Who/What started you on your journey and why?

[msb]

I was asked to go to an audition , local touring band. I was the only one to show up.
 

Got the job. 
 

[Guest]

I was a Kiss fan from the age of five or six. I was madly into them as kids can be and dreamt of being like them I guess. 

My father played guitar and got me one and taught me some chords and old songs with some rude words replacing the original ones to make it more interesting for a kid. I'll always be grateful to him for that. 

I also went to kids guitar group lessons held by kids in their early teens and I enjoyed it a lot.

 

We then moved to a more posh area and they all liked pop music. I hated it there but still wanted to play guitar so I got signed up to a course but as there was a demand to buy and use a foot stool that was the end of that. I never cared much for fashion or appearance but a foot stool? No.

 

I started playing again three or four years later at my own accord playing music I actually liked poorly and will keep on doing so as long as I can and enjoy it. 

Edited December 23, 2023 by HornetPinata

[Downunderwonder]

10 hours ago, msb said:

I was asked to go to an audition , local touring band. I was the only one to show up.
 

Got the job. 
 

In that vein, in my later endeavours, I was the only to show up that could read dots, thanks to violin studies.

[msb]

Had I realized I’d still be dragging my gear into dive bars almost fifty years later , I might have had second thoughts.