Original Acoustic riffage.

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Jan 7, 2009

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Got some new strings for my acoustic and decided to upload another video. The music is kind of 3 songs I wrote mashed into one. I made some mistakes but meh, I just turned the camera on and started playing

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dancallahan (Jan 7, 2009 at 14:58)

wow, you have many musical talents
you also seem very concentrated :}

lettusdude (Jan 7, 2009 at 19:21)

I was actually concentrating more in the beginning because I was nervous about making mistakes. Then I just didn't care and relaxed and played naturally without thinking much.

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sorbet (Jan 7, 2009 at 15:04)

Nice, good playin tup

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sherbet (Jan 7, 2009 at 15:04)

That was awesome!

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justin99 (Jan 7, 2009 at 15:17)

That was incredibly good. I never knew you were a musician let alone such a talented one. Do you have an electric guitar too? If so, I'd love to see a video of you playing that.

unicorn-bob (Jan 7, 2009 at 15:51)

Oh he has everything, banjo, bass, electric, harmonicas drums.

justin99 (Jan 7, 2009 at 16:02)

Cool. I'll be looking forward to seeing more videos then.

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kikker800 (Jan 7, 2009 at 15:44)

yay lestus!!

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nickwhite (Jan 7, 2009 at 18:23)

That sounds good. props as f*ck for making that up.

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Hombre3000 (Jan 8, 2009 at 16:45)

Sounds great, but maybe during that first bit, on the fast strumming part, you could find different voicings of the chords so that it would be easier to switch. You could play the C/G/something chords further up on the neck.

lettusdude (Jan 8, 2009 at 16:51)

I don't really find it hard to switch from the Bmaj7 in E-7th fret position down to open C. I don't find it hard switch from the Bmaj7 in A-2nd fret up to Emin in A-7th fret either. It would be easier to barre the C ,G chords, but to me it doesn't sound as good in such a high voicing.

Hombre3000 (Jan 8, 2009 at 17:04)

That's true, barring can lead to dead-ish-sounding notes. Sweet stuff anyway!

lettusdude (Jan 8, 2009 at 17:05)

If you listen closely, you can actually here some dead notes when I screw up the barring. Frown

And thanks, I think it's pretty sweet, too.

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xSubrosa (Jan 8, 2009 at 18:27)

Did you teach or self or are you taking private lessons?

lettusdude (Jan 8, 2009 at 18:36)

I took lessons from a music store for a few years, stopped that and took guitar class in high school to learn more theory(reading music and stuff). Then I actually started TEACHING private lessons after high school. I don't teach anymore, but it was fun while it lasted. Maybe I'll get back into it one day.

xSubrosa (Jan 12, 2009 at 14:22)

You should take the grade 10 RCM exam, and then go to school to teach, you could do it, your really good!

lettusdude (Jan 12, 2009 at 17:21)

Never heard of the grade 10 RCM exam...Haha.

xSubrosa (Jan 12, 2009 at 17:36)

Lol, http://www.rcmexaminations.org/acadinfo/accreditation.htm it says its for a credit for high school, but umm your old, no need for credit. But you need it to go to university for music. DO IT!!

lettusdude (Jan 12, 2009 at 17:53)

Nah. I'm already in college for something. Looks interesting though.

xSubrosa (Jan 12, 2009 at 18:01)

Social worker? I think my dads one of those.

lettusdude (Jan 12, 2009 at 18:14)

Yup, social work. What do you mean, you "think" Razz

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harobmx666 (Jan 9, 2009 at 8:01)

Thats sweet man!
got some mad talent there!

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Atlas77 (Jan 20, 2009 at 13:53)

Sick! i wish i could play that good! also you looked pretty rockin in the hard part of the song

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drewfunk (Jan 26, 2009 at 20:21)

Lettus, you are rad! Why didnt i watch this earlier...
Props!

lettusdude (Jan 26, 2009 at 21:26)

Yeah, I am pretty rad. Cool

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416rider (Jan 26, 2009 at 21:18)

Woah, I always thought you were older!
How old are you?

lettusdude (Jan 26, 2009 at 21:25)

I'm 21, my profile shows my actual age Wink

416rider (Jan 26, 2009 at 21:31)

Oh, haha. I never took notice. Razz

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krausehouse (Feb 4, 2009 at 10:43)

Exceptional head banging! Big Grin

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hypo8521 (Apr 19, 2009 at 8:32)

anyway ,a nice concert hall here.I'd give it a try

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BackCountry-AllMountain (May 1, 2009 at 7:57)

This is the first time i've stumbled upon these and wow you have some crazy talent man!

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demversmith (May 12, 2009 at 18:49)

you suck!! JK pretty good.

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anythingbetter (Nov 12, 2009 at 14:54)

send tabs plz. kthxbye Smile

lettusdude (Nov 12, 2009 at 17:42)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGx8w8kE940

I don't have tabs Wink

anythingbetter (Nov 12, 2009 at 19:35)

ya ya ya w/e Razz

I put way more effort into my biking, dont have the patience to learn by ear nor have I had any formal training and I sold my les paul epiphone and have a crappy acoustic now Razz

lettusdude (Nov 12, 2009 at 20:43)

Alright, fine.

Chords for the beginning are Em, B7, C, G, B7. You can figure it out from there. Beer

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woodstock144 (Nov 19, 2009 at 19:34)

picked up a few mistakes but im not gunna be one of those picky bastards and say you played it wrong because you played it pretty good.

lettusdude (Nov 19, 2009 at 19:38)

Yeah, there's a few mistakes, but what ever. I wasn't going to spend hours recording it over and over to get it perfect. This was the first and only take.

woodstock144 (Nov 19, 2009 at 19:40)

ya i see what your saying. for sure props for playing it in the bathroom. gives it such a better effect on camera. i know a lot of people that wont do it cuase they say it looks stupid, but really what does it matter where you're playing?

lettusdude (Nov 19, 2009 at 20:34)

The sound is more important than the look, in my opinion. I don't care if I look like a total door knob as long as the music sounds good.

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