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Mar 9 2008, 07:36 PM |
Please add your entries to this thread - cutoff date is the 23rd of March, prizes and instructions are here!
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Mar 9 2008, 08:30 PM |
Give up guitar? No way!
Playing the guitar has opened so many doors up in my life. How? Well it started 6 years ago when I first decided that I wanted to learn how to play guitar. My parents wouldn't let me get a guitar even though I was willing to pay for it myself. I eventually bought a Takamine Jasmine online and had it shipped to a friends house so that my parents wouldn't know. I spent hours upon hours at my friends house learning how to play the hardest song that I could find, which at the time was Classical Gas. I didn't have it perfect, but I got it down good enough to play it in front of my parents. I was scared to death to tell my parents I'd gotten a guitar, but I finally got enough courage to do it. I came home with a guitar in my hands and played Classical Gas to my parents and watched their faces go from mad to excited. Since that moment they've continually encouraged me to keep playing. I didn't play for them though...I played because I loved the instrument. 5 weeks after teaching myself some simple chords and some simple fingerpicking methods I wrote a song called Scenery. This song is still a legend amongst my friends who do live covers of it at Open Mic Nights around town. HERE's my friend philip covering the song 6 years later. There's nothing more exciting than having someone singing or playing music that you've written! I've always viewed guitar as just a hobby even though I've spent in the upwards of $3000 on guitars and recording equipment. Being involved in music can also give you other opportunities that you'd never have if you weren't a musician. My background is heavily involved in computers. I've studied both computer science and web development at well known universities in the area. A few days ago, I walked into the local guitar store to buy some strings. I'm new to the area so I tried to find the company online first so I would know what to look for. The website wasn't that great, but I didn't think anything more of it. While I was at the store I wandered off to look at some guitars and the owner of the store came over to help me. One thing led to another and our conversation turned to the web development business that I run. At the end of our conversation he asked me if I would help design an online store and website for his business. Here's the catch though...he said that "if you didn't understand guitars and music, i don't think we could do this." As it turns out, my so-called "hobby" turned out to be something more of a key that unlocked a new opportunity. Giving up guitar is definitely not an option for me. The exhilaration of hearing your own creations as well as being able to unlock new opportunities is too much of a good thing to let go. You don't want to look back on your life and say "I wish I hadn't given up." Guitar is hard, but definitely rewarding! You're going to get better and you're going to be a good guitarist if you put in the time. There will come a point in your life where someone will say to you "Woah! Play that again!" At that moment in time...when you know you rocked it hard...you'll feel like a guitar legend. That single moment of excitement and accomplishment will stick with you forever! Keep Rocking! |
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Mar 9 2008, 08:56 PM |
Ok so here is my entry
Why quit guitar? Ever since i started playing guitar i feel that I have more to live for…..Before I just trained and spend a lot of time at my computer doing nothing….But now when I am not training I am sitting at my computer writing and communicating with people all over the world through the GMC forums and I really feel that I am a part of something big…..Before I joined GMC I didn’t make much progress and I didn’t play that much and my motivation was low but then came the magical day when I joined GMC and since then I have come a long way and really developed my guitar playing….if you feel that you cant make any progress let us help you with that….that’s what GMC is all about help ech other improve in their Guitar playing….I really hope that you decide to stay with us because GMC wouldn’t be the same without you guys….. So please stay with us… /Superize -------------------- My Gear
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Mar 9 2008, 09:35 PM |
I am not really good in writing stories or essays or stuff like this, so I won't even try, and I am also not trying to win a price by writing something here (I already have the Blind Guardian cd ), all I want to try is prevent you from giving up. I guess all of us already had this blues, I had it for sure. Just like you guys I thought I was stuck, I didn't make any progress anymore, I was tired or practicing the same things over and over again without getting ahead, I even thought my playing would get worse instead of better. But when I finally overcame this point playing was twice as much fun as it ever was before, it just felt awesome, so don't waste your chance to get to the same point. If you continue to work on your skills you will for sure overcome this period that you are stuck in now. Just grab your guitars and play, play something that you like to play, forget about progressing for a while, just enjoy the fact that you can play guitar, that you can jam with others, that you can create music and express yourself through your songs, don't just waste all this.
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Mar 13 2008, 01:01 AM |
Here's my part of the story> don't expect any prizes or anything I just wanted to write something to you guys>
Winter Blues I got them winter blues, feels like crying in my hearth I got them winter blues, feels like crying in my hearth for five heroes of GMC are leaving they want to give up a fight O please Andrew do not goooo Haven't you ever been told? O please Andrew do not goooo Haven't you ever been told? This kind of a job here that you did, can be done only by a man with a heart of gold, O please please Smells, Don't you be leaving us, Good lord have mercy, Smell don't you be leaving us, If you go now now this, You'll make an empty place in hearts of all of us, O uncreator, rise and show or hands, O poor hearted uncreator, rise and show or hands, Your creator has given you the joy of music, don't give it all away at glance MickeM and Tonymirro, O please please you can't leave MickeM and Tonymirro, O please please you can't leave oooOH of you go , deep down in your soul, you know how alone you will feel So this is my story, I got a few words to say to you, I wouldnt write this if i don;t care what you do, You've made me got them winter blues and I'm crying, for music in true five heroes of GMC is dying... -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Mar 13 2008, 01:05 AM |
Ivan that was cool you could make a good blues song out of it
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Mar 13 2008, 01:06 AM |
THanks man... I sing this kind of stuff for years
This post has been edited by Milenkovic Ivan: Mar 13 2008, 01:07 AM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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