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If you have a loose instrument laying around, play it. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing. I always think about that quote of being buried with the music still inside you. You don’t have to be good, you just have to try! And maybe you are good, who knows!
Jun 24, 2025
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and that can be on a stage or in your own room, but just hearing the words vs reading them is always huge for me - if the words don't come out of your mouth honestly, then it doesn't matter how they look on the page
the phrasing, the breath, etc - sometimes they can carry the weight of a word beyond it's dictionary definition
so write what feels right, perform it, experiment, make tweaks - just always follow your gut and stay true
sorry that's all kinda vague, but you're gonna figure it out and it's gonna feel amazing - good luck!!
Oct 1, 2024
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Draw a terrible little guy in the corner, start in the middle part of the book because that’s more interesting, use a kazoo in your first song. It takes the pressure off to be good immediately because well you’ve already kinda ruined that. Helps me focus on the fun of making!
Feb 14, 2025
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i can probably give better tips based on knowing what you want to sound like or be able to do ~ but that said there's some basic guides that go a long way
compartmentalize the things you wanna learn and do intensives just focusing on that one new technique at a time. like just fingerpicking, or just slide, or just learning new chord shapes and scales, etc.
while guitar is this creative tool, it's also highly physical. often times you're going to understand the new musical concept mentally quicker than you can actually do it with your hands. so be patient, and think of it sometimes more like doing push-ups vs playing a sport. you gotta workout and be strong in order to play 🤪
- take your time with new things, always play things as slow as possible in the beginning. when you get better you'll naturally be able to play faster
- learn to play with a pick and without a pick. give your rhythm hand max. flexibility
- if theres an artist or specific guitarist you like or wanna be like, study them. this is like extracurricular homework but it goes a long way to just watch or listen to your inspos on repeat
- learn other peoples songs - you always pick up a new trick
- look up every single way to play the same chord up and down the neck. learning new chords is like buying new clothes
-start to learn the kind of guitar you want to be playing - owning an instrument you're excited to play makes it fun
- read and understand basic major and minor chords and scales, you'll begin to see how everything is connected and how the language works - which allows you to write your own things and improv and mess around more
- memorize frets by their note name, so your association is quick and you can learn stuff faster
- play in front of the t.v. on mute - worked for me 🤙
Jun 22, 2024
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That’s true camaraderie in a world full of crazy drivers. Love to see it
Jun 4, 2025
Guys I love my friends. They’re so pretty. We went to the beach and I took some pictures of them and they need to be shared to the world. My muses 🖤
May 29, 2025
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Yea yea I know that's the most corny, most BORING answer but it's the truth. Today, my friends and I drove 30-45 mins just to go to wingstop. Why? Because we had never tried it before. It was a long endeavor, but now I will always have those memories with me. Don't be afraid to try things, especially the stupid little things; I find that those are the ones worth living for.
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