I make up me own songs and find that it is great idea as soon after working out chords,words as you can.,to record it.
Is a good reference for if you forget the tune.
Also gives you chance to listen to it yourself (obvious Innit?)
You also get a shock when you work on it for a while and it changes then you listen to original recording again.
I find I have to go with much simpler musical arrangement than I would like if I plan to play a song in public than if is just for family.
It is better for me to have a simple chord sequence (repetitive Clinton) than to try and play how I would really like it to sound because I have more chance of doing it right and that lessens the panic and helps get the words over more easily and bit clearer.
When I listen to accomplished artistes like WLD it just seems to me that although there are mistakes it never seems that level of difficulty or complexity of the playing has been allowed to be compromised.
I often hear a local guy called Dick Appleton play and he is my guitar hero for depth of knowledge and range of styles etc he makes mistakes but then he is playing at a level far above that which most people will ever master and he can play continuously for several hours.
I wish my ratio of mistakes to notes played were as low as he acheives.
How about it WLD do you ever sit there about to play us one of your own brilliant songs and then think at last minute maybe I will leave that sequence of hammering bending and sliding out this time?
Or is that part of what the practice regime should achieve ,to ensure you never play right on the edge of your abilities.
Eerr just realised can preveiw these posts.
So would like to say not having dig at WLD is just have heard him play he is great performer funny witty very dry great songs and playing. I know that he has been there and done it and any advice he gives is likely to be worth having.