Thanks to all for your kind responses, clapping hands and all, I see you people are quite understanding.
I was hoping to make an egg tomato salad ... I guess bread and water will have to do for now
As to particulars:
Marc: I finally settled on the capo on the 4th fret that day ... another day, who knows, what with puberty coming on?
Tony, d_dog: Yeah, my webcam is (bleep), gotta improve my recording setup.
The hiss seemed way less on playing it once uploaded, I was hoping it would be like that for all.
On my computer, different players also had variable playback quality.
Al: I think just "thumbing" the chords is a way of "no-braining" the execution of a song in order to relax as much as possible.
Even using the "invisible pick" takes a greater degree of precision, using joined fingernails of index and thumb.
So yes I agree, your way of expressing it is a logical conclusion ... using the thumb alone is automatic pilot, more intuitive rhythm.
Suzi: Glad to discover a Magnetic Fields fan here!
Stephen Merritt's voice has deepened to a surprising degree in the last few years, and it is really a great improvement. He is now actually in a completely different vocal range, quite unique and I think it is now hard for anyone to do better than he does on his own songs.
If you're interested I've got a good quality live audio of a 2007 show (promoting album titled "i") that really highlights the voice change.
How about getting the tab for "I Wish I had an Evil Twin"?
I dare you ! :side: (just kidding)
But this song is most definitely appropriate and beautiful. And as for your voice, well I like Stephin Merritt's deep voice, but oftentimes his songs are more appreciated when interpretted by someone else. This is one of those cases, in my opinion. I really enjoyed your singing. 