Hello, Chris. Thank you for wonderful feedback on my last upload (Gold Rush). That was a real motivational boost for me. I went and worked on Church Street Blues right after that feedback! Will work some more on that and post later maybe.

I've been working on Last thing on my mind this year. It's not perfect, but it's starting to take form so I can start to pick up speed. And I guess it's typical that my rhythm is a bit off!  I love that there are so many great and fun songs to choose from on this site! 
 
I would love some feedback on this and what to improve.   

Hope you're doing fine! 

Kind regards,

Asbjørn

Really cool ...

Asbjorn, this sounds so lovely! You guys are all sounding so great. So musical and expressive, which is what I'm most interested in! I appreciate the tenderness and flow that you are bringing to the tune. There are different ways of approaching the feel, but this one is nice and sincere. 

There are are a few spots where the beat is getting turned around a bit: 1:31, 1:50 and 1:55. At 1:31 it sounds like you added an extra note. At 1:50 it sounds like you skipped a few notes and at 1:55 it sounds like you are re-straightening out the beat, but it gets a little confusing. Go back and give a little extra attention to those parts making sure that you can count along and that the count comes out right.

The other thing that I would encourage you to work on is your guitar accompaniment to your voice while you play. The strumming that you are doing is very lovely and you are doing a great job of it, but a bit of variety would help. You might try playing less strums at times and more bass notes instead - C note, G note, C note, strum. That sort of thing. Also, some more of those Tony Rice-ish fills between the vocal phrases would be nice if they happened more throughout the tune. For example, you do a nice one at 3:54. 

Overall this is beautiful. Bravo!

Thank you for your kind words and good feedback, Chris. I will try to work on the things you've said and maybe I'll repost it in the future.

Thank you also, Kip, for kind words! :) 

Stay safe everyone! 

Kip, you never cease to amaze me. This sounds so musical and good. Really proud. A few things to work on:

-You are jumping the beat a handful of times throughout the arrangement: 00:40, 00:47, 01:14 and 1:37. Go back and count the bars out loud along with your video in those spots and see if you can straighten them out. If not, post another vid and I'll get into the details with you on it.

-Your right hand seems quite relaxed, which is great, but it looks like you are getting *most* your movement and motion from your wrist, and it also seems like you are reaching "up" with your wrist quite a bit. The "flow" of the sound of your notes might improve if you can integrate your entire right arm a little bit more into the movement. Try shifting the guitar an inch or two to your left relative to your torso - this might mean moving your leg over a touch - but we want to try shifting the guitar a little bit so that your right forearm arm isn't coming down from *quite* so much of a vertical position. If you can allow it to be just a touch more horizontal - and we're talking subtle degrees here - it would probably allow your forearm to be more integrated into the pick stroke motion and alleviate your wrist from having to do quite so much work. 

Well done as always and happy Easter!

Thank you Chris ... your kind words and encouragement mean a lot to me. I'll work on what you have pointed out and i will post another video after a bit  ... or maybe I'll just wing it and sing it ... and if it sounds good move along to the next one.  I've been feeling lately like I may have pushed my playing about as far as I can ... I know the plateu routine and that it takes time but realistically considering where/when I started and where I am ...  I'm really happy.  I do want to get better ... I'm not discouraged ... and I'm very grateful. Happy Easter ... stay safe ... and i'm really looking forward to getting this pandemic stretch behind us so you can work on a new record and play some shows which I'm hopeful of seeing.

It might be "Uncle Johnny" in which case a 1954 D-28 or not.

Hi Annabel, that's an old 1935 D-28 that I borrowed from a friend for a few days. It is an absolute monster! I hated having to give it back!

Cheers,

Chris

Haha, thanks Kip! It does just kind of feel to me like that ascending line wants to be there! 🤷‍♂️

Happy Holidays and New Year!

Chris