I have this feeling that anything I post today will pale in comparison to yesterday's post, but here I go anyway...
I'll openly admit that I did more listening today than I did playing. I got through at least 2/3 of the Alabama Shakes record. It's bluesy country soul at its heart, and while not every track hits the mark all the way, it's a consistently good listen.
The more I hear of the Counting Crows record, the more I love it, and the more I can see Adam's justification of recording a covers record. He said in an interview somewhere recently that they had "recorded new Counting Crows songs that weren't written by Counting Crows" or something to that effect. The more I hear his voice on this set of songs, the more I see his argument as valid. Mind you, I'm one of the people who would rather have seen them come out with new, original material, but I'm not so picky that I won't recognize anything new they choose to put out as a welcome occurrence.
While I didn't do much playing, I did have the time to mess around with "Red House" for at least a few minutes. Having the guitar trainer connected to speakers is already making practice easier. I have this feeling that progress on the Hendrix is going to happen much quicker now that things are up and running and I'm free to really get into the music and be able to have easier access to the transcriptions while I'm listening to the tougher licks at a slower speed.
Tomorrow after work I should have a good chance to really dive into it. I may just post early if I feel like I get enough accomplished.
I'll openly admit that I did more listening today than I did playing. I got through at least 2/3 of the Alabama Shakes record. It's bluesy country soul at its heart, and while not every track hits the mark all the way, it's a consistently good listen.
The more I hear of the Counting Crows record, the more I love it, and the more I can see Adam's justification of recording a covers record. He said in an interview somewhere recently that they had "recorded new Counting Crows songs that weren't written by Counting Crows" or something to that effect. The more I hear his voice on this set of songs, the more I see his argument as valid. Mind you, I'm one of the people who would rather have seen them come out with new, original material, but I'm not so picky that I won't recognize anything new they choose to put out as a welcome occurrence.
While I didn't do much playing, I did have the time to mess around with "Red House" for at least a few minutes. Having the guitar trainer connected to speakers is already making practice easier. I have this feeling that progress on the Hendrix is going to happen much quicker now that things are up and running and I'm free to really get into the music and be able to have easier access to the transcriptions while I'm listening to the tougher licks at a slower speed.
Tomorrow after work I should have a good chance to really dive into it. I may just post early if I feel like I get enough accomplished.
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