Vlog #18: Taking A Break Feels GREAT!

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I took a 3.497 day break and boy did it feel great. Time to get some stuff accomplished.

I’m not a musician by any means. About 5 years ago I picked up a guitar for the first time to kill some time with a friend. I rarely play it these days but figured I’d break it out and kick off some of the dust and play a few tunes to see what I could remember. So, did you recognize all of the songs? I’d like to say thanks to those of you who come here to my website to watch these videos so the first person who can leave the names to all of the songs I played in the comments to this article will get a free t-shirt from my shirt store…assuming you live in one of the countries that SpreadShirt will ship to. Click here to see if your country is eligible. It’s not much but I’d like to do something like this more often to say thanks for taking interest in what I do.

26 COMMENTS

Jared Shroyer November 25, 2014 At 7:47 am

Taking a break always feels so good. Its funny to be because a good breaks is spending all my time in the shop.
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:56 pm
  
  haha. Thanks for stopping by Jared.
Chris November 25, 2014 At 7:58 am

Layla
Don’t stop believing
Sweet dreams
Sunshine of your love
Nothing else matters
Simple man
She hates me
Stairway to heaven
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:54 pm
  
  Yup, I’ll send you an email :)
Roy Wrenn November 25, 2014 At 8:22 am

Taking a break is always a good thing. What it helps with is you start out fresh and with a clear mind.

thanks for sharing
Roy
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:57 pm
  
  Absolutely. Time to get to work now! Thanks for stopping by Roy.
Art November 25, 2014 At 8:48 am

I’ll let someone else guess… But how about some Rush next time? :-)
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:57 pm
  
  I don’t know any Rush….I’ll work on it though.
Jason November 25, 2014 At 8:52 am

-Layla
-Don’t stop believing
-Sweet dreams
-Sunshine of your love
-Nothing else matters
-Simple man
-She hates me
-Stairway to heaven
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:58 pm
  
  Yes, you are correct. But Chris beat you by a little bit :) Thanks for stopping by!
Steve Lyde November 25, 2014 At 8:57 am

Great choice of music!!
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:58 pm
  
  Thanks. That’s really about all I know though!
Dev Ogle November 25, 2014 At 9:14 am

Thanks for the music, a man of many talents.
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:59 pm
  
  Thanks Dev. I appreciate it as always.
Tyler November 25, 2014 At 11:32 am

For not playing much you are really good! I really like listening to people playing good acoustic renditions of good songs. Loved the Stairway cutoff.
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 12:59 pm
  
  Thanks Tyler. I can play a bunch of riffs but only 2 songs the whole way through.
nicholasgomez November 25, 2014 At 1:12 pm

Look forward to hearing/seeing more on the steel wool and vinegar finish process. Oh, with guitar skills like that you could join my favorite band – Firewood. They only play three cord songs. Hahaha…..just kidding on the band not on the guitar skills. Good stuff!!
Mike McKinlay November 25, 2014 At 1:29 pm

I love the extra insight into your multidimensional talent… ^.^ A break is a great way to keep it fresh, glad you able to see that. Love you Site, great stuff here! Thanks!
John Hall November 25, 2014 At 2:40 pm

Jay, Love your material. I sent an e-mail a while back asking how to do a compound angle in sketch up. Can you help me?

Thanks John
- Jay Bates November 25, 2014 At 3:13 pm
  
  I don’t think I got it. I just sent you an email.
Ronald Robinson November 25, 2014 At 3:59 pm

VERY NICE WAY TO TAKE OFF FOR A FEW DAYS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Michael Martin November 25, 2014 At 4:43 pm

Love your videos. Glad you had a good break, those can help a lot! Also, loved the music, you are good! Recognized all the songs, but couldn’t name them all because I am horrible with song names!
Grammi's Garage November 25, 2014 At 5:01 pm

Cool tunes Jay! You should do video lessons on playing the guitar. My kind of songs.
I’m looking for a plan for triple bunk beds. The corner section kind with the lower bunk close to the floor, the 2nd bunk turned at a angle half way up and the 3rd bunk going the same direction as the lower bottom bunk. By any chance do you have a set of plans for this or know where I can find any? I can’t wait to see how your bunk beds turn out. You always build some pretty awesome stuff. I’m looking forward to seeing the finished beds.
Roger December 1, 2014 At 7:34 am

Good jams Jay
John Tenhundfeld December 3, 2014 At 6:46 am

Little late with this–I took a break as well. You are a very good musician. Really like acoustical guitar and wish I could play but alas that ship has sailed–sank actually. Thanks for the vids.
Tom Schaiper (pronounced Shy per ) March 25, 2015 At 7:16 am

Hi Jay, love your videos. You play pretty good guitar also. Want to learn the whole song??? go to http://www.chordie.com. .