How Often do You Play?

[Catthan]

I play every day for up to an hour and more in the weekends but as I'm releasing my own music, my time is spent perfecting takes and tone-chasing and that becomes a boring drag. I feel the most creative and 'hungry' when I get to editing and mixing stage but if I cave and grab a guitar, shit won't get done.
I am getting the 'RAWK' out of my system though and soon I'll get back to working on my jazz chops with just a jazz box and not touch a rig unless I want to do a Scott Henderson impression.
The idea of being self-sufficient from both a sonic ( chord soloing and comping over my shitty jazz licks) and musical (improv) POV is more appealing than being a one man band in LogicProX. Then I spend 10mins here and end up looking for the next gained up 100W head I should get to create some metal..

 

[dstroud]

couple hours a day pretty consistently. playing is like therapy and keeps me sane. The worse day can be remedied by about 5 minutes playing my amp cranked I can literally feel my whole being change in that short time lol

 

[Racerxrated]

I fire an amp up every day; even when I don't feel like playing I usually do even for a little bit. It takes longer for me to warm up, and I've got some slight arthritis in my hands but once I do warm up it flows pretty well.
I've found that, if I don't play for a few days it really affects my playing...so I've got to keep at it every day even if I don't really want to.

 

[Smash]

Lately, i have been playing a lot of acoustic, and it has really helped me to be more precise on electric.

Dan had a good point. The amount of actual practice i do is extremely low, more i am trying to get a setlist put together for some live shows

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

I'm playing right now. Give me a trophy.

 

[anomaly]

I pick up a guitar and play most days, even if it's just for 20 minutes.

 

[BeZo]

I gave an honest answer, even though I thought this was a political forum.

 

[ihave27frets]

Situational - If I’m working in something, it’s usually 4 or more hours daily. If I’m not working on anything - weeks can go by.

 

[romanianreaper]

Yeah I can see that. I just get to wrapped in life shit and then too stressed/tired to be creative. Need to change that shit.

Make yourself a priority dude.

 

[romanianreaper]

Problem for me is all my shit is in a basement room and I don’t like hanging in the basement. It doesn't help that I’m a night owl but my wife goes to bed super early. The basement room is right below the Bedroom so when I want to play and record it would have to be whisper quiet and I didn’t get a basement to be whisper quiet, so I say fuck it and fire up the PlayStation or watch French, Charles Bronson movies on Tubi instead.
When I do play, it would probably be longer if I didn’t hate using DAWS so much. Or maybe it’s just hating Logic. So tired of having to google every fucking 10 minutes how to do some basic shit because the software has every option on a right click but one that makes sense. I really miss the simple beauty and ease of a tape machine, a mixer and some outboard gear.
The demos just flew out of me when I used a 4 track in the 90’s. And that was recording electronic drums and everything.

My wife sleeps like she is in a coma. I could place my Marshall down as her pillow and she would sleep thru my 80s riffs and Aqua Net in the ozo ne...

 

[rsm]

it varies, some weeks several hours a week, even several hours a day, or weeks with 1 hour or zero...

Once I retire I'll have more time for hobbies: music, sailing, motorcycle,...at least in theory.

 

[Smash]

it varies, some weeks several hours a week, even several hours a day, or weeks with 1 hour or zero...

Once I retire I'll have more time for hobbies: music, sailing, motorcycle,...at least in theory.

Let me see that bike

 

[rsm]

Let me see that bike

it's in the shop now, (oil change, carb cleaning, front brake,...) getting ready for riding. should be finished next week.

 

[Markedman]

New gear = mucho playing lately, sun up to sun down on weekends, weakened fingers no more.

I don't practice as much when I get busier with work, but lately I've been on a terror with the Knaggs & Mark 2C+.

C'mon now, a Knaggs & a Mark 2C+ with ++ option, loud as hell if wanted, WTF? Right? Irresistible IMO. Lock me up if I don't play everyday, all day!

 

[7704A]

Right now school is a priority, so very little time goes towards actually playing. Every now and again I'll fire up my amp when the neighbors are gone just to remember what it's like, but those times are few and far between right now as the semester draws to a end. The one thing I do regularly is practice rhythms with and without a metronome. Before my headphones broke it was all day, I'd walk around with a click in my ear tapping my fingers against it. Now that they're busted I only do the metronome from when I get home in the evening to when I head out the door the next day. I've been slacking when it comes to metronome-free practice during the day.

 

[Bad Brain]

Dude why don't you grab audacity for free or something?

It's impossibly easy to use, and free

I was going to suggest just grabbing an old 4 track, but I'm in the same boat and this seems like a better solution. Will try

 

[psychodave]

Typically 10+ hours a week. For a few weeks it was only an hour or two, and I lost a lot of being able to play fast cleanly. It’s hard getting it back.

I recently learned no more tears 100 percent through. I’m not a pentatonic player so it took some practice to get the solo up to speed.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

If we're talking actual playing I try to pick up a guitar at least once a day even if it's just for 15 minutes. I can usually get a few riffs in before leaving for work and when I get home. That equates to around 3-7 hours a week. Since that wasn't an option to choose from I selected 2-5.

Now it you want to include music related activities like working on my amp/guitar projects, gear window shopping and spending time reading through threads on Rig Talk then the answer is more time that I should.

 

[The~Kid]

In college I used to play like 20+ hours a week and even take my guitar to school......

Now I'm more in the 3-5 hour a week range but trying to play more and more though ^_^

 

[Findthetone1]

Sadly, if I play 30 minutes a week anymore that's it. I'm having a hard time finding the motivation to do it. My little music room is in shambles and I don't know when I'll re-do it. After 43 years of playing, I'm starting to think the sun is setting on that chapter of my life.