In The Studio

It's been a few weeks since I posted here. It's very difficult trying to write consistently when there is so much else to do. Plus now I'm working on recording a new song (Call On Me) and trying to get it done by the end of the year.

I'm still getting requests for tabs on my YouTube channel. I'm not sending out my tabs anymore, especially since the people asking aren't even subscribing to my channel as I have requested. All the tabs are pretty much here on this blog. And I'm sad to say that I have not received any donations. Sigh. So hard trying to make a buck. Even when you are providing a service. And I could use it now more than ever.

I am happy to declare that this blog has now been viewed more times in the 2 months that it has existed than the very first blog I created nearly 2 years ago. Very nice! Now I wish that would translate to some monetary benefit.

I do have one more tab to put up here. And there is a tab I need to create for one of my videos. That video being "Heart of the Country" by Paul McCartney. That one's been one of my most popular covers. The tab for that song might take a while to make.

The Christmas season always sneaks up so quickly and suddenly. I've been wanting for several years to make a Christmas album of some very simply arranged holiday tunes. The trouble is getting into the mood for Christmas anytime earlier than Thanksgiving. And then by that time it would be impossible to come up with 10 solid recordings by Christmas. So maybe I'll just do one or two a year. Or do the brunt of it after Christmas since it's always hard for me to stop playing Christmas even weeks after the holidays have passed.

I had another idea recently for a project I want to work on. I was thinking about recording an album of some of covers of some of my favorite 60s tunes. Instrumental covers. The first song I would like to do is "Gimme Some Lovin" by the Spencer Davis Group. I think that would be really cool and keep me recording even through times of writer's block. Lots to do, just not enough wonderful time to do it all.

The song I'm currently working on recording still needs bass, drums, an electric guitar solo and some backing vocals. I think I can really get it done as long as I work on it each evening I'm free.

There Is Nothing Like (Hillsong) Guitar Tab

Today's tab will feature the main guitar riff from the Hillsong version of "There Is Nothing Like." This is not the Hillsong United version which came out months earlier and is significantly different. This is the later version and, in my opinion, the superior version and features the excellent playing of Nigel Hendroff on lead guitar.

Here is my YouTube video of me playing along with the recording:

I threw some extra notes there. I realize that I am not playing exactly note-for-note what Nigel played. I just added some notes to fill in the empty spaces which are especially noticeable if you are not using any kind of delay.

Here is the tab of what I played:


E  :----------------|---------9-----------|------------------|
B  :----------------|-------------9----12-|--12------9-----0-|
G  :----------------|----9----------------|-----9------------|
D  :--------------9-|h11---11-------11----|-------11---------|
A  :----------------|---------------------|------------------|
E  :----------------|---------------------|------------------|

E  :------0---------|----------------|---------9-----9-11-|
B  :----7-----7-----|--7-------------|--------------------|
G  :--8---------8---|----8---8-------|----9---------------|
D  :9-------------9-|------9-------9-|h11---11------------|
A  :----------------|----------------|--------------------|
E  :----------------|----------------|--------------------|

E  :-------------------|------------------|
B  :--9-12--------9-12-|9-----------------|
G  :---------9-11------|--11-9-11---------|
D  :-------------------|------------------|
A  :-------------------|------------------|
E  :-------------------|------------------|


The last 2 and-a-half measures is the little run I did at the end of the segment. The first 5 measures is what you play over and over during the verses--I only tabbed it out one time for the sake of space but it is to be played repeatedly throughout the duration of the verses. 

Sorry the posts are coming a little less frequently. I have nearly run out of available tabs for my videos. I will have to find the time to make more tabs and/or videos but lately I'm trying to focus more on my own music. 

My Lord, My God (by Darren Clarke) Solo Guitar Tab

One of my most difficult tabs is for a Darren Clarke song titled "My Lord, My God." I combined the chords of the song along with the main melody and turned it into a solo guitar piece. So it's fingerstyle-type play and sounds great on either steel string or nylon string acoustic.

We'll start with my video in order to hear how it actually sounds:

And now the tab of what I played. Note that this is played with a capo on the 3rd fret.



E  :----2-2-h3-----2-0-|-----------------0-------- 1|---------------2-2-h3|
B  :----3----------3-3-|----2-----2-h3-----p2----- ||----3-3-/5-----3-3---|
G  :--2------------0-0-|----2---2-------------2---*||--2-2-2-/4-----2-2---|
D  :0------------0-----|--2---2--------2--------2-*||0------------0-------|
A  :-------------------|0------------------------- ||---------------------|
E  :-----------3-------|-------------------------- ||-----------0---------|

                                                              
E  :----2-0--------------|----2-2-h3-----2-0-|------2---0-----|
B  :----3-3-------3-p2---|----3----------3-3-|------2---2-2---|
G  :----0-0-----2------2-|--2------------0-0-|----2---------2-|
D  :--0-------2----------|0------------0-----|--2-------------|
A  :--------0------------|-------------------|0---------------|
E  :3--------------------|-----------3-------|----------------|

                                                                       
E  :----3---3---2-0-|----2-3---5-----|----5-3-----3-2-|0-2-3-0-2---2-0-|
B  :----0---0---0-0-|----2-2---2-2---|----3-3-----3-3-|2-------3---3---|
G  :----0---0---0-0-|----2-2---2---2-|--2-------------|2-------4---4---|
D  :--0-------------|--2-------------|0---------0-----|--------4-------|
A  :----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|0-------2-------|
E  :3-----3---3-----|----------------|--------3-------|----------------|

                                                                       
E  :--0-2-0---------|----5-3-----3-2-|0-2-3-0-2---2-0-|--0-2-0---------|
B  :3---------3-2---|----3-3-----3-3-|2-------3---3---|3---------3-2---|
G  :0---------2-2---|--2-------------|2-------4---4---|0---------2-2---|
D  :----------------|0---------0-----|--------4-------|----------------|
A  :--------0-------|----------------|0-------2-------|--------0-------|
E  :3---------------|--------3-------|----------------|3---------------|

                                                                      
E  :----2-2-h3-----2-0-|-----------------0--------|----2-2-h3-----2-0-|
B  :----3----------3-3-|----2-----2-h3-----p2-----|----3----------3-3-|
G  :--2------------0-0-|----2---2-------------2---|--2------------0-0-|
D  :0------------0-----|--2---2--------2--------2-|0------------0-----|
A  :-------------------|0-------------------------|-------------------|
E  :-----------3-------|--------------------------|-----------3-------|

                                               
E  :-----------------0--------|0---------------|
B  :----2-----2-h3-----p2-----|3---------------|
G  :----2---2-------------2---|2---------------|
D  :--2---2--------2--------2-|0---------------|
A  :0-------------------------|----------------|
E  :--------------------------|----------------|

It's a rather long tab and I know that reading tab for finger picking can be quite difficult. But the tab along with the video make it all a lot easier. 

Son of God (Starfield/Chris Tomlin) Bass Line

Haven't posted in a few days but now I'm back. Ok, here is another bass tab I have received requests for. This is the Starfield (& Chris Tomlin) song called "Son of God." I just made up a simple bass part to play along with the verses of the song.

Here is the video:

And here is the tab:


G  :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D  :-------6-6-------|-------6-6-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A  :-----------6-8-6-|-----------6-8-6-|8------8-8---6---|8------8-8---6-8-|
E  :4----------------|4----------------|-----------8---8-|-----------8-----|

G  :-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
D  :-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
A  :4------4-4-------|4------4-4-----6-h8|6------6-6---6-6-5|
E  :-----------4-6-4-|-----------4-6-----|-----------6------|

G  :----------------------------- 1|
D  :----------6---6-8-8-8-8-p6---*||
A  :4--4-6-h8---8--------------8-*||
E  :----------------------------- ||

That's all it is. It just gives the song a little bit of motion as opposed to the typical bass lines that don't go anywhere and just serve to register low frequencies on a sound system. 

My next post will involve a somewhat complicated fingerpicking acoustic guitar part that I made up for a Darren Clarke song.