May 2012 - SOTW Update

It's been a great month.  It's really nice to be able to focus more on the music now that the technical difficulties have been sorted out.  Smooth out - right-hand work. I introduced the  'Scobie magically appearing pick trick' and am working hard to try and get more smoothness in switching between pick/no pick.  The feedback for the month seems to be to try and 'loosen up' the vocals, especially when fingerstyle.  Fingerstyle does not come naturally to me, and I tend to be much more vocally dependent on the rythmn when playing fingerstyle.  OTOH when I'm strumming, I tend to be much more vocally fluid and independent.  Crazy eh!

Here are the songs for May:

Week # 18: Waltzing Matilda, Banjo Peterson, 1895
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvbBPB42xO8

Week # 19: You Are My Sunshine, Oliver Hood, 1939
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jMV5p1Vs9o&feature=plcp

Week # 20: The Unicorn Song, Shel Silverstein,1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfKPqp1iqek

Week # 21: Could I Have This Dance, Wayland Holyfield, Bob House, 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-mvZCIm-xg


Summertime, here we come.  I'm wondering how things will work out - I've been spending alot of time over the Winter months practicing and working up new songs.  Hopefully I'll be able to manage the home maintenance tasks and projects along with the demands of the SOTW.  We'll see.....