RAB11
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I'M FROM WIGAN ME!
This week's theme is all about your hometown. Not necessarily the town you were born in, but a town you've lived in at some point in your life and feel an affinity for. I want you to play me a song from a band or artist from that town. The closer to your part of town the better (especially for those from big cities). Bonus points if the song is about the town itself.
If you're from the arse end of nowhere and there's no musicians from your town, guess what, there is a musician from your town, YOU! Write me a song, or play a song you've written while in that town.
Other things I would like to see:
I WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING THIS WEEK. At some point in your post or video, I want you to tell me about your town, and maybe a little about your time there and the link you have to the band.
I WANT YOU TO LEARN SOMETHING. Most weeks I try to tackle something that I've been putting off, and it's made me slightly better as a player. I want you to take that third position flat major 7th chord that's been getting the better of you and show it what's what! Nail that new strum pattern! Try some fingerpicking and maybe even a downstrum if you're feeling lucky!
MULTITRACKING: Allowed but discouraged. I'm a big fan of playing 'as live' but at the same time I'm amazed by the production values some of you guys bring.
VIDEOS MUST HAVE BEEN RECORDED THIS WEEK.
PRIZES
Louise and I are off to a car boot tomorrow (Americans, imagine everyone in your area is having a yard sale in the same field at the same time), and she's rather charitably allowed me a fiver to go off and find some ukulele-related tat, er, I mean rare Hawaiian trinket! The person who records the video I like the most this week for completely arbitrary reasons will win that prize. If I'm lucky there'll be two or three prizes so my choice won't be as hard.
TIMINGS
I think I got them the wrong way around in the video. Entries will commence at 0000 hours on Sunday, 17th August Hawaiian time, and cease at 2359 hours Sunday, 24th August Hawaiian. 8 days worth of lovely music, give or take the odd hour here or there.
You are allowed as many videos as you like from as many hometowns as you like, and I will view and comment on them all, but I won't have access to the YouTubes until the evenings.
PLAYLIST IS HERE!