“Still Got the Blues” for my poor playing
The older I get, the more I find myself stepping into the blues realm of guitar. I spent two hours today just jamming along with some slow blues tracks off Gary Moore's latest album. I had no idea I had "left" for so long until I had to take the better half to work. I like older blues like Johnny Winter, but my heart really lies with the more modern take on blues. Anything by Gary Moore in particular. Just that style of playing, the sound, the emotion of the blues these days is the only real music to move my soul. I find it hard to comprehend myself, but all I know is that it is definitely happening.
I've decided I want to focus more on my blues playing now then ever, and determined that to get where i want to be i need lessons. I just did a quick search for a guitar teachers in Newcastle but I think the only real choice is "Big Vern". Vern is a local legend in the guitar community of Newcastle and lives around the corner from my father's house. I'm really serious about getting proper lessons for my playing. I'm the sort of person who needs the motivation that you get from having to prove yourself to someone. Having a proper tutor is exactly what I need. I've had all of three lessons in my life on guitar. I quit because where my teacher was slowly going through Mary Had A Little Lamb, I had already taught myself Master of Puppets. Nursery rhymes seemed pointless after that.
So learning guitar has been a solitary experience for me. I've watched, listened, read, but never been shown anything. And that is what i feel I am missing. I guess I'll do some more research during the week and see if I can find someone more local to deal with.
