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Jim Opfer -> Why do it? (Jun. 6 2004 23:50:38)

Why do I do it? I mean, sit there playing my guitar and thinking forward to some time in the future when it's all going to get sorted out in my head?
I sometimes hear some small thing on a CD might be from Vicente or might be Tomatito or some other, might be unexpected source and I think there's more meaning in that one thing that the sum total of all my playing.
Yet I keep going.
Some nights I play the same stuff over and over again, and I'm just happy listening to the sound of my guitar. Other nights I just want to put her in her box and watch TV.
Crazy thing, this flamenco.

Jim.



Miguel de Maria -> RE: Why do it? (Jun. 7 2004 0:44:43)

I don't know... I do it because I want to be good, to feel pride in having mastered the guitar. And then to be able to execute all the great music that I enjoy and that I want to create. To be part of music and share it with other musicians and people.



duende -> RE: Why do it? (Jun. 7 2004 7:40:50)

I do it cuz i have to. I can´t even imagin life without it.
I get really inspired when i hear music that i can´t understand. Like when i discovered flamenco. Fantastic guitar music that i just couldn´t grasp. What was going on? the rythms the techninqe etc.. To know and learn as much as i can about playing the guitar really inspires me....

Henrik[8D]



Ron.M -> RE: Why do it? (Jun. 7 2004 8:56:44)

Hi Jim,
Yeah, sometimes I get "black dog" days as well when everything I try to play sounds total rubbish.
I think of all the hours and hours I've put in for little achievement and all the wee home repair jobs I've put off for months and months so the wife is yelling at me LOL!
Also at my time of life, the learning faculties are steadily in decline, not like someone in their teens or twenties, so that makes it all the harder.
Yet sometimes I pick up the guitar and just love the sound of a few chords and end up playing for hours and feel in a great mood at the end.
For me, the best way to go for my own happiness is to have no "goals".
I just let things develop naturally as I'm playing.
I never practise any scales or anything, just bits of stuff I'm in the mood for.

cheers

Ron



Florian -> RE: Why do it? (Jun. 7 2004 9:07:51)

To get chicks [:)]



rombsix -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 20:06:39)

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To get chicks


Check out 1:29 to 1:45 of this video:



This guy is awesome both as a guitarist and a comic.

[:D]



Doitsujin -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 20:57:48)

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Check out 1:29 to 1:45 of this video:


I WILL TEST THAT!!!HAHA


PS I would like to know what he would say to Todds unique pickfinger style. I guess he would be impressed. (Coz its impressing.)



gbv1158 -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 21:12:50)

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Why do I do it? I mean, sit there playing my guitar and thinking forward to some time in the future when it's all going to get sorted out in my head?



....JIM...,as architects know,....the answer at your question (deeper than what it looks) is in those words of F. Hölderlin :
"Man dwells poetically on this earth"

:-)

ciao,
Giambattista



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XXX -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 21:20:03)

haha, shameless necro-posting! Attaboy, Ramzi!



Arash -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 21:29:56)

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ORIGINAL: gbv1158

quote:

Why do I do it? I mean, sit there playing my guitar and thinking forward to some time in the future when it's all going to get sorted out in my head?



....JIM...,as architects know,....the answer at your question (deeper than what it looks) is in those words of F. Hölderlin :
"Man dwells poetically on this earth"

:-)

ciao,
Giambattista


you are answering to a 8 years old question.
jim probably already knows that he was doin it for chicks.



rombsix -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 21:54:11)

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haha, shameless necro-posting! Attaboy, Ramzi!


You can count on me. [;)]



Rmn -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 22:39:22)

this is like asking why having sex. some do it for the kids, others just for fun.

i play flamenco to perform. so, doin it for the kids



Rmn -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 22:41:05)




Doitsujin -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 23:28:47)

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you are answering to a 8 years old question.


Seems to be the latest sport here in the foro to pull out threads that are older than 5 years! lol Stop that!! All threads older than a year should be automatically locked...



rombsix -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 15 2012 23:30:15)

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Seems to be the latest sport here in the foro to pull out threads that are older than 5 years! lol


Are you referring to someone in particular, Doit? [8D]



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Doitsujin -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 16 2012 3:24:55)

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Are you referring to someone in particular, Doit?


Ehm don´t know..I have the memory of a fly you know... ( u_u) hehe



kudo -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 16 2012 3:49:59)

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I am addicted to playing guitar and I could not exist without playing guitar!!!! The guitar is the second best thing to play with ....women come first

unfortunately, its my worst addiction..if theres anything that will kill me one day, it will be flamenco... I will probably die holding my guitar or doing something flamenco related [:D][:D]



Doitsujin -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 16 2012 3:51:40)




kudo -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 16 2012 3:55:11)

ok i dont get it doit with the video you posted



gbv1158 -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 16 2012 12:50:33)

quote:


....JIM...,as architects know,....the answer at your question (deeper than what it looks) is in those words of F. Hölderlin :
"Man dwells poetically on this earth"

:-)

ciao,
Giambattista



you are answering to a 8 years old question.
jim probably already knows that he was doin it for chicks.



well, then just add ... " without losing the habit of joking! " :-))



Doitsujin -> RE: Why do it? (Jan. 16 2012 21:54:05)

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ok i dont get it doit with the video you posted


Its to the topic from the viewpoint of that lovely lady in the video. ;) ......... I just laughed my ass off when I saw it.. Looks like a fake but..funny anyway. Since the topic of this thread is not really specific, its not even off topic. =)



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