On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Krimel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think Case is, in fact cutting off his nose to spite his face. I think he > is being stubborn and frivolous. But I don't play guitar or study music > theory so he never listens to me.
Well I do, so maybe he'll "listen" to me. Case? Just keep on keepin' on. I have three cousins who's dad is in a band and a retired high school music teacher. They all grew up learning theory and practicing a mandated 1 1/2 hours per day. They were all talented and really good at their instruments when they were kids. Since they became adults, not one of them has picked up an instrument. They've forgotten everything they learned. They hated music. I, on the other hand, have simply plunked along for pleasure my whole life and still enjoy playing guitar. Those that listen to me enjoy my guitar playing also. I will say tho, that my pleasure is increased when somebody teaches me a new trick, or I add some knowledge and it was a great deal of improvement to learn to read music and gain some theory - it helps tremendously to have some intellectual knowledge in hand when you go experimenting. But you do have to find the right sort of teacher - one that takes you where you are and boosts you up. I can also say, that guitar saved my life. I had an accident 8 years ago that severed my median nerve at the elbow, the left elbow. According to the doctor, such damage is irreversible. Nerves don't regenerate past a certain point. However, an interesting phenemona of music is that over the years your neural pathways do this "left brain/right brain" cross development and because of the guitar playing and the odd musically generated neural development in my left hand, my nerves rebuilt the motor connections that enable me to work today, even though I still have no feeling in my thumb or fingers. Doctor is amazed and I? I-I-I believe in music, I-I-I believe in Love. ------------ Self is Choice, so choose good ------------ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
