I've finished the rebuild of my old custom Strat - had SD rewind my old Quarter Pound neck pup, got an EMG SA for the bridge position, and set up a wicked series parallel switching setup and the sound is Primo!
I'd laid off music for a long time - I was last onstage in 1985!! Did the family thing (three kids) got the 9-5 happening to feed the gang, and picked up the guitars awhile back, and found most of my old chops were still there! Better yet, my ear has improved with age and I can pick up tunes faster than I ever could before. It seems like age has brought more refined musical awareness than I had in my hormone-driven rock and roll days.
But, now what? I spent a ton of my late teens and early twenties playing in clubs, touring, even a short stint as a studio hired gun. I can't exactly go on a 9 month tour these days, what with the family and the job thing. I can't get into the 8-hour a day practice routine I used to do (I'm lucky if I can squeeze 8 hours a week these days...). So what does a 42 yr old guy like me do to find an outlet for playing? How do I find a band that plays enough to be good but so much that it interfers with my numerous responsibilities? It feels pretty pointless cranking away in the livingroom eevery evening. I really miss playing with other people. I'm just plain befuddled...
Any suggestions? Thoughts? Insults? Love to hear from you other aging players! How do you work in playing with all the other middle-age guy stuff we're stuck with? Thanks!!
I'd laid off music for a long time - I was last onstage in 1985!! Did the family thing (three kids) got the 9-5 happening to feed the gang, and picked up the guitars awhile back, and found most of my old chops were still there! Better yet, my ear has improved with age and I can pick up tunes faster than I ever could before. It seems like age has brought more refined musical awareness than I had in my hormone-driven rock and roll days.
But, now what? I spent a ton of my late teens and early twenties playing in clubs, touring, even a short stint as a studio hired gun. I can't exactly go on a 9 month tour these days, what with the family and the job thing. I can't get into the 8-hour a day practice routine I used to do (I'm lucky if I can squeeze 8 hours a week these days...). So what does a 42 yr old guy like me do to find an outlet for playing? How do I find a band that plays enough to be good but so much that it interfers with my numerous responsibilities? It feels pretty pointless cranking away in the livingroom eevery evening. I really miss playing with other people. I'm just plain befuddled...
Any suggestions? Thoughts? Insults? Love to hear from you other aging players! How do you work in playing with all the other middle-age guy stuff we're stuck with? Thanks!!
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