August 2023 blog post: Almost done with Better Than The Book vocal recording (3ish tracks left), more guitar videos including a cover of Message in a Bottle and getting real for a moment, Newgrounds features and more!

Hi everyone and hope you've had a great July! Another month is here which means another post and set of updates! Let's get to it!

First up, despite being away for a week seeing Iron Maiden and enjoying a stag do and some good times with family and friends, it's been an incredibly productive month working on Better Than The Book's album with 6 more vocal tracks fully recorded! 4 tracks left to go, and one of those in just a stripped back acoustic version of another using the same recordings, so really it's just 3 tracks to record! I'm hoping to have that all done by the end of this month, but with the wedding coming up in less than 3 weeks as I type this + the bash, a mini-moon, and not to mention the mountain of prep still left to do, that miiiiight be a bit ambitous... at this rate I'm sure it'll all be recorded and deep into the final editing by the end of September though, then onto mixing! Exciting times ahead and I really think it's gonna blow you all away!

Next up I've kept busy with my 2 guitar videos a week goals and after some incredibly inspired sessions including inventing my own never before seen special technique (though you'll have to wait until September to see that), I've added another 14 videos to the schedule this month! I'll be slowing down with my own recording now as I'm currently 2 full months ahead of schedule. Feeling good though and it's been a heck of month in July with some lovely comments and vibes. Check out the updated playlist below:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWEmqIhrNPvQTBoOjZdKLgL4ecTvLz6sm

And here's a list of the new additions since last time! I especially recommend the "15 years of self-doubt" and Message in a Bottle videos! Enjoy!

• Justin Johnson inspired slide rocky blues in Open G Tuning
• 2 Hand Tapping Guitar Practice in D Standard (WIP)
• 15 years of self doubt and the 90% of what you don't see: 2 Hand Tapping DADGAD Guitar practice
• Basket Case by Green Day, but it's All The Small Things by blink182
• Message in a Bottle - The Police [solo tapping guitar cover]
• Chromatic 7th Chord Triad shapes
• Fender Mini '65 Twin Amp Meaty Drive tone
• 12-String Guitar + Digitech Whammy 5 sounds LUSH!
• 12-String Guitar + Distortion + Digitech Whammy 5 = HUGE SOUND

Finally this week, last month's interview on the Off The Wall Show Podcast was featured on Tankman Triweekly and The Tank Tribune on Newgrounds! Thanks for sharing the stuff peeps and it's always an honour! First time in the Tankman Triweekly too! Hope you and your readers all enjoyed it!

https://tankmantriweekly.newgrounds.com/news/post/1369091
https://thetanktribune.newgrounds.com/news/post/1377005

That's it for this month, unless you're a $10 patron in which case you have a sneak peek demo for the fully recorded (but not yet edited/mixed etc...) "Red Kite" from Better Than The Book's upcoming album to look forward to! August is set to be a busy BUSY BIG month with wedding stuff so we'll see how things go musically and the monthly post might be a few days later than usual, but I'm sure there'll be something to share! Hope you enjoy all the new videos and thanks as always for supporting my music/stuff however you can. Next time you'll hear from me, I'll hopefully have a ring on my finger WOOT WOOT! Take care and see you in September!

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