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Old 09-24-2021, 09:25 AM
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I can't tell you how many times I tried to learn the first page of Maple Leaf Rag (on the piano). I'm fifty now, so I'm running out of time.

I've also been learning Sweet Child o' Mine, on electric. I'll never actually use it out and about, but I think anything which exercises your muscles and your brain is good, and it is always good to play outside your comfort zone. You never know what you'll pick up. So, it's never effort in vain.
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I'm fifty now, so I'm running out of time.

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Old 09-24-2021, 08:48 PM
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No matter what happens with the tune, its making my hand stronger because it has a lot of barres in it. A sliver lining. I went back to working on something else that was wearing me thin and it was much easier to play due to the barre workouts (and some rest in between).
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Old 09-24-2021, 10:36 PM
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I'm working on something that is not my style of playing, but its a neat little tune to try to play. I'm not at a point where I should record it, but I might anyway

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I also know that I'll probably never make it close to the original. Its hopeless, but fun at the same time.
There are many great examples of versions of songs performed by non-original artists which sound something quite different from an original -- in many cases, they can even attain their own following...

Who knows, Barry, what the future holds for you and this tune of yours?

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Old 09-24-2021, 10:37 PM
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I'm fifty now, so I'm running out of time.
I hope not, because this means I'm pretty close myself to running out of time!
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Old 09-25-2021, 08:48 AM
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There are many great examples of versions of songs performed by non-original artists which sound something quite different from an original -- in many cases, they can even attain their own following...

Who knows, Barry, what the future holds for you and this tune of yours?

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Sure, but this one has to be like the original. When I record some or all of it you'll see why.
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Old 09-25-2021, 10:24 AM
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Back to the original question and my answer: I play sessions. Does that give you a clue whether I work on tunes that I know won't end well?

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Old 09-25-2021, 12:00 PM
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I´ve got many snippets of what might have ended up as a good (great?) song.. some recorded, some just in my memory
like a torso.. you know
I was just never motivated enough, or fit - to make the ends meet .. maybe some day
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