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John Henry · 09-04-2005, 06:12 AM

FACT:

I've been playing guitar for a few years now, and while I am far from being any kind of pussy-magnet, a number of girls who probably wouldn't normally give me a second look have gone all gooey when I've had the chance to play and sing in front of them. I've also had it specifically said by girls, including my ex-girlfriend who to my mind was a more talented musician than me, that my guitar playing was attractive. I should add that where I've heard this it's mainly been indirectly through mutual female friends, so don't despair that you haven't come across any girls who find you playing attractive yet,they may all just be too awestruck to tell you.

I'm told that playing and singing at the same time, improvisation and the ability to use each hand independently are particularly attractive.

SCIENTIFIC FACT:

Playing an instrument under the right social conditions affords one status for two reasons: One, you're there making a big noise while everybody else either follows you and joins in or sits attentively with their focus on you; Two, it creates a mental association between you and rich, high status rockstars. Chicks dig status.

Being musical demonstrates a competence. Chicks dig competence.

ALSO, I RECKON:

I find a girl who can play an instrument attractive because it seems to be a way to distinguish real humans from the mindless automata who seem to make up the bulk of society. While it's not true that anyone who isn't musical is subhuman, there does seem to be a certain class of person who doesn't really understand music or have any appreciation of art, philosophy or anything other than the immediately, robustly practical: The sort of person who chooses their taste in music just to buy into an image, who buys art so they can tell you how much it cost, who if they did take up an instrument would just learn to do note-perfect recitals of very complicated solos then tell you how many notes per minute and would think that improvising meant learning modes, scales and arpeggios and running relentlessly up and down them. Hearing someone play is a good way of distinguishing these sociopaths from people with some depth.

09-04-2005, 06:12 AM	#23 (permalink)
John Henry Addict Location: Grey Britain	FACT: I've been playing guitar for a few years now, and while I am far from being any kind of pussy-magnet, a number of girls who probably wouldn't normally give me a second look have gone all gooey when I've had the chance to play and sing in front of them. I've also had it specifically said by girls, including my ex-girlfriend who to my mind was a more talented musician than me, that my guitar playing was attractive. I should add that where I've heard this it's mainly been indirectly through mutual female friends, so don't despair that you haven't come across any girls who find you playing attractive yet,they may all just be too awestruck to tell you. I'm told that playing and singing at the same time, improvisation and the ability to use each hand independently are particularly attractive. SCIENTIFIC FACT: Playing an instrument under the right social conditions affords one status for two reasons: One, you're there making a big noise while everybody else either follows you and joins in or sits attentively with their focus on you; Two, it creates a mental association between you and rich, high status rockstars. Chicks dig status. Being musical demonstrates a competence. Chicks dig competence. ALSO, I RECKON: I find a girl who can play an instrument attractive because it seems to be a way to distinguish real humans from the mindless automata who seem to make up the bulk of society. While it's not true that anyone who isn't musical is subhuman, there does seem to be a certain class of person who doesn't really understand music or have any appreciation of art, philosophy or anything other than the immediately, robustly practical: The sort of person who chooses their taste in music just to buy into an image, who buys art so they can tell you how much it cost, who if they did take up an instrument would just learn to do note-perfect recitals of very complicated solos then tell you how many notes per minute and would think that improvising meant learning modes, scales and arpeggios and running relentlessly up and down them. Hearing someone play is a good way of distinguishing these sociopaths from people with some depth. __________________ "No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit." Last edited by John Henry; 09-04-2005 at 06:28 AM..