Guitar. I played as a teenager, but wasn’t very good, and quit around 20. I loved music, though, and got a degree in Music History, and then had a first career in the classical/Jazz record biz.
40 years after quitting the guitar, I took it up again during Covid. during Covid, but seriously this time. When I was a kid, I was struggling with learning it myself, even though I had good musical aptitude. Guitar is a hard instrument.
But after having learned the basics decades ago, a solid education in Music Theory, lots of experience in the music world with professional musicians, and a LOT of YouTube videos, I took to it pretty fast. I’m playing electric lead stuff and acoustic finger picking, and I’m now at a solid intermediate level, and having a blast.
YouTube was the main difference between self-learning now, and in the past. The best teachers in the world are on YouTube, and it’s basically all free.
My only regret is having quit in the first place, and losing 40 years of progress.
Guitar. I played as a teenager, but wasn’t very good, and quit around 20. I loved music, though, and got a degree in Music History, and then had a first career in the classical/Jazz record biz.
40 years after quitting the guitar, I took it up again during Covid. during Covid, but seriously this time. When I was a kid, I was struggling with learning it myself, even though I had good musical aptitude. Guitar is a hard instrument.
But after having learned the basics decades ago, a solid education in Music Theory, lots of experience in the music world with professional musicians, and a LOT of YouTube videos, I took to it pretty fast. I’m playing electric lead stuff and acoustic finger picking, and I’m now at a solid intermediate level, and having a blast.
YouTube was the main difference between self-learning now, and in the past. The best teachers in the world are on YouTube, and it’s basically all free.
My only regret is having quit in the first place, and losing 40 years of progress.