Random or What???!!!: Episode II (Page 3 of 5)

I say go for it. I've had a gotee for the last 4 years and i can't imagine myself without it anymore. I never could handle the full beard. It's just too much trouble plus my wife and baby girl didn't like it to much either.

Tune the A string to the hum of the winning chain saw.

If a lumberjack demonstrates the skill of his profession on your epiphone, then I'd suggest that a tune up would not be enough.

- Zurf

my brother and i played guitar all day when we stayed in the countryside because there was nothing else to do (but what is there that's better anyway?). we played sitting on a green wall that keeps the river from flooding, great view but i kept worrying my guitar would fall in the river. i don't think it can swim!

just trying to grow a moustache

Are you male or female?

Not another Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial!

I'm in a real funk lately, between driving my daughter to driving lessons and college investigations for her and multiple stressors.....................I'm ashamed to admit that I have not touched my guitar in a months time.  <sigh>  I am such a guitar loser.

Thanks Zurf, I hear what your saying, but every time I look at my untouched guitar case, I feel bad and then I remember why I started on this path and the pleasure it brings me.  I just need to feel that again and right now I don't....whether it's the aspergers syndrome or the ADD, or whatever, I want to do better, but, I just don't feel I ever can. 

I know I'll get back to it, it's just an emo point and overwhelming tasks point in my life right now.   Sensory overload and wishing I had started so much earlier paralyzes me.  Like the CS&N song, "Time we have wasted on the way."  I need to give myself a kick in the butt!

Vent away We all go through this at points in our life. Some more than others but the ones who love to play always come back cause it just plain feels so go-o-o-o-od inside. And they know it.

The passion will come back when its time if you let it in. 

Kenny

Well, in that case, I guess you can go ahead and beat yourself up.

Guitar and music should be fun.  Fun that takes a lot of effort, sure, but fun nevertheless.  If it's not bringing you pleasure at the moment, then by all means take a break until the itch returns.  But given that your expressed regret is not starting sooner and being better by now, I fail to see how going more slowly is going to help lessen the regret. 

As far as Aspergers and ADD, I don't know anything.  If those are the causes of any guitar related issues, feel free to disregard anything I post at will.  If those are excuses you're giving yourself, though, proceed with the self-inflicted butt-kicking.  Only you know for sure (and I suppose maybe your therapist). 

On the third hand, I used to jamm with a fellow who had problems with depression.  Personally, I think he sounded great.  We always had a good time when we jammed, and he was clearly the more skilled of the two of us.  But he gave up guitar completely because he didn't sound as good as he thought he should.  I thought that was sad, but while he sounded good to me the guitar just brought him stress.  So, for him, he decided to let that stress go out of his life.  He was on the negative of the whole cost/benefit assessment when comparing the stress and the pleasure it brought him.

- Zurf

As are many of us - it's a crazy mixed up world we live in and I confuse myself!

Hey Ozy, man, buenos dias!

Hey my random brother, it's been a walk thru' the Sahara - long time , no sea!

Sorry!

I'm sad that things are getting you down and I do understand a bit, maybe more and I'd like to tell you a story!

I was walking through a, shall we say, rather less than salubrious part of London. I'd been up there to do 2 things; firstly I was there at request to play for an end of run party for students from the Poor School in Kings Cross; and secondly to talent scout there and at Central for future projects.

I was walking thru' this rough area and walking on the opposite side of the road to me, going in the opposite direction was a guy, much like myself except different ethnicity, different clothes, different build - as far as visual appearances go we couldn't be more different. We looked at each other and at the same moment we smiled - not just a smile, mark you, but they became really cheesy grins; like, if we were on the same side of the road going opposite directions we knew we'd have said "Hi!" in passing; waiting for the same bus we'd have been chatting like old friends within minutes, if only that road hadn't been between us.

That didn't matter; the smiles were communication enough.

What was the reason for this fraternal bonding across the width of a road? We were both carrying guitar cases!

We knew we were brothers of the 6th string with many differences but many shared experiences via the guitar! The road between prevented more than a mutual cheesy grinning nod as we drew level, that was all.

At Chordie, everyone is here because we are all brothers and sisters of the 6th string! We all (most of us at least) put down the guitar and feel guilty for not playing for a day/week/month. We all put the guitar down because we hate it/ourselves/jobs/bills/etc. It doesn't matter. If you don't play the guitar for 5 years are you going to forget how to do a C chord? Does that make you stop being a guitarist?

Make your musical routine Chordie in the chat sections or wherever you want to go and talk/help/pass on info - or just be random ( ). When you feel that you want to play your guitar again because it makes you feel happy to do so you will.

'Til then come chat and have FUN without stressing!!!

Gans pup bollonjeth oll da, soaz! (With every good wish, mate!)

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moths wit hbig furry eyes are the scariest of all insects, especially when ye see there fangs dripping with blood

Ken