For me, it's funny how something like this will, on the one hand, motivate and excite me ... and at the same time kinda kick the ego down a few notches and remind me, on a relative scale (pun intended), that I'm really much lower on the skills totem than I sometimes give myself credit for. Very humbling.
Same scene when I go out to hear live (local) bands. If the guitarist is just a little better than me it really fires me up and makes me want to push.I'll get home and play immediately till 3-4 a.m. But, If the guitarist is WAY better than me I might not pick up a guitar for a couple of days and kind of sulk musically. Not that I didn't enjoy it immensely, it just sets the bar high and I need to come to terms with what "league" I'm (really) in.
Established acts are different. I EXPECT them to be great ( and significantly better than myself ) so the ego doesn't take a bruising.
Can anybody relate? I'm not suggesting this is, at all, a healthy attitude ...I just wonder if anyone else ever feels like a scolded dog after they've been "schooled" by a vastly superior player? ((even if it's that 13 yr old kid at Guitar Center smoking thru "Eruption".... for 45 min .... :)
T-Care Y'all
