I find the forum can be the most fun to return to when people are suggesting and rising to challenges. The 3 or 4 chord busking thread was a classic for that and GREAT fun to contribute to and watch. I hope it gets resurrected soon. I have some ideas I hope to get to. The original Beatles busking thread challenge was the beginning of all of the frivolity; thank you Chris.
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Gosh does anyone remember the early TG competitions? Design a TG t-shirt, prepare a TG promotion video (the image of Al sitting in his dressing gown hassling some poor guitar teacher in the early hours of the morning still cracks me up). And then there's the compose a new song to an old progression challenge that Neil issued. Fun too.
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So I'm starting this thread as a way of harvesting and storing ideas for new challenges. Here's my idea about how this thread could work.
- If you've got an idea for a new busking thread challenge that you'd like to give people a heads up on because it may take you a while to record your own contribution and get the busking thread started, post it here.
- if you need a new challenge, an idea for your next video or the next lesson you should tackle, post it here. (Be specific about what you're looking for).
- if a new TG lesson has caught your attention and motivating you in a major way and you'd like to challenge others to give it a go and post their progress, post it here,
- if you've got an idea for a collaboration and you're looking for other participants and/or you'd like help refining the project, post it.
Ok that should be enough to give you an idea of what I'm on about.
Let's kick this quiet period in the butt and get the party going again.
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Challenge from me to all - Prominent baselines
I've been trying to improve my bass skills and I though it would be fun to do a "prominent bass lines" busking thread. I have a specific song in mind, one I started recording a while ago. My technique has improved since then, so I'll be starting the process from scratch. I hope to start recording again this weekend. So if anyone's up for a new challenge, put your thinking caps on. It doesn't have to be a separate bass part (a multi-track song) just a song where the bass notes are important and prominent.
Challenge to long time members who we've never heard
How about starting a "breaking the ice" busking thread. if you've never posted a video but would like to, post one even it it's just you saying hello, telling us about yourself and showing us your favourite guitar. You don't even have to play anything. Go for it. Break the ice. We don't bite;
Challenge from Daryl, posted in an email to me:
What we haven't seen much of lately are true collaborations within the TG community. Maybe you could pose that as a challenge?
So have you got a challenge? Want one? Want to contribute something to one here? ... Well what are you waiting for? You know what to do.
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