I've been practicing enough that, though I don't always get the strumming patterns of some complicated songs right, chords-wise I guess I'm decent enough since I can sing along to the guitar. My questions are:
1. I would like to be able to record my voice/guitar while doing songs. Not because I'm good. In fact, it's because I don't know where I am in the scale of decent and bad that I'd like to listen to myself (lol) via a third source, hence recording it. I have an acoustic guitar, not an electric acoustic, so, what's a good set-up just to record decently, not professional level of course! Two mics, or just one since I'm in a quiet room anyway? What kind of mics, will the normall computer mics do? I know you have to "block" your mic with something (socks?) so the voice would be more diffused... anything else? and computer wise, how do you set it up, and what freeware can I use? I am starting from scratch, any help would be great:) Not a professional set-up please, but not too crappy that I'll barely hear myself, something like those people on youtube probably.
2. Don't laugh, but I'm just curious-- does everyone sound good singing in the bathroom because of the acoustics of that place? I have to say, I sound better there than in my room, lol.
3. Guitar Pick-- I can't seem to learn how to properly use it without hearing the plastic "thk" sound hitting the strings. I've already used the thinnest pick I can find, and it still sounds. Is it the way I'm holding it? Or it really makes a sound and is just overpowered by the volume of the strumming? Admittedly I don't strum that hard.... So this whole time, I'm just going without it. Is it considered "unimproved" if I don't learn how to use a pick?
Thanks for any advice!