There are plenty of guitarists that are too lazy and not confident enough to learn new things on the guitar and improve their skills. If you’re stuck in a rut, tired of playing the same things all the time, then that’s a sign that you have a lot more learning to do. That’s how I felt. I’m very confident on trying to become a great player. Hopefully, someday impress the hell out of everyone with my guitar skills. I’m probably one of the very few guitarists that is dying to get there. I’m doing all I can. Studying, learning, reading, and practicing.

You don’t need to go to college to learn. You don’t need to hire another guitar teacher. You can still become a professional guitarist by learning it all on your own.

If some people believe that you don’t have the talent, you need to prove them wrong and get better. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Your talent might have mixed opinions as of now, but once you improve and start to play great, maybe, just maybe everyone will treat you with respect then.

This is one reason why I picked up on the songwriting again, ’cause it’s good practice to improve my guitar playing skills more, especially my soloing. I could use garageband just to create my own backing tracks to practice jamming with.

I’m more worried about my guitar playing, then my singing, although, I too am trying to get better at singing too.

Learning the guitar may seem boring, frustrating, but I don’t think so. I would have no problem trying to play a scale or a riff over and over again 100 times a day just to get it right. I’ve been practicing speed exercises so I can learn to play faster lead guitar. Trying to improve ear training and improv. Also trying to learn some theory stuff ’cause that’s important too. I’m trying to learn everything a musician is supposed to know so I can be called an actual, “musician”.

I’ve been trying to learn “Stairway to Heaven” again. I’ve been trying to get that song right for years. Been playing that song along with a metronome, by playing slow at first, and counting along with the rhythm as it shows on the tab. After I get the rhythm right, I’ll record myself playing it, so I learn the “Stairway” solo and record over it. Yeah, I’ll try to play the “Stairway” solo as you hear on the Led Zeppelin IV album. It might take me a couple of months to master but I’ll get it. I think I’ll start learning more Led Zep stuff and some of Page’s solos.

Kev