macwilliams
(Oxford)
Thursday 3 Jan 2019, 3:25pm
Hi, my name is Simon, based in Headington.
I have been playing guitar for a good while, but would like to start playing more with other like-minded folks. In particular I really enjoy playing acoustic fingerstyle pieces along the lines of Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins etc. In terms of what kind of fingerstyle; I suppose whatever is fun and interesting to play/learn; blues, traditional folk, bluegrass/old time, jazz, country… also including a bit of flatpicking, but anything instrumental!
The aim would be to share tunes and techniques, to learn from one another and generally provide a bit of motivation to learn pieces, get creative with covers and originals and share inspiration. I would love to have goals towards collaboration and small scale performance, but mostly it would be about having a good musical time and improving our guitar playing in a non-pressured way!
Maybe it’s worth saying; I am interested in good technique and theory (and learning more about it), but only to a point. I enjoy music most when it is more about feeling, and having fun!
Let me know if this sounds of interest and we can have a think about the best way of getting something started.
By way of introduction to my own interests; these are the pieces I have been learning / enjoying lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hjrAq6rsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0IY3Ax2PkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W02IPZ1KWZc
And why not put this here; some original compositions from myself:
https://simonharris1.bandcamp.com/releases
Cheers,
Simon