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TV Drama
by Bill Draper - 09/18/26 02:22 PM
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Syd
by Gary E. Andrews - 09/17/26 09:40 PM
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Lagoons
by Gary E. Andrews - 09/17/26 01:34 AM
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Söndörgő
by Gary E. Andrews - 09/17/26 12:01 AM
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Bayside
by Gary E. Andrews - 09/16/26 01:51 AM
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Diverge
by Michael W. Brown - 09/14/26 03:50 PM
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First of all: My chewing gum loses its flavor long before it goes on the bedpost.
Regarding the songs. I get the sheet music first and play the notes on the guitar. I don't learn well by ear and due to my old folk singing roots, I tend to rewrite the song a little if I don't have the notation in front of me.
Then I copy the notation into my Finale music notation program and listen and read through the song several times. Then I break it down into sections of musical phrasing, planning out where to take breaths, and sing along with the program until I have mastered all the sections. Then I use my guitar and accompany myself with chords and strumming or picking and find any tricky areas and work on them.
After that, I add dynamics and work on the song to make it my own .
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