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  • The Foundling Goes Home (classical guitar) (p.2)
2017/07/25 22:23:43
Wayfarer
"Playing solo unaccompanied guitar is the summit at the top of the mountain"
 
Hey, if we keep telling them that long enough, maybe they'll believe it. Worked for Hitler! 
 
Thanks for your comments,
 
Bill
2017/08/09 19:14:12
stevec
Playing catch-up....
 
I very much enjoyed that.   Lots of nice melodies, chord changes and a few smooth key shifts along the way, and the overall tone is nice.  Having been a Steve Howe fan most of my life this is right up my alley! 
 
2017/08/10 00:08:19
Wayfarer
Well thank you Steve.
2017/08/10 01:51:29
Bacco
Very nice, I enjoyed the flow of the song structure. Interesting to see the thumb pick, do you normally use one? And, you seem to be doing just fine on the interweb!
2017/08/10 23:26:00
Wayfarer
Thanks. I've used a thumbpick since I was knee-high to a stop sign. Hey, it worked for Chet, Merle, Doyle, and Tommy.
 
The one thing I DON'T like and no one has picked up on is that I used a little bit of compression on this recording. You only notice it when I hit the strings hard. It's a harsh sound. This is the one and only time I've tried compression on nylon strings. As good as some nice compression sounds on a steel string acoustic, it just doesn't work on nylon strings. Never again! (If anyone wants to hear the difference, I have a video of me playing the exact same guitar mic'd in the exact same way but without compression here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4lnhh4z8CU)
2017/08/11 04:55:51
Bacco
No doubt! The last time I donned a thumb pick was when I heard Chet Atkins Stephen Foster Medley and wanted to learn it so bad. Still in love with that arrangement. The problem for me was that I was too into rock/metal and I had zero chill to get the thumb coordination down for the alternating bass parts. Maybe I'll revisit it next year! 
2017/08/11 18:04:03
Beagle
Bill - this is very nice!  love the playing, the recording is well done.  I think I would back off of the reverb a tad, but other than that, this is excellent!  I love classical guitar and you've done a great job on this!
2017/08/11 20:36:32
mcourter
Beautiful piece. I had to watch it twice, once for each hand. I have to disagree with your critic. The fast runs work well, kind of take the listener by surprise. Perhaps a couple of notes lack clarity, but who's a rocker to criticize that? I like it a lot
2017/08/12 00:17:02
Wayfarer
Thank you gentlemen. I'm no Barrios, but I think I'm improving! Or at least I hide my mistakes better. 
2017/08/12 06:35:50
FreeEarCandy
Really enjoyed this. A wonderful piece. Nice easy pace with some impressive fills. Catching some nice tones up and down the neck with some interesting breaks and turns. Well done. Nice piece of wood for $100. I like cheap too, though no skills in major repairs. But if I did have such skills, I wouldn't have passed it up. See! You are lucky and you play guitar pretty damn good. Work on the smile!
:)
Dean.
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