Not every song is suitable to play with just one guitar and voice. Sometimes you find an amazing song that you really like, but it sounds like shit when you play it by yourself because some fundamental parts were in the rhythm section - drums or bass - and you can't replicate them. Sometimes you can imitate it with guitar, but that’s more of an exception, and it usually ends up sounding too busy and complicated.

I always enjoy finding songs that are perfect for playing on guitar. Usually, I spend a few days transcribing all the chords with little details, playing with inversions, transpositions, and that kind of stuff. But after some time, I forget about the song and just move on, completely losing everything I worked out. It’s not a huge problem - I can easily figure it out again - but I forget which songs were the most suitable, and that’s what truly bothers me.

Lately, I've been playing guitar a lot to fill empty time, and considering my previous mistakes, I started writing them down in a list. So, here are a few songs that are incredibly suitable for just you and your guitar to play alone in the evenings:

• Solid Air, Sweet Little Mystery, The Man in the Station by John Martyn
• Haruki by Alice Phoebe Lou
• Any song by Nick Drake, but good luck with the tunings lol
• The Sun Is in Your Eyes by Jacob Collier
• Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
• 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins
• Miss You by Blink-182 (don't judge me, it reminds me of childhood)

This is just a few I’ve played over the past week, so I'll probably update this list in the future. Also, whenever I play certain songs, I always get the urge to read about their history and the artist’s background. While playing Solid Air - one of my favorite songs - I discovered that it was actually written about Nick Drake! I’ve been listening to Nick Drake and John Martyn for such a long time, but I never knew that they were friends. I read a few articles and found their relationship dynamic to be really captivating.