September 2024 Challenge Response – David H

[David H]

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.

[snakechisler]

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

[AndréM]

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

AndréM

AndréM

[Alan L]

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

[Juxi]

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

[sunjamr]

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

Sunjamr Steve

[Michael L]

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.

[Martyn in France]

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

[Dieter]

Really fine playing.

Dieter

[Manfred M]

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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[Serena C]

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)

[Guido]

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

[Bill]

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

[Mike W]

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.

[Andy N]

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.

[JoLa]

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

[Bob Utberg]

David, well done! Nice melodic leads over the progression

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[Denise]

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

More Blues!

[Martin W]

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

[John H]

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

JH

[Tom D]

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

[donmati]

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

[Jennifer D]

I loved it!

[Paul S.]

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.

[charjo]

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

[Pap]

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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