Dave,

That's quite interesting. I read the same article about aphantasia. Seems like you're getting along with it. I identified with the other side, hyper-phantastic. I can almost hallucinate at will, no drugs required. It seems like aphantasia might be a potential advantage, musically, because it diminishes the degree to which internal representations. Especially, visual images might compete with awareness of actual sound. For years I struggled because I spent too much energy on how things looked on the fretboard, either in terms of patterns or finger dances. Until . . .

You're posts are funny. I saw the one about selling souls, too. Why not sell someone else's soul? For example, when I was a kid I acquired about 25 souls from folks. I didn't do much with them for a long time. I traded one back for a trinket while in highschool, but that's about it. But a few years ago, I traded two or three for guitar skills. Maybe not the best deal, and my skills aren't supernatural by any means, but now I'm a bit better and still have my own soul - more or less, that sorta stuff does have its price and wears on you. Otherwise, it's like, eternal-cosmic-day-trading. Might be something to consider. 

Cheers,

SG