Drifting - My first recorded tune for Steemit
This tune was composed by Andy Mckee, and released in 2006. When I heard this piece of art for the first time, I was like: "Woah, nice, but this seems impossible to play". And went back to my usual activities.
Then some years later, I was trying to enhance my visual perception of motion, and my proprioception, so I started juggling. Some tricks seemed to be impossible to me, at the first glance. But with intense practice and repetition, it became really easy and natural to perform, almost like if it was innate, and so enjoyable. So I told to my self: "Oh! Maybe it's the same with guitar?".
So I went back to this good old video, grabbed my guitar, and started to learn, 4 hours a day, until my fingers were hurting too much to continue, sometime even bleeding. And after two weeks full of angriness mixed to a total ecstasy feel, I was able to play it entirely, not perfectly, but I did it. With absolutely no theorical knowledge of guitar, as I never too any guitar lesson. I was just watching videos, and learning...
Since this episode of my life, I've learned a lot of percussive-fingerstyle guitar tunes, and even started to compose, just by hear. And the more you play, the more you start to love doing it. It's the contrary of consuming something, like a lemonade let's say. Lemonade is marvelous at the beginning but sickening at the end. Making art is sickening at the beginning and Marvelous at the end.
Investing in art is the best long term investment you can make! (Who said Crypto?)
So one day, if you see something that amaze you, something that seems impossible to you to do: JUST DO IT! (cliché I know) It will be much faster than you think, with just a bit of dedication, you'll love it, and for a long time!
Enjoy my cover <3 (with some juggling in bonus at the end)
Thanks for reading, listening and watching.
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Version Française:
Je n'ai pas trouvé le temps les amis, apprenez l'anglais, vous verrez, c'est facile. Héhé. Allez, salutations. T'façon Ya RIEN à comprendre. :D
Well done @troilo =) Best wishes for the future !
Thank you my Swiss friend! Tu es Vaudois aussi? Lillo m'a parlé de toi, si tu vois de qui je parle. =)
You are welcome ! Valaisan s'il te plait :P Oui je vois très bien de qui tu parles ;)
Alors peut-être qu'on se rencontrera bientôt en personne, qui sait! =D
Sûrement ! Cela sera avec plaisir :)
Great sounds
Thank you Karl the Legend. ;)
Beautiful!
Music just puts you in a trance. You can start jamming and end up in a whole other world! All of a sudden a smile is on your face and tears in your eyes! I want to be able to perform with such confindence on my ukulele someday...any tips?
Cheers!
You're totally right, music can drive you to some unexpected places in yourself. My tip: Just keep playing, everyday, with passion, and love of music. You seem already quite confident holding your Ukulele. Looking forward for a demonstration. =) Cheers
Acoustic guitarist.
Go for it! Feel it in your bones and shine with an open heart. You'll inspire others by being open and vulnerable. I just followed ya and look forward to hearing your songs. Onward and upward!
10,000 hours to expert, as they say.
thats wicked cool Troilo!!! you ever hear mood for a day? it has to be one of my favorite guitar songs ever...definitely a bit of a unique style to it i believe.
anyway, keep doing U booboo!! congratz on the big post!
Thank you my dear Itchy! No I had never heard of it, you made me do a pleasant discovery. BooBoo! ;)
you play it for us next week?? :P hehe
Haha, I will compose something, I don't really want to make covers anymore. :)
Great tune!
Thank you Jrlo, are you posting something soon? :D
Lovely tune. Very captivating and puts you in a trance. A lot of time people assume the "drone" has to be the lowest pitch, but in this case, those high Ds ringing out really lull me into a groove. Gotta love the neck bending too (but be careful!).
ha ha )
NecK .. B(End-in)G !! -))
.. and the sweet sound of a 360 barrel ROLL !! - ))
GreaT CommenT !! - ))
Thanks a lot dear MusicSteem. Yes, music can sometime put you into a trance, it's a fascinating way to share love to yourself and others. Haha, happy that you like this D string's ringing. And don't worry, I will not break my neck. I mean my guitar's neck. (Because I might break my neck on my SkateBoard one day.) Cheers!
Hahaha, says the guy who tosses his guitar away =P
PS: You're more likely to have knee problems from skateboarding than anything else
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fucking beautiful man!! you have the magic touch...really enjoyed it!! here's a little something to het you started on steemit...enjoy
Oh MY GOD! I almost pissed in my pants. :O YOU HAVE THE MAGIC TOUCH! Haha! I'm so Grateful, you can't imagine. The best day of my Steemian's life. <3
hahaha! a magician laugh :P
hahahaha!!!!
I'm a string player myself and a big fan of your gonzo guitar playing style. I also like Tommy Emmanuel. I posted about him here:
https://steemit.com/til/@transhuman/til-of-tommy-emmanuel
Check out "initiation." I think you'll like it.
When you are ready to release your own music, I invite you to Sign Up With Musicoin and release your music through us, so you can get paid immediately for listens.
I have written about Musicoin and here is an example:
https://steemit.com/music/@transhuman/attention-all-musicians
Great! Thommy Emmanuel is a legend! I know MusiCoin already, I've invested a bit in them. Thanks TransHuman!
Nice job Mate!!! I am actually working on my studio now.... Im a Steemit DJ/Producer. We should get a little co-lab piece together.
This is my home studio^
Thank you Evan! Yes, It would be nice! Maybe add me on discord?
Do you have a soundcloud or any where you post tracks?
No =( I just started to film today, I hadn't filmed anything for 4 years. :D But let's keep in touch, it will come!
Will do Mate....I just followed you.
I know a few other steemians that are musicians and we are going to get a few tracks going. Ill keep you in the loop.
I follow you too mate ;)