Wow, that's awesome. I love music with all my heart, but I am not a musician and I know next to nothing about instrument specs. I have an acoustic guitar that was given to me as a gift several years ago 'cause I really wanted to learn to play, but I gave up trying to learn from workbooks after just a couple months and never got anywhere. The story of my life.
Anyway, this was a great read. I haven't been able to get on for more than a few minutes here and there, so I haven't been keeping up with friends' entries and I've got a lot of catching up to do.
Oh and congratulations on the new guitar! It looks and sounds like a great one.
I'm learnin' on the fly, here, s_d_b. It's a lot of asking questions and watching other people. I guess I'm very lucky in that I have a lot of human resources very close to me, and I've been watching guys play guitar from about six feet away for years now, so I guess I have a bit of a leg up. Still, a ton of the basic stuff is just, "Hey, man, how do you do that one thing?" It helps to be not so afraid to look like an idiot, plus the guys I ask are amazingly cool and willing to instruct
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Ya know, I do have a lot of friends here who play guitar and are in bands, and a few of them have offered to teach me or hook me up with someone who would teach me when they learned I was interested. I should probably stop procrastinating and take advantage of that. I don't like feeling like an idiot, but I understand that goes along with any learning process.
That's a really good point about finding "your thing" -- the one that grabs you and turns you on to whatever subject: cars, guitars, etc. Finding the one that suits you.
No need for thanks. You write about things I'm interested in and you write extremely well. I am not surprised to hear that you'd like this sort of thing to be your job -- I've actually wondered about that -- and I definitely think you're cut out for it. I imagine the hardest part of achieving this goal would just be staying focused, since you've obviously got skills and passion for it.
Man, the hardest part is finding someone who will PAY me to do it! There aren't a lot of writing jobs available, and there's tough competition for the ones that are. (Hey, I just ended a sentence with a preposition. Awsum writing skilz!)
It's looking like I need to get some software experience to make myself a little more marketable.
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how? *talks to self*
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Anyway, this was a great read. I haven't been able to get on for more than a few minutes here and there, so I haven't been keeping up with friends' entries and I've got a lot of catching up to do.
Oh and congratulations on the new guitar! It looks and sounds like a great one.
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That's a really good point about finding "your thing" -- the one that grabs you and turns you on to whatever subject: cars, guitars, etc. Finding the one that suits you.
No need for thanks. You write about things I'm interested in and you write extremely well. I am not surprised to hear that you'd like this sort of thing to be your job -- I've actually wondered about that -- and I definitely think you're cut out for it. I imagine the hardest part of achieving this goal would just be staying focused, since you've obviously got skills and passion for it.
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It's looking like I need to get some software experience to make myself a little more marketable.
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