TOP 10 REASONS TO BE A GUITARIST
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You don't pick the guitar, it picks you. If it's in your soul, you have no choice, you will always be a player, wether anyone is listening or not. It's not a hobby, it's a permanent part of your life.
I started playing metal guitar at 56. I truly enjoy it. 🤘🏼
ROCK ON!
Is it heavy?
Great video. I was once asked to cover guitar for the the hosting band at the local jam night, I declined because I don't know a lot of cover stuff, but got such a buzz out of that, and it was good for my ego.
Almost 3 years into my journey. Made a pact with myself on my 50th to learn for mental health and relaxation.
Same here!!! Though I think I may be a year ahead of you...
well done man...
I played from 7 to 15. Stopped because of exams, college ext…. Now back in work at 25 started it back up to relive the stress of every day life. Love it more than ever!
The only reason to be a guitarist is because it's fun. Whether you're playing along to other people's music alone in your living room or writing your own music and playing it for others, it doesn't matter. If you're not having fun playing the guitar, you shouldn't be doing it, find something else to invest your time in that you do enjoy.
A receive the movie Mr Holland's opus???... Spoiler alert!!! -That's the message at the end of the movie!!!
When you're do it for a job though it does become less fun
Couldn't agree more about the positive effect on Mental Health music and playing guitar can have. Well said Mr Chapman, as a person who has Depression and PTSD, the guitar has always picked me back up. 🙏
@@Monkeypole ... Not if you keep it in perspective!!! -keeping in front of your mind what else you could be doing for money instead of that, and it really won't be so bad!!!
I started playing just over a year ago ( February 23) at 53 years old, ( I dabbled a bit in the 80’s but couldn’t get the hang of it, and was easily distracted 😂) but now I can play a bit , I practice every day , I’ve got 6 guitars ( which is not enough 😂) but one of the benefits I’ve found through learning/playing is that the osteoarthritis in my hands isn’t as bad, my dexterity is improving all the time , plus I can get a bit of a tune out of the things ( mostly in tune/key) and with so many instructors on UA-cam, it’s easy to pick up some really good tips on how to play things , you’re never too old until they nail the lid on 👍👍🤠🎸
I always wanted to learn guitar.
My cousin who was also my best friend always use to nag me about getting me to play guitar.
I would pick it up and play for her every so often the few chords I knew but never put any real effort into it.
She died unexpectedly 2 years ago when i was already at the most depressed I have ever been in my life.
So after her funeral I picked up my guitar again and decided to learn in her memory.
I'm still very new and not very good but that feeling of personal growth is wonderful when everything else feels like its going wrong in your life
I hope this doesn't feel like a grab for sympathy or a depression dump..
I just really wanted to tell you all playing guitar has been extremely therapeutic during a time when I felt my worst.
I haven't yet watched the video. I work from home and only managed to read the title but I wanted to quickly provide my perspective in case it would help someone else.
Music is magic. I can't think of anything that has collectively saved more people from themselves than music.
Mental health is the number one for me in this list buddy. It soothes the soul, extracts you from the stresses of real life, universal language. It cuts deeper than any spoken language. Creates more memories and emotion than anything else on earth. Like you said it heals when you’re struggling with things. You can have the shittiest days and jump on the guitar for 15 minutes and you’ve reset your soul ready for more.
P.s still love those two guitars. Gorgeous (especially the white ones f hole binding
There's nothing better than playing your favourite riff for the first time.
And guitars look awesome!!!
"Received but didn't know" .... I visualized being able to play like my heroes. Clapton, Page, and Jeff Beck.
I never visualized fame and fortune, crowds or stadiums. Just amazing playing ability. Be a BADASS on guitar. Recently, I had an epiphany.
I got EXACTLY what I envisioned, but NOTHING MORE. I can now play like my heroes. No fame, fortune, crowds or stadiums in sight. Wow. So for me, I'm Tiger Woods of guitar, I shoot 65 every time I play, no matter where I play. PGA Tour may not be possible, but I'm thrilled.
I play because it is a really good channel for getting emotions expressed. Nothing better than being able to take frustration and give it a voice. Then it no longer rattles about inside breaking stuff...
Rob, I have to be honest. When I first started playing guitar, it was the only way I could express myself without words the tone, the feel the variation of a note one single note is life-changing. It’s a way to express yourself beyond any human interaction.
Well done Rob - I've been playing since before you were born! Actively avoided the whole community thing, due to some not great experiences, however being in a band . . that was a different thing altogether. That feeling of going somewhere you never intended to go musically is like nothing on earth, and doing so with a bunch of other like-minded people . . well, it was what guitar playing was to me. If you're a young player, go and play with people, it'll teach you more about playing the guitar than any amount of YT vids or bedroom noodling.These days I still play most days, not for hours, but say 30 mins at a time - I'm faster, more articulate and madder than I ever was as a proto-shredder in 1979. Little did my Mum and Dad know what they'd unleash when they bought me that Rosetti classical for Christmas in 1974 😁
My dad Had a Gibson acoustic as soon as I could , I crawled over to it and touched a string
Magic happened
My world exploded into a billion pieces as the open string resonated through every brain cell
Then many angels landed on each shoulder whispered to me ‘this is the way’
57 years later I’m still looking everyday for that feeling again
My collection is not obscene
Just normal for an addict !
You know one of each
Then a good one of each
However after having made many a mosh pit nowadays
I like to tune to 432 and chill ,
Interesting point you make about mental health
I have a serious question though
How does one sell them without having a panic attack ?
I can’t seem to do that
Do I have a problem ?
My past connection to my guitars keeps me in a vice like grip of pure terror , I can’t let them move on
I recently pulled out an ES 175 that had been under the bed for over a decade
As soon as I played it I thought I’m so glad I never sold this
The thought of taking a picture and putting on Reverb fills me full of dread
I thought about therapy
But then I have a strum and suddenly I don’t have a problem
Is this normal ?
🤯
A really welcome video and nice summary Rob. I’ve always struggled with getting into the right mindset to play guitar again (I played as a teenager, did gigs, won a local band competition, but then university stopped it all). Now I’m nearly 40 and think about guitar very differently. I think I’ll start again if I can keep my expectations low and approach it calmly - more for the wellbeing and community points you make as opposed to trying to be the best guitarist out there (which I’m not very likely to become at this late stage 😉). Thanks again for a thought provoking video. (Guildford, England)
The way I usually express it is "I have a lot of music in me and I need to get it out". That is to say, music is a sort of emotion in me that needs to be expressed, and playing guitar is one of the ways I do that. It feels good and it's relaxing (unless I'm being hard on myself for not hitting the chord changes fast enough...)
Started playing as a teenager in the 90s, didn't have room or time when I moved away from home, then took it down off the wall again during lockdown. I'm a classical singer, which involves a lot of high-stress musical situations (not that other kinds of music don't!) - learning music on the day for a concert, memorising 3 hours of opera in other languages, then trying to put them together in never-enough-time.
The value of having some zero-stress music to come home and unwind with is incalculable - meditative is exactly the word. I may end up never playing with other people again, but I'll never stop getting something from it.
Rob. I’m really crap at commenting on UTube. I’ve been watching your videos for about ten years. And you encourage me to be a better me by being so open about yourself on t’internet.
So thank you.
I’ll probably engage better next time. The stuff you just said about mental health is really important. But for now. Thanks.
Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴 Always alot of wisdom from you🙌 My main reason that I play the guitar is to be able to play for myself, makes me relaxing, turning up the volume and make some noise, strange that this makes me relaxed 🤣 The best hobby there is 😄
Music is the language of the universe, it moves & touches everyone! Every time I play & sing live people are drawn to me & doors are opened because I made a connection with that person/persons through music.
Great points. I appreciate the insight.
playing guitar even holding it is like mantra ....relax .... in home place too .
Great video Rob🎸
I love listening to your thoughts and your philosophy Rob. Plus, you are a wicked awesome guitar player and above all, a great person. I hope to meet you some day.
You, good sir, seem to have a knack for finding the right subject and the perfect way to present it at the exact time I need to hear it. It's uncanny to say the least. I'll be incorporating this into my own thinking and my communities (properly credited of course)
Thanks for sharing your thought on it.
One cool thing about guitars. I have a few higher-end guitars now that are over 20 years old and all they require is new strings and a little TCL. They'll still be awesome 20 years from today and beyond. They were well worth their original price tag.
This RED is so stunning ❤ absolutely awesome! 🎸🎶👍☮️
Guitarist for life
Just love creating music, meeting people, and meeting ladies
I always remember a video Rob did when he said that the whole reason for playing guitar was to entertain and be a traveling minstrel. That really resonated with me and I’ve tried to stick to that rather than worrying about how good i am as a player.
Love the recessed tele control plate! I'm recessing hardware into guitars myself, gives a satisfying feel and look.
I play guitar because there is music in my soul and I am strongly compelled to express it. It could have been piano, flute or anything really but I need an instrument like a cook needs a pan.
I play because it's one of the most gratifying experiences a person can have. For all of the reasons that you've listed and probably a dozen other ones as well. If you connect with one or more guitars, pedals, amps, etc. that really help you create the music you hear in your head, there's very few things that feel better.
15 years into the journey, and I would do it all again, but start even earlier haha. It’s cool to be surrounded by peers that are into the same things as you, yet every single person has their own unique voice.
This was a really great video. The perfect one to be watching at 5 in the morning when I can't sleep.
Another, of many reasons I'm a guitar player is that no matter how much control I may NOT have in my life, with people, places, things, issues, etc, playing guitar is the one thing I am absolutely in control of. As a Behavioral Health clinician lemme tell ya', everyone could benefit from having one thing they totally command in their life.
since i start plaing (16y ago now im 34) i had up and downs in my life but guitar was always the way and was waiting for me. not that long time ago unfortunatley i had to let almost all my guitar go duetoo some problems that i had to face. now im trying to rebuild the "collection" but it was never be the same. all in all i plaing better and better (at least i think i am plaing better ;) ) also thank you for the contet i'am sub for a long time (when Orange amp was BIS :D) , hope i will have chance to try your gitars someday when i will be able to aquire one. keep going never give up.
i play strictly for myself and my own enjoyment. this year i’m going to be branching out and playing with other people for the first time in a while but i think i will always prefer to keep guitar as something just for me and free from others opinions or judgements.
Nicely put old boy. Well done.
My main reason for being a guitar player is because I HEAR MUSIC IN MY HEAD and there is no pause button. So instead of letting these melodies fade, I grab a guitar and record them and then re-forge them into songs. It's my favourite part about being human.
It's worth it just for that one moment when you get approached by someone that has been inspired by your playing. I just post covers and stuff on Instagram, and I've had a few people say that they were inspired by me, which is mental.
I've become friends with people I've looked up to for many years, it's truly wonderful what it does.
The vibrations resonate with my soul.
I met a few of my heroes, Jeff Beck, Bernie Marsden, Marc Ford etc. all lovely. There is an immediate connection with the guitar and I'd also agree on the community, mental heath aspects too. Playing and now gigging for a living has done me so much good, even in tne tricky times.
All of the above for the past 53 years since 11 years old. I haven't had a day without picking up a guitar!
Why NOT be a guitarist?
After playing for 45 years, it has become less of a blessing or gift, and more like a curse that I can't shake.
Let me qualify that...
The guitar has become such an integral part of who I am that I can barely function without it.
I have a fear of what will happen when I can no longer express myself through my guitar.
It's a good curse to have though. 😊😊😊
Rob you are my favourite English teacher other than being a great guitarist , keep up the good work mate !
Just a couple days ago, I went to dig out the guitar of the day and mash some cables. And found I couldn't focus at all, and stumbled through the most basic stuff I normally warm up with. Playing the guitar unplugged/acousticly, like I tend to with my new Revstar. Has made me realize how poor many of my techniques actually are.
Being able to focus solely on the frequencies coming from the guitar acousticly, is definitely more challenging. Having tons of expensive gear is cool, and I love it all. But if you can't sit quietly and focus on the basics, sometimes its better to regroup, and try again later. Cranking your 100watt tube amp to 11 won't make you any better of a player.
Cool video. Just checking out your song born loud. Pretty cool sound
Rob, you mentioned the opportunity to travel as one of the benefits of being part of the guitar community. It would be great if you could come up with a guitar based reason to travel to Malta. I’d def bring my family and make a holiday of it! Guitar museum, ‘Chappers Maltese Guitar Fest’, guitar holiday beak, jamming school, guitar business school, the ‘just hanging out and talking about guitars all day’ centre! Chapper’s Maltese Guitar Bar! The list is endless! Do it!
#1 - CHICKS DIG IT!
I'm stuck in a rut as a Blues guitar player- I love to see other genres like yours for example, even though I would not know where to start with a drop D - That said I play open D on my dobro using a glass slide confused? Yeah I am - keep rocking dude- PS I play in a band not for the financial reward but it's good fun
Hey Rob, I really like sounds and I think the guitar sounds kool. I’m starting to appreciate how it can be used as a voice, like a language. My rhythm is no good and I’m lazy with theory. They are my two main barriers. I feel like no matter what theory book I use I’m learning someone else’s style. It would be good if there was a theory that taught pure theory with no licks and riffs included. Just the principles of music so that you can learn through experimentation rather than copy. I love playing guitar and have yet to experience playing with drums.
After 30 years of guitar obbssesion...I'm still learning and still having fun....so very worth it👍🙏🤘
i have around 20 guitars and love em all but honestly all one needs is a ghost fret pro and youll be really happy
It feels right
It feels like the only time I'm at peace is when I'm playing one of my guitars or tinkering with the electronics.
It feels like you have control for once
Actually....I started guitar at the age of 12 to impress girls ;-) but now...43 years later...it's the fun and the response for giving some people a nice evening....and .....after 38 years of playing guitar I met my fiancee....through making music...best regards!!
Good time to form a guitarist mental health group for the fun of playing and discussions.❇
Been learning for 3 months now hard but great fun.
Ive been playing for decades and this is the best time thats ever been to play.. lessons and theory are readily available.. 24 track recorders are cheap.. orchestral electric pianos and electronic drums are cheap and nearly silent if recorded direct. Guitars have developed .. theres a better understanding of their function and usability. Its too much fun.
Not getting up at the crack of dawn and being able to do what I loved would be all I needed. Even if I had to budget and it wasn't a 'spend-freely' lifestyle. And you can keep the fame crap.
That being said, at the end of the day, a great tone always awaits me.
Guitar is my therapy and joy. Been playing/dabbling for years. Not in it for the money put stuff up on Spotify. I'm at 15 cents in the bank.
hi Rob. Hope you can help? I have asked this question on a number of YT guitar tutors channels but never received a reply!!
I'm 3 score and 10+ years old and thinking of taking up the guitar after 60 yrs lay off. So back to the beginning. Is it a viable thing to do? fingers are ok, love music etc.
love your channel by the way
I heard again and again from people that Mr. Chapman was a read d-bag. I doubted this and then I had an interaction with him myself and yeah, he kind of is, actually. Such is life.
Rob ... still waiting for the HSS Super Strat with Floyd Rose and stainless frets. $1500 are waiting to be spent on a Chapman guitar !
The confidence thing is real. My first gig was at a Methodist church hall in 2019 and I can remember absolutely shitting myself backstage. Last November I opened for Eric Bell and was as cool as a cucumber before during and after it.
Nice guitars you have. I remember my first live show too. I remember someone saying basically that you have to have a take no prisoners approach to the audience. It's either going to me or them and it ain't going to be me.
First reason : Was the sounds of the guitars on master of puppets .
These sound like they are from another world. The cleans are enchanting . And the distortions are punchy and clear .
The things I learn so far : learning to play songs vs learning to play guitar , with a metronome are two things that I need to embrace equally .
Because I choose too learn songs . It took me a long time to learn to improvise . Because I was locked into existing shapes and patterns .
So true.
Every guitarists dream
Rob how did you get all your gear to Malta? Was it a massive headache?
When I had classical guitar at school, I was forced not to look at the fretboard!
Love you, Rob!!!!!!!!!!! Been watching you for so many years!!!!!!!!!!! I miss all the videos with you and the captain!!!... Have you ever seen the movie Mr. Holland's opus?... Spoiler alert!!!-you should!!!
bedroom shredder 4 life!
Damm dude, you look 10 years younger without the Gandalf beard.
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
I don’t have any friends, especially close ones. I’ve moved around so much i just don’t get to make permanent connections with people. As for making money, well, I could ways sell some of my collection!😅😂
Three things that keep your brain elastic that you'll never "complete"
Learning an instrument, learning a marital art, learning a language. If you are doing at least one of the above you'll keep a healthy mind. ❤
What’s the one guitar that you own that you would never part with and the one guitar you covet, but don’t have?
Everytime I see a bar chords ... Its over for me man😂😂😂
It's fun. Chicks dig it. 'nuff said.
As a guitarist in a band with a Saxophone, trust me, they prefer Saxophone 😂
Here is a question for you. What has starting a guitar company given you in your life? More than a steady job and a career.
Lol. Of course its worth it. Its indescribable all of the good things that have happened because i saved up 160$ and bought an electric guitar when i was 12.
The Guitar 🎸 plays me
I'm amazed that you didn't mention the #1 reason most "guys" want to play guitar.... they want the attention of the girls. That wasn't my goal at the time, I just wanted to make music.
i couldn't do without it. i just wish i could earn money with it lol
You forgot about scoring chicks. You got a smokin-hot wife yourself there, Rob. lol
when i seen this video listed in my subscription list. it also stated as the part of the title is worth it or is it still worth it which what caught my attention to this video because since i started playing on and off since 1990 ive been wrestling with the question specially since from 1990 when i really started the 1year and half before did not count cause i tried to play right handed and could not do it and quit. but in 1990 i got my lefty charvel model 475 guitar. thats when i started, to 1996 when i put things on hold to take care of my elderly parents even put on hold going to Musician institute of technologly aka MIT now simply M.I. but i look back and glad i did not follow through cause i am not a person who makes friends or socializes. i am the person who at the party is up against the wall or actually leaves and walks home. Also i was and am a conservative republican and M.I. is in the land of the left wing. I would have gotten harassed, bullied, assaulted to the point i would not be able to concentrate and fail and since i would have had to use Financial aid to get to go i would have ended up in debt for nothing. So i put an end to that dream so 1990 to 1996 i practice 90 percent of the time at least 5 hours to 8 hours a day, but take 2 weeks of every month each year during that time i would stay up five days straight practice without about 3 or 4 30 minute breaks for rest, bathroom, food, etc. i actually played till my fingers bled. thank god for Dr. Strings where their 9 guages feel like 8's and their 10's feel like 9's also they are the only strings i have used that you never get the metal shaving bits in your fingers. So if i would have continued to play and got good enough to be endorsed Dr. Strings would be a Permanent endorser for me cause i would never ever use any other strings. I played to the point the top joints/tips of my middle fingers in both hands have bent or curved . I could never afford in person lessons so i basically was learning by myself. and from former x-friends i used to roadie for their band from 1990-1994. before a falling out. So as far as i got is up to Barre chords and could never get past them, i tried every fingering, etc. i simply could not get the notes that supposed to ring out to ring out. So i went back to what grade school music teachers and my parents and others said the old saying you must be born with god given talent and god has to destine you to be a musician otherwise there will be only so far you get then you hit a brickwall/roadblock you can get past. Mine is barre chords, some could even just transition from normal chords which i kind of had issues with that as well but i wanted to start and get all the basics of every technique mastered before advancing to the intermediate levels. Hell i did not realize till the time i stopped playing guitar that tapping you simply did not tap straight down as i was doing and i thought all you did was tap straight down with alot of pressure which i kind of almost flattened the tips of my fingers (but they have went back to normal because since 1996 i only picked up the guitar 2005 to 2012 then have not picked it up since. So I am still trying to see if it was worth all the time and if it would be worth it to pick the guitar up and try to get a career in music going at age 53. with nothing going for me a loner who does not like to make friends, have friends, does not ever date or had any or does not want to have any romantic or sexual relationships, music is my only and sole passion in life. Now benefits is I can get all my rage, anger, aggression, hate, out in the lyrics and it keeps me from being physically violent also. it gives me a peace of mind, Music like solitude is my sanctuary. Give me the music gear i want, a secluded studio, with high speed internet and all my favorite food and i will be happy. also being a conservative tea party patriot, MAGA Warrior true traditional Metal musician/songwriter, who is pro life and pro traditional marriage and traditional families only, who supports and defends Israel and the Jews. Who has not filter and speaks the brutal stone cold absolute truth in the form of verbal razors. That limits me a lot due the T.D.S. (Trump derangement syndrome), and the wokeness crap. also is it worth spending more time and money to get where i am today nowhere. because not only do i have being a conservative and trump supporter all the trump haters and left wingers in the world against me on top of my family's history of ultra bad luck. the only way to describe it is this you have multipe mike tysons in their prime hitting you at once with their knock out punch, but the little good luck you have the stopped but more worse bad luck comes you get hit by a meteor the size of a school bus falling from the sky, then you have a tiny minute or day of average luck then the mike tyson's start punching again and the cycle repeats. That is how my family's bad luck works. Then there is my perfectionist side. If i can not get it exactly like my vision i will not release the song, album video, i will not start a band, etc. So is it worth staying a guitarist, getting back to playing guitar and trying to go for a music career, I simply do not know at this time, Right now it's like a scale and it is tipping verly closely to no it is not worth it go find something else, find something that god gave you the talent to do/be and and destined you to be cause your simply wasting money and time on this. I have this voice in my head of you wasted to much time on this. People who are honest with themselves would only spend a year before realizing they were not destined to be whatever it is race car driver, musician, vocalists, etc. but when i was playing here is my top 10 1. it brings me peace of my 2. i can release my hate, anger, rage, without getting physically violent. 3. i can speak my mind which being a loner and someone who does not like to be around a group of people it is hard to do i feel uncomfortable so through music i can express myself better. 4. if i got to the point to tour, i would see the places i never got to see. 5. the energy you get from the fans no drug can surpass that feeling of having thousands of people singing your songs, giving you that energy so you give it right back to them . 6. at one time before everything became political i would say i had dreams to do collaborations with other artists, musicians now i don't and have bad opinions on collaborations and the over use of them 7. Doing music videos i have tons of ideas. Hell if i had skills and the money and the band i would do as a tribute to you and Dorje A video of white dove which wont go into here but band is in a plane crash in the mountains and each band member is separated and lost and a white dove comes to guide them to a cabin. through the song each band member follows the dove to the cabin. then camera looks through the window as the last band member walks in and everybody is happy and the is gear set up in the cabin and they start playing. then it pans out to the white dove sitting on the window sill and then flies off as the song ends. i have this nack to listen to a song and picture a already done video for it in my head. 8. Music gear and instrument collection. I am a ultimate gear head. I make up lists of gear i dream of having. MY list of guitars and instruments the last time i added to it was early 2000s and the guitars /basses/acoustics, etc. alone stopped at 300,000 in fact if i did a updated version it would be in the 300 million or more. That is how gear and instrument crazed i am. 9. i love to go to music stores, i would live at NAMM if i could in fact i have a plan to save NAMM and Make it better and move it to OHIO instead of California where there is too many regulations, taxes, etc. I am glad to see NAMM made some of the changes that i also had which was have days for the consumers. but my idea expands NAMM to 2-3 weeks. i may post my ideas to save NAMM on my Facebook page. 10. to piss off all those who hate this conservative trump supporter traditional metal musician/songwriter to be making and releasing music. but right now i don't thing it's worth it anymore wasting my time and money trying to go for something that the odds of me even coming close to succeeding is slim and none and slim got on Elon Musk's space ship and left the universe.
.... 🙄🎸🎸... The Impossible Ten of trying to be a String Poet......
.... To imagine being a Scheherazade's Gallant with an Oriental Lute...
....There are Tales, in reality...😳⚡🌿
.... I then tried 2 apples high... To do like the heroes of Uncle George's records... 1968.. inspire".... Long hair 🇬🇧.. ""Vely'Blitish's" "...
.... Vox&Marshall's... A moment when small, we imagine ourselves becoming... Big...🙄🎸
Smoke on the Water. Iron Man. Be Ritchie Blackmore. Be Tony Iommi.
Playing music is very healthy. My doctor has told me so also. Good chemicals are going on.
Guitarist, musicians and the general arts... All considered near impossible careers if you want to hit it big in any way. You will need to find alternative sources of income to support your interests.
My man, did a 7-string mess your head up that bad?? 😂
JK, I can't play one for shit lol
Best reason for playing guitar? Chicks. 🙂🐥🐥🐥🐥
Playing guitar is good for your mental health. Except for the times that playing guitar drives you mental.
Does the feeling that you suck ever go away?
Not you specifically, but after 30 years on the instrument all I have is a serious case of imposter syndrome lol.
Every guitar player I have ever met thinks that about themself a bit. I just think it is us guitars players being humble or modest. Just keep on keeping on. Lol 🎸🎸🎸
No secret, most Guys gets into Guitar, for chicks, side chicks and make a noise, to be cool, its cooler to be an unemployed Musician than an unemployed shop worker, if you can sing AND play guitar, you will be still be beating them off with a stick in your mid 50's, even when your hair is gone. What the World actually needs though, is more Keys Players, even if they dont get the chicks, and drummers, but they get the weird chicks. Rob, if your ever around Surrey and fancy a play, be cool to have you get up with us.
Luckily... the guitar community is one of the least toxic communities, only beaten out by retro gaming... Maybe.
Oh no, I thought it was sex, drugs and rock n roll 😢
Play music for musics sake. Now days, if you are trying to make money, you will be unhappy.
Why not both!
@@Monkeypole if you do it for the music the money will come.
There isnt anyone thats "nice" every single person is out for their own needy self. Fact.