blah. does anyone actually read this blog? lol. Okay , let's make it read-able.
Hais. My RE Group and I are gonna go to Chao Yang again tomorrow. I am kind of excited. Scared that I'll pass my sickness to them though. Still coughing like crazy over here. Hopefully it'll be a fun and fulfilling and ..what's the word? Effective? Whatever. Lesson.
Hais. I feel that my guitar skills suck a lot. For some one who's been playing for a good two years and two months (roughly) now, I don't seem like some one , who , well, has been playing for a good two years and two months now. I do regret doing the 'learn-intro-of-song-then-don't-give-a-shit ' bit I've been doing for the past two years now. I think I only got serious when I started learning Sweet Home Alabama.
I guess I realised I wasn't going anywhere with the guitar when I realised that my repertoire (of songs that I could play) wasn't actually that much. Like. If someone asked me, HAY PLAY US A SONG 8D
A couple months ago, What I could actually play would be -The intros to several songs -Basic Chord Progressions -Classical Songs
The last one seems the only thing I'm good at , actually. ._. I suck at the pick, compared to people like Jee Kin and even Daniel. Seriously. Although my Finger-Picking isn't bad, I don't stand-out from the average guitarist . Which disturbs me. I mean.
I have a Les Paul. I have a Line 6.
I HAVE THREE GUITARS!
I essentially have all the gear that a budding guitarist should have! And yet I'm still stuck where I am.
Hais.
I have been experimenting though. With Nail, or Hybrid picking. Well.. it isn't bad. It's fun. I was doing it for about a week, until my nail grew out of shape and I cut it too short. Which was about a week ago. Now I've more or less moved back into fingerpicking. Which is honestly damn annoying to play. Seriously. Although my control over it is good, I tend to fumble a lot when noodling and it PISSES THE HELL OFF ME. (sic)
I mean. String-skipping is easy shit with finger picking.
(Which is why Sweet Child O' Mine is a song I like to play , lol)
But noodling.. gah, noodling. It is painful not being able to hit it with fingerpicking. Fingers are messy.
LIKE. Messy. Seriously. NOT TO MENTION! I play apoyondo, not tirando.
Where tirando is the supposedly-better-choice, as recommended by Kosta Vreto.
(Who, if you're reading this and are interested in guitars, you should totally watch on YouTube)
Well, there was that, until I recently started getting serious for guitar and I have started learning some songs seriously, like Sweet Child O' Mine.
..
Ahh where was I.
Okay I got distracted by talking to my senior about Dramafeste.
Which I am caught in a dilemma because of. (sic , again, lol)
Should I or shouldn't I? I mean. I want to. But at the same time, I don't want to.
I know it'll probably be damn fun. But. Like. RAH.
I rather spend the time shitting around with my friends, playing basketball, jamming and studying. Seriously.
Okay I have ranted too much.
Yes I realised I was ranting.
Too much.
lol.
..
this is getting awkward.
Good bye.
extra:
^ My guitar standard about two weeks ago. Nail-picking used here.