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8. Talk about playing guitar for 31 years, and being a serious musician for about 10.
I don?t play guitar because I want to. I play guitar because I have to. I tried quitting once and it was probably the worst experience of my life. I think everyone needs some sort of creative outlet in their life?and playing guitar does it for me.
I started playing guitar when I was 6. A friend of the family gave me a beat up old acoustic to fuck around on and that turned into lessons. If I remember correctly Boston?s ?More Than a Feeling? was the first song I learned to play. About 10 years ago I started to take playing guitar seriously. Took more lessons, bought more guitars, amps cabinets etc? and got ?out of my basement? and into a band. I?ll never forget the fear that was in the pit of my stomach the first time I played live on stage. Now I can?t live without it. The adrenalin rush is insane and highly addictive
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