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spook · 09-16-2008, 09:43 AM

All that matters is that you're ENJOYING IT, no matter what level you're playing at.

I know guitarists who seriously beat themselves up if they can't master some highly technical piece within a few hours, which to me is plain stupid.
Try to find your own style and do it your own way.

As a REALLY famous blues player once said to me when I was asking his advice many years ago: " Play from the heart and from the guts, play from the balls - if you don't have the feel, the soul, all the technique in the world won't help you sound good. Don't try to do too much, any fool can be flashy and complicated, but it doesn't mean a thing."

Amen to that.

09-16-2008, 09:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
spook Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78	All that matters is that you're ENJOYING IT, no matter what level you're playing at. I know guitarists who seriously beat themselves up if they can't master some highly technical piece within a few hours, which to me is plain stupid. Try to find your own style and do it your own way. As a REALLY famous blues player once said to me when I was asking his advice many years ago: " Play from the heart and from the guts, play from the balls - if you don't have the feel, the soul, all the technique in the world won't help you sound good. Don't try to do too much, any fool can be flashy and complicated, but it doesn't mean a thing." Amen to that. __________________ It seems that lately, everybody's crying in their beer - I know that only the good die young - That's why I'm still here!