Sometimes it’s easy to get bogged down with practicing…<\/p>\n
Even Jimi Hendrix is quoted as saying,<\/p>\n
“Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now to be honest, I don’t know if that’s legit or not, I haven’t checked the source, but it sort of doesn’t matter in this case because it’s a great quote.<\/p>\n
My 45th birthday is coming up in a couple of days and that means I’m coming up on my 36th year of playing the guitar… 30 years professionally (wow!)<\/p>\n
And yes, I can tell you from experience, that it’s easy to get lost in the struggle and forget that it’s called playing<\/em> guitar for a reason, it’s supposed to be fun.<\/p>\n
But when things are difficult and you’re working hard to improve your technique or your understanding it’s easy to forget why you are struggling to learn or understand something new.<\/p>\n
So you have to remind yourself once in a while that the reason you practice is to improve and the reason you want to improve is that it makes playing more enjoyable overall.<\/p>\n
And when you’re trying to count something and it’s slow as molasses, that’s ok because it won’t always be that way.<\/p>\n
Also remember that everyone loves different aspects of guitar playing…<\/p>\n
For some folks it’s all about playing their favorite songs note for note perfect…<\/p>\n
For others it’s the thrill of improvising something cool over a song you’ve never heard (that’s me)<\/p>\n
And for others it’s the theory, or the tone, or just the escape from the day-to-day.<\/p>\n
It really doesn’t matter what it is that inspires you to play your guitar, just make sure you include a little of that thing each day so you always have something to look forward to and can always end your practice sessions on a high note (pardon the pun \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Oh, and before you leave, let us all know what your favorite part is and what inspires you to play every day in the comments below… I’ll bet it’s pretty eye-opening to go back and read what inspires others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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