series

  1. The Madman’s Diaries – Blues for Twenty Two Lick 1 (Chapter 13 January 2022)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm8W_8Y9FG0&t=186s Intro Only
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GLhP6bLaaI The Jam

This was the last in the old Diaries Series, while I mulled over restarting it in the new house. See Reflections.

JGC Open Mic (Dry Run Recordings) Posted as Madman’s New Diary OM Footnotes

OM VI – Outside https://youtu.be/Ki0dNg7TVjY

OM VI - It’s Been A While https://youtu.be/-Bu9-87uUso

OM VII – Forever Young https://youtu.be/0-V5p_pbipo

OM VII – Soulshine https://youtu.be/b6SmQnPsNKA

OM VIII – Waiting For A Friend https://youtu.be/jhViRG7NOJM

OM VIII – Amazing https://youtu.be/RbbodJz1cuw

OM IX – Do Right By Your Woman https://youtu.be/Lx14d68DHdw

OM X – Should Have Listened https://youtu.be/fA8Cgv8smao
OM X – Turn The Page https://youtu.be/CDg8ElPKgIw

OM XI – Dead But Breathing https://youtu.be/Wszh_IMPlco
OM XI – The Seeker https://youtu.be/dUrOQaXdazo

AOVYP (non Diaries)
Madman’s Melancholy Missing Mojo Mystery https://youtu.be/AepNsep31nQ

The Madman’s New Diaries Series

Reflections – Should I Stay or Should I Go https://youtu.be/s1HvP22ielw

Madman’s New Diary Chapter One - Amazing (over BT)
Intro https://youtu.be/gbBKlxgU9vQ
Performance https://youtu.be/ZYCzVShOgps
BT Demo/Mime https://youtu.be/RgSLboSlgdI

Madman’s New Diary Chapter Two = Blue Boy Where’s Cyndi?
Intro https://youtu.be/12e0tkQT0Rc
Performance https://youtu.be/WVTc9xDRyQE

Madman’s New Diary Chapter Three - Ezza Good
Intro https://youtu.be/3DaliWiMvqM
Performance https://youtu.be/XplwkcT3V2Y

Madman’s New Diary Chapter Four - Easy As a B C!
Intro https://youtu.be/PC4pWl9wUIA
Performance https://youtu.be/YSwGBWQBaFA

Madman’s New Diary Chapter Five - A little “light” POD Fest
Messing with the POD Go https://youtu.be/pXJTvlXqnH4

Madman’s New Diary Chapter Six - New Normandie Noodle in Bm
Bm Impro https://youtu.be/TPz7u82dV_Q

Madman’s New Diary Chapter Seven - The Forgotten Mode (Lucifer’s Locrian Lullaby)
Lucifer’s Locrian Lullaby https://youtu.be/qmncszOMtIg

The Madman’s New Diary Chapter Eight - Simply A Madman 45 yrs On From 77
Simple Man https://youtu.be/82JhxYsUD5U

Guitar Challenges

Guitar Challenge (Improv) - Layla style Backing Tracks
In The Dark Of The Night https://youtu.be/fsDIrNyXuVw
Layla and The T-Bucket aka Who Pulled The Plug Out https://youtu.be/t0r4Vb9IC5k

Guitar Challenge (Lead Guitar) - Need Your Love So Bad
NYLSB Take 1 Gretsch https://youtu.be/-ykspND0Sxc
NYLSB Take 2 LP Cherry https://youtu.be/9iZm27E-Rmk

Guitar Challenge (Improv) - 3, 2, 1 improvisations
The Madman’s SoulFunk Boogie in A mino https://youtu.be/s6NwaMcMy58
Inspired By Skynyrd https://youtu.be/ZY8Owb6Z99c

Hidden in my Learning Log and Not Counted

Fingerstyle Fiddling – To Be Continued
Marco Exercise 1 https://youtu.be/vdbP3gJZ1ms
Marco Exercise 2 https://youtu.be/T1fBvHm2VpM
Marco Exercise 3 https://youtu.be/HPNY6cT3Bpg
Marco Exercise 4 https://youtu.be/m_OI0TZijK0
Marco Exercise 5 https://youtu.be/SycncSK6UOc
Marco Exercise 6 https://youtu.be/Q40j4Ib3a-A
Marco Exercise 7 https://youtu.be/AX6-K6eifEc
Marco Exercise 8 https://youtu.be/4a5upT_qw-Q

Dodgy Bass Demos for the LL
HB JB20 https://youtu.be/ZYq9Fu2TB5w
HB B450 https://youtu.be/ei5ddktrjG4

Last Updated 7th November 2022

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Content copied to start of last post. :sunglasses:

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Me too, my friend, I’m also glad you never gave up!

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I’m sure a lot of people are glad, that you never gave up. You’re a living proof that learning to play guitar can be a fulfilling lifetime experience! Thanks for sharing your recordings here. It’s both at the same time for a beginner: kind of overwhelming :joy: but also very motivating. Wish you a lot of fun for your future recordings.

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Ooooo,…that’s ridiculously much :scream:,…and you also have children??? they asked on Sunday “who is that man who cuts the meat”…And the mother then says,…this is the man sitting in the room normally where that loud noise comes from… :joy:

Great :sunglasses:

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I am always impressed to see yours and David’s learning logs and accomplishments over the years. Mighty impressive Toby, it’s not only quantity but also a quality of your recordings that stands out, well done sir!

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Wow Toby, terrific body of work! :+1:

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Plenty to chew on there Toby, will have a look through :slightly_smiling_face:

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Toby Jenner …


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That’s a mighty impressive back catalogue that continues to get added to with more pure quality. I’ll have to spend some time browsing through your greatest hits and those special b sides. Particularly, interesting seeing the fingerstyle numbers pop up as I don’t think I’ve seen you play much fingerstyle.

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So after my annual stock take, I was surprised to find I had squeezed out 27 recordings this year of one description or another and its not over yet. I also found another half dozen sessions on YouTube which may have been shared in response to other’s post. They are not as easy to track down on the new forum, so get written off. As to the comments thank you :sunglasses:

@DavidP Yep guess I am in it for the long haul, Those wilderness years had a lot of life balance clashes but having found Justin almost 10 years ago now and having retired, I knew I would finally make a go of it. If I get another 7 years here with Justin it will equal those wasted years. That may be a good time to see what could have been possible from the get go !

@Helen0609 Andrea its certainly a fulfilling retirement experience for sure ! Just look as this as an example of what you can do and more. You are on the same road and have the same maps. So just enjoy and explore :sunglasses:

@roger_holland why did you think I ran away to France ! Left my daughter and gkids in the UK and got some peace :rofl:

@adi_mrok Adi I trust you still haven’t gone back to those early recordings or you’d think twice about using that Q word :rofl: Thx :sunglasses:

@Notter Thanks Mark this year would appear busier than I thought. Must be the influence of the new gaff and the peeps that populate it ! :+1:

@liaty Dave if you go digging, stop around 2016, its all a bit iffy before Ascension Day in that first post ! :scream:

@batwoman Aw Maggie as are you my dear, a constant companion on this roller coaster ride. :bat: :sunglasses:

@Socio James thank you sir ! There will be some C sides as well. As to the fingerstyle, I dabbled with the folk lessons planning to come back at some stage. The Marco Carillo exercises were fun given the Spanish flavour. But I have been working on the Solo Blues Courses for the last couple of months along side all the Blues work. In course 1 I am just building the 3rd song, Gospel Slides which is a challenge but the first 2 are pretty much boxed off. However. each time I attempt to record them I’ve screwed up, so its been a right frustration but I am hoping to get them done by the end of the year, so watch this space. Maybe a little folks finger style will be on 2023’s agenda (singing and plucking is on the bucket list!).

Thank you all for you support !

:sunglasses:

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Well its new year and time to review, reflect and reinvent. After a few mojo missing weeks, I have regrouped over the last few days and got stuck into a few things but as usual I needed to map out some structure. So I have just sat down and re-evaluated my plans for the coming year.

Having discovered through the work I do with the Open Mics, I can now present the contents of my Practice Schedule spreadsheets in nice laid out tables here on the forum, as Timmy Cooper once said “Juste comme ça”

WARM UP ROUTINES
Finger Stretch and Roll
Chromatic Stretch
Finger Stretch 1-23-4
Spider For Pinkie
All Chords
ACCURACY & SPEED
Minimum Movement
Spider Exercise JG
Spider Exercises CreativeGuitarStudio
CAGED Patterns Linked - Major Scale
CAGED Patterns Linked - Minor Pent
Guitar Notes Master
–work through All Scale Patterns Exercises
–slow and with metronome once known
Major Scale with Metronme for Speed & Accuracy
Kaspers Ben Eller Speed Routine
Alternate Picking Ask-James
DEVELOPMENT - GRADE 3 Restart
Module 15
PRACTICAL MUSIC THEORY
4.1 Triads Revisited - Apply To Songs
TECHNIQUE = SOLO BLUES
JG Solo Blues Course
Learn #3 Refine #1 #2
Fingerstyle Blues Handbook
Learn #4 #5 Refine #1 #2 #3
TECHNIQUE - BLUE RHYTHM
50 Blues Rhythms You Must Know - Truefire
Review start of course and work through Rhythms
TECHNIQUE - BLUES LEAD/LICKS/SOLOS
30 Blues Licks For Beginners - Consolidate
Guitar Lab Blues Riffs - Review Consolidate Vol 1
Guitar Lab Blues Riffs - Review Consolidate Vol 2
Impros and Noodles aka Lick Abuse
Modal Meanders
Pentatonics - Minor : Major : Mixed ala Mr C
SONGS - NEW
Man of The World Simple Man Bad Co
Good Lovin Gone Bad Slow Goodbye Lesley Roy
Sweet Home Alabama Sweet Home Chicago
Open Mic Songs
SONGS - DEVELOPERS
Broken Fingerstyle
Simple Man Skynyrd
White Rabbit - Full song with vocals
Wake Me Up When September Ends
SONGS - Solos (New & Developers)
Slow Blues Guru Piece # 1 Tears From Above
I Need You Skynyrd (tempo)
Wonderful Tonight
SONGS - DREAMERS
Stairway - time to revisit
Ramble On
The Clansman & Fear of The Dark

Probably seems like a lot on the face of it but being retired I usual have 2 to 3 practice periods each day. And as I also believe in the sports orientated philosophy of rest and recovery and doing different things on those rest days/periods. So, I alternate exercises and technique learning each day. For example one day I’ll work Leads/Solos/Licks and the next Fingerstyle Blues. Same process for Speed and Accuracy. This may not be for everyone but has worked for me in the past, assuming I stick to the program ! Trying to avoid rabbit holes this year but most of the warrens I’ve been in recently are reflected here anyway.

There is also a backing track jam style session, where I might just impro for 30 minutes to an hour freestyle just for fun but utilising scales and licks that are in the library. BTs are normally 10 minutes long from Elevated Jams Tracks and I just go with the flow.

Anyway, that is the plan all I have to do is stick to it.

:sunglasses:

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Hope the mojo is starting to build again, Toby. I guess this will be a difficult time in the future, good memories and sense of loss. Thoughts with you, my friend.

As for the plan, OMG, ever so through and even partially sticking to it will surely see you kicking on.

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Good to see you kick starting the new year off with a well thought out and presented plan of action. That last song on your dreamers list ‘The Clansman’ made me think of the TV series Still Game. If you haven’t seen it before it’s worth checking out as I’m sure you’d enjoy it. I’ll have to check out that songs as I don’t think I’m familiar with it.

I like the idea of the rest and recovery philosophy in your post. That’s something I should really try out. I read somewhere recently also about the benefits of taking a short break after every 15 minutes of guitar practice. Not sure if there’s anything to it.

All the best for 2023 mate.

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Wow Toby. That’s a well planned 2023. I’m exhausted just looking at it! :smiley:

However, having said that, I might just cut and paste your programme into one of my own and amend bits of it to suit me. It’s really well laid out and there is a lot of common ground there.
Hope you don’t mind a bit of plagiarism! :wink:

I could definitely do with a bit of a more structured approach to my practise. I tend to sit down and think “what’ll I do today?” and fall into the trap of doing what I can already do.

There are so many avenues to go down with guitar once you’ve got the basics covered. It’s so easy to get lost and as I’ve said before in other posts I tend to spread myself thin over too many things and end up not improving as I should.

Thanks Toby.

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Toby, you really seem to be well prepared to start into the new year. I only can wish you a lot of energy to get over the loss, it will take time and thoughts will throw you back from time to time.
Wolfgang Ambros, an Austrian singer/songwriter wrote a beautiful piece of music called “Die Finsternis” translated “The Darkness”, a song of getting out of a dark mood. It’s just a simple picked D-Em-A-D progression. He correspondingly sings “The darkness isn’t unchangeable, at a point you will switch on the light by your own and you will see, everything will be different to the present in darkness”. I’m sure you are able to get some “New light through old windows”. Have a lot of pleasure with your practices and I’m already courious about your next postings.

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@sairfingers Gordon knock yourself out my friend. The original is in my year on year Practice spreadsheet in MS excel, so would be happy to share but not sure if that’s compatible for you. But if you copy the above into a temporary topic here, you should be able to copy the raw version from the dialogue box and drop that in one of your IOS spreadsheets - then just discard the topic. :+1:

@DavidP Thanks David. Sad fact off life, is I am now get back to running down by the river and not the treadmill (Sophie used to join me until 4 years ago), so I have the bonus of using my morning treadmill slot post dog walk for practice. Every cloud and all that.

@Socio James that will be Iron Maiden if you did not know. The original is from Virtual XI one of the two albums when Dickinson went awol. So I prefer the version from Live At Rock In Rio 2002, when normal service had been resumed. The Clansman I’ll check Still Game our ! Ta. :sunglasses:

@Helen0609 Andrea thanks for the kind words, I can relate to those lyrics. My Buddhist leaning help me tremendously. A wave rises from the ocean and then returns to the ocean in time but the ocean remains. Nothing ever lost. But hey I’d rather have my wave right now but she’s in a better place. As to next the posting, I am really not sure right now. It will depend on what scrubs up best of the course of time. Watch this space. :wink:

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Here in glorious technicolor !!

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Toby good to see you being back at it. An impressive set of goals and excercises on the list, feel a bit envious you are able to find all time in the world to do all that :dizzy_face: let’s get this 2023 going and see where it brings us!

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Oh I wish ! I still have to be mindful of other duties. But shoot yep it beats working for sure. :rofl:

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