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Thirteenth Anniversary


The lights go down. You hear your cue, pick up your instrument. Walk to your seat. Applause. You nod to the audience, sit down, look around. They’re smiling, they expect something good. A switch flips on — you do, too. You smile back, settle in the chair, adjust your chart, check the E string. Strum a G chord. Pan across the audience. You pick out someone to sing to. Now you’re feeling it. Introduce the song. Pause, breathe, then hit it. Ya know what? You’re a bonny-fide guitar player! Is there any thing better in the world?

 

With a wink and a nod to the late William Wittliff, screenwriter of The Perfect Storm.

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Strum a G 😱. We’re told that’s what every other guitar player would do.

we just had a live lesson this past week we’re to spice up our playing with an Augmented Flat 5 diminished 16th chord 🙈 not boring cowboy chords 🤣

funny after playing (mostly open chords) in church choir for 5yrs something like 300 choirs and just as many practices. And playing a couple of jam nights and “trying my best” at the fingerstyle retreat 

I still have a hard time saying I’m a musician 

 

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You are a musician.  While everyone else is rotting in front of Netflix after work, you are playing an instrument! (Nothing wrong with Netflix, by the way! I try to play guitar before I indulge 🙂)

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I watched this while eating breakfast today and think it will be my focus next year.  Will I still tackle Steve's scales and difficult material? Certainly, but to a lesser extent. Got a little arthritis going on in my hands, but I'm honestly getting a little discouraged with lack of progress.  This video has changed my perspective.

 

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