Originally Posted by B.D.Thomas
Good playing, beautiful tone, beautiful axe (like Dave, I had to google AIO).
But what I really LOVE are your wonderful bends, David Gilmour says 'hi'.
They sound so natural and easy.
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Thanks, B.D. Much appreciated.


Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Floyd!
I love the chord and phrasing at various times e.g. at 1:35 - but good playing and melody throughout. I’m in admiration that you taught yourself in one night, but obviously developing since then. I don’t know your instrument background - pianist? guitarist? It would be good to hear more of your journey. In any case, this piece shows one doesn’t have to ‘shred’ to come up with the goods. Tuneful, cleanly played, and full of all the techniques of good lead guitar.
Andrew

Thanks, Andrew.

I spent most of my life as an acoustic guitar guy. And mainly a songwriter - thus the acoustic.
I played in bars from the time I was 17 - sometimes as a solo act, but often as a duo. In that case, I played "some lead parts" when required - copying what was on the record - like the acoustic leads for Jim Croce songs. (It was all singer-songwriter stuff with a heavy emphasis on the songwriter part - John Prine, James Taylor, Steve Goodman, Jim Croce, Jackson Browne, etc....) So not a lot of hard leads.

Along the way, I would occasionally attempt to figure out the lead guitar thing, but that always ended in abject failure.
I have owned a banjo, a mandolin, a fiddle, a bass, a synth and a digital piano for many years (40+). I could play them well enough to add to an occasional demo - Real Simple stuff - short passages. Real Simple. Not "a player".

About 2 years ago, I decided to (once again) try to learn to be a better piano player. Mainly to use as a "songwriter tool".
I had tried a number of time before. Playing from music books, watching YouTube stuff. It never stuck.
But this time I decided to "figure it out myself". Because that is how I learned to play acoustic guitar.
And I figured it out. I can now play piano. Well enough to write with, well enough to use in my recordings (as the main track).
Well enough that I bought an expensive, top-of-the-line Yamaha digital.

The lead guitar stuff started last year when I spent a long night learning the 5 pentatonic patterns. If that failed, I had made a pledge to NEVER try again.
But, that took.
I have since "figured it out myself" again - seeing the fretboard MY way (I seldom use those original 5 patterns - they have become secondary or less)
Once I had done that, I realized it would easily translate to playing bass. That worked so well I ended up buying a new bass and a new bass amp.
Then one night - after David Cuny said "I see you have a mandolin" - I thought I would take THAT off the wall - where it has been sitting for 30 years pretty much untouched. After changing the strings on it - for the first time - I learned that well enough that I ended up buying a new mandolin (it's a beauty!).

Wish I had done all of this 50 years ago. But it's not a bad idea to learn new instruments at 70. Might help stave off the inevitable decline....
I think it beats learning how to write better prompts to get AI to do it for ya...

That's the journey, so far.

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