I totally agree that time and effort is what sets the greats apart. I wish I had realized that earlier haha. With Covid and some of the hardships of losing a lot (major festivals I booked and really amazing live opportunities) I got really really down in April/May. The word failure kept showing up in my self dialogue over and over again. So I decided to define failure. And I realized that failure is just giving up. So as long as I didn’t stop trying I couldn’t fail. It was so powerful for me and is what helped me really start moving with my UA-cam channel and stuff.
wow that's amazing that you realized that, and thanks for sharing that. such a cool idea to define failure, I'm not sure if I've known someone personally who did that ha. I actually had a similar idea a few weeks ago only from the opposite angle. What I realized is that success isn't as much about the end goal as it is about persisting even when times get tough. There are too many people who give up, and I agree that that's really the ultimate failure (aside from not trying in the first place), so the fact that you kept going despite your circumstances automatically sets you apart.
I’ve been experiencing that jealousy and lack mindset. Thinking another artist we performed with are leaps and bounds ahead of us and making me think I suck. It’s not a fun place to be. At the same time I think they are awesome and they are great people.
Hi!! seeing you from Argentina... my english its not great but i'm going to try my best haha. You see; i grew up skateboarding with the guys on my block, we use to play soccer football and play the guitar, smoke joints, etc... that was ten years ago, they started playing jazz and i started studying piano since and we dindn't see each other anymore. Now they are relatively known in my province.. while i've just studied a lot of music and science locked in my room practicing and reading, they travel and make a living out of that. I'm super jelous of them because they seem just to have fun of music while im super perfectionist and afraid to failure. Your video helped me a lot so thanks you gave my a different point of view, also your video seems to be the only one that pops-up in the searches about this subject. If a visit USA someday i'd really love to see a gig from you and who know maybe we can be friends haha saludos bro
haha dude that was such a great comment, thank you for sharing that! yeah i made this thinking maybe someone could relate, so that's great to hear it helped. totally see what you mean about your friends making it, that's how I felt too, held myself back out of fear just like you said. I think the more we step outside our comfort zone the less jealous we feel. anyway i'm glad this helped man, have a great day!!
I don’t really have so many friends who play musical instruments... But whenever I watch people playing in public I just get triggered that I must learn to do like this... It’s sort of jealousy but I’m aware that it’s bad that’s why my brain converts it to some kind of motivation to just buy a keyboard and start learning
I have been jealous of other players but I never suspected any other players would be jealous of me until recently. It was a shock because the person in question was also trying to mess with me which is something I have never done to anyone no matter how jealous I was of them.
wow they must have been pretty jealous! ive also had that experience, the other guitarist in my last band felt super jealous and threatened by me. ever since then ive decided not to join a band if it seems like anyone might have issues like that, just not worth the drama.
@@ChrisSnyderGuitar Yeah, it was an open jam session and he was the guitarist on the stage. He intentionally played the wrong chords so that I couldn't sing the agreed upon song. It didn't matter that he created a train wreck for the rest of the band because he didn't care. His little smirk told me everything I needed to know.
I have pretty good guitar skills and every guitar player I met said "why the hell,are you're not playing in a band?" On a bad day I'm "jealous" of almost everybody posting guitar videos here etc ...but it's not real jealousy, it's just sadness ,sometimes, that I 've never joined a band (I jammed with a few though) and do gigs etc ... I'm a shy guy and don't want the limelight or pressure playing in a band (work!), so I chose the "ambitious bedroom player/homestudio" route and 95% I'm happy with it...but sometimes I dream what would have happened if I'd stand on that stage in the spotlight and get sad....
I do get a little jealous...honestly, HOWEVER! Not to a huge extent...We are all at different levels, and can't let it overwhelm you. It's EGO...Put your ego in check!! Tonight I played at a private party...I was one of 3 musicians. I respect all ...However, I was...hands down- MUCH better. One of them was obviously jealous of me...and stormed off stage, later coming back to apologize- He had said he couldn't play with me because I wasn't following him, and made a couple of mistakes...yada yada...then proceeded to tell me he's been playing "30 years"... etc. etc. In reality? for having played 30 years ? He was mediocre. I play 9 instruments- so I'm no newbie...but I have only played guitar >3 yrs...but have progressed RAPIDLY!! I'm playing like someone who has played 8 years...and my vocals are DYNAMITE! They're smooth, powerful, and trained. His wasn't. Practice? Every single day...4-6 hrs a day. Busking, open mics, performances....I do it all. This guy recognized this in me...and was being a baby. I just tend to stay away from people like this...Negative.
I agree James, 100%! Congrats for practicing so much and getting better so fast. That dude probably felt threatened by you. I was once in a band with another guitarist who was jealous/felt threatened by me as a musician. One thing I learned from that experience was that I'll never join a band if any of the members has an ego/gets jealous like that. It just isn't worth the drama.
i also get jealous with other guitarists every single day.... nd then get inspired by them... and plini is one of my inspiration in prog right now....... truly plini very much resembles u 😁
hahaha yeah man it's weird how similar he looks, and the fact that he's exactly my age makes it even weirder. thanks for checking this out and I hope it helped in some way. I feel like this topic doesn't get talked about enough but it's also really common.
@@kshitijk14 I'm glad they help man!! you're videos inspire me to be a better rhythm player. I've always been better at lead than rhythm, so it's inspiring to see you kicking ass haha.
Thanks for watching! Click here to check out Plini's channel ua-cam.com/users/plinimusic
I totally agree that time and effort is what sets the greats apart. I wish I had realized that earlier haha. With Covid and some of the hardships of losing a lot (major festivals I booked and really amazing live opportunities) I got really really down in April/May. The word failure kept showing up in my self dialogue over and over again. So I decided to define failure. And I realized that failure is just giving up. So as long as I didn’t stop trying I couldn’t fail. It was so powerful for me and is what helped me really start moving with my UA-cam channel and stuff.
wow that's amazing that you realized that, and thanks for sharing that. such a cool idea to define failure, I'm not sure if I've known someone personally who did that ha. I actually had a similar idea a few weeks ago only from the opposite angle. What I realized is that success isn't as much about the end goal as it is about persisting even when times get tough. There are too many people who give up, and I agree that that's really the ultimate failure (aside from not trying in the first place), so the fact that you kept going despite your circumstances automatically sets you apart.
I’ve been experiencing that jealousy and lack mindset. Thinking another artist we performed with are leaps and bounds ahead of us and making me think I suck. It’s not a fun place to be. At the same time I think they are awesome and they are great people.
I hear man, I've def been there. That's good you're keeping in mind that they're still awesome people tho. I think that helps to balance it out.
Hi!! seeing you from Argentina... my english its not great but i'm going to try my best haha. You see; i grew up skateboarding with the guys on my block, we use to play soccer football and play the guitar, smoke joints, etc... that was ten years ago, they started playing jazz and i started studying piano since and we dindn't see each other anymore. Now they are relatively known in my province.. while i've just studied a lot of music and science locked in my room practicing and reading, they travel and make a living out of that. I'm super jelous of them because they seem just to have fun of music while im super perfectionist and afraid to failure. Your video helped me a lot so thanks you gave my a different point of view, also your video seems to be the only one that pops-up in the searches about this subject. If a visit USA someday i'd really love to see a gig from you and who know maybe we can be friends haha saludos bro
haha dude that was such a great comment, thank you for sharing that! yeah i made this thinking maybe someone could relate, so that's great to hear it helped. totally see what you mean about your friends making it, that's how I felt too, held myself back out of fear just like you said. I think the more we step outside our comfort zone the less jealous we feel. anyway i'm glad this helped man, have a great day!!
I don’t really have so many friends who play musical instruments... But whenever I watch people playing in public I just get triggered that I must learn to do like this... It’s sort of jealousy but I’m aware that it’s bad that’s why my brain converts it to some kind of motivation to just buy a keyboard and start learning
Awesome video, dude thanks for sharing
Np dudely, glad you liked!
I have been jealous of other players but I never suspected any other players would be jealous of me until recently. It was a shock because the person in question was also trying to mess with me which is something I have never done to anyone no matter how jealous I was of them.
wow they must have been pretty jealous! ive also had that experience, the other guitarist in my last band felt super jealous and threatened by me. ever since then ive decided not to join a band if it seems like anyone might have issues like that, just not worth the drama.
@@ChrisSnyderGuitar Yeah, it was an open jam session and he was the guitarist on the stage. He intentionally played the wrong chords so that I couldn't sing the agreed upon song. It didn't matter that he created a train wreck for the rest of the band because he didn't care. His little smirk told me everything I needed to know.
@@missionrd100 oh man, it's crazy that some people are actually like that
Thanks for sharing Chris!
ha np Vicki. Figured other people could relate/benefit from it.
I have pretty good guitar skills and every guitar player I met said "why the hell,are you're not playing in a band?" On a bad day I'm "jealous" of almost everybody posting guitar videos here etc ...but it's not real jealousy, it's just sadness ,sometimes, that I 've never joined a band (I jammed with a few though) and do gigs etc ... I'm a shy guy and don't want the limelight or pressure playing in a band (work!), so I chose the "ambitious bedroom player/homestudio" route and 95% I'm happy with it...but sometimes I dream what would have happened if I'd stand on that stage in the spotlight and get sad....
I do get a little jealous...honestly, HOWEVER! Not to a huge extent...We are all at different levels, and can't let it overwhelm you. It's EGO...Put your ego in check!!
Tonight I played at a private party...I was one of 3 musicians. I respect all ...However, I was...hands down- MUCH better. One of them was obviously jealous of me...and stormed off stage, later coming back to apologize- He had said he couldn't play with me because I wasn't following him, and made a couple of mistakes...yada yada...then proceeded to tell me he's been playing "30 years"... etc. etc.
In reality? for having played 30 years ? He was mediocre. I play 9 instruments- so I'm no newbie...but I have only played guitar >3 yrs...but have progressed RAPIDLY!! I'm playing like someone who has played 8 years...and my vocals are DYNAMITE! They're smooth, powerful, and trained. His wasn't.
Practice? Every single day...4-6 hrs a day. Busking, open mics, performances....I do it all.
This guy recognized this in
me...and was being a baby.
I just tend to stay away from people like this...Negative.
I agree James, 100%! Congrats for practicing so much and getting better so fast. That dude probably felt threatened by you. I was once in a band with another guitarist who was jealous/felt threatened by me as a musician. One thing I learned from that experience was that I'll never join a band if any of the members has an ego/gets jealous like that. It just isn't worth the drama.
i also get jealous with other guitarists every single day.... nd then get inspired by them... and plini is one of my inspiration in prog right now....... truly plini very much resembles u 😁
hahaha yeah man it's weird how similar he looks, and the fact that he's exactly my age makes it even weirder. thanks for checking this out and I hope it helped in some way. I feel like this topic doesn't get talked about enough but it's also really common.
@@ChrisSnyderGuitar yaa.... i everytime get inspired when i watch any of the video by.... ur videos help me very much man.... 😁🤘
@@kshitijk14 I'm glad they help man!! you're videos inspire me to be a better rhythm player. I've always been better at lead than rhythm, so it's inspiring to see you kicking ass haha.
Yeah….nah fuck um I’m sorry👀👀