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Ya know .... Something has just occured to me...as guitar players we all say I wish I could play like him....I wish I was that good ...etc...I play pretty much nothing but acoustic blues...why? I love the freedom of it...love the way it sounds played well....I listen to guys like terry robb , Justin Johnson , Kelly joe Phelps ..etc....but you know I've gotten to a point in my own playing ...that I can sit and just and play ...mine own stuff of my own creation... I don't need to listen to something 100 times then stare at tab to be able to play .... I know my scales , chord shapes, how chords are constructed....chords substitutions ...yada...yada....I sat tonight and listened to some of the stuff I've created and recorded ... And said ..no it's not terry robb , Justin Johnson ....etc....it's me !!!! It's my style ....it's my playing ....and really I'm beginning to believe what people that have heard me play have told me..... thats good stuff, wow never figured you could play like that...I'm a very hard guy to impress and I'm even more critical of myself......
But I've learned this.....as guitar players we are all influenced by other players and learn things from other players.....
But at the end of the day .....we all have our own style .... So if your creating your own stuff ...learn to embrace it....your playing your guitar with your own understanding which will keep evolving as long as your never satisfied.....
Never satisfied, and embracing your own style kinda conflict doesn't it .....no really it doesn't....some will understand and some won't ..... Stay unsatisfied, keep learning , but embrace your style ....go with it and it will take your playing farther then what you believe ....
I'm not different then you....but I've realized that through my frustrations.....I grow ....I learn .... My playing evolves....
I played for 2 hours tonight .... With these thoughts in my head ..... It still amazes me the licks and things I can can up with just ponding out some acoustic blues ..... My understanding....my style.....I'm I satisfied no....but I'm confident that my stuff is pretty good .....so I can relax and play it with feeling....and it just gets better....
I got my start with the kenny sultan acoustic blues books.....but then I got under the hood and figured out how he came up with what he was playing.....
I took lesson for years as a kid .... Never learned much....and could only really play what was printed out on paper....but I've learned more on my own once I got my direction.....finger style acoustic blues is my vehicle.....where I go from here ....remains to be seen....
I'm sure this will click with someone out there.....it's fine to listen to a song 100 times and get it in your head....then stare at tab and play it ......but until you get under the hood and figure out how that piece was created you'll never be free to play your guitar and create your own stuff....
Someone out to here will understand what I'm saying ....as they've came to the same realization... Others just keep going , keep playing , keep learning at some point this will all make sense.....
Be it acoustic blues , classical , jazz, whatever get under the hood ..... Play with your own understanding ..... You will be amazed at what happens!
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