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Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahha! XD that's hilarious! I wouldn't mind a guy playing the tuba if you get my drift (farts) lol! But in all seriousness yes it's a plus when a guy can play guitar or the saxophone. Also it's great when he can sing too! ^_^
Last edited by CancerianMoonPrincess; 05-25-2011 at 02:42 PM..
Reason: Clarification
Part of my love/obsession is the never ending learning process and tackling a goal objective. If one sticks to a certain style they can become masters of it or beter yet virtuosos but there are so many aspects and things about guitar that there wil neverl be a *ending*, a point where I can say "I know it all and reached the end level". Finger picking and slide playing are two aspects I have barely scratched plus just trying get better at playing with a pick, improving my attack and speed, improving my knowledge of theory, timing, improving my ability to use good voicing in soloing and on and on.
In Karate there is a highest level to reach, a black belt where you are considered reaching the highest but there is no end level to guitar or music, there is only life long growth if one chooses to follow it.
Being a musician that is in love with it usually means that person's main goal isn't for money because the pay given a lot of times from gigs doesn't equal to the time spent practicing and buying gear. I had a guy call me the other day asking if I was interested in being in a Rolling Stones tribute band and all he talked about was how the gigs pay this and that and how one place pays them $1000 for a 2 hours set and for some reason tribute bands do get paid well compared to cover bands let alone original bands but while I like jamming covers I can't play just one band ALL night or try to clone somebody else, the extra money doesn't matter to me.
The difference between that guy that called me is I heard his screaming kids in the back and money matters more to him than to me because I have no responsibility for anyone except for myself...haha
Next time a guy tells you he has been playing for years ask him how many hours he practiced and put into in those years, because hours and days matter more than years in the end.
acoustic guitar - absolutely. My first major boyfriend was an excellent guitar player. We'd go to his brother's house and they'd play their 12-string guitars together and sing. They taught me how to play certain chords so I could play with them. Those were magical times. It helped that we were totally stoned :-), but even now that I don't do anything like that, I'd still find it magical (not the boyfriend, but the 12-string guitars and singing.)
Piano and acoustic guitar are the 2 best, because they're romantic but not effeminately so. They're also versatile and you can find a lot of music for them, even something she'll like. Sax is also good.
Drums are not romantic because they're not melodic instruments, so they won't score points. Avoid the nerd instruments like brass (tuba, trumpet), accordians, and bag-pipes. Violin is a romantic instrument but it's rather feminine so it probably won't score points. Harmonica, banjo, clarinet & flute are neutral. Singing is a plus if you can do it very well. Otherwise it's a negative.
I'd second that.
While listening to performance is nice (if you like the instrument and the music that is), listening continuously to practice can surely get on one's nerves. Been there, done that, and don't necessarily look forward to it again.
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