So I've been practicing Tango 'til They're Sore. AND THE SCANSION IS REALLY WEIRD, TOM. REALLY WEIRD.

Like, I'm singing some Magnetic Fields for a break, weird.

1) There are apocalypses in the damnedest places. Like "Garden Song," and "Redemption Song," and "Amazing Grace." The world ends every time you turn around.

2) Nobody except Art Garfunkel can keep up with the shit Paul Simon does with meter.

3) The 19th century was full of people dying of syphilis and writing songs about it.

3a) It was also full of ( Read more... )

Oh yeah.

So I'm sitting on the couch, having declared tomorrow a Rest Day (I'm trying to be better about those and have two a week like normal people) and I'm thinking oh, I should read the book I'm reading. But I don't feel like reading, or watching the new Criminal Minds (I finally watched the last one, and it was very good. Poor Derek. Poor ( Read more... )

Hah. Well, now I can claim to know five finger-picking patterns.

Now I just have to train my hand to do three of them automatically. (I have the other two more or less down.)

All right. Because so many have asked, and because this is the least scary thing I will do today... here's a download link to a very bad (like, recorded off the laptop microphone) recording of my very bad version of "Landslide."If I seem to be singing harmony to an invisible melody... that's what I do ( Read more... )

Here's the galangal "ginger" beer when I first mixed it, and now, ready to drink:


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Well, I don't exactly have the F#m, but I can kind of get to it with planning and time.

Not on the fly.

And my F is not significantly improved.

Le sigh.

(If I can learn this chord, I will have bad versions of "The Pearl" and "The Long Way Home." It's an inspiration.)

Memo to me. The finger-picking pattern in "Landslide" runs across two measures.

This is the source of all your confusion. Well, that, and Lindsay Buckingham being better at this than most people.

...well, that, and the necessity of getting into the G/B with extreme speed and accuracy. Especially the B string, because you need it immediately ( Read more... )

Oh, bed. You are my only friend ( Read more... )

1) Bm, even the cheater version, is farther away than I think it is. Also, the non-cheater version of F (which I am finally attempting to learn for reals this time after many abortive efforts) is extra hard when you have crooked fingers ( Read more... )