I just spent about an hour noodling on one of my electric guitars, an act that, in my estimation, is one of life's greatest pleasures. Since I was 13, the experience of plugging a guitar into an amplifier and launching off into a musical fourth dimension has been nothing short of miraculous.
Playing guitar, or any instrument for that matter, transports you to a special place where reality and dreams mix, where the mathematical fundamentals of music morph into pure emotion and adrenaline, and where you instantly make a connection to the divine. I think of it as church for Guitar Dad.
And did I mention that it's just plain fun? Here's to all you loud guitar players out there, some of you occasionally unnerving your families and neighbors, but all of you surely enriching your lives forever. Crank it up, I say!
Below is a super-brief (and low-fi) video of Guitar Dad in the zone.
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no website really, just work. I wanted to comment that your words about your home struck me. we lived in NYC for 20 years, then western ma for 21 years and had a completely unexpected work related location to of all places East Bay California. we never thought we would leave our little paradise in western ma where we had 10 acres, a great home with a rental apartment (read that zero outlay annually on taxes and utilities), a barn we built, a chicken farm and horses. but daughter went to college, husband went back to work full time (he was the childcare giver) and with no time for the chores they became a big CHORE with little free time to enjoy the place. the opportunity to get away from winter, shovelling, ice etc. was very appealing so here we are in Oakland overlooking the beautiful city and hills in a new (to us) home we are fixing up to have the same income producing capability as the last one so we can afford to retire here. caught your blog in the NYTimes when you commented on twittering and just had to comment myself.
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