poll!

Im new so sorry if this isnt the right forum. but i was just curious what was the main factor in everyone started playing?

For me personally it was a combination of me seeing Ben Harper live and me wanting to be able to play your body is a wonderland to my gf.How about everyone else?

Has this girl left you now?.........

lol... I think I'd stick around with my fiancee if she played that to me!

I started playing 'cause I was bored and wanted something to do. A few friends from work play guitar, so I figured it'd be fun to try!! (It helped that I'm musically inclined, though certainly not a professional, and have sung and learned basic music theory).

I come from a family of musicians..so I was always surrounded by music. But what really did it for me was hearing Crazy Train for the first time.

LONG LIVE RANDY RHOADS!

Originally posted by pstring
Has this girl left you now?.........

nah,still i want to be able to play it even when im not with her anymore,just a very romantic song,and so true just how exploreing every inch of a girl the first time is just a beatiful thing!

Ive always loved music, and never really thought about playing it till i heard man in the box when i was like 14. I didnt listen to much rock till i was like 13 so it took me a while.

I saw Townes van zandt play solo and I had to learn how to finger pick like thatI love rock and roll but that folk finger picking just blew me away and I am a poet like my grandma so I thought I could put music to the madness It worked for my uncle and kept him out of a real job so what the h@!!

I started playing after hearing classic rock bands like Pink Floyd and Zep. After listening to songs like Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, and Stairway to Heaven I got hooked on music, and decided that it would be cool to be able to play all those songs.

Star Spangled Banner by Hendrix

for me it was three simple letters... g n r!
Watching slash play his solos, with the wavy hair and half cocked smile was all it took!

I used to listen to my brother play when I was little. John Mayer is awesome.

I´ve started playn´ actually when I was 9 but 1 month after fu*cked it. I was takin´ lessons than in classical music (2 times week) wich where like half hour and than 45 min. of some crazy teory. I think that it was just too much for a 9 year old stupid kid. Guess if I regret it now. Man, I could be a *****in´ virtouso by now but who gives a ****.

My second start came when i turned 15. I was lot in Aerosmith type of music and actually wanted to start playn´ drums but my parents told me forget it. If you want to play somthing than choose between guitar again and acordian!?

So I choosed guitar again and loved it ever since.

I guess I started playin since i was 10 cuz I realized I hate work, and didnt want to have to do a real job. Plus i had been studyin violin since i was 5, and I hated it with a passion. Also- I realized it would be a helluva lot easier to get the ladys if I played guitar. Since then, I switched from violin to cello, but the whole ladys aspect still hasnt seemed to have kicked in. Oh well, maybe in college...

I wanted to learn to play when i first starting listeng to classic rock with all the cool solos and stuff.