What Are You Working On Right Now?

[TSJMajesty]

When Ernie Ball stops making guitars?

I wouldn't wish that even on Fenders.

 

[ibmorjamn]

Guys, I can't speak for your personal situations, or the pain in your hands, but I hope you don't give up on playing guitar all together.
I don't play everyday anymore, as it gets harder after long days of working with my hands. My expectations are to do what I know I can within the limits of a particular day. Nothing wrong with pushing yourself, but time is important and playing music should be a cathartic experience more than anything. I think we all wish we could do things and play a certain way, but maybe it's not meant to be the right path for us. It doesn't make us any less of a person or musician to admit that. We can spend a ton of time chasing the wrong things, but it's never too late to chase the right things no matter how old you are.

No , I am far from giving up but there is some pain. I have a song I am covering that I can’t quite figure out. It’s not even all that fast. The technique is different.

 

[DrewJD82]

Not guitar, actually.

The last few weeks I’ve felt like singing more and more and while there’s a general ‘in shape’ I keep my voice in, if I were to sing a whole set right now I’d be toast before the last song. I haven’t challenged myself vocally in quite a while and when I went to ‘clear out some cobwebs’ last week I was really happy to find I’ve forgotten some bad habits that are going to make this a quick process of getting gig-ready.

I’ve never once felt confident just playing solo acoustic/vocal and that seems silly to me, so while I have no other musical goals right now that seems to be a good one to fill the void. I haven’t had that “Oh, I want some of that, too” feeling for a very long time, that feeling I get when I get inspired by other musicians, but I definitely got it recently, I’m just not gonna say who, why or what yet, I’m curious to see if it works it’s way out musically.

There’s a direction I’m leaning in and it’s definitely within this playlist I made for practicing-

No metal screaming, I can already do that shit all day long and don’t feel I have anything left to explore there.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Not guitar, actually.

The last few weeks I’ve felt like singing more and more and while there’s a general ‘in shape’ I keep my voice in, if I were to sing a whole set right now I’d be toast before the last song. I haven’t challenged myself vocally in quite a while and when I went to ‘clear out some cobwebs’ last week I was really happy to find I’ve forgotten some bad habits that are going to make this a quick process of getting gig-ready.

I’ve never once felt confident just playing solo acoustic/vocal and that seems silly to me, so while I have no other musical goals right now that seems to be a good one to fill the void. I haven’t had that “Oh, I want some of that, too” feeling for a very long time, that feeling I get when I get inspired by other musicians, but I definitely got it recently, I’m just not gonna say who, why or what yet, I’m curious to see if it works it’s way out musically.

There’s a direction I’m leaning in and it’s definitely within this playlist I made for practicing-

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No metal screaming, I can already do that shit all day long and don’t feel I have anything left to explore there.

Zombie Eaters is a great track. I wore that album out. Same goes for Dirt.