My Musical Journey Pt. 2

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Chapter 2 of my musical journey.  (As suggested by @JamesHxstatic ) I took guitar lesson off and on for about 10 years.  You'd expect me to be really a brilliant player I suppose, however , while I was fair to middle rhythm guitar, the concept of playing lead , which I thought I wanted, never really stuck with me.  Through the years, I remember fondly my lessons.  I got to know my instructor well.  Growing up was in many ways difficult for me.  I suppose it is for everyone, - but for a teen/young adult in an odd situation - guitar lessons came to symbolize a half hour a week that was *mine* all *mine* - it belonged to me alone.   Sometimes my instructor and I would sit and visit if there was no one right after me.  Of course my instructor was "cool".  20 years older than me and in a local band.  Eventually as my interest in photography grew - I was invited to take poster photos for his band.  Though by appx. the 10 year mark 6 -string guitar felt boring to me -- like a rehash of stuff I had already learned, and yet the more difficult stuff felt impossible.  It was at this point that I came to hear "Peaches" by the Strangers in a soundtrack of a movie.  A bass guitar heavy jam. So I got the idea - why not bass? Chapter 3 in my musical journey was about to begin. * You can catch Pt. 1 by clicking "musical journey" at the top