Reed's Guitar Journey

Here we are at the end of my presentation. With my TED Talk in the past, I find myself unable to think of what to write about. Do I thank the audience for supporting my blog and project? Do I address the current state of my skills? Do I discuss the improvements I have made? So many possible avenues to take this final blog post, yet none seem appropriate. You see, each of those topics is based on the idea that my guitar journey is done. That could not be further from the truth. Despite having to temporarily cancel my weekly guitar lessons due to conflicts with my baseball schedule, my journey is set to continue as normal. For many people, this TED Talk marked the ending of their experience. I, however, am just getting started.  September 8, 2018 (Yes, I learned Wonderwall... Yes, I am ashamed to admit that) April 12, 2019 Future Save your "F" Bois Good news, you do not need to spam the comments with an array of F's (see instructions on ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the LAST POST BEFORE my PRESENTATION! First of all, I would like to apologize for not making a midweek post last week. I had a lot on my plate and I just never got around to writing the post. Don't think that I didn't practice though. I still practiced and played as much as the other weeks, I just did not document it as heavily. And in my defense, it would have been pretty dry compared to my other blogs since I spend most of the last week practicing the parts that had I already learned. It would have just been videos of me playing the same parts as earlier, just on faster tempos. Be honest, you wouldn't have watched it anyway. 🎸Da New Stuff and Da Old Stuff🎸 In addition to practicing the parts that I had already learned, I learned one last part of the song. I learned the second bridge of the song. Unlike the rest of the parts I learned, it is not hybrid picking. It is just strumming so it was not too hard to learn. New Part ...