Guitar by the Youtube glow
Having the opportunity to jam out on some nice guitars have given me a newfound confidence in my ability not only to play, but to even learn more.
Christina went to bed early Friday, so I got out the nice Takemene acoustic guitar I’ve been borrowing from Doug Talley, and brought YouTube up on my internet browser. Definitely a great formula for enjoying some time to myself and staying up late. Let me just say, Youtube did me well that night. I learned how to play Violet Hill by Coldplay, and I relearned how to play “Crash” by Dave Mathews. Disclaimer- saying I learned or relearned how to play something doesn’t mean I’ve mastered it! After the free guitar lessons, I found myself lost in searches for other music videos, witch is something I’ve absolutely loved to do on Youtube. I know a lot of folks could spend all day on the site finding random, silly and halirious videos, but for some reason, I can’t get past digging up videos of awesome live music performances.
Anyways, I guess my point is this: I am amazed at the amazing free resource we have in youtube! Of course, you have to be discerning; there’s a lot of people on youtube who think they’re good at guitar, and want to impart their abilities on the world but really aren’t that good. But really, has there ever been a time in music history where one could by puzzled by how to play something while sitting in his or her pajamas late one night, and all they had to do was push a button, type a few words and next thing they know they could have a quick tutorial on how to play that song right in their living room? These are truly amazing times! Thank you to the two random people, that I will probably never meet, that further sparked my flame to learn more guitar! Maybe I’ll pull up the tube and takle the classic “Stairway to Heaven” tonight. (Yes, I actually don’t know how to play that!)
