This weekend I started practicing again to gear up for my in-class performance and I found that I really can play and sing at the same time. It’s not completley smooth yet, but it’s getting there. So far I can sing and play the first two verses and the chorus.

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in lieu of doing more pressing school work, i will update my journal here for my learning project!

on thursday afternoon, my appointed guitar practice time, i sat down in front of the computer with the web site recommended to me by MegB. the most useful part was the suggested strums for the chorus and the verses. the chords themselves werent too ( Read more... )

i was just considering picking up the guitar and practicing for a while when i suddenly felt anxious. i realized that i was afraid that i wont be able to play the song well enough by the time that my learning project summary is due, and i didnt want to practice at all. this is strange, because practicing would be the remedy for this fear and ( Read more... )

i spend all day at work making sandwiches and then i come home and have no time to go grocery shopping in order to cook for myself!

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i have a paper due on monday and ive been so busy (camping) that i havent had a chance to get a draft out yet. but i need to make sure i get it done early enough in the weekend to let my boyfriend read it over before i turn it in on monday.

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yesterday afternoon between work at the restaurant and meeting valery on campus, i used ondemand again and the chords page to practice playing american pie. what ive realized is that while i still remember all the chords, im not as good at switching quickly between chords any more. ill just have to keep it up!

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melissa is learning calligraphy. she wants to be able to write the figures without looking at the guidebook.
nick is building a pic board. he just found a power supply and has “no idea how the circuit works”
lezlie is learning pilates from a dvd, like we talked about at valery’s birthday lunch at the new deck tavern.

im not doing so well. since ( Read more... )

my dad offered to pay for guitar lessons as a christmas present. i had been learning from valerie in new mexico, but clearly i cant do that now. so that gives me more motivation to play regularly and learn american pie now before i find a place to take lessons.

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i didnt take my guitar along with me when i went camping this weekend but i prolly should have. there was a guy playing guitar at the campsite next to ours, and he didnt play very well. he did manage to play the first part of american pie, but aborted it shortly thereafter.

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ok, so since i work part time and go to school full time its hard to work in another learning project (if im taking four classes, do i really need to “learn” something “else” for a “class?). im going to try to set aside time on thursdays between class and yoga to practice guitar. well see how that goes because this week i was hoping to use some ( Read more... )