Joe, I apologize for the delay in responding to your submission, as I am a big proponent of contribution helping both the player and fellow students.  I thought some of the subsequent forum entries addressed your post, alas I was wrong...

Hats off to You for jumping right in!  And I am impressed with your place in mix, you sit in comfortably, not rushing the notes or throwing in empty filler, and that speaks of deliberate and thoughtful playing to the song, rather than your need to fill track space.  Better than that, your playing reveals that you are listening- that's a walk and chew gum aspect that many players forget when the Red Light of Recording or Jamming with Others kicks in.  AND what I really liked was how you settled into some very sweet vibrato and milking notes around 3:20- your efforts and stamina to hang in there paid off plenty.  

Thanks, I learned some old lessons again and really enjoyed the vibrations you added tot he atmosphere!

Joe

I want to commend you as well. Great job... Your guitar blended in very well within the track. I imagine there were several learning curves to overcome in doing this... Your playing was in sync with the track, good timing, confident notes... I say well done!

Posted by: Clayton

Joe, I apologize for the delay in responding to your submission, as I am a big proponent of contribution helping both the player and fellow students.  I thought some of the subsequent forum entries addressed your post, alas I was wrong...

Hats off to You for jumping right in!  And I am impressed with your place in mix, you sit in comfortably, not rushing the notes or throwing in empty filler, and that speaks of deliberate and thoughtful playing to the song, rather than your need to fill track space.  Better than that, your playing reveals that you are listening- that's a walk and chew gum aspect that many players forget when the Red Light of Recording or Jamming with Others kicks in.  AND what I really liked was how you settled into some very sweet vibrato and milking notes around 3:20- your efforts and stamina to hang in there paid off plenty.  

Thanks, I learned some old lessons again and really enjoyed the vibrations you added tot he atmosphere!

Sir, thank you for your kind and very generous words.  I tried to figure out what notes sounded ok with the mood/feeling of the backing track, but after 3 times  I said to myself, just do it.  And have fun. Of course, having fun is half of it, receiving comments are the other half.

Posted by: JestMe

Joe

I want to commend you as well. Great job... Your guitar blended in very well within the track. I imagine there were several learning curves to overcome in doing this... Your playing was in sync with the track, good timing, confident notes... I say well done!

Well, thank you very much sir.  One of learning curves that I really focus on was trying to get the right or correct notes to the chords.  My ears are improving so much that these days I can actually smile a bit. More practice to listening to Roberts backing tracks is my plan from now on.  As far as my timing goes, it has improved and I'm happy you heard it. My timing in marching in the Air Force during boot camp was so bad that the DI put in the back of squad, usually reserved for the tall, but me, only 5'3".

Again, thank you for your kind words, it means a lot to me.

Posted by: hillbilly_joe

Thanks to wobbly bob I was able to upload the backing track into Reaper.

It's a clean tone, straight guitar. This is new to me, but I said the heck with it and jump right in.

https://app.box.com/s/hu7fxn6c35t7fvrezinjgqnj4xnqa988

I very much enjoyed your exploration Joe,  it sounds fresh and filled with emotion. As Clayton dude noted the vibrato around 3:20 sounded positively ''rowdy' and launched into the next level. At that point it felt like you were in the moment!.  Keep it up!

Sorry for the late reply Joe - nice work! Thanks for submitting.

I like your vocal-like melodies. I think you could try a few passages where you play with a 8th or 16th notes. Some repetition of your melodies would also be nice. But overall nice to hear you!

This one is also a great opportunity to practice triads!

Posted by: wobbly_bob

Posted by: hillbilly_joe

Thanks to wobbly bob I was able to upload the backing track into Reaper.

It's a clean tone, straight guitar. This is new to me, but I said the heck with it and jump right in.

https://app.box.com/s/hu7fxn6c35t7fvrezinjgqnj4xnqa988

I very much enjoyed your exploration Joe,  it sounds fresh and filled with emotion. As Clayton dude noted the vibrato around 3:20 sounded positively ''rowdy' and launched into the next level. At that point it felt like you were in the moment!.  Keep it up!

Thanks Bob for listening.  The emotional part of my playing comes from my thoughts, sometimes lyrical or just simply my brain waves touching the the fingertips releasing how I feel. Playing on backing tracks is what I need to do. Just have to sit down and put some on. Single 1/4 notes seems to be my area but I need to expand  using triplets and other timing. 

Thanks again for your kind comment.

Posted by: robert

Sorry for the late reply Joe - nice work! Thanks for submitting.

I like your vocal-like melodies. I think you could try a few passages where you play with a 8th or 16th notes. Some repetition of your melodies would also be nice. But overall nice to hear you!

This one is also a great opportunity to practice triads!

Hello Robert

Thanks for listening. I actually thought my playing might have scared you and other members away from commenting.  But I see that's not the case here.  I'm glad I posted for the comments are very encouraging for me to pick up the guitar and practice making music.

I just checked out your Triad course, I'll book mark it now and start the course.

Thanks for your suggestions.  1\4 notes seem to be my comfort zone so I need to learn to play using triplets and other time measures.  OK, raining today here so I'll be indoors. Time to pick up the guitar.

Yeah it is really important to practice 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 notes and also triplets, and be able to switch between them any time. It's a big step in "phrasing freedom" once you are able to do that. 

Hey that's a cool buzz word! I should make a course about phrasing and call it "Phrasing Phreedom!" haha!

Posted by: robert

Yeah it is really important to practice 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 notes and also triplets, and be able to switch between them any time. It's a big step in "phrasing freedom" once you are able to do that. 

Hey that's a cool buzz word! I should make a course about phrasing and call it "Phrasing Phreedom!" haha!

And the reward for such a cool buzz word is the "Japanese coffee".  By the way have your kids/kid ever eaten Japanese candy?  I think I should drop a bag of some candy in with the coffee.

No none of us have had Japanese candy. Only Chinese!