#day1ners

Taryn

What I did:

Practiced a bunch o songs

How I Feel After: 

Tired. I did a lot of chores before practicing and by the time i was playing i felt less motivated than I should be. 

Day 29 Notes: 

Taryn: What I did: sleeping sickness, crazy girls, fchord, bchords How I feel after: like I should have done more Day 27 Notes: I was sluggish because I was updating my work portfolio and I had an okc date I wasn’t looking forward to. I think I’m having trouble finding a song lately that I’m capable of playing and that I’m also very passionate about. Working on it. In more interesting news, my okc date WORKED FOR OKC. And he said the following unprompted comment:”the number one question I get on dates is.. Can you hack my profile?. And no of course not.. I don’t need to hack anything I have full access. Plus the majority of random okc convos are pretty boring to read anyway.”

Day 26: Prostates (guitar challenge) Taryn: What I did: jammed a LITTLE just to fit in practice How I feel after: tired Notes: My friend Matt had a Beard Crawl(bar crawl) to raise money for prostate cancer! It started at 1 and when I got home I was too tired to practice more. While my lack of practice in no way contributes to this positive outcome…. Over $1,000 was raised! And Jamie came!

Day 25: The Civil Wars(Guitar Challenge

Taryn

What I did: Practiced this song

How I'm feeling after: funny because apparently I'm a swayer. I sway a LOT when I'm playing guitar in this video

Day 21: Guster (GUITAR CHALLENGE)

Taryn

What I did:

Had class with my dad

How I’m feeling after:

Good except for my broken heart over Emilio

Day 20 Notes:

So I showed up at the studio and some chick named "Amy," introduced herself and said she'll be working all Monday's going forward. I didn't ask about her shifts as secretary for the studio. I can only assume Emilio found this blog and then took out a restraining order and changed shifts. Shortly after he advised "Amy" to crush my spirits. I MISS YOU SO MUCH EMILIO. 

My Dad and I learned some sweet jams and some new chords: C, D7, Em. It was fun :)

Then I went home and rocked out to some Guster. I suck pretty hard at playing the song. But I'm posting because I haven't had a progress report since the Bon Iver "Blood Bank: incident  video:

http://day1ners.tumblr.com/post/82452827507/taryn-what-i-did-practiced-wagon-wheel#.U1YJyuZdV7w

There are some serious pacing, general playing super problems with it. But I guess that's a challenge or whatever! I don't hate it for 21 days. 

Taryn

What I did:

Practiced with my Dad on LI.

How I’m feeling after:

Ok! I didn't spend that much time playing but it was fun

Day 20 Notes:

We practiced basic chords in the living room. The TV was playing so it was basically my siblings and mom's favorite thing because neither of us know what we're doing and we picked the only room we shouldn't be playing in :). 

Taryn

What I did:

Tried Chris Thime's "How to Grow a Woman from the ground," Ingrid Michaelson's "You and I"

How I’m feeling after:

Relief that I found a video that was actually any help at all for a song.

Day 18 Notes:

I watched Parenthood with Liza after work. I cried so inappropriately and excessively that it turned into sobs and Liza video taped me crying because that's what friends are for. I mean that sincerely.

Anyway between that and the impromptu religious parade [video to come] that happened outside my window I was in a weird place for practicing. I tried for about 30 minutes but then Dan came over and he and Liza taunted me through my bedroom door with offers of whiskey wine and beer.

So I guess I did accomplish some stuff, the realization that I'm not learning the solid basics I'm just trying to play things I like and that's not always productive, ie: Chris Thime songs. I also realized that my next chord to master is the B in it's variations. It's very difficult for me. I also need to really sit down and practice basic strumming patterns so i can teach myself stuff more easily.