MadAsAHatter
Well-known member
First, this thread isn't intended to be about judgement or measuring who has the biggest dick. We all have different abilities and goals when it comes to playing. Disclaimer out the way; moving on.
This doesn't have to be limited to career accomplishments. It could be a simple personal goal that you worked to achieve. Have you toured with big named bands, wrote a killer song, or maybe after 27 years you finally hit the lick that you never could get quite right.
What would you consider your biggest/best accomplishment as it relates to music?
I consider mine writing a small handful of original songs that got to play live; even if it was just at dive bars, that the audience seemed to actually like. I feel I can come up with decent riffs, but putting a full composition together isn't my forte. It was a good feeling to play those couple of songs I wrote completely myself and not have the audience boo me off stage.
Ranking right up there is successfully building my first full from scratch guitar. Going in with zero experience and people telling me it'll never play right I actually built a well playing guitar right out the gate. Similar experience and feeling with building an amp. No real experience and a number of people saying I'd end up electrocuting myself (at other places anyway, y'all were pretty encouraging here).
Second biggest accomplishment would be not murdering band members when they'd show up unprepared, fuck off all practice, and waste everyone's time. Not like I ever played to make a career out of it, I always did bands just for fun. But damn, at least put in a little effort for the group. All the BS and drama that comes with a band is why I quit doing it. Every now and again I do miss it; then remember all the crap that comes along. Nope, not for me anymore.
This doesn't have to be limited to career accomplishments. It could be a simple personal goal that you worked to achieve. Have you toured with big named bands, wrote a killer song, or maybe after 27 years you finally hit the lick that you never could get quite right.
What would you consider your biggest/best accomplishment as it relates to music?
I consider mine writing a small handful of original songs that got to play live; even if it was just at dive bars, that the audience seemed to actually like. I feel I can come up with decent riffs, but putting a full composition together isn't my forte. It was a good feeling to play those couple of songs I wrote completely myself and not have the audience boo me off stage.
Ranking right up there is successfully building my first full from scratch guitar. Going in with zero experience and people telling me it'll never play right I actually built a well playing guitar right out the gate. Similar experience and feeling with building an amp. No real experience and a number of people saying I'd end up electrocuting myself (at other places anyway, y'all were pretty encouraging here).
Second biggest accomplishment would be not murdering band members when they'd show up unprepared, fuck off all practice, and waste everyone's time. Not like I ever played to make a career out of it, I always did bands just for fun. But damn, at least put in a little effort for the group. All the BS and drama that comes with a band is why I quit doing it. Every now and again I do miss it; then remember all the crap that comes along. Nope, not for me anymore.
