ACK!!! no pressure... no pressure...

[Childbride]

i just got back from my lesson... was very pleased to have nailed it...

when my teach says:

"well, i'm gonna promote you after that performance. you're now going to be backup on the whole set in case something happens to someone at the last minute and they can't show"



i have to learn, with a couple of exceptions, a song a week from now until june.

i know y'all learn like 20 a week and stuff, but i'm still playing with 'guitar training wheels' over here...

i'm thrilled to death that he feels he can trust me with this responsibility, but now i'm terrified i'm going to let him down...

[stay in your Happy Place... s'ok...]

:

[peachhead***]

If you're playing with training wheels... then I'm screwed. Don't even have a tricycle yet.

You'll do great! That's great news :

[warren0728]

i know y'all learn like 20 a week and stuff

you obviously haven't talked to my instructor....then main thing i have learned is that i suck more than i thought i did!

anyway....the main thing is it sounds like you can kick shiners's a$$ at playing which isn't such a bad thing.....for you!

keep up the great work....gives some of us slow learners inspiration!

ww

[sunvalleylaw]

Go for it. All that studying for finals and bar exams and trial prep taught you how to do all you need to do.

[luvmyshiner]

Aww heck Warren. She's been able to kick my a$$ for a long time. I'm just an old country strummer.

Steve, you said a mouthful brother. I still have nightmares and wake up in a cold sweat when I think about those days.

[piebaldpython***]

If your TEACHER didn't think you could do it, he wouldn't have told ya!!! Congrats CB!!!!

[ted s]

ahem.. CB... Dudette.. schwiing and all .. your training wheels fell off a while ago.

[Robert****]

That's awesome, girl! You'll learn a lot - you're already a semi-pro now - just keep going!

[street music]

Way to go CB, I'm still trying to keep my strums in time and playing a few lead parts on some songs. I guess that I have finally got to point of picking my way through Willie Nelson's version of CRAZY' go figure on that one. I have gotten my way too on Your Cheatin Heart. I'm working on a few EAGLES songs and Beatles too, got a decent start on Hotel California. Just think an old guy like me might be able to learn a song by CHILDBRIDE that hot new act from TEXAS.:

[Plank_Spanker]

There is nothing like a little pressure to force improvement. It will put your nose firmly at the grindstone and when you look back, you'll be amazed at what you learned.

[just strum]

CB, you've been taking a number of steps down that path on your guitar journey. It's great to hear and I certainly am happy for you. The day will come when I will be saying "I knew her when..."

[Childbride]

all y'all... you don't know what it means to hear your words of encouragement [and i am so wanting to whine right now instead of centering] and Plank [and SVL... and Robert] ... i think that when you invoke my inner tiger about achieving under pressure, you are right.

although i am hearing the chords of dichotomy in my soul between being overwhelmed and being thrilled at the challenge, i remember a favorite story of my Father's.

"you were three. i took you to the local playground at Turtle Creek. i was talking to another father while you were playing at the play ground. apparently, at some point, an older boy challenged you to go stand in a fire ant hill, and you looked at him. you said no. he apparently [this is after the fact, with the respective parents] told you you would be chicken if you didn't do it. darned if you didn't square step in that fire ant bed and stand there, squalling, until i realized what was happening... i ran to get you, ran home with you, got the ants off you... but you never moved."

[NOTE: THIS IS NOT ANY DEGREDATION AGAINST MY DADDY]

'i knew then that anything you put your mind to, you would do. and you have'

and the one question i asked him before he died was if he was proud of me. and he said 'of course'

so i do this, for my Father. i remember the Face of my Father, and i don't care how hard it is, or how many fire ants it takes. [or rumdrinks in the bahamas]

y'all are awesome for your support. thank you.

[Skip77]

CB - I notice more responses here than at WGF. I've been out of town and catching up to where I'm peeking around in the forums again. Way to go on the backup job and challenge!

The only story I have that is similar may not be encouraging but in an odd way, I think it will be... I had called the local play company to volunteer as trumpet for pit orchestra (if they had one) Person I spoke with wrote my name and promised to get back in touch when they needed a pit orchestra. Several months passed, no word. The call came and asked me to show up the following night. I showed up to discover guess what? They had rehearsed a very lively play with a score 1" thick for 6months (filled with extremely difficult trumpet parts from front to back) and then, that night, just 2 nights before opening curtain, they wondered if I could handle the score, BY MYSELF!!! To say I was stunned would be a huge understatement. I had to decline - no way could I perform that score or be ready in 2 days.

I told them I might have been able to do it if they had included me in the rehearals from day 1 and asked them to keep me on the list and get me involved earlier next time. Never heard from them again

Anyway, that won't be your experience, CB. You're ready for this responsibility without a doubt. Keep up the good work. My perception is that you are quickly becoming a reliable and skilled guitarist, unlike most of us hackers!

[Algonquin]

I have to agree with Mr PlankSpanker that a bit of pressure sometimes is a great motivator.

I know that at work I'll sit on a report that has to be written until a Client calls you for a copy of it... then it's amazing how fast you can do it.

Motivation is the key... if you want to do it, you can - and you will! :

Good luck on the tunes... this stuff is all about fun! Enjoy

[marnold***]

the chords of dichotomy

On a lighter note, this would be a great name for a pretentious fusion band.

[Childbride]

On a lighter note, this would be a great name for a pretentious fusion band.

i apologize. i have a great deal of familial responsibility on my shoulders right now, and it has me thinking of my Patriarchy constantly. this vacation is badly needed.

[warren0728]

i apologize. i have a great deal of familial responsibility on my shoulders right now, and it has me thinking of my Patriarchy constantly. this vacation is badly needed.

do not apologize...obviously i don't know you personally but some of your posts are so "from the heart" about your family that it affects me emotionally....my kids are the most important thing in my life and there are posts you have made that help keep me focused not on how i'm feeling but how to maintain a positive attitude for my kids....

hey shiner....cb is a keeper....i hope someday to meet both of you (and that lovely guitar family of yours)

ww

[Childbride]

Warren, you made me smile. i hope that the Shiners meet you, too.

[warren0728]

Warren, you made me smile. i hope that the Shiners meet you, too.

we will....someday!

ww