CandidPicker
Tone Matters. Use It Well.
Actually, you've learned to live with dirt. IRL, I garden with it. I also know when to clean up once things get dirty. It's somewhat of a mantra of my life...you really can't avoid getting your hands dirty when you work, so you wash your hands once you finish with your work. Older adults are always watching their kids grow older and reminisce how hard they tried to keep their kids clean and healthy. But the kids always managed to get dirty.I must be weird. I'm older than Sergio and I still love dirt. Perhaps my wife has been right all this time, and my "emotional growth" really is "stunted."
Dang, I hope so!
Regards guitar tones, the reason guitarists enjoy dirty tones is because overdrive or dirt covers over many errors (or clams, as we know them). Interestingly, we seldom like uncovering clams unless we plan on cooking them. Anyway, playing cleanly avoids the clams and unnecessary finding fault with other's playing because we played cleanly to begin with. IMHO, playing with a lot of dirt is somewhat of a cop-out, because it just tells us that too much of anything doesn't let the real ability of our playing to shine through.
That being said, like many, I'm not perfect by any means. What is realized is that opponents will capitalize on your errors, and make you pay when you mess up. If you think sports teams are any different, nope. You can either laugh off your clams or try to be a better player when others tell you you can't play well.
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