This song is a departure for me

[luvmyshiner]

Nah, he was working on a Shatner/Nimoy medley/retrospective...

I'm still working on that one Kat, only I'm making it an acoustic tribute to a spoken version of a vocal interpretation of . . . oh, never mind.

[luvmyshiner]

Spent most of the weekend working on the song and it's coming along pretty well. I still need to work on keeping it fluid, if that makes sense, but I'm getting there.

So last night I thought I'd try singing it while playing, and sure enough Robert's observation about the timing hit me like a frying pan in the face. Do you remember when you were a kid, and you would try to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time? I'll keep working at it though. I'll get this sucker down eventually.

[evenkeel]

Shiner, Good on ya for trying new things. Singing along with a complicated piece is a big challenge. At least for me. I usually try and break it down into manageable parts. Get a verse down, or even just a line or two. Then expand. I use the break it down system a lot when learning guitar/harmonica parts.

[warren0728]

that's a pretty powerful song shiner....i am curious as to your (or others) interpretation of what the song is about....

i am going to search for the tabs now....

ww

[warren0728]

so i looked for tabs and it looks like they are all in drop d tuning...are you using that tuning or did you find tabs in standard tuning?

ww

[luvmyshiner]

I'm using drop d tuning Warren. And I agree that the song has a powerful message, that's one of the things I like about it.

[warren0728]

I'm using drop d tuning Warren. And I agree that the song has a powerful message, that's one of the things I like about it.

cool...it's fun to use alternate tunings : ....my electric-reso is tuned to open g and i enjoy playing around with slide on it!

ww