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Printablethebanishedone said: JIMI WEAS NON STOP HIGH ON DRUGS PRINCE IS NOT
ANOTHER BIG DIFFRENCE. IN JIMI'S PERIOD 60S IT WAS A L0OT MORE EASIER TO IMPRESS PEOPLE. Jimi was not on drugs when he came to England and ETHANOL was the drug that caused him to behave in a disgusting and destructive way | |
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FarrahMoan said: Hey, how long have you been playing? I have the same question for "JesseDez", too. About 19 years (started in my late teens). My grandfather, great-uncles and uncles all play - and they had bands 'n stuff. They would jam on stuff around the house and it would sound just like the radio. Plus, one of my uncles is a kick-ass drummer who started off playing a makeshift drum set made up of pampers boxes - I witnessed it with my own eyes. They were big Prince fans, and one day I stumbled upon one of their cassette tapes - it was Prince's Dirty Mind. "When You Were Mine" (and then later on, Controversy) did it for me... Anyway, I went to a performing arts high school and a music major I looked up told me that at 17, I was too old to learn to play an instrument. I actually believed him for awhile, but the pull was too much - I had to get a guitar. The first few years for me were hit and miss. I didn't have a teacher, so the Mel Bay books I had were like a foreign language to me. But then, I stumbled upon a chord progression that kinda sounded like the intro to 777-9311 and that was it - I knew guitar was gonna be a lifelong thing. And it is 
Some of my friends laughed at me - even some family members laughed at me and couldn't understand why I would rather stay up in my room with my geetar. But, if you truly love what you do, it doesn't matter what people think. Music has been with me through thick and thin. That (and writing) are my truest forms of expression. Just hang in there - it just takes time, that's all. Trust me 
[b:12a20715f0][Edited 7/14/07 3:25am][/b:12a20715f0] [Edited 7/14/07 3:27am] My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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JesseDezz said: FarrahMoan said: Hey, how long have you been playing? I have the same question for "JesseDez", too. About 19 years (started in my late teens). My grandfather, great-uncles and uncles all play - and they had bands 'n stuff. They would jam on stuff around the house and it would sound just like the radio. Plus, one of my uncles is a kick-ass drummer who started off playing a makeshift drum set made up of pampers boxes - I witnessed it with my own eyes. They were big Prince fans, and one day I stumbled upon one of their cassette tapes - it was Prince's Dirty Mind. "When You Were Mine" (and then later on, Controversy) did it for me... Anyway, I went to a performing arts high school and a music major I looked up told me that at 17, I was too old to learn to play an instrument. I actually believed him for awhile, but the pull was too much - I had to get a guitar. The first few years for me were hit and miss. I didn't have a teacher, so the Mel Bay books I had were like a foreign language to me. But then, I stumbled upon a chord progression that kinda sounded like the intro to 777-9311 and that was it - I knew guitar was gonna be a lifelong thing. And it is
Some of my friends laughed at me - even some family members laughed at me and couldn't understand why I would rather stay up in my room with my geetar. But, if you truly love what you do, it doesn't matter what people think. Music has been with me through thick and thin. That (and writing) are my truest forms of expression. Just hang in there - it just takes time, that's all. Trust me
[b:12a20715f0][Edited 7/14/07 3:25am][/b:12a20715f0] [Edited 7/14/07 3:27am] Oh, yeah! I'm glad to say that I can pick up the sounds of chords, now. Althuogh I may not be able to tell you "ALL" of their names (I only "KNOW" a few) I used to only know how to catch single notes of songs only. But, now, if one note of a chord sounds fishy, I think I can tell. I'm still getting the hang of that, though. I just recently learned the chord progression of "777-9311", "Bambi", "When You Were Mine", "Controversy", "Alphabet Street", and "Mediate". It's like speeding up my playing and working on the speed while going up and down the strings during a scale. Right now, for some reason, I seem to be stuck with the chromatic scheme of things. I haven't tried to practice other scales/modes, yet. I don't know why. [Edited 7/14/07 16:32pm] | |
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any one see hime playing "while my guitar gwently weeps" in the George Harrison tribute in the Hall of fame...He upstage some great names....Even George's son was quoted as being amazed and never saw anything like it....
Argument over, just like Ali, he is the greatest...Well eye would say that...doesn't mean it ain't true.... | |
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awhhhhh it apears alot of my post on this topic have been deleted!
well the reason/person Prince isent the greatest guitarist is: Tommy Emmanuel!!! end it people Tommy Emmanuel is the best  thank you and goodnight"Im Too Funky To Sleep With Myself" | |
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