Ouch!

[tripperfunster]

I have gotten it into my head that I should learn to play the guitar.
Forty years is much too long to have not played it properly. (especially considering that I HAVE LIVED WITH/PLAYED WITH/SLEPT WITH/BEEN MARRIED TO musicians for most of my adult life. Honestly! What the fuck was I doing with my 23 hour days when I was on the road with my bands? oh yeah, drinking and getting high...

But still! What the fuck did I do with my twenties? I honestly cannot fathom having so much spare time and doing so little with it! I didn't even draw back then! WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERNET BACK THEN!

But I digress ...

I've taken one guitar lesson so far, and it went better than expected. Don't get me wrong, I suck horribly at it. These fat little hooves hands have become fairly adept at holding a pencil, but framing guitar chords is a very different animal. And my poor fingertips are all poofy and swollen (and sore AND numb .. dont' ask me how that works).

Also, while searching for songs to lean, I have accumulated quite a crush on Dave Grohl

Fear not, I have never, nor will I ever be into the bandom scene (see above for my rl experiences with musicians) but that doesn't mean that I can't drool now and again.

Any suggestions on songs I should learn? No. Not stairway to heaven.
I am currently working on Highway to Hell and Sorry, so that I can accompany Quincey's R&R vocals, and I'm also working on Times Like These (foo fighters, see crush above), and Lola, 'cause that's a great acoustic song.

Comments

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised that your fingers hurt and are numb. I have tried this project ("now I'm going to really learn to play the guitar. This time for real!") more than once.

If you were learning guitar in my house, it would be Beatles.

But I wish I could learn to play Lola, too.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

You will probably de-friend me, but i don't really like the Beatles. *ducks*

Of course, they have lots of great songs, and they were trail blazers, bla bla bla, but I'm kind of sick of them. Ditto for Pink Floyd and Zepplin.

I was trying to figure out why I liked Lola so much, and duh! It is THE slashiest song in rock music evah!

Do you play any instruments? I took a couple of years of clarinet lessons, but stopped when I got pregnant. (not enough air to both breathe AND play. ) Other than that, I just relied on my voice and good looks to get by. *g*

Needless to say, I only have my voice now. :D

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

I won't defriend you for not liking the Beatles! I have a RL friend who doesn't like them. I can't understand it at all, but whatever. I get that it's possible to get sick of something if you hear it enough times. Oh boy yeah. Well, you know, you have a child in the same age bracket.

I took piano and guitar and voice lessons, and as a result I can sort of read music. That's about it! I have been paid to sing, and I've never been paid not to sing, so I think that's a good sign that I also have a pretty voice. In high school I used to strum my guitar with the simplest chords and the least complex strum, and sing really loud.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I love your icon. Yellow Submarine is my favorite animated movie of all time. I saw it when I was a kid and it's what inspired me to become a cartoonist. (unfortunately, I can't post any of my cartoons because I don't own a digital camera or even a scanner) And I LOVE the Beatles! Yes, they are still my favorite band.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

Tripper, I don't mind that you don't like the Beatles. The only anti-Beatles people i have any real beef with are those creeps who want chapman paroled. BTW, i hadn't heard back from you about the plausibility of the pic I'd love to see you draw. i love your art style! (And, unlike you, I can't draw Hugh worth a damn. It's really embarrassing.)

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

My son went through a huge Beatles phase and watched Yellow Submarine many times--in ten minute segments on youtube. He insisted that I find some Beatles icons, which is why I have them. There is an LJ comm that shares them, called something like Beatles icons or something like that.

Scanner--how about at Kinkos or the public library?

[antisocial-nerd.livejournal.com]

Ooh grats on _actually_ going out and getting lessons instead of being like me all, "I really want to and should do that..." but never do.

[melisus.livejournal.com]

I'm on the "must.learn.guitar" thing again (for maybe... the third time) since this weekend my uncle kept bugging me and told me I should get back to it (he's a really great guitar player and has always been super enthusiastic). He told me to learn some Hendrix but I'm like... "buh... I'm not that good!"

I would say start with some early Beatles stuff because it's simple and mainly the same few chords in different combinations (of course their later stuff gets more difficult). Really, "Day Tripper" is a really REALLY easy song to learn.

As well, I've found that "Take it Easy" by the Eagles and Coldplay's "Yellow" were good songs. And it can't hurt to just learn some jazz chords and riffs because their easy and fun.

[melisus.livejournal.com]

Icon love!

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

HA! Tripp, I'm attracting all your readers to confess their Beatlemania!

That icon is quite fantastic!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I like Yellow! I'll have to look it up! have you found the joy of guitar tabs? They make playing any song easier!

Most of the Beatles early stuff should be fairly easy, but as I said ... meh. Maybe some Black Crowes instead.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my twenties! You've got lots of time to torture yourself hon! :D

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I won't promise, but send me a couple of pics of yourself!

tripper at pettraders dot com

[melisus.livejournal.com]

Lol! I only play using tabs. I can't read a note to save my life!

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

OK cool. I will have to borrow a friend's digital camera cause I don't have one.

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

Eee yeah, guitar is hurting the fingers.
I took a semester in HS [at the school], but then... yeah, sex and the occasional achievement of high seemed to take over my life, lol. (along with the ever-present fiction reading)

I've tried to pick it up here and there.

"Knocking on heaven's door" is a nice 3 chord song. :P I was inspired by GnR of course.

Dave Grohl is teh hot! :D

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Ooh yes! I'd love to see it! :D

And uh ... yeah, I'm years away from being able to play chili peppers!!!!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Having had to sing Sweet Child of Mine in THREE! count 'em THREE different bands, my love of GnR is uh ... not there.

Dave Grohl? *wibbles*

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

THREE different bands

Oh no! That does sound a bit horrifying.

They were at their peak when I was in 6th-9th grade, and hence I was quite rather all about them. and George Michael. Heh.

"goodbye blue sky" is a reasonably easy Floyd song as I recall.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I quite liked George Michael too! He had a great acoustic song ... Gotta have Faith.

*runs to look it up*

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Must have "Faith"! :D

...and now that I think about it, "father figure" could possibly be a good Snarry song. :P "I will be your preacher, teacher, anything you had in mind"

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