Graeme mate I think that metaphor is epic
hit the nail on the head as we say lol.. what if people were to come to you, for let's say guitar lessons. Why not teach people how to jam?? It's meeting people but in your own little oasis.. your the boss!
Epic metaphor for the win!
Guitar lessons? Eh, I've tried to teach in the past when I was 16 with a couple school mates in secondary school, and failed miserably. Basically, I was trying to simplify something which both my friends had no idea about.
(Permission tae rant? F**k it! I'm going tae, anyway...)
They just thought "
Hey, that sounds easy! How'd you play it?". Like it's
that easy. If anyone just starting to learn the electric guitar expects to be able to play something like
Enter Sandman by Metallica on the basis that it
"sounds easy to play", eh, sorry but (drumroll)... That's flawed logic! Unless, you can't learn quickly. Or have a real desire to actually play the guitar (ie, being obsessed by it, practising in your spare time as often as you can).
Playing the electric guitar is about more than playing basic chord shapes & strumming patterns. There's techique and having coordination between your right and left hand. Not mention, know how to guitar tablature so you know what string & fret you've to play on. Then there's muscle memory, so you can remember where your fingers are on the fretboard & play stuff without looking all the time. And if you think going right into it without knowing, at least, some basic chords and stumming pattern - you'll not advance as player unless you know the basics. You ain't gonna learn how to swim, jumpin' in at the deep end, are ya?
