Just finished Billie Jean on Fast (after a week and a half…Im stubborn like that)… whew what a finger twister that is for a newbie!
Also just did up to Module 5 lesson 2… and now have a blister on two of my fretting fingers…first time in a year since I started… Josh is such a slavedriver 
Um yes ok your tablature had me confused for a second…
Drop D tuning is common. Until I got my 5-string, my 4 string was often (maybe usually) in Drop D.
I ended up buying a Korg Microkeys 25 just now because someone was selling a new one for half price. I could probably turn a profit on resale, so why not. Of course that means that now the USQ-1 VSTi is really tempting. But to hold me over I found some excellent free synth VSTi’s.
Not wasting any time here 
That looks like it is the absolute minimum you’d want to have, but if it serves your needs, why not!? I am a bit drawn to the pads the Nektar has, to quickly enter a drum pattern… Also, the remote control of the DAW is neat…
Yeah I just want a minimal heyboard here. I have a separate drum machine so entering patterns there is already covered. I was considering a three-octave but space is pretty tight in my practice area now, and also this thing popped up new for about 25 euro
Hard (scratch that: impossible) to beat 
@howard How do you go about finding all the great used gear deals?
The market is thriving here and Mercari makes it super simple.
But mostly patience and frequent searching.
I will definitely be returning to Billie Jean. After that, I may also turn back to Mod 6 Lesson 4 today.
I’m just trying to carve out a little time each day to play something. Anything.
Today I spent half an hour on Canteloupe Island, which is proving to be a very simple jazz standard with some stretching and switching - quite possibly a good one for fairly early on the road for a beginner. If you like jazz.
it is a trap, bought a new keyboard 2 weeks ago now my bass is jealous…
The little Microkeys I got is cute. I like it. Wish I had room for another octave though. That LX49 looks very nice.
bought a 5 octave yamaha, got fed up with the cheap feel of the keys on my midi controller
guess because the new series was introduced at Namm, they knocked quiet a bit of the price
Yes, but this is also the full-blown version… used to have a predecessor to this keyboard, but gave it away to save some space.
It’s funny, I still know the person I sold my ESQ-1 to 20 years ago. I briefly considered asking if he still had it and what he would take for it, but getting it here would be ruinous. But that would be some cool full-circle completionism
Open D blues today. I’ve been cheating on my bass… it started out with 3 and 4 string guitars on the side… now I’m up to 6 strings on a regular basis… I might need an intervention. 
Yeah, wrong forum, man!! Unless, it is a six-string bass
No, seriously, looks great, but don’t forget your roots 
And… wow, snow!!
Do we have a B2B graduation thread somewhere?
I’ve checked off my ‘passed the course’ list, today gonna start on my extra gold star list.
I see it’s all the not so easy stuff like Billie Jean, Higher & Higher, Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag. Gonna take some work to say I can really nail those! 
Nope. Not specifically. Maybe we need one.
