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> digging music through forces coming out of your own soul Agree. Art is art, and why do we make art? Well...? Technical skill helps with the nuance of the cr

• titzer 3y ago
  IMO, as a lay guitar player of 25 years only recently taking it a little more seriously, overfocus on technical skill and overtraining can actually be a detriment. Overplaying is absolutely a real thing, and nothing kills the soul like being self-conscious.
  • devin 3y ago
    Heh, 25 year overplayer on guitar here. My teacher’s advice recently was to quit trying to impress myself or others. I went home and ripped into some stuff by ear and I am the happiest I’ve been with my playing after years of overplaying and overanalysis. It’s nice to be able to say “oh in that section I played 42 notes demonstrating Lydian b2”, but it also feels entirely useless for what I’m trying to accomplish. I think graduating from endless analysis and “lots of notes” playing is a part of the journey.
    • unkulunkulu 3y ago
      Playing more the strings of soul instead and less the strings of the brain?
      • devin 3y ago
        I think there’s kind of a delicate mix. When I practice analysis can be a good tool for idea generation, but I only have so much CPU and it leads to boring playing.
• yread 3y ago
  > why? Isn't it (like with most things) to get laid?