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I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once, as I ever was...

The older I get the better I used to be.

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” - Ira Glass

It was at Ricks Picks as well. I'm sure Gene got a shot of it too. I have a few but i'm having trouble digging them up at the moment.

I am not sure. I am always learning new songs for the cover band but becoming better? I am not sure. I used to practice several hours a day when I was a music major but that was different skills. I used to sight read both treble and bass clef. Work on scales, fingerpicking, intensity, understanding the composition, comping in a 20 piece jazz band. Now it is rocking out in a 4 piece band playing recent pop/rock stuff. I guess the answer is no right now. Thanks Mitch. I needed to feel worse about myself.

Buying Rocksmith the computer game has probably improved my playing by 30%

Took this at Rick's Picks exhibit....

I'm the opposite on that. I can dig the combo. I own 1 Caddy and 1 ML. Don't get excited enough to own multiples of those body styles though. It's the Zs and Vs for me. Oh, I do have a nice Korean made EVO, LP copyish in Bass Boat Sparkle Goldtop with P90s.