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Session 5

Session 5

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I want to encourage all of you, to keep practicing and playing guitar or Bass whenever you can. You have a talent use it or lose it. I practice 2 hours each day sometimes more or slightly less, but as a rule 2 hours per day.

I know not everyone here has that amount of time, but you could spare at least 15 minutes per day, I'm sure of that. It's important to maintain your speed and accuracy, not to mention you could forget about the chords or notes to some songs.

You have been given a gift, that many would like to have, so continue to play and enjoy that gift while you can..:)
 
I got much the same encouragement some time back from Robert. Comparing myself to some of the major talent we have on the forum…. I had referred to myself as a bedroom hack at best.

He kinda gently slapped me around…. Reminding me we do something the overwhelming majority can’t do, regardless how well we do it. Basically said, when you take a series of chords or notes and put them together and make a song. You are a musician. He’s right. And I needed to hear that.
 
Session 5 said:
I want to encourage all of you, to keep practicing and playing guitar or Bass whenever you can. You have a talent use it or lose it. I practice 2 hours each day sometimes more or slightly less, but as a rule 2 hours per day.

I know not everyone here has that amount of time, but you could spare at least 15 minutes per day, I'm sure of that. It's important to maintain your speed and accuracy, not to mention you could forget about the chords or notes to some songs.

You have been given a gift, that many would like to have, so continue to play and enjoy that gift while you can..:)
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Great reminder and thank you for that. I am no Nigel Tufnel but I am passionate about guitar. But I do get discouraged sometimes as I realize my chance as the big stage is behind me. and Bonnamasa at 12 was better than I am now, I play because I love to.
 
C-Grin said:
Great reminder and thank you for that. I am no Nigel Tufnel but I am passionate about guitar. But I do get discouraged sometimes as I realize my chance as the big stage is behind me. and Bonnamasa at 12 was better than I am now, I play because I love to.
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I got my “stage fix” several years back. Started playing acoustic on my church’s worship team from around 05 to about 14/15. At which point I walked away. Combination of dynamics were changing….. not in a bad way, just different…. Plus I wasn’t being fair to the team. I wasn’t practicing like I needed to. I wasn’t even playing the guitar just for fun. Went thru about a year or so when I’d go weeks with no desire to pick one up. Oddly. It took what many here have found…. I had to buy a new (used) guitar. A Hagstrom Viking. Fire to play got rekindled. Still don’t play as much as I should / need to. But way better than during that dry spell.
 
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Yes!

I'm still getting in about 1.5 hours a day, 2+ on the weekends.
I was ending with about 20min on basic bass plucking / fretting but have fallen away from it, all due to time restrictions.
Been faithfully doing a few skill drills every session for several months.
Seeing some improvement, but still not much of a competent player.
Enjoy it immensely though.
 
Session 5 said:
I want to encourage all of you, to keep practicing and playing guitar or Bass whenever you can. You have a talent use it or lose it. I practice 2 hours each day sometimes more or slightly less, but as a rule 2 hours per day.

I know not everyone here has that amount of time, but you could spare at least 15 minutes per day, I'm sure of that. It's important to maintain your speed and accuracy, not to mention you could forget about the chords or notes to some songs.

You have been given a gift, that many would like to have, so continue to play and enjoy that gift while you can..:)
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I'm very bad!!
Chords, notes - there's a difference? :D

I rarely play at home. Norm gonna give me a spanking. I need to keep it up and work on things. Just lifestyle differences right now. We are starting to work on some new original songs with my Whiplash band it's a start.
I could never devote a solid hour a day but even 15 or a half hr makes a diff.
After awhile of playing I never did practice much except for songs we were learning.
 
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This year has been up and down for me.
There are times I play until my fingers go numb, then there are times I just come home from work, eat, and pass out.

Today I played some.

Once my year end stuff at work calms down. I’ll be back to playing and annoying you all with my videos.

To be honest. If it wasn’t for @Iron1 pushing me to play and create songs, my guitars would be gathering dust.
 
A couple of weeks ago I get a cold call from a guy who’s wife knows my wife and they had talked about their husbands playing guitar. We hit it off real well, he lives about 10 minutes away and is retired too. He came over last week and we BSed for a few hours. He’s played out numerous times but his musician friends all live hours away. I’m going over to his place on Tuesday for our first jam. We exchanged a list of about 10 songs each and it’s great motivation to play more. I’ve learned the lead parts for Tom Petty‘s Breakdown over the last few day. Did I mention he plays guitar and sings !
 
Thanks for the inspirational words, Session 5. To be honest, I really don't play guitar anymore. I started in 84 and pretty much played until about 2002. Took about 12 years off then started playing again, mostly because I just thought I should. It was weird because it never felt true about coming back to it. Got in a band though for a couple years again then really started to lose interest so I quit. I then rejoined and began to lose interest again so they dumped me before I could have left them hanging. Was great to be be out and I felt free again. Weird, I know.

Looking back I was always in to the singers and not the guitar players too much. I couldn't sing and still barely can but regardless, I'm not a type A personality that is required in a typical rock band. There are exceptions in the doom an gloom realm but not for mainstream front-men in this world. You have to be everything and I wasn't. I was purely a guitarist in my personality that is for sure.

I DO practice ...singing as you do guitar. I still, as I said, pretty much suck but I love trying anyway. I just enjoy doing it probably like you do guitar. So, I DO heed your advice, just in a bit of a different way. Not aiming to really do anything with it because as I said, I'm not that guy and will never be. So, thanks for your thread and great words because they are inspirational! Rock hard, pal.

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Sapient said:
Thanks for the inspirational words, Session 5. To be honest, I really don't play guitar anymore. I started in 84 and pretty much played until about 2002. Took about 12 years off then started playing again, mostly because I just thought I should. It was weird because it never felt true about coming back to it. Got in a band though for a couple years again then really started to lose interest so I quit. I then rejoined and began to lose interest again so they dumped me before I could have left them hanging. Was great to be be out and I felt free again. Weird, I know.

Looking back I was always in to the singers and not the guitar players too much. I couldn't sing and still barely can but regardless, I'm not a type A personality that is required in a typical rock band. There are exceptions in the doom an gloom realm but not for mainstream front-men in this world. You have to be everything and I wasn't. I was purely a guitarist in my personality that is for sure.

I DO practice ...singing as you do guitar. I still, as I said, pretty much suck but I love trying anyway. I just enjoy doing it probably like you do guitar. So, I DO heed your advice, just in a bit of a different way. Not aiming to really do anything with it because as I said, I'm not that guy and will never be. So, thanks for your thread and great words because they are inspirational! Rock hard, pal.

:yesway::dood:
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Make no mistake. Your voice is every bit an instrument that needs to be practiced. Rock on.
 
Don O said:
A couple of weeks ago I get a cold call from a guy who’s wife knows my wife and they had talked about their husbands playing guitar. We hit it off real well, he lives about 10 minutes away and is retired too. He came over last week and we BSed for a few hours. He’s played out numerous times but his musician friends all live hours away. I’m going over to his place on Tuesday for our first jam. We exchanged a list of about 10 songs each and it’s great motivation to play more. I’ve learned the lead parts for Tom Petty‘s Breakdown over the last few day. Did I mention he plays guitar and sings !
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That sounds awesome, @Don O !!!!

A couple of musical friends in Crestline are re-opening The Strawberry Jam Room, which is where local musicians go to just jam and network.

Pete Redshaw is a friend from Alaska who lives half of the year in Big Bear and covers most of the local venues (including the now closed Hilltop Chinese Restaurant in Running Springs) with his solo act.

One of my favorite gigs is when a band calls me - who lost a singer - and i can just walk in with a microphone and cover.

Plus the food and drink tickets are cool too!!!!
 
Well,

I gotta admit that things like our backyard remodel have cut very deeply into my daily practice time, but I'm still playing daily on studio projects, so I'm staying "limber" so to speak.

For me, playing/noodling is something i look forward too, so its never a chore.

Lately, I've also taken on another guitar project....foolish, i know, since i have great guitars already and don't need another distraction....but our Pergalo project kind of inspired me to get this project completed.

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I'm planning on recording a cover with this SG - as soon as its completed - simply for the purpose of showcasing it.
 
Sapient said:
Thanks for the inspirational words, Session 5. To be honest, I really don't play guitar anymore. I started in 84 and pretty much played until about 2002. Took about 12 years off then started playing again, mostly because I just thought I should. It was weird because it never felt true about coming back to it. Got in a band though for a couple years again then really started to lose interest so I quit. I then rejoined and began to lose interest again so they dumped me before I could have left them hanging. Was great to be be out and I felt free again. Weird, I know.

Looking back I was always in to the singers and not the guitar players too much. I couldn't sing and still barely can but regardless, I'm not a type A personality that is required in a typical rock band. There are exceptions in the doom an gloom realm but not for mainstream front-men in this world. You have to be everything and I wasn't. I was purely a guitarist in my personality that is for sure.

I DO practice ...singing as you do guitar. I still, as I said, pretty much suck but I love trying anyway. I just enjoy doing it probably like you do guitar. So, I DO heed your advice, just in a bit of a different way. Not aiming to really do anything with it because as I said, I'm not that guy and will never be. So, thanks for your thread and great words because they are inspirational! Rock hard, pal.

:yesway::dood:
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To me, teaching oneself to sing via online videos etc is far "harder" than learning guitar. You have come a long ways and my hat off to you good sir!!
 
Jethro Rocker said:
To me, teaching oneself to sing via online videos etc is far "harder" than learning guitar. You have come a long ways and my hat off to you good sir!!
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Thank you Jethro! I'll keep at it because for some reason I love the challenge. Funny, because you were there for the origin. :flame:Ouch. Mayday ..mayday ..Sapient put up another track.

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