Tonight was one of those rare nights where my guitar playing broke through to another level. It's been stuck in second gear for several years now and I finally got it into overdrive. My tone, timing, and structure all got turned up to a notch I didn't think I could get to.
I've been working on becoming a lead player and spending a lot of time learning things stylistically that are very uncomfortable. Once I was warmed up at rehearsal this evening those hours started paying off and I hit a few licks that made the drummer and bass player miss a beat. No joking they were wide eyed looking at my hands as i was ripping on this new song. I've been playing with those guys for over a decade now and that doesn't happen. Just for a little bit I got to feel like whatever sound I wanted my guitar to make, it just happened, without much effort. Wrote and finished a keeper song with a seriously killer rock riff & a solo that blended with it perfectly, front to back in 20 minutes that may be my best work ever.
It was a night where making that guitar sing was as much fun as a guy can have standing up. Shout out to everybody here that's given me advice on how to improve and how to see my approach in a different light. Anyway, guitar player geek-out over.
I've been working on becoming a lead player and spending a lot of time learning things stylistically that are very uncomfortable. Once I was warmed up at rehearsal this evening those hours started paying off and I hit a few licks that made the drummer and bass player miss a beat. No joking they were wide eyed looking at my hands as i was ripping on this new song. I've been playing with those guys for over a decade now and that doesn't happen. Just for a little bit I got to feel like whatever sound I wanted my guitar to make, it just happened, without much effort. Wrote and finished a keeper song with a seriously killer rock riff & a solo that blended with it perfectly, front to back in 20 minutes that may be my best work ever.
It was a night where making that guitar sing was as much fun as a guy can have standing up. Shout out to everybody here that's given me advice on how to improve and how to see my approach in a different light. Anyway, guitar player geek-out over.
