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Community Challenge 57 | Write Something Difficult (for you)
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Hey Everyone,
Here is a fun Community Challenge:
Write Something Difficult (for you)
You don't have to write something CRAZY difficult, just set out to write something that is hard for you to play. Watch the video for elaboration.
What is a Community Challenge? It's an invitation to all of my Patrons to create SOMETHING. When you're learning guitar, it's easy to lose track of what ALL your favorite musicians have in common. Creativity. It's easy to lose track of the fact that music isn't something to study, it's something to explore and experience.
The goal of a community challenge is for YOU to write in a fun, low pressure environment. No need to write a whole song, no need to write multiple parts. You start from your comfort zone and write from there. Wether thats a single-note melody, a chord progression or a whole multitrack song. You can record what you write with your cell phone, your ipad, or your home studio. Post what you write to the community forum.
The only rules are:
1. Write something new
2. Write something based on the prompt
These rules mean you're supposed to write something new, based on the writing prompt, rather than posting something you've previously written that might fit the prompt.
These challenges come out every other Thursday. This gives you about two weeks to write something for each prompt, but I recommend spending no more than an hour or two on each challenge.
Check out the Lesson Archive for more Community Challenges - youโre welcome to participate on any past Challenge at any time!
Other helpful links:
Scott's Recommended Lesson Plan
How to Join the Community Forum
Comments
Kristofer Mc Cormack
Ironically, the most difficult for me is to write something simple. I'm always compelled to overcomplicate things.
DeDรฉ
Really good this Scott. This is not just a challenge to make people get into song writing but also a lesson. Really makes me get my guitar and play. Missing writing stuff. Unfortunately I made a big mistake in life. I bought elden ring game and since 2 weeks I don't have a life anymore. But I will come back. I just need to kill the final boss. Haha
David Bowlby
I appreciate the authenticity, makes me feel like I am doing it right ๐
Scott Paul Johnson
Haha yep. Sometimes itโs like that. I try to keep this stuff in to show that it sometimes goes like this
David Bowlby
Famous last words: "one more take"
