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Very few like the sound of their own singing voice---I've been singing for 30 yrs and last summer was the first time I actually said "well, *that* sounds good" :-)  Many times I've had people tell me I sounded great, when I thought "my GOD, that SUCKED"...

Good advice from the other posters about recording your voice! It DEFINITELY helps with actually hearing yourself and making corrections.  Don't get discouraged; if Tom Waits and Bob Dylan can sing, YOU CAN! :-)

Two thumbs up! So comforting...

Repetition, repetition, repetition (ever since my early elementary school orchestra days).....the only caveat to that is  when you have two songs with the same chord structure and "wander off" to the wrong one (!!). 

That being said, I always have my song book (now!)... was playing a song I knew by heart even before I started playing guitar and had a BRAIN COLLAPSE of epic proportion!  I couldn't even sing the song again without my sheet (took me two weeks to find the darn thing)..

-d-
(edit to add 2nd question):  I have a "stock" of war-horse songs (as my friend calls them), but for songs I've just gotten down, welll I have to (blush) write a list that I keep in front of my song book...no other way has worked yet.

Silk n steel strings.
Trust me.

Thanks so much to all!!

Yes, it was an open mic---- I was dinking about with a Mac Book/Garageband and realized that it had a built in mic.  I was just amazed that I could figure out how to record, rip from cda to mp3 and upload!   So that does explain the "hot" sound (thanks for the terminology).

I do have an electro/acoustic; working on getting a firewire interface to go from the guitar to the computer; that way I can use the software from the computer and the interface to control the levels.

As far as the playing (?); thanks again.  I was talking to some other pals, and they suggested a metronome.  I'm in agreement, and will be off to find one today. 

Oh, and trust, Russell, I've been playing music (violin, etc) since I was 12 so I have absolutely no delusions about how horrid that was---<grin>

Thank you all again; this is why I'm here----to LEARN!

I started with a pic, but ever since I got my Johnson tuned up with silk n' steel strings, the pic sounds too ..harsh (?).  I started finger strumming, and now picking.  I've found I can really get a lovely rythm going, and can even play a bit of a bass line while picking (and it is fun as hell).  I play open tuning, but will get a capo just to see what it plays like (and maybe defeat some that damned B chord)

_debs_

Thanks for the warm welcomes... music and whiskey/bourbon do go together rather well (sometimes too well ;-) )

I'm thinking about expanding my horizons and trying some Irish and Scotch whiskey/whisky---and this weekend sounds about as good as any.  I'll post my findings :-D

_debs_

Hi Jerry!  Thanks for the welcome...

Yes, I just started guitar about a year and a half ago.  I began with an Epi Les Paul Goth, but didn't like the non-portability so I found a really nice n' fun Johnson 000 gauge acoustic on craigslist for $70.  I just got D'addio (sp) silk n steel strings on it about a week ago and haven't stopped playing it, except when stupid Real Life steps in and I have to go to work or something dumb like that (LOL!)

Back to fiddles!  I am not much of a country player; I do more rock violin stuff=== I've found that jamming to music can be So Much FUN!!  For instance, Godsmack's "Voodoo" is a song begging for a violin solo (and riff)... jam jam jam!

Thanks again for the welcome!

Deb