What Was Your Main Goal When You Started Playing The Guitar? |
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What Was Your Main Goal When You Started Playing The Guitar? |
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Feb 12 2013, 05:31 PM
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One and Only REeason that Made me pick up guitar was one that's not listed here
METAL !!! |
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Feb 12 2013, 06:25 PM |
QUOTE My friends have all started play music, and I wanted to do it too
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Feb 12 2013, 07:23 PM |
My father is a musician so we had a lot of instruments around the house and I tried them all - piano, flute, violin, clarinet, trumpet.
One spring a school asked my dad if he'd be willing to teach a beginning guitar group class over the the summer. Like any good musician he said "yes" ... even though he'd never played guitar before, lol! He did play upright bass though. He bought a cheap guitar, took a couple of months of lessons and learned fairly competently how to play open position (cowboy) chords and even an F barre chord (he knows music and how to teach, played a string instrument already so it wasn't really that grand of an undertaking). Anyway, watching him practice really basic stuff on the guitar fascinated and attracted me and that is what I picked. A possible rebellion/reaction against my dad and what he could already do well - ? I picked the one instrument he really couldn't play too well. Then for many years it was absolutely about getting girls - and it worked really well. Then the music took over again. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Feb 12 2013, 11:33 PM |
Simply to play this song. I wanted to play like this too.
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Feb 12 2013, 11:36 PM |
Simply to play this song. I wanted to play like this too. Pachelbel's Canon can be a great rock tune, Funtwo has made it famous. Have you already fulfilled this dream of yours? |
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Feb 12 2013, 11:51 PM |
That's a very inspiring story, Ken! (Including the many years detour in Chickville, too ) Thanks for sharing. It must have been great to grow up with so many instruments around. In my case, noone in my family ever played an instrument, so I was the first 'brave' kid to do that. Did your father become your first guitar teacher back then? No. Dad knew enough about the 'process' to not be my guitar teacher. He did show the 5 chords he knew and how to tune the thing but that was it. He did say, and I honestly don't remember any of this, that I learned to tune and play those 5 chords immediately so he knew that this was going to be 'my' instrument. But he ultimately got me a proper teacher. Not a good guitar though. A Sears 'silvertone' - $35.00 at a department store. And it was piece of you know what. And I'm pretty sure he did that on purpose to see if I 'really' had a interest in playing music - as in will I overcome a crappy instrument. My dad did expose me to a ton of music and as my brother also played trumpet, we'd have 'jam' sessions at home constantly. Pops would play piano or stand up bass, me on guitar and my bro on trumpet. That really started me early on learning how to deal with other musicians and playing in 'bands'. I then immediately started to jam with kids in the neighborhood as well as playing in school (that's when and where I realized girls liked guitar players ) For me it's still all about playing with others. If I don't projects or gigs coming up where I have to learn something I may not practice at all. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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