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Location: Newington, CT | What are your strengths / positives as a guitarist or musician?
My answer:
I can play very fast. I love the guitar, love to play and am highly motivated. That doesn't ever seem to diminish, even when I'm exhausted. When I get warmed-up, I can make some REALLY nice sounds. When I get inspired, I can play things that make me say, "Wow! I didn't know I could DO that! That was COOL!" I have a great deal of confidence when I improvise. When I get into it and get going, I can rip through some really delightful solos. I've even produced music -- with this odd style of mine -- that I enjoy listening to regularly. I learn quickly and tend to assimilate new guitar skills fairly easily. Sometimes -- only sometimes -- I have great feel and touch, and I can do some really wonderful things. This gives me hope that one day I'll be able to do it regularly, if not necessarily on command. I have LOTS of musical ideas to develop, and am pretty creative. I feel at home, at ease, comfortable with the guitar in my hands. I can play electric or acoustic. I know what is my "ideally configured guitar," to a fine level of detail. I'm a voracious learner. I want always to grow, to improve, to mature, to expand my musical horizons, to be smarter. I'm cute as a button.
And, last but not least: I've found an extremely valuable resource for information, advice, feedback, learning, coaching, encouragement and more in the Ovation Fan Club. Oh, and I'm not really cute as a button.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I can tune a guitar by ear. |
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Location: SoCal | I have special backs put on my Ovations made of kevlar. Heavy as hell, but bullet proof for when I'm working in south central..... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Moody, get serious will you ...
What's GOOD about you is that you are a gun toting republican and in my mind that gives you a free pass on all your negatives.
Now go practice your damn guitar. At least change some strings or something. |
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Location: chicago | I think the most important question is are you having fun,sounds like you have that part down Alan,Im guessin' thats about 99% right there.I dig your guitarplayer videos!Jeff |
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| One positive is that I haven't given up. That's about it right now.
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Location: NJ | I'm a good friend |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay
I sleep all night and I work all day
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Location: Chicago | I stick to who/what I love for a LONG time. |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Somebody has the signature: "Playing guitar is like petting a puppy, you don't have to be any good at it, to enjoy it." That could be my sentence.
I'm not a great player, but I really enjoy playing a good sounding guitar, that is the best satisfaction for me after a hard days work.
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Hey, I've forgotten the most important:
I've to help anybody
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Location: Right now? | Hmmm....
I make a helluva good shrimp & scallop fra diablo? Ummm ... Ohhhh .... musically ... (I'm sorry) let's see:
I TRY really hard and practice ALL THE TIME? Does that count?
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I can tune a guitar by ear. Now THAT'S impressive.
I have to use my fingers... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | You haven't seen my ears !!! |
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Location: Denmark | Originally posted by muzza:
Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I can tune a guitar by ear. Now THAT'S impressive.
I have to use my fingers...
Bandwise I believe that my greatest capability is the combination of listening and improvising without destroying anything and, when the red button is pushed, stepping forward getting quite expressive.
Finally I am manic about how song arrangements are written - so I write them myself, and the band mates have nothing against that. |
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Location: GA USA | My main strength as a musician is that I'm pretty good at singing harmony. I think it's from listening to a lot of Loggins & Messina when I was young. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Speaking of tuning by ear....I put strings on a guitar yesterday. Tuned it up manually until it sounded "about right", put on the clip-on tuner, and it was dead on. Weird. |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | I'm a musician and I can STILL pay my mortgage..!! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I have nice guitars.
A decent ear.
Fair voice.
Maybe most of all I'm fine with sitting in the basement and listening to good music and trying to copy it. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I make other people sound good.
By playing, and then leaving the stage. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Captain Lovehandles:
I'm pretty good at singing harmony. Pfffft, now there's an understatement!
Originally posted by dark bar:
... it was dead on. Weird. Yeah, but did all the tuna buttons line up? 
Originally posted by War Eagle:
I'm a musician and I can STILL pay my mortgage..!! Kieth, now that true braggin' rights! 
But as to Alan's question... nuttin'. I just love music, good folk and Ovations. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I can play in such a way that others are left with the impression that I know what I'm doing. Unfortunately, I really don't. I also own a whole bunch of guitar neon. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | have had a few good guitar ideas back in the day |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | If the Professor doesn't know what he's doing, that's the best fake job I've ever heard! Kudos to you, Brad! :D
As for me, hmmmmm......I can play basic bass when needed, finger-pick and strum well enough to blend into a crowd, but not stand out in it; I guess my best points are the vocals--I LOVE to harmonize; it's just so much more fun than singing lead. I seem to be able to blend with just about anyone, 'cause my voice doesn't have a lot of overpowering qualities of its' own--I don't have one of those voices that gets you a lot of attention, like Joisey Goil #2 or Otto, but that's o.k. Where would Diana Ross have been without the Supremes? ;)
Oh, yeah......there are a few people who think I've written some pretty good songs, too; I know that "a few" doesn't sound as good as "lots of," but they are people whose opinions mean the world to me, and that's what matters......
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Location: Newington, CT | Great answers, everyone. When you all attack a topic seriously, you give REALLY thought-provoking, profound, knowledgeable, responses. Lots of learning, experience and intelligence in this group! And there's lots of learning to be had just by reading this forum! Thanks, everyone! |
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