DAS44 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Pretty self explanatory, I'm curious... So what is it? Technical proficiency? Fame? An outlet? "I enjoy it"/"Happiness" isn't the type of answer I'm looking for (it's implied, or it should be! I sure as hell enjoy it). I'll have none of the "I'm not a musician, I'm a guitarist" junk either guys :P On my end, musical variety... Again, explains itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Banging babes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennis Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Goal? Make enough money playing to not need another job, and be able to support my family and buy what I want (read: 3-5 Gibsons/year). Dream? Take a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R.M.30! Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Heck I wouldn't even call myself a guitarist, let alone a musician. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 To entertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 It's in my signature at the very bottom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 To play as good as any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I prefer not to set an "ultimate goal". Ultimate means the end. Once you've reached that goal, nothing else you do will ever exceed it. So I choose to set goals as I go, and always have another in mind before I complete the previous one. Always challenge yourself; absolutes are your enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I prefer not to set an "ultimate goal". Ultimate means the end. Once you've reached that goal, nothing else you do will ever exceed it. So I choose to set goals as I go, and always have another in mind before I complete the previous one. Always challenge yourself; absolutes are your enemy. I meant it to be implied that said goal is so absolutely unreachable that you'll never quite get there. Unless someone's goal is simple mediocrity. So what do these goals work towards as a whole? A massive catalog songs you can toss out from memory? New technical skill mastery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I think the simple infinitive used by FirstMeasure kinda nails it: To entertain. That's a mouthful in two words. Right now, and most of my life I've mostly played to entertain myself, but with spurts of gigs to entertain others. I think they're two different things. I think Leo Kottke is a very good and talented guitarist, but perhaps his greater talent comes as he found a niche with his offbeat sense of humor and take on performance, musical and otherwise. I'd like that sort of gig and reputation although I'm quite certain I lack Leo's talent on all fronts. I wouldn't mind at some point playing in a band again, but there's a bit of the cynic in me that questions whether that's "worth it" or not if there isn't some more direct sort of a paycheck that is a measure of one's entertainment quotient. Yeah, I always am looking to improve and broaden my playing skills. In fact, I think sometimes that can become almost a detriment in that practice for skill overwhelms practice for performance. They're different things. If my playing helps keep me happy and entertains me, and my performances entertain others... I figure I'm getting as close to a goal as a musician as you can put into words. But then as I almost hit the "reply" button, I thought of last night when I was helping a 50-something guy figure how he could learn how to play a guitar he was sold, but with nasty strings and a painfully high action - all without any instruction on anything at all by a store that mostly makes money on lessons... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Find the ultimate tone... the tone that makes the angels cry... and the women drool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I dont really think you can say to play just because you like it is not a valid answer.. (if your looking for it or not :)) We all pick up the guitar at different points in life and play for different reasons.. For some people just strumming at home to releive stress from work and such is as good a reason to play as someone who wants to be famous and make music for a living. For me its really all of the things you say.. Id like to gig and entertain and make money from music but is unlikey to happen so I am now happy just learning new things that interest me.. Making music at home and with friends for fun.. (possibly doing some open mic nights) And also mainly I do it for me.. Of all the things in my life music and playing the guitar is the one thing I can say thats really mine... I play because I enjoy it and want (i guess) to also emulate my heroes and make my own stamp even if no one else really hears it.. But as I say... I think its all good... playing music can be a way of life too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Ultimate Goal?...Gosh, that has changed, so many times, over the past 50 years, since I started playing at 12. At first, I wanted to be a "Beach Boy," then...the "Fifth Beatle!" Later, to play like EC, Mike Bloomfield, or Hendrix. When NONE of that happend, I quit, for 30 years! LOL Now, it's just to KEEP playing, keep these old (stiff, arthritic) fingers limbered up, the mind going, and, whenever possible, to play out, in front of people, for their (and, (mostly) our own) enjoyment. That's all, really. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Write fun, catchy songs and to keep challenging myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Write fun, catchy songs and to keep challenging myself... Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I dont really think you can say to play just because you like it is not a valid answer.. (if your looking for it or not :)) I didn't mean to say it wasn't valid at all, hell it's the most valid reason there is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 My ultimate goal would be to be able to make enough money to support myself and have my life centered around music. But I do not think that is unreachable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Entertain myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 It's an outlet, and I enjoy entertaining. I've never had a problem getting-up in front of a bunch of people and making a fool out of myself. In addition, the old adage "women like guitar players" is true. Nothing earth-shaking for me. It's who I am as a person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Great question... but I'm not sure you can really narrow the definition that much. My ultimate goal is to sound good. Which I do. At least my wife and I and our poddle GiGi think so. I figure if I "sound good" I'll be techinically proficient enough to be entertaining.... which I am, to said self, wife and poodle, GiGi. Perhaps I should set a new goal to sound great. Maybe pick up a Marshall to go with my LP. But dude, the reality is, for the rush I get when I play. For that place my mind goes when I am lost in my music. Because there is a muse in me that won't let me sleep sometimes until I get the song out of my head and into an amplifier.... these things say my REAL utlimate goal is to just _keep_playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 ...Maybe pick up a Marshall to go with my LP. Definitely do this. The other stuff too.. but this, definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matonanjin Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Sanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy60 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 yeah, i'm all about coming up with the sweetest riff. still searching.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namvet Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 To take whatever music is going through my head and have it transition through the guitar exactly as it is in my head. Most likely unobtainable at my skill level, though sometimes it does work if its simple enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 My goal is to be like AXE. 85 years old, 604 guitars, 97 amps, and have absolutly no problem picking up 25 year old chicks at the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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