Verbose Fortune Cookies...

In reflecting on my recent experiences I realized that to perfect some piece you have to be willing to fail over and over again, but never accept any failure as final. That's kinda how it work in life...you have to take risks knowing they may not work and you're going to have to try again.

The thing is, if you don't give it your best you WILL fail. That's pretty much the only guarantee you get.

This is the nature of learning math that really makes me feel pride in my students when they are successful. I know they had to struggle and fail.

For me learning something challenging helps me better relate to, and motivate, my students.

When I was hired a fortune cookie writer, it lasted about 2 hours. Too many words. They said I'd be better off having written, "Luck favors the prepared." Ugh. Too cliche!

Introduction

I've owned guitars off and on since about 1990. I've played consistently between 1990 and 1991, owned a guitar twice between 1991 and 2007. I've been playing consistently again between 2007 and now.

Here's why I started this blog: I've come to a point where what I don't know how to do is a bit embarrassing. Like most people, I usually try to put myself in positions where I do not expose my inadequacies. Nobody likes feeling inadequate.

There's the rub. To change from a guitar owner to a guitar player to a musician, I need to address my inadequacies. Right now I can play a few songs, but not in time, not consistently. When I'm playing at home, without other people, it sounds alright. But as soon as there are other instruments, the gig is up!

The purpose of this blog is to track the steps I take to improve and change from someone who knows how to play some songs on the guitar to someone who can really play the instrument.