[Jacki Hopper]

I only ever saw Bowie live in concert once… It was an outdoor concert during our SuperEx time in the city and my one of my fave bands I was into at the time (80s were my teen yrs) – – Duran Duran were opening for him… I think it was the Spider Tour… I recall Spider theme… Lol… Anyways, and I had also seen Ziggy Stardust in movie theater at the time it came out too…. And I owned the Let’s Dance album… My 2nd oldest bro probably had Bowie stuff in his albums collections at the time, provably still has, as I could imagine him having so… Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth to Bowie talk here…

[Jacki Hopper]

Well now, this has got me to thinking, though both bands were established a tad before I came into existence… I now am wondering how this played out across Canada… Beatles VS. Stones?!…. Lol

[Jacki Hopper]

Great Q Rick and I love Lisa’s reply, indeed a unique instrument… It is something to have found that particular guitar when MLT did, it was meant to be…. It has its own distinctive sound but Team MLT playing it, only further enhances the sound  and the tweaks they did to improve upon to play it for… Awesome all around bonus!!

[Jacki Hopper]

It certainly is mesmerizing, entrancing… Kinda has that “Nothing In Vain” vibe to it… Cosmic Groovy!! I absolutely love it and I’m hoping David is in awe and approves of it from wherever he’s at…

[Jacki Hopper]

Let me put my 2 cents worth in…

I grew up with 2 older brothers and their music tastes were different…. Still is… Lol… I grew up to appreciate both The Rolling Stones and The Beatles but I tended and still do, prefer The Beatles, their stuff is just more to my liking in the lyrical, instrumentation aspects while The Stones, yes have some good songs, etc but they appeal more for the entertainment aspect. I’ve never seen neither in concert but that is my take on this topic… I kinda see both in similar ways but The Beatles just have my vote and better edge on the merits I mentioned above. The Stones is more like a party  band, whereas Beatles, more for listening enjoyment, yes Beatles could entertain too, but in a different and slightly less flamboyant manner than that of the Stones… (not sure if “Flamboyant” was the right word but it’s what I could think of at this moment to summarize their style as….)

[Jacki Hopper]

I’m just impressed by all this guitar lingo… Lol….Though I’m not anywhere near or remotely knowledgeable in guitar types and so forth, I do know for sure is that I definitely like how they look and sound if that counts for anything….. My 2nd older sibling does the guitar thing… He has his acoustic and electric ones, but not sure of their specific types… I just always enjoyed hearing him jam on his own or with his buddies down in our basement, and he still has guitars at his own place as far as I know….

[Jacki Hopper]

I, too, have thought of the gals tackling Ruby Tuesday… Seems like we’re all MLTBuzzing Groovy the same  in terms of cover song ideas…. Lol…. You never know, they might just go ahead and do do and surprise us all one day ….

[Jacki Hopper]

I have come to the frustrating conclusion of reality after having borrowed a uke from the library for a few wks, that I just Cannot play it at all, the way one should. Though I understand the concept, seen the visuals on how to hold and play, for whatever reasoning, my brain cannot get my hand coordination in effect to successfully play it, that is, I cannot strum the strings  with a pick or use my fingers to place on frets at same time as it’s  the method to do, just not happening with me no matter the practice, I simply cannot master it as is the normal method to do, my fingers/hands and brain connection just cannot connect to grasp the concept simultaneously as one should do…. although on my own fiddling around my own plucking way, and humming, I did kind of play  the one line of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, that is the sounding of the strings as I hummed, to figure out if it sounded somewhat in tune… Lol… Kinda did., but that is as far as it got.  My banjo hold  at library is still on, maybe I’ll be able to grasp Banjo idea and concept better or not at all either with same  issues…. Once it becomes available for my turn to borrow it. I had better luck on Bongos or percussion type stuff, just not guitar family stuff… Though I can Air-Guitar well… Too bad I can’t duplicate what I do imaginary into reality, also can’t really make heads or tails out of chords charting or music notes, I’m better off to listen /play by ear. I know kids can play guitars and uke but for je, it’s just not happening, I’ve come to the conclusion. I sure would luv to play if I could. No amount of practice will help, it’s abundantly clear to me, I can’t grasp the guitar /uke playing concept with my hands/fingers and my brain to coordinate properly altogether mechanically to do so, oh well, I tried, still have my own purple uke, that I’ll continue to fiddle around my own way on it, though not proper but I’ll enjoy doing so because I know that method works best for me.

You all may not fathom or understand the idea of how I cannot play/grasp the concept like should normally be done, just consider me the oddball and I’m ok with that because I admit my failure at this ineptness I have in this particular dept.   Perhaps it’s a  cognitive genetic slight impairment I was born with…

But, I’ll keep on doing the best I know how, and that is what matters, if what and how I do something makes me happy, then I’m sticking to it.

I applaud everyone that can play guitars, etc. It’s magic to watch, just wishing I could of been blessed somewhat  with it… Lol

I think writing song lyrics would be more for me to do with some success…. Lol

 

Guitar and Uke Onwards Folks… Make beautiful music

[Jacki Hopper]

Of course Samba Pa Ti and Twist and Shout  and I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker With Flowers In My Hair are amongst the ones that do stand out as does Alone but as I said previous…. Smoke on The Water just does for me slightly more but I do love all songs equally, they each have their own merits of them. I agree on all the choices folks have replied with on this posting!

[Jacki Hopper]

What a wonderful reply Lisa and I would have loved to been a fly or even a dust bunny to have heard some of those stories… I could listen to his storytelling all day… He should write a book or create an audio CD of his stories and have you and Mona do a special forward for it…..

Tomas… A really interesting Q to ask and for the reference points of interest you mentioned… Enjoyed reading this!! Thankyou to both you and Lisa for your thoughts.

[Jacki Hopper]

Lol Jung… Like your way of thinking here…. MLTBuzzGroovy Wknd…. MLTBuzz Onwards!!… Happy Long Holiday Wknd too!

[Jacki Hopper]

Roger, your entire collection of sorts is quite impressive!

[Jacki Hopper]

I as well Jung got to see Jeff Healey play live only the once, glad I had, as for Lucas Haneman, I’ve seen him live once so far… I can honestly say that with both of the guys, you completely forget that they have a disability, you just go in awe of their Guitaring skills…

[Jacki Hopper]

Yep… The way Jeff Healey played his guitar… Most of the time… Lol… But this is a method I could try to tackle doing…. But I know I’d still have some of same issues… Lol… Can’t tell what key I’m doing unless I labeled the frets/strings  and a book of illustrated chord playing with diagrams of person doing chords in this method would probably be of great help…. Lol…. I enjoy listening and than trying to play what I hear in my own way…. Visual and hearing… Lol… I can’t strum/pluck while coordinating fingers on strings and frets at same time, I’d have to do both separately…. That is how my brain can’t correlate doing… Both at same time… It must be done individually… For me to have it work remotely…. Lol, I’m better at singing /kinda harmonizing though again., no key sense but I know what goes high and low from what I hear… Makes sense to you what I just tried to explain?!   Hope so, did my best to make myself understood… Lol… Goodnight… Time for my ZZZZZs…..

[Jacki Hopper]

Hi David and Roger, Thankyou both for your encouragement but I do know what I’m not good at and know not to further pursue it as I don’t enjoy if I cannot do… However, I might try David’s method approach but I need a visual reference photo to grasp visually the concept, as I’m visual learner, I best learn by seeing /being shown how as opposed to just explaining, could you post a photo David of your method approach here so I could look at it to understand/grasp your concept visual wise and attempt at another time. I was kinda trying out different ways to hold uke, but the frustration issues I mentioned previous here, made it more awkward.

I’m sharing 2 links of Canadian Blind guitarists (Jeff has passed away but Lucas still alive& I have seen both live separately…. Impressed was I…)

https://youtu.be/NCaL_v2EHvc

https://youtu.be/9jb6sG7IaXs