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Pretty much the same here, played on and off since about '91. Took music at school so had to play performances to count towards grades, dreaded it at the time but it helped build up some chops. Used to try playing stuff like Metallica and Maiden, no doubt it sounded awful back then. Quite funny thinking back, the class would perform at events so they'd be a solo violinist playing a nice rendition of Handel, then we'd butcher a version of Metallica's One right afterwards.
Stopped playing until late 90s-2000s, nu-metal era. Fun to play, no solos, easy rhythms and old enough to play pub gigs. Does it count as being a professional musician if you're paid in beer tokens?
It's only the last 3-4 years I've really got back into playing, took me that long to realise how bad my bends and vibrato were, which is why I tend to go on about it .
If I was going to gig now I'd just want to play simple 3-chord rock, or something bluesy so I could jam away with pentatonics and not have to worry about messing up any difficult parts.
Tried pitch and putt once, I'm a lefty who plays guitar righted handed, not splashing out on a left handed set to know I can't play. |
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Author: Indio
25-11-2019 21:24:52