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Marco de Rueil
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 RE: is it possible to stop play music ? (in reply to St33)
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St33 : I like to play the guitar, but that's not what I want to do in my life. have you ever tried to stop playing?
If you are reaching a moment when you feel your desire to play guitar is decreasing, I can share my own experience : after having dedicated lots of time to flamenco guitar playing, I went fed up with it. The point was that, going improvising all the time, there came a moment when I couldn't take my guitar and pick a single phrase without saying to myself : f... I already played this stuff too many times. Was that a lack of imagination or an overdose ? I don't know.
But I ended stopping guitar playing.
That was nearly six years ago, at the time when I posted my first videos on this forum, which were kind of an unsuccessful attempt to find a new motivation.
Thought that was forever.
Then a year ago I ended up starting a new metal band for fun, and my buddies asked me to play a little flamenco piece as an interlude for a concert. I obeyed and must say I got some pleasure sharing my music. This encouraged me to go on playing a little more flamenco, and now I must say, even if I'm sometimes struggling a little bit to create something new, that I had some pleasure back.
Don't know how long it will last, but for the moment I can annoy members of this forum posting new videos 
Hope my answer isn't off topic 
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Date Aug. 7 2017 22:20:06
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: is it possible to stop play music ? (in reply to St33)
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I like to play the guitar, but that's not what I want to do in my life. have you ever tried to stop playing?
Why do you want to stop playing? You can enjoy playing the guitar (as you suggest you do) without allowing it to dominate your life. I had a professional career and still do some consulting in a field that had nothing to do with music. Moreover, I developed and pursued many interests, and the guitar, specifically flamenco guitar, was just one of them. Nothing wrong with playing the guitar as an interesting avocation while pursuing other interests. Not everyone needs to pursue professional level playing. Relax and enjoy your guitar as one among many interests to keep you occupied.
Bill
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Who tried to hustle the East."
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Date Aug. 7 2017 22:21:48
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jalalkun
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Joined: May 3 2017
From: Iraq, living in Cologne, Germany
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RE: is it possible to stop play music ? (in reply to St33)
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music is a passion of mine, stopping won't be an option. for me at least *shrugs*
I also do draw and write stuff, but my major artistic activity is by far music. piano (if I had a good and authentic one, no keyboard or any of that s#it), guitar, a little singing, i have two arabic lap drums, this is passion man. can't turn that sh!t off once it hits you.
a lot of people start playing music, but they stop because they don't feel it sizzle in their fingers when they make music. and it doesn't matter how long you keep playing (6 months or 12 years), if you don't do it for your own self-realization you WILL eventually stop. when I practice i practice stuff that I love to do, I have fun, I doodle around, and then i train with a little more discipline, a little finger stretching here, a little picado there, I try combining technique and repertoire in my practice. e.g. when I want to train my arpeggio (which i'm doing rn) i take a piece that incorporates a lot of these thingies. and the most important thing is: i don't do it for the sake of anyone or anything, but for the sole purpose of my own pleasure. i love it. everyone faces a little lows here and then and they don't play as often as they normally would. but they will get back to it, because the passion inside your heart calls for it man. it shouldn't be mere interest that drives you while learning an instrument. it has to be sheer infatuation, passion. it's the urge of an artist to express himself honestly. if this urge isn't existent then you can basically just stop right now.
BUT !!!
when you find yourself going back to your curvy bonita...you know it has to be love
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