Jesus on the Radio (Guster)

Worst count in ever?

The dobro is doing good - I upgraded the speaker cone and "spider-bridge" from the Chinese stock one to an American made one and the sound is night and day.  I'm considering getting a hand-made solid wood one but there aren't really any in Japan.  I'm convinced that the thinness / quality of the cone is what really creates the sound.

I'm further exploring the 4 voices, and its pretty fun.  Its tough, but singing and picking the dobro is getting easier.  Guitar is quite a luxury.  I'm discovering more and more how delicate my intonation is - any kind of stress or distraction and I go flat right away.  Its really a mysterious thing. 

I'm a pretty big Guster fan and am mystified why they aren't more popular!

If I look like I have a fatigued look on my face its because recording is super fatiguing.  I've yet to make a recording where I didn't want to give up half way thru...



Back in Black (ACDC)

Because working on timing is always a good investment?

I've never actually listened to ACDC before and had never listened to this song outside of a montage in a movie like School of Rock and probably Wayne's World.  I didn't know there was a melody or chorus after the initial guitar part.  I got the idea though from seeing a friend's video on Facebook of him playing guitar with his young cousin on drums.  I also didn't really believe it when I read online that this rock music makes good learning material for beginners, but in fact it is much easier to bang on the drum (or pads) because the rebound created from the extra downward force really helps with the...the up part after you hit it. 

This is also a pretty good example that you can learn anything today from Youtube.
 - Someone made an MP3 of the song with the drums edited out (this I don't know how they did without affecting the other instruments)
 - watch someone's videos w/ tips about how to practice (there are tons of tutorials, the hard part is finding the ones that don't ramble)
 - find a video of someone playing an actual drum set to see which drums and which cymbals they're hitting