Lately I have been having lots of musical ideas in my head; To compose them and play them is something I'd like to do. I've just been spending my time "learning" if you know what I mean. Maybe a shift in focus would take me where I want to be faster and with less pain.
A side note...I was looking over the list of the top Blues guitarists. There's lots of you tube video on many of them. I picked 2 to watch, just because they were on the list and because I never really examined their playing. They are Jeff Beck and Robin Trower. Both Brits.
After spending quite a bit of time watching these 2 guys, I came to the same conclusion about both - I think they BOTH suck.
Not as talented guitarists. Either one of them can rip across a fretboard so fast you can barely follow them. Where I simply cannot appreciate their skills, is what comes out of their heart - their "Brain-hand" connection. I simply do not like their music at all. Trower sounds like Jimi Hendrix, who also on the list, plays music that I hear and say to myself, "what's all the fuss about" - there are 10 million guitarists that are better than this guy, and play better music too.
With Beck, all that is true as well, but he really loses me with the finger picking on a Strat. He loses so much tone by finger picking it adds to the pile of things I don't like on his style. Here's where I am going with this...
Here are 3 guys that have the ability, but what their heart sends to the guitar sounds terrible (to ME). So why shouldn't I simply compile and work on what sounds perfect (to me)?...and get there when I get there.
I sincerely appreciate your thoughts and especially the extra effort for such a long post.
