Originally Posted by: manuelsoukup@JeffS65
That is excatly what im trying to do :-)

Just to note, singing and playing at the same time is not easy to do. I've always avoided it myself...sad, I know.

People who do it flawlessly have been playing for some time and have confidence in their playing as well as their singing.

The point is really that, since you are just learning your first song, get one of the elements down. Specifically the guitar playing. You should learn the chords and groove by itself. Once you've got that, then overlay singing.

Depending on how good of a singer you are, it may be much easier to learn one at a time.

I mean, I've been playing a good long time but not singing for too long and still learning where my weaknesses are. Those places in my range that drop out and when I go sharp/flat. I habve decent pitch but not perfect.

At my church, one of the people who joined the 'band' is just learning piano and singing. She could be good at both but is not practiced in any of them yet and you can tell the struggle on trying to do both. I give her credit for sticking with it though. We have worked with her on listening for the groove and the changes. Most fall in to a natural pattern of some sort and you start to learn to 'feel for it'. She's starting to get that.

Just some random thoughts.