Has anyone ever had anyone get reeeeeeeeally jealous or has someone envied you when it comes to music or anything... lmao... it's irritating sometimes, though... kind of funny at the same time. The reason being is that it kinda scares me because I like sending songs to people for critique and all and I'm always like "What if they blow up or something"... also, one of my friends got like that once when his parents had a band and a fourth of july party and I did a few songs with them then he flipped out and started yelling "Stop showing off!"... It's funny sometimes... but kinda shocking.
I know a lot of people envy me for playing so many instruments. My mom put me in music lessons when I was very very young, and I've always had a sixth sense for anything musical. I play almost every instrument imaginable, and a lot of people get jealous. What they don't know is that all I can play is other people's music. When it comes to being creative, and trying to write, I completely fail.
I must say that I'm usually the jealous one, primarily because I'm unhappy with the instrument i chose when i was young. Now while I'm relegated to band class, (and our director blows) my friends form bands and wow people with their guitar/ piano skills. Nobody wants to hear a tuba...
I used to be intensely jealous of how well my friend Kyle plays the clarinet. Then I realized that that's just about the only thing he EVER does. I'm also jokingly jealous with my boyfriend because he's pretty awesome with the guitar. Once I played him (very badly) the I Love You song from Barney to be dorky, and he immediatly played it back to me perfectly with some improv -.- Arg. Then again people are jealous of me and how I can memorize 12 minutes of clarinet music in very little time (for when I used to be in marching band). It's not like I show it off, but underclassmen who were completely overwhelmed would be in awe. It's a learned skill though- the more you practice, the easier memorization comes.
I never did understand that......what are they thinking? If I was there and they told you to quit showing off, I'd politely request that they shut the f up.
with music i never said i knew everything....but i knew more than everyone around me which led to folks in school to respect me as a percussionist. i had no reason to envy anyone. and they had no reason to envy me because i taught anyone who wanted to know....however i greatly envy anyone with better oppurtunities than myself.
Yeah... but as far as teaching goes, there are some things I just can't seem to teach when it comes to piano, as I play by ear and that's a natural thing, but when it comes to things like guitar, I could teach almost anything you wanted to know, but people don't understand that... (referring to meg again )
I've never had anyone do that to me... mostly because my parents don't let me out and I haven't been playing that long anyway Buuuuuuuuut when I can do all that "showing off", I'm going to do it loud and often. If they don't like it, maybe they should pick up a guitar and quit bitchin'. I wouldn't do it to show off, I'd do it to have fun.
I guess I'm a little jealous of people that are talented both technically and creatively, because I went through a stage where I set the guitar aside for almost 7 years and didn't keep practicing. It's taken a while to regain some of those skills back, but I guess I've grown in other areas... Other than that, I guess I've had some people express envy over my knowledge of computers and how to incorporate them into music. Also, it's pretty nice to have a studio in your bedroom capable of professional studio results; not that I've mastered achieving those kind of results, yet, but it's still nice
sometimes...every blue moon somewhat will give me a good comment...but I never get irratted by good critizism....now when I look at someone who can wail out...I get really motivated...like this guy.... Improv Vid ( a recent jam) <http://www.guitar-dominion.com/lajam7.wmv>
I know... haha... but that comment on my piano playing stuck in my mind... I just don't want you to be like that... that's what inspiration and friends are for.
George, I envy your guitar collection. I stopped being envious of others' talents long ago. I realized it was quite probable that none of my "guitar heroes" could play any of any of the others' songs as originally written. In other words, I doubt if David Gilmour could play "Machine Gun" like Jimi Hendrix, I doubt if Jimi Hendrix could play "Yours Is No Disgrace" or "Clap" like Steve Howe, I doubt if Steve Howe could play "Layover" like Michael Hedges, I doubt if Michael Hedges could play "Echoes" like David Gilmour, and so on. I would like to think that should George (Orsino) and I ever meet, guitars in hand, that we would both have a reality altering, creative musical experience. So, George, if you're ever in Los Angeles . . .
Since I can remember.... my first encounter with a musical instrument is a picture of me banging on my great great aunt and uncle's hammond B3... and I played piano till I was about ten, then moved on to guitar... I just recently started messing around with piano again when I went to my neighbors house for a jam. They had a church group class and invited me over. I like turning things into something more progressive and I have a lot of jam bands as influences... haha, even though most people say maroon 5 aren't that great, I find This Love to be a really fun piano song... I never get out to the west coast... hah, I hardly have any reason to leave the house... I wish I did... I wish I could... I mainly am terrified of the people around here. They can be so ignorant, at times... not only that but there's no real action around here besides wal-marts and churches, though I can't stand all the overly religious people around here, I do like the black churches... sometimes I go to them for the people and the music/dancing experiences. They're more lively, joyful, and upbeat. That's life in rural eastern virginia... Though, I do live downtown here... and still... unless you like gourmet wine and cheese shops, colonial crap, furniture shops, lawyers, and rednecky local diners, there isn't much. I spend most of my time alone in this room playing music and writing... I find it to be soothing, yet I get tired with my life sometimes. The only problem is that I don't like calling it a night if I'm out somewhere. Home is like a ball and chain, especially when it doesn't feel like a home. Wish I lived in a city... Not only that but there's one high school here and it's soooooo damn corrupt. An asst. principal was supposedly taking sex as a bribe to pass students, and another principal at a high school not far from here was the leader of a $20,000,000 ring of some cocaine smuggling ring and some gang... the county board seems to spend more on office furniture than they do on schools, and it's a big piece of shit. Not only that, but the winter depresses me and makes it twice as worse... ugh, I let this place get to me.
i totally agree on this. although, i sorta think steve howe is the fucking bomb and that steve vai could probably play anything as originally written, if not just a little too tight and rigid... listen to bobby weir with the dead...who else plays rhythm like him? he did what he could and it was his own...as long as you're playing and it sounds good to someone, then you are a kickass guitarist.
