Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Is it just me, or does anyone else find a lot of solace in their git after a really rotten day? Yeah, I can come home, blow off some steam at hubby, but the one thing that puts me back in a decent frame of mind is a good picking session on the Martie. Anybody else do this? Just curious.
Members Scott Fonseca Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Oh Lord yes! I think of my guitar as a release. Playing it takes my mind off of the bustling world around me. If I have had a bad day, I love just going into my room, shutting the door and playing. It doesn't matter what, normally I just noodle around if it has been a bad day. However, I always notice what I play changes as my mood changes.
Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Author Members Posted January 5, 2008 Oh Lord yes! I think of my guitar as a release. Playing it takes my mind off of the bustling world around me. If I have had a bad day, I love just going into my room, shutting the door and playing. It doesn't matter what, normally I just noodle around if it has been a bad day. However, I always notice what I play changes as my mood changes. That's what happens to me, too. At first, the music is rowdy, like a hard, fast flamenco, then it mellows to gentle fingerpicking as the frustrations of the day slowly wear off.
Members Scott Fonseca Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 That's what happens to me, too. At first, the music is rowdy, like a hard, fast flamenco, then it mellows to gentle fingerpicking as the frustrations of the day slowly wear off.And then at the end, you are playing softly and sweetly with a small smile on your face? That would be me!!
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Anybody else do this? Just curious.Yes, almost everyday for hours...since about the age of 13. Damn...you'd think I'd be better at it by now....
Members Scott Fonseca Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Yes, almost everyday for hours...since about the age of 13. Damn...you'd think I'd be better at it by now.... OGP, I have heard your playing, and it is wonderful!
Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Author Members Posted January 5, 2008 OGP, I have heard your playing, and it is wonderful! +1000 You're light years ahead of me.
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 +1000 You're light years ahead of me. Awwwe...shucks thanks folks. You know how it is...you always wish you could be better. But it's not always about that when we play...it's like you said...it's more about therapy for me. Especially acoustic music. I am really appreciating it a lot more now than I ever did.
Members Broadus Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 I agree, Samilyn. I'm way behind all you folks (wish I'd taken it up at 22 instead of waiting till 52), but I get in a mellower frame of mind with an acoustic in my lap. However, I go straight for the gentle fingerpicking. Bill
Members simplygoodmusic Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Couldn't be more natural. Its expression for me. So a good playing session is like a good talk with a friend. And in the right moments of playing with other people I completly let go and release everything I have. You know those few seconds were something just clicks and you don't know what got hold of you? And before you know it whoever you are playing with is hearing about all your sorrows in a way no one else can. For someone like me those moments are rare, but amazing non the less.
Members Hamhand Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Lord yes. No question. I have a job that's a daily non stop 9 hr shuffle, I'm going thru a seperation and miss my kids, dealing with the dating scene,(not much of a scene, lol), etc,etc. At the end of the day, I open up several different cases, hop from guitar to guitar and just float away. If I'm a little down I play all the goofy stuff I've written over the years...instant mood change. Solace is the right word Samilyn.
Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Author Members Posted January 5, 2008 Lord yes. No question. I have a job that's a daily non stop 9 hr shuffle, I'm going thru a seperation and miss my kids, dealing with the dating scene,(not much of a scene, lol), etc,etc. At the end of the day, I open up several different cases, hop from guitar to guitar and just float away. If I'm a little down I play all the goofy stuff I've written over the years...instant mood change. Solace is the right word Samilyn. Awww, Ham. I'm so sorry to hear that. I truly hope things start looking up for you soon - real soon! Sure am glad you've got your git for comfort and solace.
Members C70man Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 If anyone walked in on me while I was "talking" to one of my guitars, they might have me committed. They can be my best friend at times.
Members totamus Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 If my guitar were a woman, I'd marry her... Sounds like it oughta be country song I have countless hours with the guitar. It isn't even a choice, its a compulsion. I don't play so much because I want to (although I do), I play because I have to. Sometimes I will just free form improv - that is when my soul pours through me and into the guitar. Cathartic, healing, solace, comfort, however you choose to describe it. At church once the preacher said everyone is born with a God shaped hole in their heart. That pretty well sums up guitar for me - there is a guitar shaped hole in my being that can only be filled by playing. Don't want to ever stop, couldn't even if I wanted to. My biggest fear is that someday the fingers won't work and I will have to stop...
Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Author Members Posted January 5, 2008 If my guitar were a woman, I'd marry her...Sounds like it oughta be country songI have countless hours with the guitar. It isn't even a choice, its a compulsion. I don't play so much because I want to (although I do), I play because I have to.Sometimes I will just free form improv - that is when my soul pours through me and into the guitar. Cathartic, healing, solace, comfort, however you choose to describe it.At church once the preacher said everyone is born with a God shaped hole in their heart. That pretty well sums up guitar for me - there is a guitar shaped hole in my being that can only be filled by playing.Don't want to ever stop, couldn't even if I wanted to. My biggest fear is that someday the fingers won't work and I will have to stop... +10000 If I had a choice, I hope to lose my mind before my fingers. If I'm too nutty to know what planet I'm on, then it won't hurt to not play.
Members riffmeister Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Is it just me, or does anyone else find a lot of solace in their git after a really rotten day? Even on 'non-rotten' days, I find solace in my guitar. I mostly play nylon string guitars (no plectrum) and that really adds an element of 'sensuous' to the experience. .
Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Author Members Posted January 5, 2008 Even on 'non-rotten' days, I find solace in my guitar. I mostly play nylon string guitars (no plectrum) and that really adds an element of 'sensuous' to the experience.. I agree. Sometimes the soft sweetness of nylon is even more soothing than anything I do on a steel string and one of the main reasons I'm attempting to restore an old classical. If that can't be done, then I'll stuff the piggy bank and keep looking for an old Yammie classical.
Members garthman Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 I agree. Sometimes the soft sweetness of nylon is even more soothing than anything I do on a steel string and one of the main reasons I'm attempting to restore an old classical. If that can't be done, then I'll stuff the piggy bank and keep looking for an old Yammie classical. Just stick some nylon strings on that bright blue beater of yours. And yes, I try to play for 1/2 an hour every day (doesn't always happen but I keep trying) and it's usually my nylon strung dreadnaught that I choose. It's just about the best way to relax I find other than, perhaps, a couple of glasses of good red wine and, of course, the best therapy is to combine the two activities.
Members Scott Fonseca Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 The guitar is my Prozac. +10000 that says it all
Members Ohioarrow Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Is it just me, or does anyone else find a lot of solace in their git after a really rotten day? No question about it, playing is a mood booster for me.
Members Samilyn Posted January 5, 2008 Author Members Posted January 5, 2008 Just stick some nylon strings on that bright blue beater of yours. LOL - that would be interesting, considering the blue beater is now a slide axe. Nylon slide.........hmmmmm.........
Members Scott Fonseca Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 LOL - that would be interesting, considering the blue beater is now a slide axe. Nylon slide.........hmmmmm......... Who knows? Might sound cool!
Members Harmonycat Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 If my guitar were a woman, I'd marry her... These admissions and revelations of yours are beginning to take on Biblical Proportions.:poke:All-Kidding Aside....Playing after a long tough day is very calming...somewhat Zen-like...Very relaxing!
Members Sisyphus2 Posted January 5, 2008 Members Posted January 5, 2008 Most days I spend my time helping people who life has shat on - people in prisons and hospitals or people who have come here to escape torture and death.... I think that if i didnt have a good woman, a big bear of a dog and a guitar Id go mad. When its a really bad day I get out the Marshall and the Strat!!!
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