Dom_JEM Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 fro when i started playing i always wanted to sound like angus young.... i wanted to play a whole lotta rosie note for note just like he did... well its been a few years and ermmm.... i dont sound like angus young.... i sound like me (whether thats a good thing...thats debatable hehe) keep at it pal i think my sigature says what you need to know .....>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I would say take one or two weeks off from playing. I wouldn't get frustrated just yet, you've only be playing a year. I started when I was 7 and I'm 38 now. Keep in mind though, I would take breaks all the time. Nothing wrong with that. I've never sounded like any of my guitar heroes and I really don't care to. I don't sound like 1-Slash 2 James Hetfield 3-SRV 4 B.B King 5- Steve Vai I sound like me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mick Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 It's been a little over a year and I can't play like Rory Gallagher yet. I guess your in it for the wrong reason if you just want to sound like someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 You need a book called Zen Guitar. It will change the way you view guitar playing. ive just orded that book' date=' thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 You need a book called Zen Guitar. It will change the way you view guitar playing. +1 Step 1 - tune. Step 2 - play. OP - That's all you need to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownida Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 good! thats a tad unnecessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownida Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 thats a tad unnecessary F*U*U*K off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I guess your in it for the wrong reason if you just want to sound like someone else. yeah' date= play guitar to get chicks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 wtf man, you gotta be kiddin me. don't quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownida Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 quit now! Giving us guitarists a bad name i see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I guess your in it for the wrong reason if you just want to sound like someone else. I'm in it for the groupies and the stereotyping that all electric players are high 90% of the time. Is that the right reason? Oh and of course' date= when I'm famous, I can get cheaper Gibsons. [biggrin][biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mick Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I'm in it for the groupies and the stereotyping that all electric players are high 90% of the time. Is that the right reason? Oh and of course' date=' when I'm famous, I can get cheaper Gibsons. [biggrin][biggrin] bingo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I'm in it for the groupies and the stereotyping that all electric players are high 90% of the time. Is that the right reason? Oh and of course' date=' when I'm famous, I can get cheaper Gibsons. [biggrin][biggrin] you hit the nail on the head with that one haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 you hit the nail on the head with that one haha Why thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 OK everyone, when I said "play like Rory Gallagher," I guess I meant "play so that I enjoy my playing as much as I enjoy his" or something along those lines. Not necessarily to play everything he did note for note. I guess all I'm saying is that I'm not satisfied with what I'm doing, and while I enjoy playing for the most part, I often get frustrated because I can't get it to sound how I'd like it to sound, and that just about everything is beyond my reach, and that I can't imagine myself improving. Don't take the Rory Gallagher thing as the main point of my topic, because it's not. I could've put the name of any other guitarist I enjoy there and it would've meant the same thing to me--I guess I ought to choose my words more carefully. I'm simply so bad that instead of being encouraged to try harder, I'm just discouraged to even keep going. Things seem promising for a while, but then one realizes his limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I ain't going to sound play like Eddie Van Halen, but you don't see me giving up the guitar and beside you should try to sound like yourself not like someone famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_JEM Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 OK everyone' date=' when I said "play like Rory Gallagher," I guess I meant "play so that I enjoy my playing as much as I enjoy his" or something along those lines. Not necessarily to play everything he did note for note. I guess all I'm saying is that I'm not satisfied with what I'm doing, and while I enjoy playing for the most part, I often get frustrated because I can't get it to sound how I'd like it to sound, and that just about everything is beyond my reach, and that I can't imagine myself improving. Don't take the Rory Gallagher thing as the main point of my topic, because it's not. I could've put the name of any other guitarist I enjoy there and it would've meant the same thing to me--I guess I ought to choose my words more carefully. I'm simply so bad that instead of being encouraged to try harder, I'm just discouraged to even keep going. Things seem promising for a while, but then one realizes his limitations.[/quote'] my sig....>>> read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 first off man, the day I sound exactly the way I want to is the day I'm content with my life. Seondly (about yer sig) you're a nice guy and I fail to see any of these so called "behavioral problems". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Change your strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 A year? It took me more than 5 to actually learn some songs. Then it took me 5 more to learn the right songs. Then it took me 10 more to realize I wasn't playing them correctly and to actually start listening and playing correctly and with feeling. You shouldn't quit... but if you do, don't come back, this is a guitar forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diatonic_mealworm Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 OK everyone' date=' when I said "play like Rory Gallagher," I guess I meant "play so that I enjoy my playing as much as I enjoy his" or something along those lines. Not necessarily to play everything he did note for note. I guess all I'm saying is that I'm not satisfied with what I'm doing, and while I enjoy playing for the most part, I often get frustrated because I can't get it to sound how I'd like it to sound, and that just about everything is beyond my reach, and that I can't imagine myself improving. Don't take the Rory Gallagher thing as the main point of my topic, because it's not. I could've put the name of any other guitarist I enjoy there and it would've meant the same thing to me--I guess I ought to choose my words more carefully. I'm simply so bad that instead of being encouraged to try harder, I'm just discouraged to even keep going. Things seem promising for a while, but then one realizes his limitations.[/quote'] Things that come easy are ussally not appreciated or enjoyed. Unless we are talking about women of course ,but we are not. So keep at it! and by overcoming the will to quit you will be rewarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mick Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 You shouldn't quit... but if you do' date=' don't come back, this is a guitar forum [lol'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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