Ummmm ... been playing since I was 17, never stopped, if you could call what I did at first playing. It started sounding like music when I was 18. :oops: Guess that's the point of this thread isn't it. Within a year I was playing bar chords without giving them a thought. My learning curve at 51 is a littler slower, except for guitar. I can learn new stuff on guitar in minutes, I just can't remember it the next day is all. :lol:
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
Ummmm ... I can learn new stuff on guitar in minutes, I just can't remember it the next day is all. :lol:
Embarrassing...but TRUE! Ha!
Cat
"Feel what you play...play what you feel!"
One thing I've learned as I've got older.....
I'm getting better at remembering riffs, chords, even solos.....I can play the same solo pretty much note-for-note every time I play the song. What I do have trouble remembering is lyrics.....songs I've known for almost 50 years in some cases! Came to play "Bad Moon Rising" the other night while a friend was around....remembered the first verse, then a total blank. Funny thing is, I can remember the lyrics when the song's on the radio.
As for my own lyrics.....well, out of the 150-plus songs I've written inspired by the SSG, I play between 25-30 of them on a fairly regular basis, at least 3 or 4 of them per day. But I'd bet out of those 150-plus songs I couldn't remember the lyrics to more than half-a-dozen of them without prompting!
Pity we can't be more selective about memories....."Okay, I'll delete the first marriage completely.....that'll free up a few terrabytes of space....."
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
