Warmart
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Maybe it's just me, and sometimes being my own worse enemy? 
Maybe it's a mild rut, or being almost 57, or just poor choices - but I am struggling really badly with finding fun songs to learn. Most of you know I'm just a hack, this time around I'm approaching five years of continuous learning and I'm constantly getting "better", in my way at least. The other 2 or 3 attempts were squelched out by a combination of life tugging from multiple directions and a stupid belief that I just didn't "have it". Over that, at least. 
I guess it can be a curse to not be in a band that's forced to learn Seether or similar songs
, but here's the latest example: I have wanted to play Fairies Wear Boots for a few years, but that sliding/finger-plucking rhythm part in the intro was a huge barrier. I now get past that (although I'm convinced you need 8's to really get it to sound great), and past all the rhythm up to the first real solo AND I conquer that solo - and it was all a blast. From that point, the song is just misery to play, repetitive as hell and the next solo is just total 'meh', I can't stand it. Can't tell you how many times I run into similar things.
No psychoanalyzing is needed, I have pushed through enough parts of songs, and maybe I'll do the same with Fairies.
What I'm really interested in knowing are some of y'all's favorite go-to songs, that are fun and generally remain fun. I've mostly played 80's metal (bored to death playing Metallica - I "almost" can see why they switched their formula with the Black Album - almost
). Also learned a few Mastodon songs off of Leviathan but the rest fell into boredom mode. Tried some early 80's Def Leppard, Dokken, etc - boring. The last thing I learned that I just love to pieces would be Dio's Holy Diver solo, it's pure joy to play.
I did search and didn't see a similar thread - but will delete this if one exists.
Maybe it's a mild rut, or being almost 57, or just poor choices - but I am struggling really badly with finding fun songs to learn. Most of you know I'm just a hack, this time around I'm approaching five years of continuous learning and I'm constantly getting "better", in my way at least. The other 2 or 3 attempts were squelched out by a combination of life tugging from multiple directions and a stupid belief that I just didn't "have it". Over that, at least. I guess it can be a curse to not be in a band that's forced to learn Seether or similar songs
, but here's the latest example: I have wanted to play Fairies Wear Boots for a few years, but that sliding/finger-plucking rhythm part in the intro was a huge barrier. I now get past that (although I'm convinced you need 8's to really get it to sound great), and past all the rhythm up to the first real solo AND I conquer that solo - and it was all a blast. From that point, the song is just misery to play, repetitive as hell and the next solo is just total 'meh', I can't stand it. Can't tell you how many times I run into similar things.No psychoanalyzing is needed, I have pushed through enough parts of songs, and maybe I'll do the same with Fairies.
What I'm really interested in knowing are some of y'all's favorite go-to songs, that are fun and generally remain fun. I've mostly played 80's metal (bored to death playing Metallica - I "almost" can see why they switched their formula with the Black Album - almost
). Also learned a few Mastodon songs off of Leviathan but the rest fell into boredom mode. Tried some early 80's Def Leppard, Dokken, etc - boring. The last thing I learned that I just love to pieces would be Dio's Holy Diver solo, it's pure joy to play.I did search and didn't see a similar thread - but will delete this if one exists.
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