What songs are you working on?

[bjstrings]

Wow!  You guys/gals sound much more anbitious & advanced than me.  I'm working on "Green Green Rocky Road" and "Stagolee". Up next are "Nine-Pound Hammer" and "Hobo's Lullaby".  I'm also working on a version of "Sandy River Belle" which I slowed down from its usual pace and play as a more soul-ful piece -- less typical than its usual fiddle-tune orientation.

[mikey007]

I've been listening to alot of martin sexton lately.  So i have been learning

-over my head
-in the journey

Mike

[aerialboundries]

Been working on a lot of Don Ross lately ... most recently Rockbarra, So Little Time and Tochigi - good stuff 

I've also really been enjoying playing Art of Motion by Andy McKee

[skinny]

"Take a look at that Baby" by John Fahey.  I love ragtime and I have recently discovered this obscure
old timey/ragtime song.  I find Fahey's arrangements very interesting and challenging at the same time.

Skinny

[Crunchy Wacko]

Cannonball Rag as taught in this Youtube by Randy Bachman  (redone to a version by Lenny Breau - with  help from my instructor)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtK0sm7dbyQ

[kwakatak]

I'm back on a little Tommy Emmanuel kick. I've been trying to get proficient with a thumb pick and have been working hard on "The Man With The Green Thumb" and "Lewis & Clark". I've also been trying to clean up a few songs I'd thought I'd mastered, including John Knowles' "Boulevard" and Guy Van Duser's "Cindy and Norm."

http://media.putfile.com/The-Man-With-The-Green-Thumb---take-2
http://media.putfile.com/Boulevard-42
http://media.putfile.com/Cindy-and-Norm

I've also been trying to pen a couple of original pieces and a fingerstyle arrangement of "Come Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" in time for Christmas. 

[stubby]

Deep River Blues, by Doc Watson. I thought I had it down pat until I saw Doc play it on Youtube. Close, but no cigar as of yet.

[shunter]

I have finally found something that I want to learn to play.  So far, it has been strumming chords and sings old favorites like Amazing Grace, Ghost in this House (Allison Kraus version with my wife singing), old Don Williams stuff, etc.  Just fun sing-a-longs.  I recently discovered Starry Starry Night by Don Mclean.  What a beautiful piece!  So, I have started working on a fingerpicking arangement.  I know, a little agressive for a beginer but hey, you have to start somewhere.   

Stan   

[StratRat]

Carol of the Bells -Trans Siberian style for a charity performance at our church. Also working Guitar Player's Sax Therapy on building lead lines from diminished triads. Occassionally revisit Al Pettiway's DADGAD video - he's great, and Robben Ford's Blues videos.

[Queequeg]

Like Kwak, I have been working on a Tommy E. arrangement. "Dixie McGuire" big fun. or @ least it will be when I nail it. It's coming along pretty well now.
In addition, I'm just starting to tackle The Swan from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint Saëns. Beautiful piece, best performed on violin, but hey- I don't play violin.

[rockstar_not]

Are non-fingerstyle songs allowed?

I'm mainly a strummer (gasp?), but I've been working on Mat Kearney's "Nothing Left to Lose".

Typical acoustic guitar pop except for a couple of 3/4 measures he throws in on the choruses in a normally 4/4 song.  For a strummed song - it makes it actually hard to play (for me).  If anyone has a tip on how to subconciously strum this song properly, I would love to hear your advice.

-Scott

[topographic]

This one....

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4806196&q=hi

It's driving me nuts. I've been kicking it around for about 6 months now and this is all I have. It's rough.

I tossed in a track with the D-03 today to fill up the background a little bit. (and deleted a track with an HD-28 on it...it was a tad boomy

[blued03r]

After watching the YouTube vid. of Wyatt Rice playing, 'Manzanita' that ElJefe submitted in another post, I had to start figuring it out!

[mgbgt]

Lots of ambitious players on this board. Every time I try to learn a new song I forget one that I 'almost' learned. I'm happy to learn something that ALMOST sounds like the song I thought I was playing

[Crunchy Wacko]

Lots of ambitious players on this board. Every time I try to learn a new song I forget one that I 'almost' learned. I'm happy to learn something that ALMOST sounds like the song I thought I was playing

I've lost songs also  i learned a year ago.  There is just not enough time to keep practicing them all and keep learning new ones.

[Ghosting]

I mainly play guitar so I can sing   

So I've been learning "Nothing compares 2 U" by Prince, (famous version by Sinead O'Conner).  I've also been working on "Just like heaven" by The Cure.

Yes... I know I'm lame.  But it makes me happy 

[Caleb]

  I've also been working on "Just like heaven" by The Cure.

I like playing this song as well.  It's really nice with the guitar tuned down a full step. 

[MissouriPicker]

Lately, aside from my own material, I've been playing a fingerpicked version of "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice."  I threw-in a harmonica solo and I really like the way it sounds with the guitar.  John Sebastian is one-hell-of-a-writer.  Also been working on Doc Watson's version of "Sittin on Top of the World."  Making myself learn some alternate tunings.

[canoe65]

On December 21, I finally got the music and lyrics (including guitar chords) for "Brush and Paddle" by Ian Tamblyn.

I have been pretty busy over the past few weeks with other guitar music (i.e., Church/Folk Choir Christmas music), but tonight I am going to begin to work my way through Tamblyn's song ...  it seems to really touch off something in me when I hear it.   

[bhika]

Dave Van Ronk "Sunday Street"