Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - An honest look at my own guitar playing and tastes

bootlegger1929 · June 26th, 2009, 01:23 AM

Ok. Here's the thing. You're young. You have time. You know what you want.
It's good to ask yourself the questions you are asking yourself. But here's something a good friend always told me when I was learning guitar (but we're always learning right?), ENJOY THE JOURNEY. Not the band, well you can if you want to but that's not exactly my cup o' tea.. jk.

Anyway, your tastes will change, probably. So the music you like now you may not like 2 years down the road. Or you may still enjoy it but expand to other things. You may even one day like Jimi. I can say from experience, I thought I hated Jimi Hendrix as a kid. I just didn't get it. I didn't like the blues. I didn't like country. I only listened to hard rock and jam music. Then things changed. I literally listen to as much music I can now regardless of genre, except for most newer poppy country and a lot of what's on the radio.. which I can't really say now that a ton of my favorite bands in the "indie music scene" are now on the radio.

Point is. Times change. People change. Don't count yourself out of that and as I said before (and I think this need reiterating) ENJOY THE JOURNEY!

/rant.

June 26th, 2009, 01:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
bootlegger1929 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chicago Age: 22 Posts: 151 2 Photos	Ok. Here's the thing. You're young. You have time. You know what you want. It's good to ask yourself the questions you are asking yourself. But here's something a good friend always told me when I was learning guitar (but we're always learning right?), ENJOY THE JOURNEY. Not the band, well you can if you want to but that's not exactly my cup o' tea.. jk. Anyway, your tastes will change, probably. So the music you like now you may not like 2 years down the road. Or you may still enjoy it but expand to other things. You may even one day like Jimi. I can say from experience, I thought I hated Jimi Hendrix as a kid. I just didn't get it. I didn't like the blues. I didn't like country. I only listened to hard rock and jam music. Then things changed. I literally listen to as much music I can now regardless of genre, except for most newer poppy country and a lot of what's on the radio.. which I can't really say now that a ton of my favorite bands in the "indie music scene" are now on the radio. Point is. Times change. People change. Don't count yourself out of that and as I said before (and I think this need reiterating) ENJOY THE JOURNEY! /rant.