Being a Guitarist

[zero_revenge]

And I quote Albert Einstein.

"Choose a job that you LOVE, and you'll never work for the rest of your life."

I think passion is what drives most musicians here.

[xelalien]

man, I miss this epic thread.

[sonikyut]

  classic

[Poundcake]

Here's another classic thread: http://talk.philmusic.com/index.php?topic=20582.0

It's not as popular as this thread, but it's still hilarious, nonetheless

[Leadmaster]

Being LEAD GUITARIST Ang hirap........ Daming kakompetensya.

[roei03]

Being LEAD GUITARIST Ang hirap........ Daming kakompetensya.

IMO, it's not a competition, it's all about expression 

[Leadmaster]

Syempre di mawawala ang kargahan pag may ka back to back kang ibang banda..

[SRJ]

Being a guitarist... is an avenue for people like me, who need space and time alone from the world as we know it, somehow, it gives me my own dimension, so to speak. Music has always been about passion, passion is the very essence of music. Wanting to do it because of the simple reason of liking it. It gives me satisfaction, happiness, added about 5 points to my IQ hahaha. Everything subjective, we all have different reasons as to why we do this. Again, it is a matter of happiness 

[juliyeahn]

Saw this thread and had to reply hehe. Well, actually, the drive that keeps me going is that everytime I play, I amaze myself. I know every guitarist has that feeling. When you learn, hear something new, something in your genre, something you "dig", or something that wows you and other people. The skill, proficiency and uniqueness of playing the guitar (so as other instruments) is your profile/identity. You want people to praise you like "Uy, si ano magaling yan sa ganyan." Yung may pagkakakilanlan ka. In playing, we find happiness diba. We should play music not just to express but also to impress hehe.  We can't explain this sensation, yung "pagkahilig". I think gas is just the buying/monetary side of it. It's like how a chain smoker is so hard to detach from a cigarette, how a basketball player wants to touch a ball always (and become better), how a sneakerhead loves sneakers, how girls love make-up. We just love it!

[NonExistent]

Nung una wala akong pake sa gitara nasira ko pa ung acoustic ng tatay ko nung bata ako. Ilang beses niya akong sinubukang turuan nun pero wala talaga akong interest dahil para sakin nun ingay lang ang music impluwensiya rin siguro ng tito ko un. Nangkinalaunan naramdaman ko na napagiiwanan na ako ng aking mga kaibigan. Para bang napalitan na ako ng ibang tao na ang hilig ay musika. Sinubukan kong magaral mag gitara gamit ang gitarang nakadisplay lang sa aming bahay. Hindi talaga ako matutotuto dahil sa hindi ako pamilyar sa ganitong mga bagay. Hindi ko sila mahagilap dahil mga taong hindi ko ka vibes ang nasa paligid nila ngunit maypagkakataon na nakikipaglaro sila sakin ng kompyuter kaya't nung tumambay kami sa bahay nila nagpaturo na ako. Natuwa naman sila sa interest ko kaya't sinubukan nila akong turuan ngunit wa epek sinubukan kong magaral mag isa ngunit hindi ko magets. pinagsisihan ko tuloy ung hindi ko pagkakaroon ng interest sa music nong bata pa ako. Kaya nung umuwi ang tatay ko galing sa abroad humanap ako ng pagkakataong magpaturo. Nang tinuruan niya ako, sineryoso ko talaga ang pagaaral kahit alas dose na ako makatulog basta makapraktis lang. Natuto ako dahil sa tropa at kung anu anung bagay na nasa isip ko nun. Natuto akong maggitara at hindi ko pinagsisisihan un kahit na bassist lang ang bagsak ko patuloy lang ako na paggigitara kahit na mas magaling ako sa kabanda ko nagpaparaya lang ako. GoodVibes lang wala akong pinagsisisihan

[valeschumi]

    Here's my story, bata pa ako mahilig nako sa music, but it all started when my brother got me to listen to Toto and Queen mga 4-5yrs old pa lang ako nun, iba talaga dating ng gitara sakin kahit musmos pako at nag-marka talaga yung solos ni Steve Lukather at Brian May sa munting utak ko.. now jumping to gradeschool years, nahilig ako sa beatles, then nung teenager, new wave naman.. Johnny Marr of The Smiths, and The Beatles finally got me to pick up my brother's acoustic, learned chords from Jingle magazines, bought my first electric from Lumanog Sta. Mesa, and started playing lead when I saw this fellow playing guitar with a pick.. I formed a garage band with my neighborhood mates and that fellow who showed me how to use a pick, and the very first song that we mastered was REM's The One I Love.. Grabe yung high na nakukuha pag natugtog mo yung intro lalo na yung solo.. Then I got my first issue of Guitar For The Practising Musician, with Steve Vai on the cover, got my first look on tablatures.. dun ko din nadiscover ang Metallica, medyo nag-ro-rock na rin ang NU107 nung mga time na yun.. maswerte yung mga kids now kasi nung panahon ko wala ganong equipment, masaya ka na pag makakuha ka ng cheapo overdrive pedal sa Raon.. manghang mangha na kami basta makarinig kami ng "distorted" tone.. at hindi namin alam kung bakit ganun yung tunog ng gitara ni The Edge of U2.. when I went to college I made sure music ang course ko, syempre UP college of music.. got to learn about Tarrega, Sor, etc etc.. bumagsak pa pala ako sa unang try ko kasi, yun nga, di ako marunong magbasa ng notes, akala ko makatugtog ka lang ng "Slash" sa audition ok na at yung guitar profs na ang bahala magturo ng theory at notations.. so nag UST conservatory muna ako ng one sem, then nung 2nd sem di nako pumasok, nag-aral ako on my own since kumpleto na naman ako ng materials, pieces etc etc.. so i went back to UP and nailed my audition.. after 2yrs in UP, i got to perform, classical stuff, hotels, weddings, formal events etc.. pero hinanap ko talaga ang ingay ng electric guitar.. so nung nakaipon ako I bought my first descent axe, a korean made squier and my first multiefx, a zoom 3030.. binalikan ko mga unang influences ko like EVH, Toto, Satriani, etc etc.. I quit college, formed a band and got to join a show/variety band.. got to play gigs in places like Chatterbox, Streetlife, Kampo, kung saan saan.. may gigs pa sa davao at cebu nung mga panahon na yun.. nung mabuwag yung showband, i joined a band of "byaheros.." natupad yung dream ko na makapag Japan.. sex & rock&roll!!! (sorry no drugs), and finally got my dream axe, a wood finish Ibanez.. after that Japan stint, i rejoined my former showband then went to Korea, since Hard Rock Cafe Seoul yun mas marami yung rock tunes namin so nag-enjoy din ako since nababaduyan na rin ako mag-R&B at "dancing queen.." went back to manila, joined another band, never needed to go abroad kasi naging houseband kami ng Pier One so puno ang sked namin aside from other bars and special shows..  eventually bumyahe din kami, Dubai naman.. then for some reason ayoko na tumugtog.. why? I started playing 1998, my last gig was 2008.. after 10years of just playing for money, i lost the passion for music.. ganun talaga siguro pag "tugtog pera" na lang.. tsaka wala na rin gaanong gigs sa Manila, kahit acoustic bands matamlay na rin.. oo nga pala nung mga around 2004-05 i formed a side/project band, we recorded some demos, then yung showband ko nainggit so nagrecord din kami ng pop tunes, eto yung masasayang moments ko sa paggigitara kasi I strongly felt that I was born for the recording studio, tsaka parang mas fulfilling to produce musically.. sadly, shortlived yun.. ang mahirap talaga sa pagbabanda iba-iba utak ng members, iba-iba ang priorities.. yung iba gusto bumyahe, yung iba gusto mag-recording.. ako madali naman kaladkarin kahit saan basta united ang grupo.. kaso hindi yun ang reality eh, as I've said iba-iba ang utak ng tao, swerte yung mga grupo na iisa lang ang goal ng bawat members.. now going back to 2008, bigla na lang ako nag-quit.. since then nag dayjob na lang ako without touching the guitar.. around January this year, remember the fella who showed me playing with a pick? he borrowed my squier since nakatambak na lang.. he "restored" it, and I thought, kunin ko na rin sa "baul" yung ibanez ko at efx para buhayin ulit.. i bought an amp, and a wah/volume pedal.. na-excite din wife ko since nagkakilala din naman kami dahil sa pagbabanda ko.. so with her support I'll be playing again, kung sa kwarto lang or music bars I dont know.. ang mahalaga I'm back with what I enjoy the most, playing the guitar.. and just to share, I've been working in a very stressful environment (BPO inbound sales) since 2008, so 6years na pala ako di naggigitara, and when I started playing again I noticed parang mas dumali ang trabaho ko.. So I guess I'm really back

    Pasensya na mga Sirs/Ma'ams, sa very long post.. I'm gonna enjoy this forum, coz this is where I should be.. more posts to come, thanks!

[jepbueno]

Being a guitarist,

Most of the time, I hate being told on what effect "should" I use when making a song with other people. haha.

Example: "Pre dapat may wah." Eh kasi naman I'm trying to make funk songs without wah because apparently most famous pinoy funk songs have wah.

[red lights]

    Here's my story, bata pa ako mahilig nako sa music, but it all started when my brother got me to listen to Toto and Queen mga 4-5yrs old pa lang ako nun, iba talaga dating ng gitara sakin kahit musmos pako at nag-marka talaga yung solos ni Steve Lukather at Brian May sa munting utak ko.. now jumping to gradeschool years, nahilig ako sa beatles, then nung teenager, new wave naman.. Johnny Marr of The Smiths, and The Beatles finally got me to pick up my brother's acoustic, learned chords from Jingle magazines, bought my first electric from Lumanog Sta. Mesa, and started playing lead when I saw this fellow playing guitar with a pick.. I formed a garage band with my neighborhood mates and that fellow who showed me how to use a pick, and the very first song that we mastered was REM's The One I Love.. Grabe yung high na nakukuha pag natugtog mo yung intro lalo na yung solo.. Then I got my first issue of Guitar For The Practising Musician, with Steve Vai on the cover, got my first look on tablatures.. dun ko din nadiscover ang Metallica, medyo nag-ro-rock na rin ang NU107 nung mga time na yun.. maswerte yung mga kids now kasi nung panahon ko wala ganong equipment, masaya ka na pag makakuha ka ng cheapo overdrive pedal sa Raon.. manghang mangha na kami basta makarinig kami ng "distorted" tone.. at hindi namin alam kung bakit ganun yung tunog ng gitara ni The Edge of U2.. when I went to college I made sure music ang course ko, syempre UP college of music.. got to learn about Tarrega, Sor, etc etc.. bumagsak pa pala ako sa unang try ko kasi, yun nga, di ako marunong magbasa ng notes, akala ko makatugtog ka lang ng "Slash" sa audition ok na at yung guitar profs na ang bahala magturo ng theory at notations.. so nag UST conservatory muna ako ng one sem, then nung 2nd sem di nako pumasok, nag-aral ako on my own since kumpleto na naman ako ng materials, pieces etc etc.. so i went back to UP and nailed my audition.. after 2yrs in UP, i got to perform, classical stuff, hotels, weddings, formal events etc.. pero hinanap ko talaga ang ingay ng electric guitar.. so nung nakaipon ako I bought my first descent axe, a korean made squier and my first multiefx, a zoom 3030.. binalikan ko mga unang influences ko like EVH, Toto, Satriani, etc etc.. I quit college, formed a band and got to join a show/variety band.. got to play gigs in places like Chatterbox, Streetlife, Kampo, kung saan saan.. may gigs pa sa davao at cebu nung mga panahon na yun.. nung mabuwag yung showband, i joined a band of "byaheros.." natupad yung dream ko na makapag Japan.. sex & rock&roll!!! (sorry no drugs), and finally got my dream axe, a wood finish Ibanez.. after that Japan stint, i rejoined my former showband then went to Korea, since Hard Rock Cafe Seoul yun mas marami yung rock tunes namin so nag-enjoy din ako since nababaduyan na rin ako mag-R&B at "dancing queen.." went back to manila, joined another band, never needed to go abroad kasi naging houseband kami ng Pier One so puno ang sked namin aside from other bars and special shows..  eventually bumyahe din kami, Dubai naman.. then for some reason ayoko na tumugtog.. why? I started playing 1998, my last gig was 2008.. after 10years of just playing for money, i lost the passion for music.. ganun talaga siguro pag "tugtog pera" na lang.. tsaka wala na rin gaanong gigs sa Manila, kahit acoustic bands matamlay na rin.. oo nga pala nung mga around 2004-05 i formed a side/project band, we recorded some demos, then yung showband ko nainggit so nagrecord din kami ng pop tunes, eto yung masasayang moments ko sa paggigitara kasi I strongly felt that I was born for the recording studio, tsaka parang mas fulfilling to produce musically.. sadly, shortlived yun.. ang mahirap talaga sa pagbabanda iba-iba utak ng members, iba-iba ang priorities.. yung iba gusto bumyahe, yung iba gusto mag-recording.. ako madali naman kaladkarin kahit saan basta united ang grupo.. kaso hindi yun ang reality eh, as I've said iba-iba ang utak ng tao, swerte yung mga grupo na iisa lang ang goal ng bawat members.. now going back to 2008, bigla na lang ako nag-quit.. since then nag dayjob na lang ako without touching the guitar.. around January this year, remember the fella who showed me playing with a pick? he borrowed my squier since nakatambak na lang.. he "restored" it, and I thought, kunin ko na rin sa "baul" yung ibanez ko at efx para buhayin ulit.. i bought an amp, and a wah/volume pedal.. na-excite din wife ko since nagkakilala din naman kami dahil sa pagbabanda ko.. so with her support I'll be playing again, kung sa kwarto lang or music bars I dont know.. ang mahalaga I'm back with what I enjoy the most, playing the guitar.. and just to share, I've been working in a very stressful environment (BPO inbound sales) since 2008, so 6years na pala ako di naggigitara, and when I started playing again I noticed parang mas dumali ang trabaho ko.. So I guess I'm really back

    Pasensya na mga Sirs/Ma'ams, sa very long post.. I'm gonna enjoy this forum, coz this is where I should be.. more posts to come, thanks!

nice story sir 

[jepbueno]

^nice story indeed. flame on again sir.

[Taoistguitarist]

wow nabuhay ito ah!! hirap mag basa pag isang paragraph lang ang mahabang rant. 

[d_one]

And I quote Albert Einstein.

"Choose a job that you LOVE, and you'll never work for the rest of your life."

I think passion is what drives most musicians here.

+1000000000 can't agree more.

[simon_divitico]

@valeschumi

That's one hell of a post --- but is nevertheless worth reading. Really! Kung may subscribe feature lang dito sa pm, susubscribe ako sayo 

Cheers!

[valeschumi]

@valeschumi

That's one hell of a post --- but is nevertheless worth reading. Really! Kung may subscribe feature lang dito sa pm, susubscribe ako sayo 

Cheers!

Thanks guys! Binasa ko nga ulit yung post ko, cant help to get nostalgic,,kulang na kulang pa yung stories actually.. sa office ko nga marami pa ring di nakakaalam na banda ako before kaya nagulat sila bigla na lang ako naggitara hehe.. at sa tagal tagal ko naggitara mukhang ngayon pako malululong sa pagga-GAS hehe

[sargento]

Nice Story!!!

[valeschumi]

Nice Story!!!

Thanks! Baka nga yung iba dito nakakasama o nakakasabayan ko pa sa gigs.. asan na kaya yung iba?

[jeck_six]

Being a guitarist....

Kala mo madaming mababaliw sayo na chicks, indi rin pala 

[Senshei10]

I hate this trhread by the way.... here it goes

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Hey guys, sine most of yous got more experiences. Don't you think a good guitarist is a great man. I mean, its not only the time you spend practising. It is also the time of your life. How about the other opportunities you missed just to play and practise. How about the money you spend on your gear instead of being fun and hang ouit with your friends and spend some money doing that. How about ur frustrations and doubts if you can succeed and really become a better guitarist and if what your doing is right. How many of you find a difficulty in anything. Isn't it enough that you study your chords and scales. What are we missing. Should we listen to toe right kinds of music? Is there something within us that we cant overcome. How should we know if all of these will lead us to something we dont like. Dont you feel weird when choosing to play and practice rather than studying or doing something "at the right time". I mean, we all got tons of problems and frustrations other than our musicianship. How about the demands of being able to play gigs through sleepless and never ending nights just to take chances. How about the hardships of transportation when jamming every week. How about each and every hassle life may bring us?

Whatcha Think?

:3

[Rayel.Baruela]

You'll never really find those perfect experience when you play on stage whether you are being paid or not, its all about the Feelings and Passion. \m/

[vittobrat]

You'll never really find those perfect experience when you play on stage whether you are being paid or not, its all about the Feelings and Passion. \m/

AMEN to this!!

Sir, much respect to you!!!

[fizz450_03]

@ thread


...entails a lot of happiness and frustration, and has a continuous learning curve.