12-01-2012, 06:54 PM
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Do you feel like your music is pointless and means nothing?
I mean, you write songs and what not, but you just play them to yourself. Nobody hears them. You're not in a band. Your guitar playing is going nowhere.
I'm 30 years old. I spent 4 years with a stupid chick who hated proper music and gradually eroded my passion for playing guitar. I'm gutted every time I think about that period in my life. I wasted those 4 years. Now I'm with a chick who is so supportive it's untrue. And I've finally found somebody who digs my stuff and is up for getting a band going. I feel stoked but at the same time feel like I've missed the boat and wasted my youth. I don't even really know where I'm going with this but just wanted to vent a little. Humbug!
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12-01-2012, 07:11 PM
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"Stupid chick who hated proper music."
Really? You're going to be that douch-nozzle?
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12-01-2012, 07:41 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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Excuse me? She didn't like anything outside of pop stuff and tried to change everything about me so I'm sure you'll understand if I don't have a very high opinion of her.
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12-01-2012, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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It's great that you found a partner who's supportive of your music, it's essential for a musician. My girlfriend is also the sound person for many of my gigs so it gives us a chance to get out...a lot
 No need to complain about the past, look to the future and have fun. You can play music until you die. I sometimes think that I "missed the boat" as the first half of my 20s involved a whole heap of drinking, failing in university and sometimes not playing guitar for months at a time. At some point I pulled it all together, got through uni and within 3 years my calender was (and still is) completely full with gigs. I'm sure with some effort on your behalf you'll get to the same point.
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12-01-2012, 07:53 PM
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maybe you should quit guitar, you're playing an obsolete instrument that no real woman wants to listen to
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12-01-2012, 07:57 PM
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How dare you.
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12-01-2012, 08:34 PM
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Good for you. If she enjoys your music it isn't obsolete. Does she play an instrument too?
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12-01-2012, 08:37 PM
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lol do people still take other people seriously when they say something like that
like, really, what
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12-01-2012, 08:43 PM
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She tried to changed who you were, and music was an aspect of this? That I can understand. Her not liking "proper music" (what ever the hell that means) is just judgmental and elitist. But I'm happy that you got a girl that supports you. We all gotta have those "requirements" in a girl before we take her seriously.
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12-01-2012, 08:50 PM
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My gf said my music sucked and I wasn't going anywhere with my band... Told her to **** off now I play in downtown pittsburgh with touring bands..
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12-01-2012, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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You sound upset
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12-01-2012, 09:12 PM
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I dunno, it bothers me when people just don't get music. I see where you're coming from. I don't really care about people liking any particular genre anymore, but if music is doesn't get to your heart, then you probably aren't someone I want to spend any time with.
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12-01-2012, 09:28 PM
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I don't get what in those 4 years makes you feel like you wasted them? As long as you wrote music and practiced guitar, you gained experience, which isn't a waste.
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12-01-2012, 09:36 PM
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I don't care if my music gets heard or not. I like writing it or playing it, and thats enough for me.
Even worse is writing classical music, because absolutely no one listens, and its a lot harder to write. But I do it because I like doing it. If you like doing it than what's pointless about it?
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12-01-2012, 10:40 PM
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Every artist follows their own path. it is not the audience or success that should drive. The true artist is driven out of a need to create.
Keep going. You will be fine. |
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12-02-2012, 01:55 AM
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I play gratuitously violent death metal my music has no point or meaning nor do I care. People have told me I should play a less agressive more accessable type of music that more people can relate too I'm 6'6" and 300 lbs I'm not going to be a pop star or "alt" rocker god anytime soon based on my looks alone, besides I really hate playing that type of music anyway. I play what I want amd don't give two shits what anybody says about it.
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12-02-2012, 05:51 AM
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My point of view is this : I love music, I love writing it, I love playing it, I love recording it and I love listening to it.It's even cooler if someone else enjoys what I've done
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12-02-2012, 12:17 PM
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I just didn't do much guitar related stuff at all. I used to get it in the neck if I wanted to do anything on my own. It wasn't healthy. Just regret the fact I didn't get into a band etc. and have an established setup by now as a result.
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12-02-2012, 01:44 PM
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So why would waste MORE time worrying about something you can't change? The idea of having "Wasted your youth" at age 30 is pretty absurd. |
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12-02-2012, 03:08 PM
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Your situation sounds pretty good to me. (Creatively-wise)
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