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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Look: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/profile/192/Guitar_Slinger
According to his profile, he was on here yesterday, so let's summon him and see if he'll stick his head in: @Guitar_Slinger
EDIT: It would help with this sort of thing if this forum had a memberlist.
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Before I finished my part-time degree in 2008, it was easier to fanny about at work and spend time on music radar. Since the recession, I've changed jobs a few times and am trying to earn my money these days. The downside I that my Photoshop skills are a bit rusty and I don't even use Photoshop for work anymore.
Two things reduced my GAS. Firstly, when I interviewed John Wheatcroft for my dissertation, he mentioned people owning lots of books, magazines & DVDs but not being able to play the stuff in them (owning the TAB as a substitution for bothering to learn something). I thought "that's me" and shifted half the stuff from my spare room at a guitar show.
There are other things that have happened, but they're for another time.
What have you been up to? Last I remember was that you'd invented something that could potentially revolutionise the job you were working in. And something about Germany.
Speaking of which, thanks to @DLM for mentioning me - I got an email from the fretboard.
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I'm going to the guitar show, hope to see you there and will buy you lunch I you make it.
You know, those GASFEST/IGF days were amazing for me (remember seeing Paul Gilbert?). I played so much then, recorded so many songs, met so many new people - then it all dropped off a little. I thought your degree was in business (but if you were interviewing John, was it in music?) - you were working for the RAF/MoD or something? So what is it exactly you're doing now?
I was doing an engineering doctorate but didn't like it so quit and got an MSc (so technically have two Masters degrees) - changed company a few times. Now designing high-voltage motor drivers and the like for cars and that sort of thing. I did do good work on some things but never quite changed the world I've had the chance to move to a few countries (Germany being my fave) but couldn't make the move without marrying the girlfriend, but wasn't ready for that, so all on hold.
Good point about having all those books. I have many and have worked through some, but nothing beats just playing songs, learning what they're about, getting in a band and working on theory/technique. Just doing it! It's one thing to hear an anecdote like that from John and other thing to act on it - so I assume you're really progressing now!
Congrats on the baby! Your first?
Keep in touch - really good to hear from you!! And keep posting... and I'll see about coming to the guitar show
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BTW about the underscore... It's guitar_slinger because otherwise somebody could read it guitars linger. Round about the same registering for the forum, I remember something about bad URL choices - http://www.boredpanda.com/worst-domain-names/
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Glad to help!
Guitar_Slinger said:
Oi, I resemble that remark, too! I often think about it, but if I didn't have the mags and TAB I'd be able to do even less on the guitar, so I'll not be offloading my library unless I end up with no space for it (it's been boxed up for over a year now after a house move and I haven't managed to sort out shelving to make individual issues accessible again).
About a year after, he asked for a transcription of the interview, which was the basis of the GT article called something like Ultimate Practice Routine. I think there's a PDF of it on the internet somewhere.