Hey there everyone who reads the newbie posts ?
Name's Brian, I always wanted to be a rock star but I can't play and chicks wouldn't care anyway. So I got a dog and now, decades later, I bought a Yamaha classical/acoustic/finger/nylon guitar from MusicMate in Fourways and I'm taking lessons with Bruce there.
I've learned some classical finger picking, waltzes and the like, and it blows my mind that I can actually play that stuff and make it sound vaguely like a tune. Poor Bruce tried teaching me chords but I told him only w@nk3rs strum - so now I have some extra sessions with the shrink. And I'm learning chords anyway. Nobody's ever accused me of being intelligent. Go figure.
I'm also learning some blues picking and blues chords. The theory stuff defies me just like it did back in school so no surprises there but I find it amazing how mathematical music is and yet some people make it with such feeling. For example, those absolute bastids, Rodrigo y Gabriela. I want them murdered and their hands delivered to me in a box. Especially Gabriela's right hand. It breaks my heart to know I'll never play as well as either of them.
I hope to add to my collection of guitars (if you can call one inexpensive guitar a collection) over the years - and I'm flippin' desperate for an electric right now so I can play Rock Smith on my Xbox but there's no point buying a CortEpiIbanezFenderStratUSA-humdingerwhizzbang for 20 grand and someone says: "Play a tune," and I have to say: "No, I couldn't. Really, I have no idea how." Besides, that's more than my car is worth and I have no idea where to change a guitar's oil yet.
I've been at it for three and a half months so far and I love it. Hopefully something starts to sink in soon and my fingers learn they were made for more than spooning Gino Ginelli into my mouth along with kilometres worth of boerie rolls and tilting in a few beers to wash the whole lot down.
Have a nice day. ?
Name's Brian, I always wanted to be a rock star but I can't play and chicks wouldn't care anyway. So I got a dog and now, decades later, I bought a Yamaha classical/acoustic/finger/nylon guitar from MusicMate in Fourways and I'm taking lessons with Bruce there.
I've learned some classical finger picking, waltzes and the like, and it blows my mind that I can actually play that stuff and make it sound vaguely like a tune. Poor Bruce tried teaching me chords but I told him only w@nk3rs strum - so now I have some extra sessions with the shrink. And I'm learning chords anyway. Nobody's ever accused me of being intelligent. Go figure.
I'm also learning some blues picking and blues chords. The theory stuff defies me just like it did back in school so no surprises there but I find it amazing how mathematical music is and yet some people make it with such feeling. For example, those absolute bastids, Rodrigo y Gabriela. I want them murdered and their hands delivered to me in a box. Especially Gabriela's right hand. It breaks my heart to know I'll never play as well as either of them.
I hope to add to my collection of guitars (if you can call one inexpensive guitar a collection) over the years - and I'm flippin' desperate for an electric right now so I can play Rock Smith on my Xbox but there's no point buying a CortEpiIbanezFenderStratUSA-humdingerwhizzbang for 20 grand and someone says: "Play a tune," and I have to say: "No, I couldn't. Really, I have no idea how." Besides, that's more than my car is worth and I have no idea where to change a guitar's oil yet.
I've been at it for three and a half months so far and I love it. Hopefully something starts to sink in soon and my fingers learn they were made for more than spooning Gino Ginelli into my mouth along with kilometres worth of boerie rolls and tilting in a few beers to wash the whole lot down.
Have a nice day. ?