Are you a better guitar player than... Part Thrice

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I’d like to think I’m always getting better but I don’t play as much as I should and I have too many older demos where I’m not sure how I played what I did. Realistically I probably peaked in my late 20’s when I was playing every day and recording something several days a week.
 
skoora said:
I’d like to think I’m always getting better but I don’t play as much as I should and I have too many older demos where I’m not sure how I played what I did. Realistically I probably peaked in my late 20’s when I was playing every day and recording something several days a week.
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I'm in a similar boat, only I made sure I at least wrote out chord progressions for my stuff so I could go back and have a reference. The solos... yeah, I used to write those down, but it's been a while.
 
skoora said:
I’d like to think I’m always getting better but I don’t play as much as I should and I have too many older demos where I’m not sure how I played what I did. Realistically I probably peaked in my late 20’s when I was playing every day and recording something several days a week.
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NeubyWanKaneuby said:
I'm in a similar boat, only I made sure I at least wrote out chord progressions for my stuff so I could go back and have a reference. The solos... yeah, I used to write those down, but it's been a while.
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I think you guys are underestimating the way muscle memory works in your brain - you would also be shaky for a second if you hadn't ridden a bike in 20 years and hopped on one, but if you give it a little bit of time, you get all your skill back and sometimes more. Because it's tempered with the wisdom you've accumulated in the intervening time.

It's the same for guitar. I thought I had peaked in my 20's as well, and basically gave up on "practicing practicing" - like, woodshedding with the intention of getting better at guitar. I was totally cool with just writing riffs and living my guitar life with what I had.

Then I discovered Troy Grady and took some lessons from my sister's ex-husband 6-7 years ago, and discovered what the "wall" was that was preventing me from getting better. Yeah, the first couple of days were slow, but I very quickly got right back where I was with very minimal effort. It just takes a couple days of actually trying.

I think you guys are both selling yourself short, because I literally felt the same way at one point LOL

I specifically give lessons to people trying to get past whatever their "wall" is, because it's a common backstory for people like us, and I think you guys would be surprised if you put in a bit of time to woodshed and give it a shot.
 
skoora said:
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Had this on the ready tho.. Dra- Cooll ya..

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Gary Oldman as Dracula. Never have I seen someone so on point since Vlad.
 
DanTravis62 said:
I think you guys are underestimating the way muscle memory works in your brain - you would also be shaky for a second if you hadn't ridden a bike in 20 years and hopped on one, but if you give it a little bit of time, you get all your skill back and sometimes more. Because it's tempered with the wisdom you've accumulated in the intervening time.

It's the same for guitar. I thought I had peaked in my 20's as well, and basically gave up on "practicing practicing" - like, woodshedding with the intention of getting better at guitar. I was totally cool with just writing riffs and living my guitar life with what I had.

Then I discovered Troy Grady and took some lessons from my sister's ex-husband 6-7 years ago, and discovered what the "wall" was that was preventing me from getting better. Yeah, the first couple of days were slow, but I very quickly got right back where I was with very minimal effort. It just takes a couple days of actually trying.

I think you guys are both selling yourself short, because I literally felt the same way at one point LOL

I specifically give lessons to people trying to get past whatever their "wall" is, because it's a common backstory for people like us, and I think you guys would be surprised if you put in a bit of time to woodshed and give it a shot.
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DanTravis62 said:
I think you guys are underestimating the way muscle memory works in your brain - you would also be shaky for a second if you hadn't ridden a bike in 20 years and hopped on one, but if you give it a little bit of time, you get all your skill back and sometimes more. Because it's tempered with the wisdom you've accumulated in the intervening time.

It's the same for guitar. I thought I had peaked in my 20's as well, and basically gave up on "practicing practicing" - like, woodshedding with the intention of getting better at guitar. I was totally cool with just writing riffs and living my guitar life with what I had.

Then I discovered Troy Grady and took some lessons from my sister's ex-husband 6-7 years ago, and discovered what the "wall" was that was preventing me from getting better. Yeah, the first couple of days were slow, but I very quickly got right back where I was with very minimal effort. It just takes a couple days of actually trying.

I think you guys are both selling yourself short, because I literally felt the same way at one point LOL

I specifically give lessons to people trying to get past whatever their "wall" is, because it's a common backstory for people like us, and I think you guys would be surprised if you put in a bit of time to woodshed and give it a shot.
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I actually had a new year's resolution to write a lot of music this year, and I'm currently failing. I need to get back on track.
 
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