danktat
Award winning tattoo artist ... Amateur guitarist
Sometimes I get so horribly frustrated, and even angry with myself for not practicing enough that I'm ready to put this thing down. But, I'm kind of realizing that it's not that I need more practice (well, yes I do, but that's neither here nor there). It is more like when I DO actually sit down to practice I have no direction. There's no real structure to my practice. Sure, if I have an upcoming gig, I will learn the songs that I need to learn in order to be able to play them. Or if I'm going in to record, I will have my parts together to the point where I can work my way through them. But as far as practicing in general, TO BE A BETTER PLAYER/MUSICIAN, I am realizing I have no idea how to do that. If I am studying a song, technique or a bit of theory, i might get halfway or 3/4 of the way through it, and then not attempt to play it again for another month or two. Or I will start warming up with the intention on doing something specific, then, my mind wanders, and sends me off noodling on things that aren't necessarily improving my playing or my understanding of music. And by the time I'm done messing around with that, I don't feel like practicing anymore. For the amount of time that I've had guitars in my possession, I should be good. But I'm not. Perhaps serviceable, but not good. I got to figure out a way to put this thing together. I'm not getting any younger. Not a whole lot of time left in life for my claim to get better.
(pic for attention, and because this was all part of the same facebook post....sorry it is my cheap guitar that I keep in the shop)
(pic for attention, and because this was all part of the same facebook post....sorry it is my cheap guitar that I keep in the shop)
