After over a year of playing and practicing… well I realize how much more there is to learn. Anyways, I thought I’d toss this on the table as I have pretty much never played in front of anyone. So this is my first posting of anything I have played. I am just now learning about the 12 bars and the i-iv-v chord changes so I consider my self just beginning to learn even after a year of “playing” as it took me that long just to figure out the concept of the 12 bar blues and chord changes. So if you have any suggestions on how to improve and move forward I would appreciate it.
Yeah, and I realize I “lost it” in a few places, missed coming in on the beat, hit some less than desirable notes etc.
It was improvised, recorded as-is first run through. And, it was from the heart.
Oh, the backing track is called ‘Cafeteria Blues’ in D, played in 2nd position on a G Special 20 using a JT30 type mic.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11454118&q=hi
At least I keep telling myself that. Only been playing about 3 weeks give or take so it’s just getting started but I played an improv last night (Aug 31, 2014) that gave me the chills as I didn’t know I could do that. All from following just lessons 16 - 20 (course, I’ve done ALL of the lessons.