It sounds pretty good! Looks like you are enjoying your new composer/producer hobby?
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Sounds good so far, Toby. Look forward to the finished production!
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That would definitely suit the vibe of the song, Toby, which is honestly doing quite well as an instrumental piece!
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Guess I don’t have to leave instructions then 
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One day it will all makes sense Andrea ! I’m glad it put you in a good place ahead of your day.
Those elves are an extension of the AI art work I used in OBS for the “Sympathy” recordings and have morphed into a Satanic Siren Choir to mirror the mood
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Thanks Radek, it was a nice exercise from the Live Theory sessions and once I got the initial framework done, I had to take it further. But I do learn a lot messing around in GuitarPro and writing scores (no formal learning just guesswork). Plus mixing and mastering on the DAW side can be therapeutic at times. All good fun and a nice diversion when the fingers get too sore !
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@DavidP @Mari63 thanks for the comments.
Although its is not supposed to be a rip roaring guitar piece or an impro=ed style. I want to expand on the 1/4 note melody. So once that is captured, as it’s just about playable non stop now, I’ll sit back and see how I can embellish each section, which will be a good exercise in itself. But all part of the learning process.
Hope you both have a wonderful Christmas.
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Glad to hear you found side activity that you enjoy. You are doing far better then me foolishly imagining I can learn piano and compose/produce my own pieces 
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Tip of the hat for doing your homework and taking it that extra mile, monsieur 
Good to see your creative juices flowing. I shall follow with interest and look forward to some warped lyrics to top it off.
Cover needs more ladies in red
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Hold the line caller 
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Time for my usual year end review, reflection and assessment of the direction of travel for 2024.
But first an update to my recording catalogues and the additions for the last year.
Catalogue of The Madman’s Recordings on the Old JG Forum
AOVYP Recordings Since 2014
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Tears Of The Dragon ( September 25, 2014)
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Tears Of The Dragon Overdub
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Power Chord Abuse - Basket Case
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What’s Up 4NB
Stream episode What's Up 4NB by tobyjenner podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud -
Whats Up Recording 2
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Call Me The Breeze First Cut ADE
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The Cranberries - Zombie
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Wear Did You Lose It Stitch (a very bad Zombie)
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Fly Away
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Another Man’s Cause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gluhQGRJp9c -
Murder By The Seine (Parisienne Walkways first cut, no Backing Track)
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Murder By The Seine (Parisienne Walkways mash up)
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Holy Smoke
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Funky Tears Of The Dragon
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Normandie Noddle (Impro In D)
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Malice Aforethought - Delay Driven
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Hotel California Speaker ReMix
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Like These Times
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Like These Times Take 3
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I’ll Be There - PR & C
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Inside - A Schlaffenwagen Production
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Schlaffenwagen The French Connecton Aka Ascension Day (First ever singing recording)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15GTBRiSgzg
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House Of The Rising Sun - Schlaffenwagen Mix
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An Irish Pub Song Cover
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Bridge Of Sighs Final Mix
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Hey You Get Out Of That CAGE(D) - Justin Guitar G Major Impro
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Beautiful Soft E Minor Impro (that was the name of the backing track not my playing)
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The Reaper (Original) Lots of musicians passed either side of Christmas 2016, Lemmy, Bowie etc. So a reflection on life
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Turn The Page Hybrid
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Born To Be Wild (Vocals Only Cagn and Roman did the hard work)
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Behind Blue Eyes Hybrid
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Attestation Blues (Original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-YeGRyNgQE
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Investigating Private Noodles (January 2021)
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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 -
C2U Modes Master Class A Ionian Madman Melody (June 2021)
JustinGuitar Community
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C2U Modes Master Class A Lydian Madman Melody (June 2021)
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C2U Modes Master Class A Mixolydian Madman Melody (June 2021)
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C2U Modes Master Class An Aeolian Madman Melody (June 2021)
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C2U Modes Master Class A Dorian Madman Melody (June 2021)
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C2U Modes Master Class A Phrygian Madman Melody (June 2021)
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C2U Modes Master Class A Locrian Madman Melody (June 2021)
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C2U Modes Master Class A Locrian Madman Cellar Production (June 2021)
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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. -
Borrowed Chord Experiments – A Minor Inconvenience (in G minor) October 2021
https://studio.youtube.com/video/uSLF_cwIxjg/edit -
Borrowed Chord Experiments – Power Chords on Loan / Lets Ride (in G minor) October 2021
https://youtu.be/nC3EzLRRqCg -
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
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Streets Of Pain (First trial of singing and playing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rOMlKo4fM -
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
- Knockin On Heavens Door (OM 1 Trial 23 April 2021)
- Feel Like I’m Fixin To Die (OM 1 Trial 23 April 2021)
- Waiting For A Friend (OM 00 LiveStream Trial 7 May 2021)
- Behind Blue Eyes (OM 2 15 May 2021)
- Times Like These (OM2 15 May 2021)
- Seagull (OM3 14 August 2021)
- Feel Like Makin Love (OM3 14 August 2021)
- Turn The Page (OM4 16 October 2021)
- The Rambler (OM4 16 October 2021)
- All the Madmen (OM5 11 December 2021)
- Broken (OM5 11 December 2021)
Madman’s Diary Series
Which all started with this tale of woe, which could have been called The Death of a Mustang.
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.
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Madman’s Diaries – Bad Company Feel Like Makin Love (OM3 Footnote)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74AnUHxby58 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Madman’s Diaries - The Rambler Black Stone Cherry Rehearsal (OM 4 Footnote)
https://youtu.be/MDT9MYdViEY -
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 -
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)
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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
- 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/
JGC Open Mic (Dry Run Recordings) Posted as Madman’s New Diary OM Footnotes
Open Mic Livestream 02 - 2021 Xmas Bash Dry Run 101222 Final Take https://youtu.be/TZjYXF1uong
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
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AS YEAR TWO IN THE “NEW” JG COMMUNITY COMES TO AN END
TIME TO UPDARE THE MADMAN’S RECORDING CATALOGUE
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JGC Open Mic (Dry Run Recordings) Posted as Madman’s New Diary OM Footnotes
Madman’s Diaries OM12 Footnotes - The Ballad Of Hollis Brown Final Dry Run https://youtu.be/myCpZyA-3n8
Madman’s Diaries OM12 Footnotes - If Dylan Went Down To Dixie (Hollis Brown n Drums) Dry Run https://youtu.be/lZm_HkKQoCg
Madman’s Diaries OM14 Footnotes - MMS Presents “Disturbed Simon and The Mad Garfunkels” https://youtu.be/OqtgrW4a6OA
Madman’s Diaries OM16 Footnotes - Every Mother’s Son Dry Run https://youtu.be/Bu1HGYR7UO4
Madman’s Diaries OM16 Footnotes - EMS with Trio (shelved for OM) Dry Run https://youtu.be/CWNNfglspAg
Madman’s Diaries OM17 Footnotes - All I Can Do Is Write About It Dry Run https://youtu.be/pFH_aI7QjBI
Madman’s Diaries OM17 Footnotes - The Ballad of Curtis Leow Dry Run https://youtu.be/Qk7ORYfVCTs
Madman’s Diaries OM 20 Footnotes - Sympathy For The Devil Dry Run Final https://youtu.be/HRnP0fwNq84
The Madman’s New Diaries Series
No new postings
The Madman’s Blues Diaries Series
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters https://youtu.be/GrNTACVw3gU
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #1 https://youtu.be/o-sqJdSQ7Gw
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #2 https://youtu.be/S8DPiUnxOtQ
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #3 https://youtu.be/WjaMUgnn3ww
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #4 https://youtu.be/npa8nUJRcaU
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #5 https://youtu.be/uYTRPIQECGw
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #6 https://youtu.be/l0MlYWexevk
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #7 https://youtu.be/aF8p88fxFak
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #8 https://youtu.be/aF8p88fxFak
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #9 https://youtu.be/x76AMPzR9gQ
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter One - Hamburger Recordings #10 https://youtu.be/c1MC0Ee2k2c
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - Hamburger Recordings #11 https://youtu.be/tLqbtYDnGA4
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - Hamburger Recordings #12 https://youtu.be/olY5zxV34vw
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - Hamburger Recordings #13 https://youtu.be/s6LoEDlH2CY
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - Hamburger Recordings #14 https://youtu.be/JNeF1FhqBK0
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - Guitar George ala Knopfler 051023 https://youtu.be/SUOuiyy5rv0
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - Inhale 041023 https://youtu.be/zkt74dK05z0
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Two - The Madman’s Playground https://youtu.be/fMvkVgsNO_U
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three - Hamburger Recordings #15 https://youtu.be/rIuSPj-o-Eo
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three - Hamburger Recordings #16 https://youtu.be/Bl-xXPTGu5A
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three - Hamburger Recordings #17 https://youtu.be/WDABH28pr7Q
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three - Hamburger Recordings #18 https://youtu.be/qFHYXd3PqjQ
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three - Hamburger Recordings #19 https://youtu.be/_DMXYGXkRGg
The Madman’s Diaries - The Blues Chapters - Chapter Three - Hamburger Recordings #20 https://youtu.be/DLZRD_6gPeI
Guitar Challenges/Learning Log Updates
Folk Fingerstyle Development - First Recordings - Melancholy Meander https://youtu.be/SuXCf5_IPcc
Folk Fingerstyle Development - First Recordings - The Water Is Wide (The Movie) https://youtu.be/QErL3ny65qY
Favourite Lick (for now) - https://youtu.be/e9-5v7OVJ-8
Last Updated 27tcDecember 2023
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Hi Toby, that’s a really clear and structured way to record your progress. Maybe, I should start with something similar as well, before it gets too much of a load and I get too overwhelmed to even think of starting something similar 
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Thanks for the inspiration!
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Its certainly a useful reminder for looking back on progress and good to start early if you are going to do something similar. The first catalogue was a mammoth task, as I was using different recording platforms, Soundcloud, then YouTube and it covered a good few years. Created in MS Word then copied here.
The last two years have been much easier and allows me to take stock of where I am and plan where I am going. Which is the next task, then map out a plan.
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So as already mentioned the year is drawing to a close and I have had time to reflect on what I feel has been a productive year. I am still not setting the tarmac/blacktop on fire but the progress has been slow and steady.
Thus it is time to lay down the road map for the new year and see where this journey takes me next.
But first its confession time.
Ever since Justin rebuilt the website, rewrote the Beginner and Intermediate Courses, interweaved the Blues Courses in the newly created Grade System, I’ve felt a bit lost and did not know where I was. The additional beginners lessons, then the new Grade 3 pretty much threw me out of kilter, So although I’ve been dipping in and out and cherry picking I still don’t have a scooby about where I fit in ! 
So first off for 2024 I am going back to ground zero and this time meticulously cover the new material and finally get my feet back on the path again. Again this will be slow and steady wins the day and I have no target time to complete this adventure.
Alongside that will be continued exploration and development and like this year it will be Blues and Fingerstyle focused but with a twist.
What I have discovered over the last, roughly 3 months of mainly fingerstyle playing, Solo Blues and Folk patterns, is complementary skills that are transferable across a variety of techniques and playing. And that has pretty much led to me formulating plans for the coming year.
There is method in the madness, honest.
The melody lines I have been learning in the acoustic solo Blues pieces can be used to provide useful and flowing links between licks when improvising.
The slightly faster or busy Folk Fingerstyle patterns, have improved my picking hand playing and that has been evidenced in some of the Solo Blues pieces and will be exploited further.
The focus on Blues Rock Soloing throughout the year has helped me develop my lick vocabulary and led to playing more complicated pieces, giving me a platform to learn longer solos, as previously planned.
The Blues Rock Soloing also triggered a eureka moment when I just went freestyle one day (see The Playground recording) but also learning a Knopfler style solo and discovered I could actually play much faster than I believed. And this is something that had held me back from attempting some of the classic Hard Rock, Heavy Rock and early Metal songs of my yoof. Giving me inspiration to finally build a proper foundation to play that style of song.
So that’s pretty much the framework for next year,
It may sound a lot but I have been practice/playing for a couple of hours each day. So the plan is to spend 30 minutes on each of the core developmental area and adding any items coming out of the Ground Up Review as required and if necessary creating a fourth dedicated slot for those techniques and skills.
So as Baldrick once said “I have a cunning plan” ! And yes there will be songs and the odd OM appearance.
As the boyz once said
Daughter has been tasked to feed me new old skool, so I can play something the kids here may recognise.
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Hi Toby, that sounds like a decent plan. Very structured again - like your retrospect. And with the different genres/styles you want to focus on, I’m sure, it won’t become boring 
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I wish you a fantastic and joyful guitar years 2024 
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I just read you in my LL update 
… and yesterday I ended the day by reading your update …
Well, I have already given you the compliments so …again? 
Aaa what the heck …good update
and this is certainly useful to me because I also have to delve deeper into the blues pool and some harder stuff
Greetings and thanks
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Well Toby, it does sound a lot. Can’t wait for my retirement so I can practice a few hours each day. That’ll be in 31 years from now.
It’s been satisfying seeing your progress in 2023. I admire the structured practice sessions you’ve got going on, they’re really paying off. May 2024 bring you lots of joy and results.
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