(credit Zeppelin)... I was just fiddling and not doing it properly, but it still sounds nice. And then the cat came to say hello. 

Jamming on over the hills, with a cat

It was late, kids asleep, and so I was playing my electric guitar with no amplification.  And found a set of notes which sounded kinda nice, and sort of eerie. And so I pressed record and tried to make it into something, and this is the result.

Improv001, no, call it "Into The Mystery"

This one was done with my electric and the ol' Line 6 PODxt routed into my laptop... it's not really a song, but there are bits in there which I think could be used in the future...

Improv002, "The Beginning of Gravity"

I guess it didn't vary that much, but the idea was to demonstrate the different tones achieved by strumming close to the bridge versus part-way up the neck, with and without palm-muting, etc...

Improv003, "Tone Variable (an acoustic strumming experiment)"

This is a cover of "Send the Fisherman" by Caamp.  I've played guitar for a long time but never really played songs in full, or done much singing-while-playing-simultaneously, so I'm working on that, and this was one of my early attempts to record myself.  It's far from perfect but I got a laugh from my error with the lyrics...

Fishing, apparently, is what these feet are for

it's just the chords of Pachelbel's Canon, and a little bit of the melody at the end.  (I know there's a lot of hiss on this track, need to improve my recording setup.)

Pachelbellish

credit Pink Floyd of course... I forgot to play the little solo at the beginning, and there are a few errors in the guitar work, and my singing... but overall not too bad. I might replace this recording with a better one later. 

Wish you were here, and wish I could sing better

a little stumble at the start, but overall a pretty good recording I think. Perhaps inconsistent with the strumming pattern, I was really just going on feel for the pace.

I Ain't Marching Anymore (Phil Ochs, 1965)

One of my best results so far. I used a capo to go 1.5 steps above standard tuning, which sounds nice and bright, but also conveniently fits my vocal range nicely. The guitar notes are higher but I can actually sing a bit lower this way, instead of chasing the higher notes an octave up... 

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