2/20/10

Well.... I didn't want to do this in the beginning, but I have realized a need to change some of my rules. As mentioned earlier, I am having a horrible time finding good tabs online for the guitar (not to mention the amount of paper I'm using to print all the songs), so I got "The Definitive Bob Dylan Songbook" the other day and will be using that as my only reference for the guitar. It contains over 325 songs and actually has the right chords. The only disadvantage is that it doesn't contain any of Bob Dylan's covers, i.e. most of his first album. I'm not too heartbroken over this as it was his songs that I wanted to learn.

The other rule that I decided to just remove if the rule that I cannot buy the CDs off the internet. I liked this rule in the beginning, but as I have already had problems finding "The Times They Are a-Changing" and CDs from most stores actually seem to run almost double what I can get them for online... That rule is now gone.

Clarification

I wanted to update where I'm at on this saga of Dylan... Basically, I've gone through the whole first album many times and have attempted to play a good number of them, however, the guitar tabs I've been getting off the internet are typically not accurate at all. For this reason, I will be buying a complete Dylan songbook very soon and using that instead. Because it will still be a little while before I get the songbook, and because most of the songs on the first album were not written by Dylan, I will (for the only time) be moving on to his next album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" this week. I will go back and play the songs on his debut album as soon as I get the accurate chords, but I really wanted the focus of this blog to be on his songwriting, not my guitar playing. The reason for the guitar playing is because I have an easier time retaining songs when I play through them myself. Plus, it sounds fun.:)