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#508503 - 07/04/23 09:35 PM Re: When is it time to quit [Re: hammer]
zuki Offline
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Keep it up Deane - it's in your blood - you can't quit smile
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#508504 - 07/04/23 09:40 PM Re: When is it time to quit [Re: Diki]
zuki Offline
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Originally Posted By Diki
I’d say, don’t look to equipment for inspiration. It’s a sugar high, quickly crashing. The equipment is the translation of your inner passion not the driver of it.

Perhaps a few months away from it all will focus your mind on what aspect of playing is the one thing you miss. Is it the audience, is it the technical challenge of playing well? Is it the getting out the house for a reason you don’t feel guilty about? 😂 is it the songs, or the creation of a varied and interesting arrangement?

I think a decent time of stepping away from the whole thing will bring to the fore what it is that still has passion for you. Passion is everything in music. Without it, it’s a grind.



Agree. Stepping away is the key. I did that, came back and have loved every minute since. Yes, gear changes can help to renew inspiration. Adding new material is the key because it's fun to make a fool of oneself until you get it down smile
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#508507 - 07/05/23 12:23 PM Re: When is it time to quit [Re: hammer]
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Registered: 04/25/05
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Loc: NW Florida
Definitely, repertoire is the key. It has two distinct advantages over new gear… For starters, it’s free! You need to blow a few thousand on a new arranger. But you can either figure out a song yourself (the best way to learn), you can usually find a free chord chart online if you can figure the melody, sometimes you can find a free chart (these can be a bit hit or miss if you’re after the ‘correct’ changes). Push comes to shove, you can put a few dollars into buying the actual chart.

Then for a few tens of dollars, there are legal fake books in most genres. Hundreds of well known tunes.

You’re going to make huge steps forward learning new tunes, new chord alternatives (a lot of jazz fake books will offer alternate chords to sections, which will help you learn new ways to play standard changes). A new arranger playing the same tunes won’t help YOU progress, just sound a bit different….
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#508540 - 07/11/23 04:56 PM Re: When is it time to quit [Re: Diki]
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Originally Posted By Diki
changes). A new arranger playing the same tunes won’t help YOU progress, just sound a bit different….


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