What is it like being a musician? It's an incredibly frustrating, constant struggle with insecurity and fear of inadequacy. It's being under appreciated and under paid. It's the hours of study and practice honing your skills to become the artist you know you will never be and knowing people have no understanding of what it takes to make it appear "natural". It's people talking about their friend or cousin who is an amazing musician and never had a single lesson...who doesn't even practice! It's knowing people feel entitled to what you do...not understanding that they are receiving a gift. It's sore sore fingers. It's the fight to book gigs and the frustration of last-minute cancelations. It's loading up and loading out and everything you don't see. But it's also that one moment when everything clicks...when you are lost in the music and everyone is sharing that vibe. It's the ultimate escape from everything that is wrong in the world

Are their any special techniques on teaching all members how to use the dynamics of voicing to create a more effective emotional response to the audience?? Pausing, soft strums, picking , crescendos , without other members or sounding like a bossy perfectionist!! lol😂🤔. I believe dynamics are very important and it's something that comes with time and learning to be a team and knowing what each other is going to do next but when you have people come and go a lot, there has got to be a way to express the importance and be an effective unit without causing conflict!!?!?!?! Maybe more cowbell?? 😂

Here’s a taste of equipment

Curious how many of us write their own lyrics (whether you've add music to them or not). Do you? If yes, feel free to post a verse (or as much as you like) from one of your own set of lyrics if you want. It would be interesting to see what others have written.

Whats was your first solo you learned? I'm working on some zeppelin and was curious to hear others first ones.