My Friend The Noodle Shamer

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Constantly harping on me because I mostly just noodle on my guitar at home. I have high praise for him because he takes a minimum of 2 hours a day every single day to practice scales and modes. All the time he says to me "Dude you would be so good if you were disciplined" like I suck or something. Hell I'm no shredtastic phenom but I can hold my own in a band.

Playing guitar gives me pleasure and for me it's actually therapeutic. If I have homework to do or something like songs to learn then ya I sit down and woodshed. I always warm up with scales 20 minutes or so before a gig.

Sorry just ranting. It helps for me to type stuff out.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Constantly harping on me because I mostly just noodle on my guitar at home. I have high praise for him because he takes a minimum of 2 hours a day every single day to practice scales and modes. All the time he says to me "Dude you would be so good if you were disciplined" like I suck or something. Hell I'm no shredtastic phenom but I can hold my own in a band.

Playing guitar gives me pleasure and for me it's actually therapeutic. If I have homework to do or something like songs to learn then ya I sit down and woodshed. I always warm up with scales 20 minutes or so before a gig.

Sorry just ranting. It helps for me to type stuff out.

 

[67Mopar]

Whatever makes you feel good, man. I noodle a lot myself, but that's how I come up with riffs.

 

[jimmyjames]

Is his name Clint? FLICK OFF, CLINT

 

[DaDoc]

Constantly harping on me because I mostly just noodle on my guitar at home. I have high praise for him because he takes a minimum of 2 hours a day every single day to practice scales and modes. All the time he says to me "Dude you would be so good if you were disciplined" like I suck or something. Hell I'm no shredtastic phenom but I can hold my own in a band.

Playing guitar gives me pleasure and for me it's actually therapeutic. If I have homework to do or something like songs to learn then ya I sit down and woodshed. I always warm up with scales 20 minutes or so before a gig.

Sorry just ranting. It helps for me to type stuff out.

To each his own, I say..There IS something to say for a rigid practice routine, but then it can sometimes become too much like a job and burn ya out.

 

[StratoMarshall]

Shame on the noodle shamer!

 

[EndGame00]

Is he a cocktail wiener?

 

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Is he a cocktail wiener?

 

[rmlevasseur]

thought this was going to be a penis envy thread

 

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thought this was going to be a penis envy thread

I tricked you! LOL

 

[mickeydg5]

I thought scales and modes was noodling. I use to do that shit all the time. Too much even.

Tell your friend he is a theoretical wiener, as in always playing theory.

 

[EndGame00]

I'm an absolute free-for-all if I'm just playing at home with no backing tracks...I play one thing, then something comes up, I play other one... If I put 2 and 2 together, it equals to 5... my playing made no fucking sense at all.. Back in the days, I could hang with other technical players with speed and precision, now I'm as sloppy as it gets....I just play for fun now, not to compete with anybody else....

 

[stringbender11]

I'm a noodler too, but definitely can't hold my own in a band.

 

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I'm an absolute free-for-all if I'm just playing at home with no backing tracks...I play one thing, then something comes up, I play other one... If I put 2 and 2 together, it equals to 5... my playing made no fucking sense at all.. Back in the days, I could hang with other technical players with speed and precision, now I'm as sloppy as it gets....I just play for fun now, not to compete with anybody else....

Yeah my buddy totally looks at guitar playing as a competition. I dont think I've ever seen him smile while playing either. On stage or at home.

 

[DaDoc]

Yeah my buddy totally looks at guitar playing as a competition. I dont think I've ever seen him smile while playing either. On stage or at home.

I used to play in a band with a guy like that, I learned a lot from him but he could be a total PITA..We would go out to watch other bands, and he would be constantly judging and badmouthing the guitarists- "He plays too clean, he needs more distortion." "He made a mistake there." "I can play that lead line wayyy better than that!" You get the idea.

I would be like "Just shut up and enjoy the show, dammit!"

 

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I used to play in a band with a guy like that, I learned a lot from him but he could be a total PITA..We would go out to watch other bands, and he would be constantly judging and badmouthing the guitarists- "He plays too clean, he needs more distortion." "He made a mistake there." "I can play that lead line wayyy better than that!" You get the idea.

I would be like "Just shut up and enjoy the show, dammit!"

You just described exactly what it's like for me to go see a band with him!

 

[paul hancher]

ramen sez “don’t noodle the noodler”... it ain’t cool man...

 

[EndGame00]

I used to play in a band with a guy like that, I learned a lot from him but he could be a total PITA..We would go out to watch other bands, and he would be constantly judging and badmouthing the guitarists- "He plays too clean, he needs more distortion." "He made a mistake there." "I can play that lead line wayyy better than that!" You get the idea.

I would be like "Just shut up and enjoy the show, dammit!"

The drummer in my first band was a lead guitar player on another band...We never considered ourselves in competition with one another...However, the other guitar player in his band was trying to compete and critique what I play, considering I only had 2 years of lead guitar playing experience back then, and the other guitarist in my band was very new to lead soloing as well... the death stares on my fretting hand looking for a slip-up

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

Back when I had to try and be the lead guitarist, I would see them at every gig we played, a lot of times the same guys, and all I ever did was improvise the damm solo, because it was always out of my reach, and would just smile and play on! Cheers Mitch

 

[DaDoc]

Back when I had to try and be the lead guitarist, I would see them at every gig we played, a lot of times the same guys, and all I ever did was improvise the damm solo, because it was always out of my reach, and would just smile and play on! Cheers Mitch

That's what it's supposed to be about! Love of music and playing.

Competition has no place in music, aside from improving one's own playing IMHO.

Maybe the "competition" crowd has issues like not making the high school football team or something?