Practice
Sorry to inflict this on the listening public.
I went and played with some guys last Monday and I'm not going back...the place had issues. Nice guys, but I need to find another place to play. So I determined that I'm going to practice more at home. Lord knows I need it.
They say that one of the best ways to get better is to record your practicing. So I recorded this and here it is for you all to pick apart.
I hear:
Out of tune on 6th string. I tuned just before I played! Probably need new strings, these are kind of old.
Lots of crashes & semi-crashes. One lesson I learned from some reading I did last year, and which I took to heart since it has been a huge bugaboo in my playing: DON'T PRACTICE MISTAKES. There were many places where I would have stopped and reworked if I hadn't been taping. Is this a negative aspect of taping? I don't know, I kind of like the idea of getting used to taping. I just need to be sure that I don't solidify my mistakes.
Garageband is giving me fits. This was all it would record for me! I've recorded up to 10 minutes of stuff before; why wouldn't it do more than 90 seconds tonight? I've encountered this problem with Garageband before. I'll look it up.
Anyway, for your listening, here is tonight's practice tape.
Um, ok, I need to find that code I used to embed a player. Meanwhile, here's a link to the file. Listen at your peril. It's a slow version of Dan Tyminski's solo version of "Man of Constant Sorrow."
UPDATE:
Here's the player. Let's see if this works: