AM Challenge 2022 TimR

[Tim Read]

Hi AMers!

Have used this months challenge as another opportunity to try slide which is part of my January to July challenge. I definitely find it useful to find notes by ear rather than thinking of Penta patterns and I don’t seem to be as worried about whether it’s minor or major…just slide to where it seems to sound good! Anyway that’s my 12th challenge so hoping to model the t shirt in a future video! I used EP 355 for this. Looking forward to listening and learning from others.

Tim

TimR

[Don Patton jr]

Tim
Good job in tackling the slide on ep355!
Nicely played. Someday I will have to try the slide as well 👍 good one Tim !

Don P

[Phil B]

Hey Tim you’re sliding your way to stardom with this one. Great job.

[Mike W]

Great job, Tim. Very melodic and fitted the backing track so well. Lovely tune.

[AndréM]

Nice and smooth slide.
Very melodic.
Well done.

AndréM

AndréM

[John B]

Good slide work.

[Jason]

Slide was also my Jan to July challenge and I need to get practicing. Good idea to use the challenges in the meantime to perfect it. Sounds good!

[James B]

Smooth sliding, Tim. Sounding better every month.

James

[Scott M]

I’m another who has slide as my personal challenge and I definitely need to start practicing, you’re sounding good Tim, thanks for the inspiration to be getting on it.

Scott

[Bob Utberg]

Sliding into greatness Tim! Sounding better and better each month! I look forward to your July final project! B

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[Pat]

Very laid back sound. Nice job with the slide!

[Tom D]

Hey Tim:

Your slide perspective on note targeting made me smile. And your playing reinforced your approach of finding the good sounding notes. All of your playing is marked by solid guitar technique and a really good ear. Congrats on 12 challenges. I recently hit that too and need to pursue the coveted AM shirt.

Cheers, Tom

[Manfred M]

Seems the slide fever has gripped you, Tim. You produce some fine melody lines with your playing. It sounds dreamy and sophisticated. So well done! Seems we go together for the TeeShirt this month. Congrats!

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[FergalT]

Great! You’re well on your way with the slide challenge….Great idea to keep focused for the Jan-July challenge.

[sunjamr]

Nice one, Tim. I hadn’t thought about it, but I can see how a slide and the pentatonic boxes might not mesh very well. In that case, you just have to get the sound of the major/minor mix in your head and go for it. What I heard was you staying almost entirely in the major scale, with maybe the odd few minor pent notes thrown in. So, all good.

Sunjamr Steve

[charjo]

Nice clean slide playing, Tim. Good ear finding all those notes.
John

[Martin W]

Real nice Tim , that slide playing is so smooth and melodic , you’ve got a good ear for landing on those target notes , if it sounds good it is good ,
Congrats on your 12th submission.

Martin

[Mike D]

Very nice , first slide I’ve seen on here in a long time. Sounded very smooth and relaxing, well done!

Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

[John H]

Well done Tim,
That was pretty flawless and seamless. You had to be paying attention to the chords b/c you fell on all the right notes. Nicely done.

John

[Pap]

Tim, that was an interesting approach and I like the way you used this challenge to further your longer range goal for June. Working smart! Nice playing! Cheers. Pap

[Garry]

Congratulations on the 12 challenges Tim. Don’t forget to email Brian to let him know. Well played, great to hear slide played this weekend, very melodic and atmospheric piece. All the best! 🥸🎸🥸

[Carlo Laezza]

Hi Tim this slow country is nuanced compliments I still don’t have the courage to use the bottleneck I am now itching to do so. A greeting from Naples 🙋🙋🙋

Carlo Laezza

[Michael L]

Hey Tim, your slide tone gives this a very lyrical feel and mellow mood. Slow dancing with the one I love…
Nice job!

[Denise]

Congrats to your 12th submission!👏🎸
Your slide melody sounds great, and goes well with the jam track.
I just love to listen to slide guitar (and pedal steel) playing…one day I might give it a try, too.
Well done, Tom
Denise

More Blues!

[Denise]

Congrats to your 12th submission!👏🎸
Your slide melody sounds great🤠 and goes well with the jam track.
I just love to listen to slide guitar (and pedal steel) playing…one day I might give it a try, too.
Well done, Tom
Denise

More Blues!

[JoLa]

Beautiful slide playing, Tim! It sounded like something George Harrison would do and your ear guided your well into the right notes. I would just add some vibrato to the long notes, it’s quite easy to do on the slide. Looking forward to your July presentation, I’m sure it will be awesome 🙂

🎸JoLa

[Juxi]

Impressive how you work consistently on your goal for July, Tim. Your improvement is obvious. (I did not play my July project once since January, which makes me a little worried …).
Well done! 👍🏽

Bluesige Grüße
Juxi

[Andy N]

Your getting a really nice smooth slide tone with a fine touch Tim, so the work is paying off. And your ear is working well too as that was very soulful and melodic. I don’t know about you but I found that my brain seems to become scrambled about where the notes live when I put a slide on my finger and I have to relearn how to think about the fretboard. In my case, long term challenge, I’m trying to master the shapes in Open G but I think its more because with slide lends itself playing more notes on a single string.

[Reuben B]

Great slide playing, nice and melodic.

[David H]

Good notes, that’s what I like. The well deserved shirt will look good on you.

[Valérie]

Nicely played and melodic! I’m impressed by the use of the slide!

Valérie Martin

[Bruce D]

Tim,
Nice job with the slide, and winging it with the scales. I have yet to get coordinated with a slide. Like that Washburn, too, they make nice guitars.

Bruce

Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola

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