Monday, July 29, 2013

'Anyone Can Play Guitar'


As easy as it is to trust a vintage Radiohead song (such as the one referenced above) as legitimate career advice, it’s unfortunately not as easy as many would have you believe. The hard and fast and somewhat predictable truth is that there really aren’t any particularly good short cuts unless you live somewhere near a certain intersection in the South and have no specific use for your soul. But even that method is yet to be scientifically proven.  It’s tempting to think that you can teach yourself how to play guitar. It’s pretty likely that many of your favorite musicians have touted their ‘self-taught’ credentials but equally likely that they aren’t telling the whole truth. The fact is that unless the extent of your aspirations end with Sid Vicious or Dee Dee Ramone (yes, I know they were both bass players) you’ll probably never be as good as you imagined yourself while flailing around with a tennis racquet in front of your bathroom mirror. To read more about this and ten other mistakes guitar players make while trying to develop their skills, click on the link below:


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