I have dreams. Big dreams. I want to play the guitar. To some, that might not seem like that big of a dream. But I have pretty much no musical ability whatsoever, so playing the guitar represents a big dream for me.<\/p>\n
With such a handicap, some might wonder why I have this dream. Well, first of all, I like a challenge. Second of all, I still have part of that 14-year-old who wants to rock living inside of me.<\/p>\n
Like a lot of kids, I tried to play guitar when I was younger. My friend Dave was always into all kinds of music and a bunch of us would sit around in his room – he and his brother had a sweet setup on the top level of their family’s house – and listen to whatever we could get our hands on.<\/p>\n
Eventually, a bunch of us got guitars. We tried to play, but never really tried to form a band. Dave took to the instrument naturally. I didn’t have as much luck.<\/p>\n
I wanted to really dedicate myself to the instrument, but I also loved sports and found myself learning wrestling moves faster than guitar chords.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t a total failure. In fact, I still remember how to play “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by The Clash. Well, not the whole thing, but the basic chords stick with me.<\/p>\n
That’s all I need to keep my dream alive. I know I can figure out that one song if I try so why not give the instrument a go again?<\/p>\n
The thought swirled in my head off and on for years, but I never had the time. Now with Bridget getting older, I find myself with some free time on occasion and begin to think about picking the guitar up again.<\/p>\n
After all, the Internet has made it so much easier to find the chords for popular songs. I don’t aspire to learn the guitar solos from “Freebird,” although that would be totally awesome. I just want to pound out a few songs for fun in the basement.<\/p>\n
Part of my problem is that I don’t want to go and buy a guitar and amp, then realize they are great decorations because I overestimated how much time and interest I would have once I made the purchase.<\/p>\n
The other part is that I don’t want to be a clich\u00e9. I am fully aware that things like this are my own sad little mid-life crisis so I don’t want to look too silly.<\/p>\n
The commercial for some convertible when the wife made fun of her husband saying, “What’s next, Stanley? An amp?” hit a little too close to home.<\/p>\n
And it was one of the first things my friend Brian said when I mentioned I was thinking of buying a guitar. I can’t let that bother me. This is my mid-life crisis, and I’ll do what I please.<\/p>\n
I have looked in a few stores – I just need to bite the bullet. Dave is in a band all these years later, so the least I can do is learn to play a few songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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