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It’s been a while since I last played a guitar infront of a large crowd, and today I got that chance to do it again.

This afternoon, we had a singing contest in our company which has been patterned after the American Idol. Prior to the contest, I was asked by one contestant to accompany her with a guitar for her piece on the contest which is “Get Here” by Oleta Adams since she can’t find a minus-one for it. It wasn’t an easy piece considering that the song was played mainly with a piano, so I had to do a bit of classical guitar finger picking just to liven up the acoustic guitar version of the song. I only had last night to practice, and I asked Aphilo to help me out with the practice. Aphilo did a great job singing the song, so I also got the chance to put some cool stuffs on how I played the song especially on the guitar solo part. During the practice session with the vocalist for the contest, another contestant asked me to play for her as well, and she asked me to play “Falling” by Teri DeSario. It was good that I know the song pretty well, so I didn’t need time to learn the chords.

During the contest, I was so nervous seeing so many people watching the show. At first, my fingers were so stiff that I had to shake it several times just to warm it up. Moreover, the guitar that they asked me to use wasn’t really that great since the space between the strings and the neck were quite large. Nevertheless, it only took me a few moments to adjust to the guitar, but I could have played more fluidly if I brought my own classical guitar. Anyway, I think I did pretty well and it was quite a nice feeling to be admired and appreciated by people because of my guitar skills. Though it’s been a while I guess, my guitar and music skills are still good enough to please a lot of people.

Oh, by the way, the contestant who sang “Falling” won the contest and I’m very happy for her.

[tags]Guitar, Get Here Song, Oleta Adams, Falling Song, Teri DeSario, Classical Guitar, Singing Contest[/tags]

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