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04-02-2017, 10:46 PM | #7801 |
Virgo
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I play a mexican model too. let freedom ring.
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04-02-2017, 10:47 PM | #7802 |
Banned
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i played the guitar for a few weeks and its here gathering dust, its pretty pathetic
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04-02-2017, 10:47 PM | #7803 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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last year this guy who I used to play with in high school but who was never really committed and only plays once in awhile, he asked me to go to guitar center and help him pick out a new guitar. so we go there and then he starts this spiel about how his guitar wonder dad only believes in buying cheap guitars because it doesn't make a difference etc etc I was like oh boy ok well you can buy a cheap guitar but it's just not going to sound how you think it is going to sound.
he didn't really want my advice it turned out as much as he wanted me to validate his belief that this total piece of shit starter Epi Les Paul was a great guitar. I played it and told him honestly it was a piece of crap but he wouldn't listen because his dad told him it was a great instrument. He took it home and after a few weeks he returned it. Even the fucking hardware was so cheap it didn't work correctly, like the god damn tuners would just continuously slip forever |
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04-02-2017, 10:50 PM | #7804 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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04-02-2017, 10:54 PM | #7805 |
Virgo
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i bought a new guitar from guitar center once and i've regretted it ever since.
its not a bad guitar but i just don't like the mojo since i brought it home |
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04-02-2017, 10:55 PM | #7806 |
Immortal
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gotta get your finger calluses up
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04-02-2017, 10:55 PM | #7807 |
Virgo
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i needed a new acoustic/electric and it was available to me for a deep discount. that was my justification.
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04-02-2017, 10:59 PM | #7808 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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Guitar Center has bad mojo all around
years ago I went there with 28if cause he was gonna buy this fender amp. The one they had in stock was broken, like the reverb was fucked or something can't remember exactly. 28if was like yeah obviously I'm not going to buy this broken amp can you order another one and the guy was like no. we have to sell this one before we can order another one |
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04-02-2017, 11:08 PM | #7809 |
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04-02-2017, 11:09 PM | #7810 |
Virgo
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it was much easier to learn to play guitar in the 90s when all the popular songs were written by idiots
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04-02-2017, 11:09 PM | #7811 |
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i can't even play chords let alone change them
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04-02-2017, 11:10 PM | #7812 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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I truly believe anyone can learn the guitar, at least a little bit. If you were willing to force yourself to practice regularly, you would learn to play
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04-02-2017, 11:12 PM | #7813 |
Virgo
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silverchair's frogstomp was the first tab book i ever bought. everthing is just one finger because its drop-d tuned. killer riffs.
pure massacah |
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04-02-2017, 11:12 PM | #7814 |
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i guess it just makes sense to you then, it doesn't to me.
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04-02-2017, 11:13 PM | #7815 |
Virgo
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felt like god when i nailed the fast part of this |
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04-02-2017, 11:14 PM | #7816 |
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because i've "forced" myself to practice several times for between 2-3 months with the same results: can't play anything
i ask for advice on what to practice & you get 10 different answers. one of the most common is "idk just play it" which is helpful i don't know what to tell you, while it would be nice to believe that everyone can do everything it seems to not be the case |
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04-02-2017, 11:16 PM | #7817 | |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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practice every day for a few months, you will get better. even if you feel like you have no natural musical ability, you will still get better. I'm terrible with my hands and I suck at math and I managed to learn guitar just by practicing a little bit every day over years |
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04-02-2017, 11:16 PM | #7818 |
Minion of Satan
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You just need to lower your standards and play something easy that you don't necessarily like because you may grow to like it in time.
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04-02-2017, 11:17 PM | #7819 |
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never got any better, only got more confused and frustrated
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04-02-2017, 11:17 PM | #7820 |
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what exactly do you practice when you can't do anything ?
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04-02-2017, 11:21 PM | #7821 |
Virgo
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i don't want to be one of those guys but as far as music goes, you can play what you want. if you can't play what you like, that might be a blessing. you can create your own language.
music is a language. spend enough time with it and it starts to make sense. i still subscribe to the jad fair philosophy (elph can back me up) where he says "there's only one chord: the power cord." and "there's only two kinds of songs: monster songs and love songs." you have to figure out what you end game is. if you want to play other peples songs that might be difficult but if you want to mangle and distort your own feelings that's a bit easier. just blow off steam. widdley widdley wow |
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04-02-2017, 11:22 PM | #7822 |
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yeah thats what i mean by "idk just play it" which was never helpful
i don't get it, i'm never going to & i'm pretty useless at everything so its not surprising |
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04-02-2017, 11:24 PM | #7823 |
Virgo
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that's fair.
i feel the same way about social media. |
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04-02-2017, 11:24 PM | #7824 |
Banned
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i'm not really very smart, i'm not really very funny, i'm clumsy, ugly, bald, mean you name it i'm the worst
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04-02-2017, 11:25 PM | #7825 |
Socialphobic
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That's me and drawing... spent a ton of time trying to draw but never got any better past something like 5th grade drawings.
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04-02-2017, 11:25 PM | #7826 |
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like i thought maybe i should be a writer because i've had a couple people say i was good at it, unlike everything else in the world, but i'm mostly blocked all the time. i tried to write again (twice a week i said!) and i did for a little bit, like three weeks or so, and then i ended up hating all the stupid shit i wrote & now i just can't even think of a single fucking thing worth writing about
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04-02-2017, 11:25 PM | #7827 |
Virgo
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i was just obsessed with making my own recordings ever since i was a child so when i got a guitar i freaked becaise i was now able to make my own songs
still trying to get back to that emotion. |
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Virgo
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04-02-2017, 11:28 PM | #7829 |
Virgo
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my eyesight is shot and computers are everywhere
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04-02-2017, 11:28 PM | #7830 | |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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you may have created a mental block because of anxiety. everyone is this way with some things. like learning a computer or driving a car or learning a language, playing an instrument is basically a mechanical task which requires you to learn a system of symbols and tools and repetition builds the roads in our brain that we need to do it faster and easier over time. if you ever decide to go back, which I encourage you to do because I don't believe you just literally "can't" learn it, you should take lessons for awhile so someone can help you get the basics down and give you structure to practice around. |
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