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Ever feel pretty good about your playing...
Ever feel pretty good about your playing...then the next day feel like....you're struggling, nothing to feel good about?
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Yep. Less so now than when I was younger but I was harder on myself back then.
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#3
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Oh yeah!
Some days ya just think- “Why do I even bother?” It’s frequently been a student who has put me back on track. They look so adoringly at what I can do, and I remember where I’ve come from, and it all looks better. But still, there are days when it just doesn’t come together, and my wanna is waning. So, I leave it be somedays, and other days make myself play anyway. Sometimes it’s simply the feel of the vibrations against me that reminds me why I started in the first place. And the little smile returns. |
#4
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Pretty even-keeled. I get back what I put into it.
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Yeah for sure but I try not to get hung up on it. Many people have said nice things to me about my playing over the years so I choose to focus on that.
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Yeah. Every once in a while I really get country blues. Can just run from song to song, making a seamless medley. Extending songs, substituting chords... I see things coming around the corner.
And then there's the rest of the time.
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I guess it´s not about your playing, but 9/10 about how you feel. Forgive your self, leave the guitar on the stand for a couple of hours and then get back to it, cause these moods can be very inspiring and can sometimes lead to a good song :-)
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Off days happen sometimes, so I just put the guitar away and do something else. Overall I do feel pretty good about my playing - otherwise I wouldn’t carry on. It’s a hobby!
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I have my ups and downs. But I know that is how life is and have learned to accept it. I try to gauge my progress over a period longer than a day.
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All the time. What's your point?
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Ages ago as a youngster on violin this would happen occasionally.
Never on guitar. Not on any instruments for about 20 years. I could only guess why these bad days happen to some (or why the good days do either). |
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Well not so much struggling, and not as often now days, but occasionally I seem to have off days ( or maybe I'm just not as enthusiastic about playing some days )
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Hardly ever...
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All the time. I'll play some really simple stuff or just noodle around on my bad days.
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Happens more with my singing, lol
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