Terry
No, I'm not that experienced. Call it one year thirty times. I play acoustic fingerstyle. Mostly 70's stuff - Blackbird, True Colours, Layla, Alice's Restaurant, Angie. Like that. I play regularly with a mate that I taught yo back. And of course jam with friends at get-togethers. Used to play at TJ's folk club, and am now looking for another scene. I once tried out for a band, but didn't make the grade - back to the fretboard. Ah well.
I enjoy the posts and am gently looking for someone to jam with.
Squonk
Hi Terry
Join the club, have also been playing for awhile, but not seriously untill I discovered GFSA and some good mates that have inspired me.
I am hoping to become a fingerstyle guitarist, just recently thrown away the plectrum but still a long way to go.
Where are you based? Guitars?
Strange enough I played my first ever gig at TJ's last year at the young age of 46 ?
Welcome
domhatch
I just figured out that 2011 will be 30 years for me too. But the difference between me and thee is that I know it all! And I can sum it up in one sentence... Each time I learn something new, I learn there are at least 50 things I don't know.
I can easily echo your sentiment - one year 30 times. Some years, worse than others, other years have actually set me back, and the odd year doesn't even count - I'm not sure I've even picked up my guitar with any serious intent.
It'd be interesting to know a bit more about you - where you are, when you're looking to jam, etc.
Good luck
dh
aubs1
Hey Terry, Welcome to GFSA, you are not alone in that situation, I am another, but I did all sorts of other things in between....... ?
Yep, tell us more about yourself, where you from, what guitars you have, etc, etc etc.........
inflames
Welcome to the forum!
TomCat
Howzit and Welcome....... ? ?
Fingerpicker
Alice's Restaurant? Very tough. Playing that cycle for 17.5 minutes. My left hand used to take such strain.
When did you last play at TJ's?
Riaan-Combrink
Welcome, Terry!
Terry
Thanks all for the welcomes. Makes me feel not so isolated. Some people asked more about me: I asked my folks for a guitar when I was 13, and got one. I imagine they thought that this wouldn't last long - but it did. They also gave me a book called "Play guitar in 30 minutes" and lo' I did - One finger chords G7 and C not playing the base notes give you "Molly Malone". My first song.
Someone asked about Alice's Restaurant - The fingerpicking is pretty straightforward. The hard part was learning the four A4 pages of text! I've forgotten most of it now.
I last played at TJ's when they were in Randburg - they had a good model then - just bring your guitar and you got a set of three songs. That was lekker. I've been to their latest venue at Mark's Park, but it seems to me that it's become something of an old-boys club. You have to book a date well in advance. So I don't play there anymore.
I'm going to try Andy McGibbon's at Old Parktonians this Wednesday. Will let you know.
I don't know if all the other old hands feel this way, but it seems to me that unless I have something to work towards I don't practice much. So a folk-club gig is ideal. I'm going to open a thread under collaborations to see if we can't discuss a folk-club type thing.
At the moment I'm working on Jonny Clegg's "The Crossing" which isn't fingerstyle, but is a serious anthem song.
Riaan-Combrink
Terry wrote:
At the moment I'm working on Jonny Clegg's "The Crossing" which isn't fingerstyle, but is a serious anthem song.
I absolutely love that song.
