Thank you! I have a lot of friends who just watched television and movies throughout the rough COVID days. I’m so glad that I came out with a skill that I love!
Hey Travis, thank you for taking that leap to the community and posting your recordings. That’s three songs I’ve never heard before I’ve been introduced to today and I enjoyed them.
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RE: The River—Garth Brooks
I enjoyed this one too Travis. What a way to jump in, 3 songs at once.
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Millionaire—Chris Stapleton Millionaire - YouTube
This is my most recent recording. Please let me know what you think!
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Paradise—John Prine Paradise - YouTube
I didn’t spend very much time trying to learn this song. Generally I like to play something for a couple weeks before I record it. Please let me know what you think!
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RE: Paradise—John Prine
I love the gravel in the lower registers of your voice! Really brings out the emotion of the song. I’m a huge JP fan - maybe I’ll post myself playing one of his songs. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Thank you! I consider Prine one of the greatest song writers, ever. Jam away!!
On The Turning Away—Pink Floyd On The Turning Away - YouTube
Pink Floyd can be tough to cover as a solo artist. They have so much other stuff going on in every song. Ha!
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RE: On The Turning Away.
Very nice. I always have to watch Pink Floyd avoyp. Good song too. 
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RE: On The Turning Away.
Nice my friend 
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RE: On The Turning Away.
Very nice Travis! It’s one of my favourite post-Roger PF songs - one to really stir the emotions.
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Very nice! Your voice suits the song well. Thanks!
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Thank you!
The Devil Wears A Suit And Tie—Colter Wall The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie - YouTube
Many of you probably haven’t heard of Colter Wall, but he is one of my favorite artists right now. I play a lot of his songs. I aspire to play better without a pick partially because of the way he plays without one.
Original track: Original 16 Brewery Sessions - Colter Wall - "The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie" - YouTube
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RE: The Devil Wears A Suit And Tie—Colter Wall
Bravo, Travis. You are right, never heard of Colter Wall. Enjoyed your rendition and the original, appreciate the sharing.
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Thank you! He is part of the modern underground outlaw country brand that I seem to be spiraling towards.
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The Old Apartment—Barenaked Ladies The Old Apartment - YouTube
Please let me know what you think! I’m always open to all feedback.
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RE: The Old Apartment—Barenaked Ladies
Love the energy and dynamics in this performance, Travis, the gusto and growl in the vocal.
I see you’ve been enthusiastic in posting up recordings in AVOYP. The Community is now so active that you may get more people watching and commenting if you spread the posting out a bit. And perhaps strike more balance in sharing your own recordings with the offering of feedback or just encouragement to other posters.
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RE: The Old Apartment—Barenaked Ladies
Hats off to you for sharing your tracks publicly. Well done!
I come here for the guitar, so I will begin my comments there. Your strumming and chording is steady and true. Not knowing where you are in your guitar journey, consider adding some dynamics to your playing. As a dyed in the wool open cowboy chord strummer, I know what a challenge that can be. Some ideas to ponder:
- We don’t have to strum every string on every chord. Doing so will drone on and cause ear fatigue in the listener over time. Accent the bass and/or treble strings at certain times. Single note picking and bass runs are always welcome to the ear.
- Build up to the chorus. Play your verses with conviction as you have done, and then open it up and let 'er rip in the choruses. Justin has some lessons on this concept.
Your vocals really popped! Nice growl from those pipes. Consider doing a cover of this song: Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike - YouTube
Easy chords and with your vocal range (which I don’t have) you would slay it. Being a fatty makes me uncomfortable singing, “I’m going hungry” as well. LOL
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