When
I Grow Up I Want To Play Guitar
by: Mike Hayes
The secret to becoming a really
good guitar player is, start playing
and never stop. It really IS that
simple!
Many people say "Gee you know,
I've always wanted to play guitar,
or I'd like to play guitar but I
don't think I'll be very good at
it".
You know if you really want to
play guitar, just start. Don't listen
to all the advice of all the people
around you.
Now, here's a little story I'm
sure many of you will be able to
relate to. It's a story about Paddy
- a guy who knew what he wanted
to do and followed his heart.
When Paddy was in grade five at
school, the teacher asked the class
"What do you want to be when
you grow up?". She would ask
each member of the class.
"What do you want to be when
you grow up, Jimmy? "
Jimmy would say. "A doctor
miss".
"Oh that's very good choice
Jimmy, that's great".
"What do you want to be when
you grow up, Mary?"
"I'm going to be an accountant
miss"
"Excellent choice, very good
choice"
Now when it came to Paddy, she
asked.
" What do you want to be when
you grow up, Paddy?"
Paddy replied, "a guitar player".
The whole class errupted in laughter.
The whole class .... it was just
amazing. Paddy wasn't expecting
this reaction. He had no idea why
this was happening . Paddy hadn't
started to play guitar or anything
yet, but that's really what he wanted
to do.
So the teacher asked again.
"What do you really want to
do when you grow up, Paddy?"
Paddy said, "play guitar".
And the same thing only louder,
everybody laughed. Paddy just couldn't
work out why they had this reaction.
So he sat down red faced and quite
puzzled trying to work this out.
Anyway, a year later, the teacher
asked the class, "what do you
want to be when you grow up".
When it came to Paddy's turn, the
teacher said.
"Now Paddy, what do you want
to be when you grow up?"
So Paddy stood up, he wasn't as
confident this time as he was the
previous year, but he said.
"A guitar player".
And the same thing, the whole class
erupted. Paddy looked around for
support from the teacher but....
she was kind of buckled up in pain
trying to hold back the laughter.
And so anyway he got to thinking
that maybe he wasn't giving them
the answer they want.
So the next year, he was prepared
for it. Paddy thought, right, I've
got the hang of this now. So when
it came around to his turn again,
she asked.
"Now Paddy"...... and
of course the class is just waiting
for his answer.
"Now Paddy, what are you going
to do when you grow up? What do
you want be?"
this time, he said............"a
swimmer".
And the whole class laughed AGAIN!.
By this time he was REALLY angry
... he looked down to his, (now)
ex -friend , who was sitting pretty
close to him and Paddy asked....
"What's SO funny about that?"
The guy just looked up and said...
"But you CAN'T swim!"
Paddy exclaimed, " does that
matter?"
He just couldn't really get the
hang of this. Of course the thing
was Paddy really wasn't giving them
the stock standard answer that they
wanted. Like a doctor or a dentist
or something like that. But that's
really what Paddy wanted to do and
the reality is that all he's ever
really done.
Now the reason why I'm telling
you this is because the formula
to become a really good guitar player
is quite simple. There's only two
steps.
Decide to do it. Do it.
Now, along the way you'll need
a properly set up guitar. You'll
need your equipment to be easy to
play. And you'll need top quality
information. But the most important
thing is you need to be internally
motivated. That's if you want to
be really good. If you are internally
motivated that means you REALLY
want to play guitar, that's what
you want to do. There's really nothing
that can stop you.
So until next time have fun with
your guitar playing and if that's
what you want to do, just go for
it!
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