<t>Good to hear the improvements you've been working on, Shel. I'm loving what you're doing!<br/> <br/> One thing I'm missing are the final notes on that 2-fret slide. I can hear the slide up, but not the notes it lands on. I'm wondering if they're getting muffled in your playing or if your mic isn'...

Bill,

Really, gorgeous guitar work. Perfect, actually. I'm very envious of your control and the cleanliness of your playing.

<r>Thanks, everyone. While I don't pretend to know what this song means, no matter how many times I've thought about the lyrics, it's still enormously fun to play.<br/> <br/> I've now played it at three different open mics, and it's been received really well ... better, in fact, than almost any othe...

Very, very pretty, Dean. This is one of the nicest versions of this song I've heard. It sounds like you're playing it with total confidence and assurance.

<t>That was hugely enjoyable, Shel. One of may favorite songs played by one of my favorite people. I can definitely see big improvements as you got more comfortable playing it ... for example, that big leap up the neck. And you even nailed the slide. All it took was to have a dog in your lap to dist...

<r>I was driving around Seattle a couple of weeks ago, listening to Radio Paradise in my car, when this Decemberists' song came on. I was hearing it for the first time, and yet there was something so compelling about it, I actually pulled over to the side of the road so I could focus on the song.<br...

<t>I freaking love this song and always have! Thanks so much, Ness, for turning it into a lesson. I can't wait to take it to an open mic.<br/> <br/> By the way, one of the things I appreciate about this lesson is that you not only teach the song, you cover the performance of it, too. That's always h...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>Music Junkie wrote:<e>[/b]</e></B> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Dennis:<br/> <br/> Interesting question.....<br/> <br/> For argument sake, I'll pretend I am in an alternate reality. If I can also grab my sheets to put on a stand an use to cheat, I can probably pull off about 30-40 songs. If ...

<t>Here's the supposition: you get a phone call to grab your guitar and rush down to your local hot spot to perform. The money's great and you just can't pass up the offer. How many complete songs -- no partials and no songs you still haven't quite mastered -- entirely from memory could you do?<br/>...

<t>If what you're asking is if I ever take one or more strings from a set and replace them with strings from another set, then the answer is no. Never. And if you're asking if I use the same brand and gauge strings for all my guitars, the answer is also no.<br/> <br/> Through trial and error, I've b...