Showing posts with label guitar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guitar. Show all posts

Monday, April 5, 2010

Songs.

Here are some songs that I've learnt, or am still in the process of learning. I will attach the site with the chords if anyone wishes to check them out and learn them.

Sixpense None the Richer- Kiss me

Sublime- What I Got

Moldy Peaches- Anyone Else but You

Sufjan Stevens- Casimir Pulanski Day

Sufjan Stevers- Chicago

Death Cab For Cutie- PhotoBooth

NOFX- Franco Un-American

Attack In Black- Young Leaves

(PS: I did make a video of me playing "Young Leaves" and "Kiss me", but I was never to successfully upload them.)

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

And it begins...

The other night I brought out my brothers old classical guitar that he left when he moved to Montreal. My mom brought it for him from Spain and it's been sitting in our closet for years, going to waste. Sure I've picked it up here and there, but it never really went beyond that. I took a good look at the guitar, and after a few moments, I decide to go with the name Eduardo (the name I told Riley, that made her burst out laughing). He's got a suttle stain on his wood body and a few chips that only add to his character. As I was holding Eduardo's neck with my right hand, I could hardly get my entire hand around it. I tried to get a few notes out and after a few minutes, the tips of my fingers had string markings that ached. How am I going to endure an entire song with these pathetic fingers?
My goal with Eduardo: to learn "Such great heights" by Iron and Wine. Now that's being ambitious, I know, but it will be at least one song I aspire to learn. I may not entirely have it done on time, it might be one of those projects that I continue to work on even when the semester is over, but to be able to learn that song, would be so humbling.
If you've never heard this song, you'll know what I mean when you hear it: