Im just refreshed to hear a young person today thats open minded and exploring and appreaciating all these pioneers of various techniques without worrying about whether or not they have been surpassed in notes per second or other statis quo things.
I made a bit of a mistake in not learning other people songs or techniques and just played around with my own stuff. But thats what I enjoy doing. It didnt make me that good of a guitar player. I stopped going to my "guitar lessons" in that Berkelee summer course because the dude, a highly reputable jazz player in Bostons clubs jumped all over my shit for being left handed. He down right insulted me. Like the stories of old when they broke kids fingers for trying to write with their left hand. I felt like wacking him in the head with my guitar. Honestly! I had the urge to stand up and knock his brazen ass senseless. First time in my life I ever felt that emotion.
Now recently I learned that Steve Morse is left handed playing right. Joe Perry is left handed playing right and just this week another great whos name escapes me also plays right.
I actually started right, my friends older brother was trying to teach me and I couldnt do a thing and he was ready to tell me to give it up. In fact the day he was explaining to me that I didnt have it, I said to him "does it make any difference that Im left handed" at which point he stood up and was ready to wack me with his guitar. (maybe thats where it came from
) Then he told me about Hendrix and that he was left handed. I went out and bought a $30 acoustic with 1/4" action and within two days was playing everything he had spent two weeks trying to get me to play right handed.
Im not really coordinated or dexterious, average at best so I was an average player when young, which on today scale puts me far below average. I just want to enjoy it for a few more years and have some fun without all the dreams and schemes.
So heres a few songs Im working on
Hurricane '75
Snowolf
Heart of Winter
Queen of the Burning Bush
The Dungeon
The Tower
Childrens Nightmare
Fly Away (I Wish I Could)
Bards Quest / The Gate Keeper
Time Heals / Time Steals
Heard of them ?
They ROCK!