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idk why i have always been dogshit at getting strum patterns down but i looove to finger pick. getting a good roll down pat and then switching up the strings, playing around with the bass line, and just riffing around while changing up the chords is so much more fun than strumming to me
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this is presumptuous of me, cause youre maybe already good at finger picking! but for me, once I’d got the hang of strumming a fee chords (mostly by learning The Kooks song lmao) I felt my guitar playing really stepped up a notch by looking up tabs of finger picked songs. I basically learnt all of Laura Marling's Alas I Cannot Swim, and it was pretty easy to follow the tabs and i started to feel more like a “real” guitar player. So I’d recommend that! Good finger picked songs to learn are Failure by Laura Marling, or Ghosts off the same album. Or Underneath The Stars by Kate Rusby. begin my playing them realllyyyy slow and your fingers will warm up to it quickly!
Jun 25, 2024
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Ok so I’m dogshit at playing bass but it makes me feel like a toddler who’s recently discovered that piano keys make noise and I like having that sort of childish wonder abt making music again
Apr 1, 2024
i touch my bass a few times a month to learn a song riff and then forget it immediately. looks cool as hell tho
Dec 2, 2024
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little co-rec: if anyone's interested in more literature along these lines, SPARK by John Ratey is a book i read in a PE independent study in high school (bc i didn't want to take gym my last semester) that makes a very compelling argument for integrating physical exercise in your life as a solution to mental health issues. comes to similar conclusions in regard to SSRIs and really any medication in that they can't compare to the results that actually using your body can give you.
it really changed my perspective on exercise because i think physical exercise is wrapped up in 'self-improvement' when in reality it should be seen as self-care. and to bring it back to dancing: this is physical exercise that really connects you with the spirit in you and those around you, something that is undeniably a form of care
a study issued last month found that dancing is the most effective way of treating and mitigating depression. Walking, therapy, and yoga also outpaced SSRIs. and if you're saying 'oh this was probably funded by Big Dance', there's no evidence of that and if you're saying 'that's just what a Big Dance shill would say', well honey you're right
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especially the ones you Think you have hate in your heart for
Mar 5, 2024
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pfff that dumbass eclipse you guys must really hate the sun if you want to see it get blocked out for three minutes i personally love the sun because it gives us life pshhh total darkness all around you? ever heard of NIGHT? i'll be enjoying darkness every nite without the goofy glasses thank you very much
Apr 6, 2024