On significant achievement that I have made in my life so far would be one regarding music. about 6 years ago I had a fascination with learning how to play guitar. My interest branched from myself playing the cello when I was younger. Playing this instrument gave me a feeling of confidence and self esteem. I generally felt good about myself whenever I sat down and played. By the time I started playing acoustic guitar I was in such a rush to learn chords and scales mostly to impress myself with the speed of development. For a while my mind was elsewhere and I stopped playing the guitar. By years went my interest fell into playing bass guitar. I started out teaching myself and it gave me a sort of raw feeling (not in a negative way). I was took bass lessons for a couple of weeks but it didn't feel right. It made me feel like this was more of a work effort or assignment rather than me learning for me, so I stopped the lessons and gradually gain skill on my own and developed my own style at a young age. I met many musicians when I was about 13 who were really skilled at about the age of 18 and 17 and they influenced my playing as I was already playing bass with the style of a guitar player incorporating the fundamentals of bass techniques. I was introduced to their bands and usually improvised while they played their songs. Never was I the kind of persons the be egotistical or consider myself to be masterful at what I did but throughout my life playing I never felt that I was good enough, mostly because of those who I look up to such as Evan Brewer, Victor Wooten, and Stanley Clarke. These men are pioneers at bass playing and keeping such high expectations help me realize that there is always room for improvement and in no way is anyone truly 100% at anything they master because absolute is something of an anomaly in my way of thinking. Now I play bass for two bands and keep in touch with many musicians who I usually communicate and talk to often which is a big help for me in my journey as a musician myself.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Journal Entry #10
On significant achievement that I have made in my life so far would be one regarding music. about 6 years ago I had a fascination with learning how to play guitar. My interest branched from myself playing the cello when I was younger. Playing this instrument gave me a feeling of confidence and self esteem. I generally felt good about myself whenever I sat down and played. By the time I started playing acoustic guitar I was in such a rush to learn chords and scales mostly to impress myself with the speed of development. For a while my mind was elsewhere and I stopped playing the guitar. By years went my interest fell into playing bass guitar. I started out teaching myself and it gave me a sort of raw feeling (not in a negative way). I was took bass lessons for a couple of weeks but it didn't feel right. It made me feel like this was more of a work effort or assignment rather than me learning for me, so I stopped the lessons and gradually gain skill on my own and developed my own style at a young age. I met many musicians when I was about 13 who were really skilled at about the age of 18 and 17 and they influenced my playing as I was already playing bass with the style of a guitar player incorporating the fundamentals of bass techniques. I was introduced to their bands and usually improvised while they played their songs. Never was I the kind of persons the be egotistical or consider myself to be masterful at what I did but throughout my life playing I never felt that I was good enough, mostly because of those who I look up to such as Evan Brewer, Victor Wooten, and Stanley Clarke. These men are pioneers at bass playing and keeping such high expectations help me realize that there is always room for improvement and in no way is anyone truly 100% at anything they master because absolute is something of an anomaly in my way of thinking. Now I play bass for two bands and keep in touch with many musicians who I usually communicate and talk to often which is a big help for me in my journey as a musician myself.
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