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ElwoodBlues · 12-05-2004, 09:50 AM

Hot damn, someone pushed the right button to get a long response out of me. I have a few things to say here;

I started playing guitar for just that. Playing guitar. I dont do it for attention, and I don't do it for sex. I started playing guitar 4 years ago, because my father is a guitarist, and I wanted to learn as well. As soon as I began to play, I found playing guitar to be a wonderful experience. In the 19 odd years of my life thus far, I have gained a profound appreciation for music. The sounds move me. I can feel emotion in every chord, in every melody. Music is what moves me. And that is why I play guitar.

The dude playing an acoustic guitar under a tree is a horrible stereotype. We don't do that. Not real guitarists. I practice in my room. I jam with friends. I don't sit under a tree and play pleasant chords. And assuming that all guitarists do this, and saying guitarists are pretentious because of this is BS. Its stereotypical, and rather bigoted. Being passionate about what I do, hearing stereotypes such as this evokes a very negative reaction from me. To me, what some of you are saying is just as bad as racial slurs and stereotypes.

If by the odd chance I do play outside, I don't consider myself pretentious, and do you know why? Because I sit on a bench, with headphones on, playing along with music with my unamplified electric guitar. I'm not making any noise, I'm not making a scene, all I'm doing is practicing outside because it is nice outside. But I'm outside, so I must be pretentious, right?

The people who do these things are not real guitarists. They are actors is college films. Perfect example, the dude on the stairs in Animal House. Poseur. And if they aren't actors in college films, they are idiots who think the the tactics of the dude on the stairs will be successful.

Moral of the story; I play guitar. Guitar players by nature are pretentious by nature apparently. So because I play guitar, I must be a pretentious attention whore. Its not at all possible that I have a profound love of everything that is music. Some people should think before they speak.

12-05-2004, 09:50 AM	#42 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	Hot damn, someone pushed the right button to get a long response out of me. I have a few things to say here; I started playing guitar for just that. Playing guitar. I dont do it for attention, and I don't do it for sex. I started playing guitar 4 years ago, because my father is a guitarist, and I wanted to learn as well. As soon as I began to play, I found playing guitar to be a wonderful experience. In the 19 odd years of my life thus far, I have gained a profound appreciation for music. The sounds move me. I can feel emotion in every chord, in every melody. Music is what moves me. And that is why I play guitar. The dude playing an acoustic guitar under a tree is a horrible stereotype. We don't do that. Not real guitarists. I practice in my room. I jam with friends. I don't sit under a tree and play pleasant chords. And assuming that all guitarists do this, and saying guitarists are pretentious because of this is BS. Its stereotypical, and rather bigoted. Being passionate about what I do, hearing stereotypes such as this evokes a very negative reaction from me. To me, what some of you are saying is just as bad as racial slurs and stereotypes. If by the odd chance I do play outside, I don't consider myself pretentious, and do you know why? Because I sit on a bench, with headphones on, playing along with music with my unamplified electric guitar. I'm not making any noise, I'm not making a scene, all I'm doing is practicing outside because it is nice outside. But I'm outside, so I must be pretentious, right? The people who do these things are not real guitarists. They are actors is college films. Perfect example, the dude on the stairs in Animal House. Poseur. And if they aren't actors in college films, they are idiots who think the the tactics of the dude on the stairs will be successful. Moral of the story; I play guitar. Guitar players by nature are pretentious by nature apparently. So because I play guitar, I must be a pretentious attention whore. Its not at all possible that I have a profound love of everything that is music. Some people should think before they speak. __________________ I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said "Fuck it. Cut em up." -Mitch Hedberg, '68-'05 Bauer's the man.