Posted on 06/22/2017 4:29:03 PM PDT by Drew68
Blurry (Instrumental version) - Puddle of Mudd / by Leandro Cesar
In fact, the main reason I think the electric guitar industry is not ready for death is YouTube videos.
I've learned a lot and and get a lot of inspiration from players of all levels watching their YouTube videos.
Some of my best teachers are the younger players covering my favorite songs note for note on YouTube.
A few have their own websites and are so good that I feel like I'd be stealing from them if I didn't donate/pay for the lessons I get for free.
In fact, I wonder how life would be different now if I had had this kind of access to so much information and instruction when I was say 10 or 11 or so, instead of now many decades later.
Music has such power over and influence on the human mind, emotions and soul that the music we listen to and feed ourselves with plays a major role in determining our quality of life, both as individuals and as a society.
Observationally, the spiritual health or nature of an individual, culture or society can be seen in its music.
Learning to understand, play and think in music improves brain function and quality of thought, especially in young and growing brains, just as it does with healing damaged brains and maintaining older brains.
The act of playing music with an instrument, whether as a beginner or as a virtuoso, is demanding, both intellectually and athletically, and satisfying, especially once a person has learned and practiced enough to be able to express themselves in their playing, like he does playing Blurry.
Thanks to the internet, there's never been a better time to learn and play an instrument than right now, and it's too late to start playing, either...not unless you tell yourself it is.
That should have been: "...it's NEVER too late to start playing..."
(That "never say 'never'" thing didn't work that time.)
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