That's a horrible thing to wish for. If Koch was president, he would try to change things, and then he would just be dead lol. They call it the "Kennedy Treatment". The only reason why Trump is still alive is that he didn't really change anything (or even try, really) lol.

So you let the "Koch" do the talking eh? Way

I use that quote a lot

Greetings from Ontario. Are you Quebecois, or just living there?

Tough to make a comparison and I don't know you obviously but anyone who spends ten hours a day practicing every day is going to get really good really fast.

Write a hit song. You don't have to be the greatest player in the world to be successful. Beatles? Stones?

That's the thing - Greg is doing what he really wants to. He's no longer interested in being famous other than for the financial benefits. He's sticking close to what he now values the most. Different ages - different goals.

Just be you, man.

Having said that I've had anxiety all morning after watching this....

Beatsmith2005 you're fine , do it, beatsmith2005 , ill be looking

Tsuskij23 Chesterfield Kings? Man! They were something else!!

billy, something in that but never ever give up, if you love it you'll do it, there's never been a better time with the net and KZfaq. Keep goin man.

Oh I love music, I just don't love the reading and writing music, and music theory. I love the soul of music :-)

I love the 'writing', or more generally, the composing, so to speak. I had early violin lessons, starting in 3rd grade, back when public schools still believed in funding arts and sports programs to help kids develop. My violin and obligatorily attached orchestra endeavors lasted through most of fourth grade. I loved the look of sheet music, but I didn't like what it was, so it turned me away. I half-assed 'learned' to read, but I never took it far, and I have a 'good ear', so that set me up for whatever this journey has been ever since I could get to the proverbial pots and pans and wooden spoons or sit at the organ bench. I can still feel the terrifying anxiety of faking my playing in an orchestra chair. ; ] Our instructor was a young, fairly mild-mannered drinkin' woman fond of hard candies, so the train wreck happened slowly and it didn't leave much damage in its wake. Mr. Helling -- who in all honesty I probably somewhat unfairly remember as a major turd more than as a guy who, even if somewhat reluctantly, at least gave me a chance -- was the 5th through 8th grade band director. In fifth grade he briefly gave 'off the books' after-school drum lessons to my friend Kenny and me. Shortly after beginning this new adventure I was told that I was unfit for band because he thought less of me for not wanting to continue with violin study, assuming that I would be a quitter with the drums as well. Kenny was a class clown. I was slightly more reserved but not without my irreverent side. I remember us messing around and just enjoying access to the drums rather than acting like Julliard students, so perhaps we simply didn't cut it as second-class drum pupils. No band. No more snare drums. No more opportunity to sit at a modest but heart-quickening trap set. Anyway, my tale is one of being a good misfit. I plink around on my travel guitar, which I love and is my sole instrumental outlet these days. A few years ago, after getting an itch for the Blues again, I messed with a new Golden Melody harmonica, long after having had a Marine Band as a pre-teen and picking out 'Love Me Do', but I retired it after having it signed by John Popper. My mid-'90s KORG X-3 has a dead key and has sat mostly dormant for nearly a decade in a closet. My handsome African Bubinga SONOR Signature Series drums sit silent, partly because I live in close proximity to other ears. What I meant in saying that I love the writing or composing over the formalities of musical performance is that, at every phase of my life, people have enjoyed jamming with me or have heard some odd little thing I 'wrote' and would say something like "Holy shit, man, that's cool. You're a natural musician." I'm not 'the shit', and I don't think of myself as such, but I know I have a bit of the 'it' factor. 'It' was apparent when, at about the age of four, maybe five, I was tapping around on my second cousin's red-sparkle drum set when visiting the family, and with my Dad first -- a great 'by ear' untrained organist -- the whole family was drawn downstairs one-by-one to hear me 'play'. I was literally kicking the kick drum, being so small. Just this evening, not long before dialing up this video, I was sitting here in my cumbersome, uneducated way, delighting in the melody of what I was getting from plinking on my little Vagabond guitar. The magic of music resides more in those moments than it does in technical proficiency, given that such person truly has some genuine musical aptitude and not merely delusions of grandeur. Polished, acquired skills and innate artistry are equally valuable, but I think that most would agree that a modestly skilled player with great musical ideas is more enjoyable overall than is a rote, sterile technician. To hell with the bad teachers and the missed and delayed opportunities. Thanks for imagination, musical sensibilities, and working extremities. Ha! Lastly, thanks for Greg and his consummate professionalism, and his gifts as a 'total package' player. I loathe 'The Best' assignations, but he's without a doubt one of them. The greats are all good at playing, explaining, and in most cases being humble and sincere. I found a Wildwood video of Greg a few weeks ago. I'd either never heard of him or -- far less likely -- I'd not remembered his name, and at first I thought he was an asshole. Then I listened to more. What a cool goofball. It took a few videos, but I became hooked. Ha! I don't laugh easily at a lot of KZfaq fare, but he gets me chuckling because I have a similarly twisted sense of humor. He's an awesome guitarist with appeal to players and casual listeners alike. He's my new favorite. His depth as a player, artistic soul, and intelligent, articulate, witty, humorous guy is genuine and valuable. He's interesting enough to make this approach to video content very viable. I saw one from this series prior to this, and I noticed the axe on his knee after several seconds and instantly thought this was a cool direction to take. ; ] I could listen to Greg do clinics and product demo videos for hours on end, and it would take quite a bit to tire me of these Q&A segments, because I think that a player this well-versed usually has a lot of fascinating things to say about how they 'arrived'. ; ] Sorry to be a bit off-topic for your focused comment. I'm a bit long-winded in comment sections. I need the mental equivalent of the bags that dog-owners use to pick up Fido's sidewalk sausages.

I'm left handed too. SECRET: right-handed guitars are really left-handed guitars. Don't tell anyone.

Guitar neck is on the left side; I bat left handed; bat is on the left side.