In a few weeks time...

Emp_Fab

...it will be a whole year since I played a guitar.  The band split in October 2012 and, bar one single day when I added some electro-acoustic to a track for my ex-drummer's boy, I literally haven't held a guitar in going on for a year.  It's not that I'm sulking or owt like that - I'm perfectly happy - I just seem to be lacking the desire to play for some reason.  It's very strange as I would always miss two things whenever I went on holiday - a decent curry and my guitars.

mike_l

You're too busy procrastinating to play guitar, that's all

[Deleted User]

I'm pretty much the same. A few weeks ago I was contemplating selling them. I have a Strat on a stand which I occasionally pick-up but I really don't feel the need. I may actually have grown out of it....

Headphones

So the title of this forum is really "fretting and bored"?

There is no surer method for relieving stress than a loud amp and a fuzz box!

Get thee to knitting weekly unbelievers!!!!

Drew_TNBD

Pick it up you bawbag!

DiscoStu

That's totally cool, Emp.

I go year on year without playing and  it's fine. You'll play when you're ready.

I picked up my acoustic this year cos I met this awesome singer and she asked me to play in her band. It only lasted a few weeks cos she got too close to me but it WAS amazing while it lasted.

I've hung my musical boots up for a while. No worries/.

viz

@headphones: LOLLLLLLLLLL!

viz

Was wondering how that went, discostu. Shame, you sounded great together. Emp: don't let the evils of conservatories et al tempt you from the true path. Maybe rearrange your house so guitars are more prominant and picking them up for a quick play is easier. But also it's always easier when you have a deadline to achieve.

chillidoggy

Emp's track record with deadlines is worse than mine.

mike_l

Wasn't Emp late for his own birth?

axisus

Considering I rarely go a day without playing, I'm really not that good at all!

chillidoggy

Emp's other projects he has in hand (or his head) have taken priority over musical things. Still, when you're a genius inventor or innovator, it surely pays to focus on one thing a time, so we should cut him some slack.

monquixote

I'm a very goal oriented person so I only play when I have a project. 

That's why I try and make sure I'm in a band or have some kind of gig or musical thing on the boil.

mike_l

chillidoggy said:

Emp's other projects he has in hand (or his head) have taken priority over musical things. Still, when you're a genius inventor or innovator, it surely pays to focus on one thing a time, so we should cut him some slack.

I got to question the "genius inventor or innovator" part of this statement. Surely "procrastinating idiot" would be more suitable

Emp_Fab

Idiot ?

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DiscoStu

viz said:

Was wondering how that went, discostu. Shame, you sounded great together.

Cheers @viz. Aye it's annoying cos it's the first 'real' musical thing I'd done (as opposed to the occasional cover at a party) in ages and the first time writing for many years. We wrote 4, maybe 5 songs we thought were really good but she was coming round every other night to jam at mine and ultimately I wasn't ready to have a woman in my life so soon after my recent breakup. My health was suffering - I had my first ever panic attack and wasn't sleeping - so I had to knock it on the head.

So currently I am back in the 'no playing' zone. Which is a real shame as for a second there I thought we were going to be great.

Fretwired

Hey Emp .. get thee to the Fretboard Collective and record something ... creative food for your soul .. :-)

chillidoggy

mike_l said:

chillidoggy said:

Emp's other projects he has in hand (or his head) have taken priority over musical things. Still, when you're a genius inventor or innovator, it surely pays to focus on one thing a time, so we should cut him some slack.

I got to question the "genius inventor or innovator" part of this statement. Surely "procrastinating idiot" would be more suitable

Ok, maybe I should have chosen my words a bit more careful, but "procrastinating"?

mike_l

chillidoggy said:

mike_l said:

chillidoggy said:

Emp's other projects he has in hand (or his head) have taken priority over musical things. Still, when you're a genius inventor or innovator, it surely pays to focus on one thing a time, so we should cut him some slack.

I got to question the "genius inventor or innovator" part of this statement. Surely "procrastinating idiot" would be more suitable

Ok, maybe I should have chosen my words a bit more careful, but "procrastinating"?

It's Emp, his "to do" list is longer than a very very long thing..........

mike_l

Emp_Fab said:

Idiot ?

(

I'm sorry Emp, I didn't mean to hurt your feeling.

 

:-S

chillidoggy

Absolutely, we don't. Lets face it, where else could you get that kind of entertainment for free?