09-23-2023, 02:27 PM
They can’t even be real to her. I get all the rest of them that are like “Oh I suck too” but not even the guitarist, who are honestly like the worst people on the planet (I am one) when it comes to destroying the dreams of newbies, can even let a sliver of reality cut through the rainbows.
Oh you want to play guitar? You say you have a cheap ESP and a Boss Katana? Great you’re way better off than I was when I started. You say you’ve been playing since 2018 and can play bits of Iron Man? We are starting over. I assure you everything you’re doing is wrong. Here hold the guitar” Wrong hold it like this. Hold the pick. Wrong hold it like this. Strum the strings. Wrong strum it like this. Pick a single string 4 times. Wrong pick up then down up then down.
Now here is Mary had a little lamb. Don’t even speak to me until you can play it perfectly.
Oh you’re done? Let’s hear it. Stop. Nope. That was supposed to be a down pick. Start over.
That was honestly pretty close to my first experience at a guitar lesson in 1991, and it made me respect the instrument. Think she could handle that without feeling scared and anxious?
Oh you want to play guitar? You say you have a cheap ESP and a Boss Katana? Great you’re way better off than I was when I started. You say you’ve been playing since 2018 and can play bits of Iron Man? We are starting over. I assure you everything you’re doing is wrong. Here hold the guitar” Wrong hold it like this. Hold the pick. Wrong hold it like this. Strum the strings. Wrong strum it like this. Pick a single string 4 times. Wrong pick up then down up then down.
Now here is Mary had a little lamb. Don’t even speak to me until you can play it perfectly.
Oh you’re done? Let’s hear it. Stop. Nope. That was supposed to be a down pick. Start over.
That was honestly pretty close to my first experience at a guitar lesson in 1991, and it made me respect the instrument. Think she could handle that without feeling scared and anxious?
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