2 Things to Remember If You Play an Instrument

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE

​Numerous of great guitar player, bass player, drummers, pianists, percussionist, harp player, harmonica player,  or whatever great instrumentalist you can think of doesn't born with an instrument in their hand.  They were not born with a tattoo that says you'll be the next Slash or the next Taylor Swift on your forehead.  These famous artists started by choosing what would be their first musical instruments.  

When i said choose your own weapon, i am simply referring to what could be your prefer musical instruments ( i know you know what i mean).  I get it, there are so many to choose from. I heard it before and i am with you on that. We all struggle with that, also because i think i have the same disorder what i call... musical attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or MADHD.  You'll probably asking yourself, what is MADHD? I don't know the answer to that question either because i am not a doctor or a medical expert.  I made that up.  If you remember your first musical instrument and you stuck with it till the end, i can honestly say that you don't have MADHD, for the rest of us that struggling to choose from one instrument to another, well... I get it, i have the same problem as you do. 

​Have you ever gone to a music store and went straight to grab a kazoo then buy it and leave?  The answer is no, because whenever you go to a music shop you always ended up playing almost every instrument that are available and doesn't have a tag "do not touch".  Main point is, i know it's puzzling sometimes to stick to one instrument.  In my opinion, its okay if you choose to play a guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, harmonica at the same time. People will tell you... "hey you should stick to one instrument and master it then move on to another one".  I'll say there are plenty of artist that will thrash that opinion. (check out Shakey Graves, Tash Sultana) I am not suggesting you to get all the instrument and play it, but if you enjoy it doing it why not.  Specially if you're financially comfortable and can afford all of it, sure get them all and don't to forget to invite me in.  Do not get discourage because you're too overwhelm of how many are out there.  At the end of the day the most important thing is the happiness you feeling when you play them. So choose whatever your soul desire. 

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PRACTICE

​You heard the word, you read it so many times, you already know it, why would i even bother writing this blog.  Well, it doesn't hurt that sometimes there's someone out there trying to push you to practice when ever you feel like quitting.  Learning how to play a musical instruments won't make you rich.  Truth is it won't even make you money until you know hours of cover songs and hustle up to get a gig from your local coffee shop or if you're just so lucky enough that after you post your first cover song on youtube and it got viral.  Then yes i apologize, my opinion is totally wrong.  But one key element in life is "practice".  It does not even matter if we are talking about playing instrument.  Practice is always been there in our everyday life without even knowing it.   Do you remember being a toddler?  Do you remember your first walk?  You don't, none of us remembered unless your parents show you the tape or tell you  the story  when they saw you start crawling until you push up  and started to stand up and fall, pushed back up and fall again and again until you gain to balance your tiny baby ass and took that left foot forward then right foot and fall back to your knees and repeat the process.  That is called "Practice".  As a 9-12 month old child, you have no idea what practice even mean, i bet you couldn't even say it at that time. 

You can be good of making sound out of that tiny guitar better when you practice.  One reason that many of us quit is because we didn't get good at it.  But i'll suggest that to try to take it day by day,  to start by putting it on your schedule at least 20 minutes a day or every other day if you must.  That is a total of 2 hours and 20 minutes a week of practice.  Yes sure you're not gonna be Carlos Santana any time soon but it will satisfy your soul knowing that you're  putting an effort and getting better every time you practice.  Then after a numerous of total  hours of practice you can finally play that song you been wanting to play for years.  At the end of the day, you, yourself and ourself are the only one stopping that from happening.  Keep on practicing my friend.  

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