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Douglas Showalter
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 09/15/08
Posts: 817
Douglas Showalter
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 09/15/08
Posts: 817
12/22/2009 5:32 pm
Remember; he is he, and you are you. Slash is Slash. Eddie is Eddie. No matter what you do, you will always sound like yourself. That is not a bad thing and honestly, that is what you should be focusing on. I see so many posts by you that have this resounding ambition to sound like Slash. I feel Slash is a defining guitar player in our generation,. but you should also work to broaden your scope and let other players, styles, and sounds influence you as well. Where as I am certain you listen to more than just Slash, you simply cannot expect to play like him or at that ability right away. Let your playing develop with patience and age as at this rate, I am afraid you might frustrate yourself to a pretty severe point. It takes time, patience and a love for the process of learning. You will get there, but please relax and let the process take it's course. I have been playing for nearly 13 years of my life and do it as a living, as well as teaching for this site. I can tell you even through that, I am still very unsatisfied with my playing and work all the time to better myself and my voice on the instrument.

Have patience young grasshopper.
Douglas Showalter