Echosmith - Bright
20150819: I kept the standard tuning instead of tuning half a step down. Partially because I'm lazy, but also because I figured I often sing in the key of G anyways. Personally I went through the following steps: 1) Listen to the song 2-3 times and just ghost strum along. That way I can hear how the rhythm guitar strums. 2) As I continued, I learned that feeling/listening to the bass (if you have a decent subwoofer) is also helpful. 3) Just strum along to the song a couple of times. 4) Sing along to the song a couple of times. 5) Strum and sing along to the song many, many times (10-15). 6) Stop playing the song and try playing and singing it myself, in the original style of the song 2-3 times. 7) Still without the song, but now play and sing the song in my own style. Continually modifying what feels right. 8) After about 5-10 repetitions of covering the song, I try to play along with the song again. I found my current cover was too fast. 9) Go back and modify my cover.