It Wasn’t That Bad! You Shouldn’t Be So Hard On Yourself, It’s All About The Confidence!

It’s okay. A bit poor compared to your other stuff, but otherwise just fine.

Ya thank so?

Try listening to the original and saying that with a straight face…

I’m getting a da-… darn drink….

Upload It! This Griffon Demands It.

Audible sigh…-

Fine. It’s not like I have anything else to upload.

I rage deleted the rhythm bass, so there’s some gaps with no sound.

Three hours and this thirty second, incomplete garbage is all I could come up with…

If I did compose something, the only way it would work is to be so simplistic as to defeat the purpose of trying! It couldn’t even be taken seriously!

…

I could get the lead guitar’s part, but everything else just came out like crud… And that’s even if I could even get close to sounding like the original…

Well, it was a… way… to spend a few hours, I guess. But I’d be embarrassed to even upload what I got… I swear a foal could do better…

khayeuh:

blameniallhoran:

I know no one will see this , since im not tumblr famous. but i genuinely mean it. Even if no one reblogs it , im still gonna donate 100 dollars.

reblogreblogreblog ~

Not sure why you’d want to support a riot. Seems to me that you’d want to stop it!

Joking aside, good cause. Not sure if whoever started it has a thousand bits sitting around, though.

communistproperty:

asklyra:

Sometimes it’s hard just sitting here learning music… For a number of reasons, but one in particular has dragged itself to the surface here recently.

I like listening to music, but I can’t listen to music and practice at the same time. I’ve been feeling pretty unmotivated lately, because I just…

Have you ever tried writing music? I thought my calling was playing music for like 16 years until I took music theory in school. Then I realized how annoying playing was and now I’m going to college for composition!

Hmm… Now there’s a thought. I certainly can’t afford college right now. But I did pick up my lyre and I’m trying to work through the notes on an old favorite of mine and actually write the sheet music for it myself (I could never find its sheet music anywhere). If I can learn how to do that, I might know enough about note placement to actually compose something myself.

Only been at it a few minutes, but it actually sounds sort of accurate. Sort of.

martymcflystranded:

I was just saying… Yeah, i suck at words.

When i had trouble practicing a new piece, i would call one of my bandmates and practice it with him. If it didn’t work, we would just play something else to relieve stress. Sometimes, i would just call Jen and she would just listen to me practice.

It helped.

But we are from different backgrounds and i can sort of see how this may not be good advice… I’m sorry… i’m sticking my foot in my mouth, aren’t i?

No! You’re fine! I understand where you’re coming from. And if I was any good, I could do something like that. But it takes me so long to learn a piece. No one has the kind of patience it would take to hang out with me. Not for five hours of me slowly reading each note, line by line, and slowly memorizing it.

And I wouldn’t really want them to.

askgildagriffon replied to your post: Oh no! Text!

If You’re Feeling Burnt Out A Rest Will Be Good For You. Just Relax No One Expects You To Upload A New Piece Every Day. It’ll Just Make It All The More Special When You Do Record A New One. Don’t Feel Bad About This, You Deserve A Break.

Thanks Gilda. And thanks for all the guitar help you’ve given me!

martymcflystranded replied to your post: Oh no! Text!

Have you tried playing with someone when you feel like this?

It’s not like I can just jam. I can only play by the book.

Unless you mean, like X-Colt. I don’t really have anything to play right now. I sold Call of Cutie: Modern Warmare 2 when I had to cancel my X-Colt Live account.

Sometimes it’s hard just sitting here learning music… For a number of reasons, but one in particular has dragged itself to the surface here recently.

I like listening to music, but I can’t listen to music and practice at the same time. I’ve been feeling pretty unmotivated lately, because I just want to sit here and listen to music. It’s like a double-edged knife. I like music and I like playing music, so it’s my career. But I can’t just sit and listen to music, because I have to keep practicing.

I hate how things are right now. I’ll set aside some time to listen to some music, you know, to try and find something new. But then I’ll finding myself just sitting here with a grimace on my face, just waiting a few seconds or a minute to see if something happens and then just going to the next track! I’ve even skipped around through tracks to see if there’s anything that immediately grabs me, and if not just dumping it!

That’s not how you listen to music! And I hate that all I’m looking for are gems, when not every piece is supposed to be!

So, I’ve been kinda down and unmotivated today. Haven’t done anything. Originally I was going to blame being sore on it, but that’d be a lie.

Didn’t have anything to upload yesterday, won’t have anything tonight, almost positive I won’t have anything tomorrow. And probably not the day after either.

Sorry.

Yes. Yes I would. And as a consequence I’d probably be dead.

Not a subject I’d like to dwell on, as you can imagine.

I’m going to ignore your account name and say, ‘Thank you! But there are ponies much better than I!’

Edit: Huh. In a way, your account is telling the truth even without being insulting.

Asterisks don’t equate to action manifest. Sorry.

I don’t see how that’s possible. Octavia alone can play circles around me.

I was great last night! I woke up tired and sore today… Shouldn’t have danced for thirty minutes straight. I’m so out of shape…

You must not have heard very many musicians. But I’m flattered just the same.

And thank you for the compliment. You seem to talk to me a lot. How are you doing?

I dated a pony that was involved in drug dealing without my knowing. Being that I had him turned in when I found out, I think that would make me a ‘stoolie’.

Okie Dokie Lokie.