Struggling to stay interested in electric guitar! Any advice

Russell Letson · October 2016

Then there are the classical-music listeners (whose preferences often center on Romantics-and-later) who call Vivaldi "sewing-maching music." Partly a matter of taste (for which there's no accounting) and partly, to my mind, a matter of insufficient listening experience. I've always found the notion that art can be "outdated" very strange--as though those who went before us just weren't hip or smart enough to have devised what we all-modderran-and-up-to-date folks like. I mean, is Gesualdo uncool because there's hip-hop?

Jazzaferri · October 2016

Well said @Russell Letson

Its sad really that so many people, particularly in the USA (financially the largest market in the world) have such a shallow understanding of music.

Matteo · October 2016

And then there are those snobs who say that they can't stand any jazz that came later than say 1934, or 1949, or whatever year they choose. Or rock fans who believe no good music has been made since 1979. Etc. People are crazy, all of them, aren't they?

Jim Kaznosky · October 2016

Matteo wrote: »

And then there are those snobs who say that they can't stand any jazz that came later than say 1934, or 1949, or whatever year they choose. Or rock fans who believe no good music has been made since 1979. Etc. People are crazy, all of them, aren't they?

Yes. There are things that grab your ear and things that don't. I'll bet they aren't to be the same from person to person. Just when I think I might never play a gig on electric again, I get asked to play rock gig and have a blast. Keep an open mind. Music is best enjoyed that way.

fourowls · October 2016

Jim Kaznosky wrote: »

Matteo wrote: »

And then there are those snobs who say that they can't stand any jazz that came later than say 1934, or 1949, or whatever year they choose. Or rock fans who believe no good music has been made since 1979. Etc. People are crazy, all of them, aren't they?

Yes. There are things that grab your ear and things that don't. I'll bet they aren't to be the same from person to person. Just when I think I might never play a gig on electric again, I get asked to play rock gig and have a blast. Keep an open mind. Music is best enjoyed that way.

Thanks Jim (and the others above!) yes I am going to keep an open mind because I caught myself just yesterday wanting to hear my Fender's very sweet chimey warm tone....but I think the trick is with me is that I need a nice archtop....I just need a link to the more jazzy style rather than a Fender and a Strat, which makes me feel like rock more I guess. I will actually keep my Fender as I got it soo cheap (like $250USD for a 1990 2 by 10" Super 210) that I won't find that again and I will regret it. I think I will not force myself to play electric for a while, but just enjoy knowing I can and that I have kept that door open. Music shouldn't become too much thinking!! Peace to all!