Finger Picking Good Y'all
Learned a new technique in my guitar lesson yesterday, finger picking! Basically, its what it says it is, instead of using a pick, you pluck the strings with your fingers of your right hand (or your left if you play lefty, but I don't.) Its kind of interesting as it allows you to play somewhat differently, like hitting two strings on opposite ends at the same time without having to mute all the other in-between. It took a little getting used to, but I have a few things to practice using this new technique, including snippets of The Beatle's "Blackbird," Collective Soul's "December" and Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You." No way to intimidate someone thats been playing the guitar for only two months than to get the Led out and try to imitate, at best, Jimmy Page, guitar God.
In the meantime I made the mistake of ordering a few songbooks for some of my favorite artist on Amazon, and damn, its a lot harder than I thought. I'm not going to get discouraged though. I mean really, what did I expect? Two months and I can pick up a book and play some Pearl Jam? Hell no. Thats some complex shit, or at least it looks like. I thought I'd fare better with Dashboard Confessional, since its mostly simple acoustic stuff. Acoustic, yes. Simple, no. Although only a pro can just pick up and play. Us mere mortals have to actually practice. And practice I shall.
In other news, two and a half weeks until I move. I need to get in touch with my housemates because I need to order cable service (really, its the only thing thats important to me!) and we never made a clear cut decision on that front. I sort of know what we loosely agreed upon, I just don't want to order too much and spend other people's money like that. I'll have to call Shari on Monday and see if we can't organize a get together and maybe even check out the house to take measurements and whatnot. Should be a blast.
Plans for today? I need to shower, get my car washed, practice and veg. Sounds like fun, right? Have a great rest of your Sunday everyone!