Finish Line

So along with running through the song to get out any last mistakes, I have to work on the visuals/slides that will be behind me while I present. That shouldn't be a problem. I have to figure out what I'll say along with when it would be best to start playing the song during my presentation. Nervous is an understatement when it comes to this presentation, but hopefully it will turn out alright.

Finalizing

My moment of truth has been decided. On April 23rd or 24th I'm presenting my project. I feel a little nervous about presenting (translation: petrified) but other than that, I think I'll do ok.

The main thing I'm worried about is freezing up in the middle of the song, which is why my main focus for this week is, again, memorization. During the rest of the month I'll focus on tying everything together.

Really glad for spring break, since it gives me a lot of time to practice!

Getting Better

Last week I had some improvements: I found a pace I can play at where I won't make any mistakes. It still sounds kind of choppy though, which is something my guitar instructor pointed out to me. He said to work at getting faster and playing more smoothly, which will definitely require some practice this week. 

Some motivation until I get a real photo...

Assistance

Learning the song is going ok. I've gotten to the point where I can play the beginning of the song from memory. To speed up the process though, I'll ask my guitar teacher to help me out with the song. He can give me pointers on what I could be doing to make it sound less choppy, memorization tips, etc.

Some inspiration for next week:

Challenge Excepted

Nothing too exciting happended this week. I have to figure out how to rearrange the non guitar notes parts of the song into something I can play. I'll ask my guitar instructor for help if I can't figure it out. Other than this, learning the song has been going well. Of course it's not entirety easy, but I'm getting better with practice

Nothing Really...

Nothing too exciting happened this week. I've still got a ways to go with the song, and that's expected. The song is a challenge in itself. There are parts of it that aren't played with a guitar, so this week I attempted to recreate the notes with my instrument. To me, they don't quite sound as good as the original notes. But hey, there's something to work toward next week, along with memorization.

Speaking of the song found a really good cover of it. It's accompanied with sheet music, and I've got a feeling I'll be looking at it later on.

(Final) Change

Well, I didn't expect to be doing this again. I've already changed my idea twice and I didn't want to go through the process again. However, my last idea was unrealistic and I was starting to lose interest in it. The whole point of this project is to do something you like to do,  so with this in mind I changed my project to playing my guitar. The song I'll be learning is "Birden" by  Yoko Kanno and Arnor Dan. I'll blog about my progress on the song and I'll practice at home.

Birden - Yoko Kanno feat. Arnor Dan