Originally posted by Bill Norrie:
Nice work John
I particularly liked 'I only have eyes for you' - lovely Bossa.....
May I make a suggestion ? Assuming that you are making the recordings via an Audio link - rather than direct Digital - how about pluging your guitar into the mixer and playing the melody line along with the backing provided by your Tyros? I enjoyed your guitar playing last time I was in Florida...........
Thanks for sharing John.Bill,
Thank you for your nice comments and remembering my guitar playing.
I am working on a Big band and a Christian collection of songs, by that time I’ll will have gained enough skill on my keyboard to take the next step.
I started playing keyboard in 1984. I played my guitar into a midi device which allowed me to trigger the chords on the keyboard so that I had full accompaniment for my singing. Kinda a different OMB. Not to long after I began leaving my guitar at home, I had gained enough courage to play only the keyboard. After that period I rarely played my guitar.
I said all of that so that I might tell you this:
I have made a dear friend who is 84 years old, we share a love for the same type of music. This man has played guitar for most of his life and his ability to retain is amazing. He loves memory games and has no need to read the lyrics of the songs we play. On Fridays mornings we share an hour lesson, which takes us about 2 ½ hours. I have gone back to playing my guitar, I get to share my guitar knowledge with a friend, and if it were not for our wives we could talk and play music for the entire day. I have been blessed with a special friend and returning to my first love, guitar. And Bill, we DO NOT play any form of Rock music, now that’s a touch of heaven.
John C.