onewilyfool Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 My early guitar mentor, who's name I with hold to protect the innocent......once told me......."Get yourself heard!!!!" Unfortunately for me, what I thought he said was ,"Get yourself a herd!" ....... and I've been collecting guitars ever since......damn, if I was only a better listener....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 My early guitar mentor' date=' who's name I with hold to protect the innocent......once told me......."Get yourself heard!!!!" Unfortunately for me, what I thought he said was ,"Get yourself a herd!" ....... and I've been collecting guitars ever since......damn, if I was only a better listener.......[/quote'] At least you didn't mistake what he said for "Get Yourself a nerd", or Pee Wee Herman would STILL be livin' with ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkharmony Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Mine told me to be sure I always had a guitar player in my band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 My early guitar mentor' date=' who's name I with hold to protect the innocent......once told me......."Get yourself heard!!!!" [/quote'] What's that you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 ALbertjohn....I've heard.....too much of "certain" activities will make you hard of hearing......did you get that?...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The best advice I ever got from my guitar mentholator "Son, you got to learn to play an octave faster" Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I have never had a guitar mentor Does Bob Colosi make one? Can I get one from Walmart? Marks & Spencer? Toys R Us? Ann Summers? If I get one then perhaps my playing might not be so KR&p! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 ALbertjohn....I've heard.....too much of "certain" activities will make you hard of hearing......did you get that?...lol You can say that again! ............Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayville Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 When I briefly hooked up with a teacher a few years back one of the first things he said after hearing me play was: "You know how to play, but you don't really know music. Until you do, you'll be frustrated by your own conceptual limitations if not actually your execution limitations." (Ouch, and spoken like a true Berklee trained jazz dude, which he was). He was talking about Theory -- a huge hole in my education, and he was right. At the time I had a pre-toddler at home, was running on sleep fumes, and so struggled along for a couple of months going all the way back to the beginning on sight reading and more. Really annoying... until we hit upon Bossa triads as a middle-ground. But after a few months of chillin' I had to quit. I wouldn't call him a mentor exactly, but what he said still goes. And I've come to terms with it for now. Kinda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Hi Clayville: I wish you had been at Berklee the night the guitar dept held a show case for their teachers and the guest of honor-GET THIS- was DANNY GATTON. After 2 hrs of highly technical and boring playing by their great teachers Gatton came on and proudly declared that he was a musical graduate of some of the best & worst dives in the US. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO BLOW THE WHOLE FACULTY PROGRAM RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. SO BE IT WITH MUSICAL THEORY AND GUITAR PLAYING. MOOSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 My early guitar mentor' date=' who's name I with hold to protect the innocent......once told me......."Get yourself heard!!!!" Unfortunately for me, what I thought he said was ,"Get yourself a herd!" ....... and I've been collecting guitars ever since......damn, if I was only a better listener.......[/quote'] Reminds me of the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dove Histronic Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Hi Clayville: I wish you had been at Berklee the night the guitar dept held a show case for their teachers and the guest of honor-GET THIS- was DANNY GATTON. After 2 hrs of highly technical and boring playing by their great teachers Gatton came on and proudly declared that he was a musical graduate of some of the best & worst dives in the US. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO BLOW THE WHOLE FACULTY PROGRAM RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. SO BE IT WITH MUSICAL THEORY AND GUITAR PLAYING. MOOSE Wasn't gonna say anything, but I had Hank Williams "Ramblin' Man" on my speakers when reading Clayville's post... The entire tune is Am and E7 and has reached more folks deep down inside than any fancy jazz piece I'm aware of... Bluegrass flatpicker David Grier has repeatedly stated he knows no theory and no scales --- hears somerthing in his head and finds it on guitar... Albert King at least at times claimed he didn't play chords and said "the bent string is my thing" Reckon there's a bunch of different approaches --- guess if you live for jazz there may be requirements not present in other styles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Another thing he told me...." Always ".......no it was "Never".......oh darn....I can't remember what the heck he said.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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