The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #41909   Message #606870
Posted By: Steve in Idaho
09-Dec-01 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: Your best musical advice in one post!
Subject: RE: Your best musical advice in one post!
I know that all music is for listening to. And the stuff I like the best I learn to play. I'm not a very good guitar player, and I only sing because Lyle Lovett does and gets paid for it and that makes be a great unpaid singer, but I love the old songs I do. I practice a lot. Probably a couple of hours a day - with a full time job it is hard to do more than that and still have a life - and I am always working on at least a couple of new songs.

I've never perfected a piece so haven't trashed any yet but do get caught up in the new so easily that sometimes I need to relearn the old.

The other thing I have learned is that I am not a very good person to be up front with the crowd. I can harmonize and play a passable lead but I'm not an up front person. I think it is why I like Paltalk so well - all I need to do is play and sing.

And finally - practice -

Steve