aeolianblues reblogged
happy amazing birthday to johnny marr 😽 one of my biggest inspirations on guitar, love him sm
aeolianblues reblogged
when they give you their heart, their soul, and the peace and joy in their mind
One time a bunch of boys thought my playing was too simplistic to be in their shitty band and got disinterested and cut me off mid-audition saying they'd decided on their line up, and I couldn't stop thinking about my style of playing or what was wrong with it. I became frustratedly obsessed with speed and spidery finger work for a while and sometimes caught myself thinking, this would blow their tiny minds, wouldn't it, idiots!
And then the Smiths come back into my life and Johnny Marr's guitar playing begins to guide me back out of that abyss, and I'm a full melody junkie now :) (but will blast out Tom Morello riffs at will be warned)
Oh, and by the way, the gig that they formed their band for? Massive flop. Can't say I wasn't a bit happy to see those tears (god I hope no one who knows me follows me)
#melody#Johnny Marr#The Smiths#Britpop#another thing that happened around the time kind of made it worse#Being a lefty in a righty's world I had realised too late that right handed playing wasn't working for me#8 years too late lmao#but I decided to restring my guitar and make the switch#so I was now basically a newbie again of sorts and this happened a few months into that I think#But from previously being a cool person I was known in my circles as a good and cool guitarist#so without me saying anything at all that group got a lot of shit from everyone I knew and I'm not usually invested in drama or grudges#but that felt kinda nice#guitars#guitarist#rock music#not a shredder but that's fine. I like what I do#music#musician#alt rock#indie#school is hell#teen#in other words I am v. happy not to be in school anymore phew
Mel Bay turned Bach’s pieces into a full book for GUITAR
What was up with this dude like did he not have enough to do
#imagine how terrible those must be for hands#I mean I morally gave up at Carcassi and he actually wrote with the guitar in mind#good god torture#Mel Bay#music#guitar#classical music#Bach#one concession he did make: it's for electric guitar#imagine doing bach on acoustic guitar ew#musicblr#chat#music chat#guitarist
Had a revelation today. 12-string guitars are not made for dissonant harmonies.
Well boyos, it’s time. Someone’s gotta get rid of those anxieties. It’s been a long time since I’ve been told I was a rubbish player and I know that being afraid to fail is the only thing that stops me performing more often and so this is it. I’ve signed up for univeristy-level guitar playing. I either choke up my courage and practice and be fucking good or I take the F, but I’ve gotta stop being afraid of “better players”. Time to face my fears, and quite literally, the music(ians).