Observations By Mike in Austin
It’s funny how the more and more I study this craft of music, the more I realize I don’t know everything. I tend to over-complicate things by always thinking too far ahead and becoming overwhelmed.
The point for me is to learn something no matter how simple and keep in mind that I am playing music in the now. That sounds cliche’ but to put this more into perspective I will tell you that there are more styles of music out there that inspire me than I know what to do with. And certainly more than what I play at this time.
But to realize that there are masterful songwriters or musicians out there that are way better than you is also humbling. I am not them, though I may aspire to be as great as them. Since there are so many styles my opinion of what I think I should play changes, lately I have been thinking of heavy metal, the progressive kind no less and the alternative kind. But I am so unsure of myself and really can’t please anyone and everyone at the same time I have to choose between the different styles I am into.
This can present so many choices that you decide not to even play despite common sense telling you to just pick one. I hope to put together some music for this site that would show you my talents for different genres of rock, jazz, fusion, indie or whatever. But now I am realizing that the stronger thing than me is what causes me to play what I originally didn’t really set out to play. This is scary, unfamiliar, and pleasing from the discovery at the same time. I hope this all made sense as I tried to articulate what was in my head at the time. Cheers.
Mike
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1 Gene H // Mar 29, 2009 at 8:33 am
Very insightful. I learned a lot about myself over the past 2 years — who I am versus who I think I want to be. I play in several groups right now, they are all-acoustic and play slightly different kinds of music. I love to jam to music like moe. and Steve Kimock and I’d like to jam more like this in a live setting. I thought I wanted to play in a bigger, louder funky band (part of me still does).
But, that’s not who I really am. I found that I can funk it up on acoustic guitar like crazy and still have fun. It’s a bit unique, but it’s me. I’m not striving to be something that I’m not. Still, an electric jam would be nice every once in a while.
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