Topic: Playing to my OWN age
Today as I got back on my practice schedule I spent some time on the Internet looking for some new songs. I discovered George Jones. I'm a country music fan and I like old time country. What I didn't realize is that many of Georges songs are very slow and easy to sing and play. In less than 30 minutes I was playing "He Stopped Loving Her Today." It's a G, C, D, D7, G7 song. These are all chords that I know. The great part for me is George sings this song real slow. I'm not sure of the strum pattern so I just made one up that sounds good to me. Well I didn't stop there. I also found "A Few Good Ole Country Boys Around" This is by George and Randy Travis. Again in 30 minutes I was playing this song. It was like a light bulb went off and I realized that I'm 63 years old. I need to look for songs by singers in the same age group that I'm in. Old farts like me aren't supposed to sound like Brad Pasley or Keith Urban. When I can play two songs well in one hour of practice, I'm going to stick with it. Maybe Chordie could add a new song group called the "Senior Citizen" group or something.
I better learn to play fast, I'm already an old fart.
We must never forget how satisfying and fun it is to rock out. Yes, we can relate to and play oldies but as our abilities permit we can afford to be generous enough to include music for younger audience members.
