I grew up in a family of musicians and music has always been very important to me. I love playing my guitars. I play them constantly. I’m practically addicted to playing my guitars. But I wouldn’t say I’m a good musician. I’m a terrible musician, but I still consider myself to be a musician.
I’m not a chordsmith, I’m a strumoholic. I’m not tone-deaf, I’m deaf. I was born deaf and I went to a school for the Deaf. I don’t change my strings until I break them. For sport, I like to see how long my strings can withstand my habit of smacking them as hard as I can with the pick.
When I play, my guitar is probably way out of tune. I do use electric tuners, but even with those, hearing musicians that I know have told me my guitar is still out of tune. I just do the best I can with the tuners, but if my guitar is out of tune, so be it. It ain’t gonna stop me from playin’.
I don’t switch chords much. I’ll often hold one chord through the entire performance, but switch between strumming high strings and low strings. I pretty much only play my own stuff. I strum hard and fast, my favorite guitar has many scratches because of this.
I love all kinds of music. Some of you are amazing musicians. I’ll never be as good as you, but I’m okay with that.
Rock n Roll. 🤘
It’s a nice day, but only about 50 degrees. Not really cold, but not exactly warm either. I had planned to mow the lawn yesterday, but I lost too much time trying to get a good recording for my next ASL music video. Thought I’d mow it today, but just went out to look at it and I think I’ll let it grow for another week before the first mowing of the year. It’s easier for me to see what I’m doing if I let the grass get a little taller before I mow it.
Yesterday, I did about twenty takes for the ASL music video, and I was not happy with any of them. Today, I did one take and I’m pretty happy with it. But I might do a few more takes, just to see if I like them better.
Tigers are winning. 4-0, bottom of the 6th.
I got up at 6 this morning and I’m just trying to stay awake. I’m shooting my next ASL music video, but don’t know if I’ll get a good take today. It’s usually several tries before I get a take I’m happy with.
I just wrote 138 words into a brand new short story. That’s it for the night. I just wanna relax with beer and rock n roll.
iloveplayinmyguitargoddamnit
Anyway, the Tigers won today. 5-4. They’ve been having a lot of close games, but as long as they’re winning….
The Pistons, on the other hand, lost by 18 points.