So You Play Guitar?, Well what do you play? |
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Dec 2 2014, 05:20 PM |
It will most likely help and inspire others As long as you can be a walking talking example of how change has worked things for the better in your case, I think it's your duty to show others that they can do it too So, Monica, congrats for taking Darius' request and making it talk, for Jim I agree 100% One of the things that makes a 'great' teacher is their ability to relate an experience in a comprehensible way that will inspire a student. Monica's post(s) always do that. She is brutally honest about her development and can articulate it very well. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Dec 3 2014, 08:56 AM |
Very cool thread!
Ken - thank you for appreciate honesty I always believe if I'm totally honest with me, I can fix the issues and go further. I think this is the key. However even though most people have identified their weaknesses at some point, it is unfortunately extremely common to see students ignore those weaknesses. Why? Fixing those is the key to progress. Don't they want to get better? The reason is simple: because most of us have been taught that you either have it or you don't. If you're not born with it forget about it. I think this is one of the biggest lies in modern times. It is this lie that prevents people from getting where they want, and their birth has very little to do with it. This lie originates from industrialism, and we must do everything we can not to convey it to future generations. It will not help them, nor society as a whole. It is just plain stupidity (more about it here). |
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Dec 3 2014, 04:27 PM |
Very cool thread! I think this is the key. However even though most people have identified their weaknesses at some point, it is unfortunately extremely common to see students ignore those weaknesses. Why? Fixing those is the key to progress. Don't they want to get better? The reason is simple: because most of us have been taught that you either have it or you don't. If you're not born with it forget about it. I think this is one of the biggest lies in modern times. It is this lie that prevents people from getting where they want, and their birth has very little to do with it. This lie originates from industrialism, and we must do everything we can not to convey it to future generations. It will not help them, nor society as a whole. It is just plain stupidity (more about it here). I am underlining Kris' affirmation about having it or not People often say - I have no voice. Everyone can sing, if they take some time to train their ears. Some of us can have an easier time with that because they are more inclined to having a good sense of hearing and some less, but everyone can train their ears - the time factor is the difference here and the amount of effort put in, of course. I think that if we would all be taught that nothing is imposible to achieve, as long as you REALLY want that and you are willing to invest in it - time, money, faith and all manner of resources, you can grow the necessary abilities to do it. There's one other important factor here which can influence the lybra - luck Some are hard working and also have luck: the luck of being heard by someone who will help them out with something they would've taken too much time to achieve on their own - this could be one of the many examples There are many factors, but as long as you respect the line in bold writing, you are already improving your chances of success big time! |
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Dec 5 2014, 04:23 PM |
Great posts everybody! From my own experience I can say that everything is possible with hard work and dedication. I have set many goals and dreams since I'm very younger. I remember being very young and becoming amazed by shredders like Malmsteen, Gilbert, Vinnie Moore. I noticed that the journey to reach that type of playing started as soon as my mind did a click (at the age of 15) and I though: This is possible.
I even remember the exact day when I did this click, it was at a Joe Satriani's concert. I could see him, in "real life", not on albums or videos, playing the tricky licks and I could feel that it was possible. After that, the only thing that I had to do is to practice every day. At the age of 17, I could play many songs by Malmsteen, Satriani, Blues Saraceno and many others. I can share a similar example of hard work related to my band. It's not about practice but it can be really applied to it. 11 years ago, I've met our singer Luciana, and decided to try her voice over some songs that I had. We really liked the results, and decided to take it seriously. I've always had the dream of having a professional band, that recorded albums at good studios, share stage with my favorite bands, tour, sound on the radio, record video-clips. I can say that our environment wasn't the best one. We played a non popular style in our country, with a lady on vocals (we never had a popular rock band leaded by a girl in the past). There weren't referents here, there weren't an audience. However, we worked hard, we tried to make the best songs, the best albums, and with the pass of years, we started to reach some goals, with every new year, and every new albums these goals become bigger and bigger. I can't say that we had luck, I can say that we worked SO hard, day and night, polishing everything to make our shows better, our sound better, our press better. As the band was growing, we used most of the money to invest on a good staff of people that takes cares of everything (management, press, merchandising, stage manager, light engineer, sound engineer). And the results have been something natural related to the hard work done. Related to what Cosmin said, about not being ready. I can't agree more with him. It took us many years to be able to play in front of a lot of people, so, when we did it, we were ready to play the best concert of our life. We wouldn't have had that impact in people the first years as a band, so I'm really grateful that the opportunities have been appearing naturally with the evolution of us as a band. So, when I was 11, I had the dream of playing in a band that could share stage with my idols. After 21 years of hard work, I can say that this has been possible. I can say that every day of these 21 years I did something related to this goals. And I feel that this is just the start. Check this nice video made by a fan with some cool moments of our last concert at Buenos Aires done the past friday: I can't be more happy, but I still know that this is just the start. There are many things to improve, much more to say, and there is always a lot of room to grow as a musician, as a band, and off course as a person. Music is infinite. -------------------- My lessons
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