By lovely serendipity Iāve come across other forum members playing them both recently. Itās a real boost seeing others being able to realise this. By association it makes it feel more realistic.
Also, since picking up an electro-acoustic guitar for the first time Iām finding myself unexpectedly falling down a rabbit hole of guitar pedals and ambient soundscapes. This doesnāt lend itself to a āsongā that Iād like to be able to replicate but more a freedom of being able to live improvise.
For reference Iām currently on module 8, in grade 2.
Eventually, youāll come back to a well picked selection of gear and a sounds made up of a compressor, a suitable pre-amp and a subtle reverb and/or delay for that godlike finish
btw,
My current dreamer songs is being able to sing a decent version of ākiss from a roseā by Seal and to be able to remember all the chord changes to āObvious Childā by Paul Simon
I would think āSlow Dancing in a Burning Roomā is in my list.
Also āA Day in November ā (classical)
Right now, the dreamer I am working on as a finger style version of āA Whiter Shade of Paleā. Way out of my league but I have memorized to bar 24 of 85ā¦the verse (in this version) that is all harmonics will destroy me!
Dreamer songs for me are the ones I know are harder than my current skill, but I intend to play them some day. My list rotates as I realize I can play them, where they move to actively being learned.
I am not quite half-way through grade 3.
Just off the list:
M&O Blues, Willie Brown - I finally got that intro riff working pretty well. Now need to figure out the tempo of the stuff between the riffs.
Ja Nuns Hons Pris, Richard the Lionhearted - Took ages to memorize, but now working toward expression improvements and cleaning an occasional buzzed note.
The Jack, AC/DC - I can finally make that stretch for the opening sequence! Next is making the A, A#,B sequence accurately and on time. The rest just needs memorization.
Near the top of the dreamer list:
Hey, Hey, Big Bill Broonzy - Justin has the Clapton version as a grade 6 lesson, so I may go with Claptonās version, it is close to Broonzy.
Vibrato - yeah, I know it isnāt a āsongā, but I cannot get my hand to wiggle fast enough to perform a nice vibrato, but there are a lot of places I will need it.
2112, Rush - yeahā¦ the whole album side in one sitting. It will be a while before I even get started on this.
many more.
Been generally working on the AC/DC catalog of songs. This will take me a long time. These are not really dreamer other than some fingerings are not what my hand can do without physical conditioning.
Hi Sound_Bound! Visualising yourself to be able to play to the song you want to, is such a great motivation (that would help you get through tough times) and vision (keep yourself on track, becoz you know what you going to do). Keep it up!
-Did you have a dreamer song before picking up the guitar?
Kotaro Oshioās ēæ¼ You are the Hero. It inspires me to play DADGAD. The tune is very youthful and motivating And I come up with a message with it lol
āIts about how much I want to do and achieve it, ultimately mattersā
What dreamer song do you visualise playing at an imaginary point in the future?
Probably Michael Hedgesā Aerial Boundaries? xD Ah and Mike Dawesā Boogie Shred lol. Got to learn that piece too. And there are so many songs I want to learn and master.
Ohh have so many that I would love to play. This may be because Iāve been spending a lot of time in my rock study, but that last 5 songs in Justinās rock songbook (the ones that he fully tabbed out) are all amazing and showcase a variety of technical skill that I would love to one day be able to play:
The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy
Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
You Shook me All Night Long by AC/DC (Iāll add Back in Black, Hells Bells, and Shoot to Thrill for AC/DC while Iām at it)
Black Betty by Ram Jam
Also, some Foo Fighters songs like All My Life and Hey Johnny Park. Metallicaās Master of Puppets and for whom the bell tolls. Gosh I could go on and on, Iāll do one more cause itās kind of a weird lofty one. Troy Stetina has an instrumental song called Aliens Among Us, the genre is shred. That one will probably never happen cause the technical skill to play it is kind of crazy but itās on the list nonetheless.
At the moment mine is Muse Hysteria on my Bass, itās deceptively difficult! Iām up to around 75% speed at the moment but itās hard to get faster!
Oooh cool topic! Great reading everyoneās thoughts on this
Iām thinking it would have been something like playing the rhythm for Metallicaās Master of Puppets.
To what Iām sure wouldāve been the complete astonishment of myself back then, I am getting close to achieving that dream, which I feel immensely grateful for.
Iām not sure I have a specific song, but I would love to one day be able to play the solos in the songs I love. At the moment that seems like complete fantasy, but I guess so did the above when I started, so who knows!
Also, I would love to have the skill to just freely jam with others, create interesting, melodic music whilst locking in with them, whether theyāre other guitarists or a band.
Thanks again for sharing this, itās nice to consider these from time to time to help re-focus the direction of learning!
I feel somehow good about myself seeing couple of songs I did are on others dreamer lists
Q1: plenty of those! And still do!
Q2: there are a few songs I would love to learn to play which sit on a Dreamers list, but I will limit to top3:
Snow Hey Oh by RHCP - I can play the whole song, but it just sounds shit IMO and I need day in day out practice to regain dexterity. I somehow blame it on my cheap strat and itās high action, as itās a lot easier to play on my medium budget LP. So I plan to upgrade my strat first before getting back to it as itāsnot an LP song! If I fail then it just means it might remain a dreamer forever
Sweet Child Oā Mine GnR - solo is sick, no idea if I ever will be able to learn it at all!
Cliffs of Dover - letās be real, never going to happen
Oh, dreamer songs, yeah I have a LOT, and Iāve surprised myself recently but learning bits of some of them and having it sound half decent! Still miles off parts of them thoughā¦ and most I havenāt attempted.
Some of my dreamer songs:
Say it aināt so by Weezer
Back In Black by AC/DC - including the super long solo!
Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix
Here comes the sun by The Beatles
Under the bridge by RHCP
Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani (anything by Satch actually is a dreamer)
Some of those are a bit cliche but hey - thereās a reason theyāre dreamers by so many.
Q1: not a song. I watched the Rolling Stones concert film Letās Spend the Night Together and was inspired to pick up a guitar by the music and Keef
Q2: I tend not to dream to far ahead, I guess I have doubts as to how far I can go as a player and musician, so am not that ambitious when dreaming about songs to play. That aside, here a few: Needle and the Damage Done, Landslide, Layla
I donāt mean this as a joke butā¦
i am a simple person (usually )ā¦ my dream songs are the ones Iām working on ā¦often literally ,before going to sleep I go through the song of the the day I practice the most in my head ( which is difficult if you do not see images, but now that I have recently learned/understood this, it is getting better)
and I fall asleep with it,and sometimesā¦ .rarely butā¦I play like a star and the audience goes crazy when I play like never before and everything goes so easy and smooth and occasionally there are old musical friends or something of stature with a smile look behind the scenes ā¦ and then I wake up
Currently itās a bunch of blues lick in riff
Greetingsā¦
And I come up with a message with it lol
)ā¦ my dream songs are the ones Iām working on 