Have Mercy....

[Nelskie]

Nothing of those sorts, Voodoo. You are making music, my friend, and that's a great thing. Be proud of what you do.

 

[duhvoodooman]

You are too kind. I just wish I could turn what I hear in my head into notes on the guitar with more efficiency! I kid about it, but I dearly enjoy this stuff, and even though it doesn't come out as well as I'd like, I sure won't stop trying!! I just hope to get a little better each day.

Now, back to banging on my son's new Tele. I'm just, er....checking it out and making sure it doesn't have any major defects! Yeah, that's the ticket.....

 

[SuperSwede]

Your son should be glad that you are breaking in his new guitar...

 

[warren0728]

You are making music, my friend, and that's a great thing. Be proud of what you do.

that's what i keep telling myself!

When Tim and I were at Ron's, ron was ribbing us about my lack of talent (wondering why anyone would drive 90 minutes to jam with me!)....but then said "No matter how bad we think we are, we are better than 99% of the people we meet/pass on the street, because they don't play at all."

ww

 

[Tim]

Amen Brother Warren! That Ron is a smart man and knows how to kid around. I still can't believe he spent about 45 minutes just talking about home recording while other customers came into his store. He also is very knowledgeable of the merchandise he carries in his store.

 

[Nelskie]

"No matter how bad we think we are, we are better than 99% of the people we meet/pass on the street, because they don't play at all."

You know, even though that statement about playing isn't a closely guarded secret, it's amazing how difficult it is for beginning / newer players to come to that realization. And once they do . . . whoa! It all starts coming togther. When I started out, I remember looking guitar playing like a ladder, and taking it one rung at a time: learning how to tune a guitar; playing my first chord; playing my first chords together; learning my first song straight through; learning my first solo straight through; my first jam session with another player; my first jam session as part of a band; and so on and so forth. The things you pick up along the way, stuff about tone, effects, playing techniques, licks-n-tricks, etc., they just enhance what you're already doing, which is playing guitar, whatever skill level that may be. Which as that statement asserts, IS better than 99% of folks on the street.

So, when you talk about the learning process, one must understand that it really never ends. Warren - you and I are both at pretty much the same point in learning stuff about recording. And you know what, as difficult as it seems right now, five years down the road, when you and your kids are cutting tracks together, or you are putting out original stuff on your own, or with your buddies, it'll seem like old hat. And you'll probably laugh about it, too. But then starting thinking of all of the things playing guitar has given back to you. True - everyone aspiresto be a great guitarist, but rarely is skill the true measure of the value of your playing.

 

[duhvoodooman]

....everyone aspires to be a great guitarist, but rarely is skill the true measure of the value of your playing.

Very well said, sir! While I'll never be the guitarist I'd like to be, I've derived many, many hours of pleasure & relaxation from picking these 6 strings, however ineffectively!! Like I tell the wife, it sure beats wandering the streets!!

 

[warren0728]

Very well said, sir! While I'll never be the guitarist I'd like to be, I've derived many, many hours of pleasure & relaxation from picking these 6 strings, however ineffectively!! Like I tell the wife, it sure beats wandering the streets!!

very true voodoo....although sometimes after an hour or so of my playing the wife wishes i WAS wandering the streets!

ww

 

[duhvoodooman]

very true voodoo....although sometimes after an hour or so of my playing the wife wishes i WAS wandering the streets!

Hey, Warren, I wouldn't worry about it unless she starts wandering the streets!

 

[warren0728]

Hey, Warren, I wouldn't worry about it unless she starts wandering the streets!

good point....you are a wise man voodoo

ww

 

[Nelskie]

That's when you work a love song she likes into your jam session, ww. I learned about a dozen or so of my wife's favorites, so when things run afoul, I turn down a bit, find a nice clean channel, and become her "personal minstrel". It works. I kid you not!

 

[warren0728]

my wife actually likes it better when i play the acoustic....i tend to get carried away when playing the 'lectrics

ww

 

[SuperSwede]

Warren, you are not doing those T-Bone Walker moves are you??