I have been meaning to record something, I know it'll suck but I'll get around too it sooner or later. Life just won't stop getting in the way. I'm still playing not as much as I was as spending 60 hours a week working and then coming home and working on poal(new stuff is coming) and being a husband and father it turns out takes a lot of time.
I did think it would be easier than it is, it is fucking hard. You did tell me but I have a habit of picking things to do that are hard. I really should look into that I think I might be a masochist.
What I would tell people instead of telling them its hard(I mean include that somewhere in there) is that look its not about being smart or a fast learner, its about muscle memory and time. It doesn't matter how smart you are or how quickly you pick up most things. This is about making your fingers do things they were really not designed to do. So it will be hard no matter who you are.
LOL I did tell ya it was mostly muscle memory and that your fingers won't behave for quite some time! ;-)
Thanks, still.
I want to write a fairly formal piece of advice/stock answer for when people ask me about learning to play guitar. Then, I (and other people) can just point to it and say, "If you want to learn to play guitar, read this first."
It's damned difficult. It's not impossible. It's just so difficult that most people give up.
You? You're doing just fine - assuming you're being honest and still trying to put your hours in.
There's a 2 month mark. Most people quit by then. There's a 1 year mark, and others quit by then. There's the 2 year mark, and only a very small group of people make it past that.
You've made it past one. Two more to go and it will be an ingrained habit. You'll also be starting to get good at about the 2 year mark - assuming you're putting your hours in.
Even if it's only 15 minutes a day, put the hours in and try to get at least 2 hours on the weekends. It can even be 1 hour per weekend day. You'll make it.
Admittedly I've slacked off the last 2 weeks quite a bit, I've been tired and sore from work. I've also been tied up with a few big things I'm trying to get rolled out for poal. Last but not least I've been studying to take a particularly difficult test to enable me to make a considerably better income than I have in the past. All that and I missed a whole week. However I'll dust it off and pick it back up here in a little while and get back to it. At this point I'm convinced it'll take me longer than most to learn but I'll be damned if I quit.
Those are some of the best times to force yourself to play. Because there are other concerns that want your time, it reinforces the habit of regular practice. If you can get 15 minutes in, that's great. 30 is better but I don't actually recommend people practice for less than 15 minutes. That won't even be enough time to limber up your fingers.
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