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First let me begin by telling you I am not a professional musician. I just enjoy music and owned a guitar and amp with which I would periodically practice when the mood struck. Though I made progress, I discovered that inevitably my practice session would end mid-way through work on a thread or idea. By my next practice session, the idea would have evaporated. My idea would be lost forever, and so would most of my ability to build experience. I didn't even realize this was a problem. I just figured this was what you had to go through to learn an instument. After years, I realized what was happening and searched for a memo recorder with which I could record guitar bits to carry over between practice sessions. I would have bought one, but didn't because the ones I found did not have a way to organize recorded files.
Well thank goodness I didn't! Because I went to Guitar Center (a big discount musical instrument retailer with outlets and online stores), explained what I was looking for, and was pointed to some digital multi-track recorders. For some reason, I had always thought that such digital recording was in the realm of established musicians like Pearl Jam, Heart, Peter White, or Shania Twain. I had no idea they were as portable, user-friendly and affordable as they were! So I bought one for the purpose of just saving ideas as I described.
Well it certainly did the trick. It allowed me to seamlessly practice on an idea or song across practics sessions. And, WOW, did my playing ability take off! It was pretty easy to use and I soon discovered that I could layer a rhythm track to accompany me -- another big boost to my playing.
(stay tuned ...)
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