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September 2024 Challenge Response – David H

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    • October 4, 2024 at 6:56 am #379017
      David H
      Participant

        Looped the 4 chords and playing a little lead over it. I will admit that I struggled with this, the creative juices just were not flowing, more like barely oozing. Oh well, thanks for listening.

      • October 4, 2024 at 9:28 am #379040
        snakechisler
        Participant

          We all get like that sometimes I thought it was pretty good overall

          The lead felt in keeping with the Rhythm style giving you a cohesive piece so thumbs up for that

          Bravo and thanks for sharing

        • October 4, 2024 at 10:48 am #379069
          AndréM
          Participant

            Yep it happened to me last challenge.
            You did a very nice lead.
            Had a mexican vibe.

            AndréM

            AndréM

          • October 4, 2024 at 11:43 am #379080
            Alan L
            Participant

              I thought that was pretty darn good! Nice melody, cool harmony bits and played the changes well. 🙂

            • October 4, 2024 at 3:38 pm #379165
              Juxi
              Participant

                That had a Spanish touch in my ears, David. Apart from the fact that your playing ended rather abruptly, there was nothing wrong with this submission- I could have listened a lot longer! Well done! 👍🏽

                Bluesige Grüße
                Juxi

              • October 4, 2024 at 4:48 pm #379177
                sunjamr
                Participant

                  Nice one, David, well played. I think you did exactly what we were challenged to do, and did it well.

                  Sunjamr Steve

                • October 4, 2024 at 6:03 pm #379193
                  Michael L
                  Participant

                    Hi David, yep, sometimes the muse just won’t speak to us. I usually go to different chords, but for this challenge we’re stuck. Overall it wasn’t bad though… you found some chord tones and put together fine simple melody. Pleasing to the ear.

                  • October 5, 2024 at 4:38 am #379293
                    Martyn in France
                    Participant

                      Well David I thought you creativity was spot on, lots of good ideas and very well played.
                      Martyn

                    • October 5, 2024 at 4:40 am #379295
                      Dieter
                      Participant

                        Really fine playing.

                        Dieter

                      • October 5, 2024 at 5:04 am #379310
                        Manfred M
                        Participant

                          For me, this is proof that we often don’t even know how good what we’re doing is, David. What you have created here is a very nice unity of rhythm and lead playing. I really enjoyed it

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                        • October 5, 2024 at 6:02 am #379330
                          Serena C
                          Participant

                            Something creativity doesn’t meet our expectations but there is creativity there David, I’ve enjoyed it, well done!

                            If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
                            It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)

                          • October 5, 2024 at 6:51 am #379339
                            Guido
                            Participant

                              Your composition sounds very enjoyable to my ears, David! Just the right length of a Brian’s lesson usually, very well crafted and played!

                              Guido

                            • October 5, 2024 at 9:43 am #379383
                              Bill
                              Participant

                                Sounds good to me David. I liked the double stops at the end.

                              • October 5, 2024 at 10:48 am #379411
                                Mike W
                                Participant

                                  You’re too hard on yourself, David. That was a really sweet melody that fitted the chords perfectly, and was played with a lovely tone. Like Manfred, I would have liked to listen to a bit more.

                                • October 5, 2024 at 12:13 pm #379449
                                  Andy N
                                  Participant

                                    Well I thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly where you took it with those double stops around the minute mark. The laid back soulful sound was in total keeping with the rhythm and I’m glad you held back and just played what counted.

                                  • October 5, 2024 at 3:45 pm #379504
                                    JoLa
                                    Participant

                                      I sympathize with your “barely oozing” reference since that happens to me a lot! However, sometimes simple solutions are the best, David! This was a sweet Spanish sounding tune and I enjoyed it!

                                      🎸JoLa

                                    • October 5, 2024 at 7:27 pm #379556
                                      Bob Utberg
                                      Participant

                                        David, well done! Nice melodic leads over the progression

                                        Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

                                      • October 6, 2024 at 3:40 am #379606
                                        Denise
                                        Participant

                                          Very sweet Spanish sounding lead over the progression. Good timing. I liked these double stops.
                                          Denise

                                          More Blues!

                                        • October 6, 2024 at 5:42 am #379623
                                          Martin W
                                          Participant

                                            Sounds good to me , you followed the chords well with your improv .
                                            And met the challenge criteria perfectly , sometimes those simple ideas is all that is needed.

                                            Martin

                                          • October 6, 2024 at 7:04 am #379648
                                            John H
                                            Participant

                                              David
                                              I struggled with this too. Your end result was very polished. Well constructed and performed nicely. A great listen.

                                              JH

                                            • October 6, 2024 at 9:21 am #379685
                                              Tom D
                                              Participant

                                                Wow David, while it’s frustrating when you’re not feeling the creative juice, your rendition sounded great to me. Your loop set an excellent rhythmic foundation with a nice clean sound. And your lead part had a sophistication and style that was very enjoyable. Cheers, Tom

                                              • October 6, 2024 at 10:41 am #379736
                                                donmati
                                                Participant

                                                  Nice work David, it sounds good and there’s sensitivity in your playing.
                                                  Don mati

                                                • October 6, 2024 at 10:56 am #379748
                                                  Jennifer D
                                                  Participant

                                                    I loved it!

                                                  • October 6, 2024 at 11:11 am #379766
                                                    Paul S.
                                                    Participant

                                                      Don’t sell yourself short. You wove your melody carefully and effectively into a pretty nice tune despite the minor key which is, at best, awkward to handle.

                                                    • October 6, 2024 at 2:22 pm #379839
                                                      charjo
                                                      Moderator

                                                        Too hard on yourself, David, I thought the lead was very melodic and sounded very good.
                                                        John

                                                      • October 7, 2024 at 1:20 pm #380008
                                                        Pap
                                                        Participant

                                                          I agree with everyone above. UT if you feel constrained, try playing with the timing or a different position on the neck. Another thing Iike to do is play the open g string with a metronome. 5 minutes of that gets all kind if creativity to come out.

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