Comments | theladycancook: thinking of breaking my leg

theladycancook

thinking of breaking my leg

Jan 22, 2008 10:45

So, whose idea was it, anyway, for me to learn to play guitar just so I could be in a play? Whoever that person is should be rounded up and shot on sight.

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guitar, frustration

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gypsy1969 January 22 2008, 16:35:06 UTC

Funny.
And how many mirrors are in your house?

And another thing... gypsy1969 January 22 2008, 16:36:52 UTC

I have been to plenty of plays where the music is canned and the singer just pretends to play the instrument.

Re: And another thing... theladycancook January 22 2008, 17:46:38 UTC

When I auditioned, I suggested either recorded guitar or someone onstage accompanying me. But nothing doing -- Bitsy Mae has to play her own guitar.

anonymous January 22 2008, 17:33:21 UTC

Do you have a sense of where your difficulties lie? Are you having trouble remembering the fingering? Making the chords sound when you get the fingering right? Singing while playing? Or something else altogether? Contact me and let's talk.

theladycancook January 22 2008, 17:51:11 UTC

My big problem is singing while playing while walking while not looking at the strings because I need to interact with the audience. I can remember the chords, but some of the transitions are proving much more difficult that I expected. And when I play at tempo while in character, my fingers don't want to reliably find the right locations. The director is happy that I've reached the point I'm at, given that I'd never touched a guitar until Christmas; but I want it to sound genuinely good, and right now it doesn't.

>> Contact me and let's talk. >>
And you are ...?

theladycancook January 23 2008, 03:12:20 UTC

Shit. Shit, shit, shit. I CANNOT get from a G to a D7 in time. I've been trying for days. This is monumentally frustrating.