Guitar Lessons Part 15

Sep 24: Late

Sorry this is so late. Not much to report today.

I played my song.

I played a bunch of other songs.

I had fun.

Good night.

Sep 25: Not Much Time

Today was a busy day. My mom came over and we went through half of my son’s clothing that we had stored in his closet… All of which was already too small for him.

In other words, not much practice time happened today.

I spent the entirety of it working on my song.

You know what’s annoying?

Messing up at a different part of the song each time I play it

Sept 26: Performing

I’ve been thinking a LOT about my upcoming performance (October 6! Ack only 10 days!) and every time I make a mistake (once or twice each time I play the song) I worry that I won’t be prepared.

Did I set too steep a goal?

I know that my writer’s group will be gentle, but I still want to do a good job for them.

Today, I tried to coach my daughter into singing in tune instead of screaming the lyrics. It worked pretty well.

She already knows all the words.

I’m so very impressed and proud.

Sept 27: Nothing to Report

I didn’t play guitar today. No spoons. I’m sad.

Sept 28: Back into it

I played for about twenty minutes today, almost exclusively my song.

I say “almost” because I played Frère Jacques for the kids a few times and then practiced my chords.

I’m feeling a little more confident about my playing.

But when my mom asked if I would be performing for them before I played for my writer’s group, I panicked.

I’ll get there.

Right?

Sept 29: Fun Stuff

I played for about 40 minutes today. I think I’m going to stick with the no lesson thing for the time being. I refuse to feel guilty about it.

I played my song a bunch. Kept making tiny mistakes that really bug me. Hopefully I can iron most of those out before next Wednesday. (Eep 1 week!)

Then I played Puff the magic dragon because my son has been obsessed with that song lately and I don’t remember all the words to the verses. I did much better tonight. Just the last couple that I still don’t remember.

I played a couple other songs too. 500 miles by the proclaimers was a new one for me and it was a lot of fun to play.

And of course Frère Jacques for the kids.

In writing news, I finished a novella I’ve been working on for about a week. It’s just under 19k. I’m really happy with it.

Today marks 3 months of playing guitar!

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