Happy Anniversary to me

Double Scotch

It was one year ago today that my kid brought over an old cheap acoustic he had laying around & I started to learn some chords.
Now I'm spending 1 to 2 hours a day mangling la pompe & fumbling arpeggios on an Asian oval hole.
Best mid-life crisis response yet IMO.

pickitjohn

@DoubleScotch
Congratulations, be careful it's addictive. :-c

Kevin Furniss

Keep at it - Im nearly 3 years in,a bit most days and Im still mangling la pompe and fumbling arpegios - I think I need to search out someone to play with from time to time, its supposed to bring you on.

I have had a couple of battles to keep believing , have you had those moments yet ? and have you taken the step of trying to play with anyone else in this style ?

Double Scotch

terrassier wrote: »

Keep at it - Im nearly 3 years in,a bit most days and Im still mangling la pompe and fumbling arpegios - I think I need to search out someone to play with from time to time, its supposed to bring you on.

I have had a couple of battles to keep believing , have you had those moments yet ? and have you taken the step of trying to play with anyone else in this style ?

Believing/battles/moments - yes I've had one or two. Or three. But I'm 53 and I keep my expectations real. I'm never going to be a monster. But I can already do some fun things, and I'll learn how to do more, and how to do them better.

I've played with a couple people who don't play this style ("wow, that's cool" is the usual response) and I'm hoping they'll get the bug. I haven't reached out to the couple people in my town who I know play this stuff. Just haven't felt comfortable doing that yet. But I plan to before too long.

Playing aside ... just listening to this stuff, the discovery and exploration of it, has been delightful, sometimes thrilling.

Anyway thanks for the encouragement, I'll keep at it. You too.

Double Scotch

pickitjohn wrote: »

@DoubleScotch
Congratulations, be careful it's addictive. :-c

Thanks for the tip but you're too late - I'm afraid that ship has sailed.

Buco

That's wonderful to hear.
Sounds like you're on the right path, in the long run I think consistency is more important than the amount of time you put in, ie: 1hr every day>6hrs on Saturday.
Do go ahead and find a jam. Even if you don't jump right in, you can watch and observe, hit a few chords here and there, just get comfortable and get to know the people that are in the same ship that you had mentioned has sailed on.