no competition

Alright, to all those good guitarists out there, have you ever been too good for your own good? I recenlty played at talent show for my dorm and honestly speaking the toughest thing the guitarists here have ever played would be master of puppets by metallica. So what is a guitarist meant to do when his piece consists of every fancy thing he can muster to pummel the competition badly. Cuz thats exaclty what i did, i played some simplified metal song with a four minute solo with sweeps, squeels, tapping and neat timing changes but when everyone else was playing chords and singing ... for some reason i stood out. I dunno i felt bad for everyone else cuz i shouldv'e played something by megadeth and still would have won. I got asked alot like how'd i even begin to play like that and i told em that a group of us from highschool were listening to vai , satch and malmsteen since 8th grade so we'd teach ourselves to get to that level. But i just felt bad, like i don't have an amazing singing voice and those kids did and i could never sing along to a song, i was always to busy with playing scales all over the neck. So yes i won a plastic trophy but was not proud of it at all. Sometimes i should have more moral fibre and give my competition a break, and play at their level and still win, thats true competitiveness.

questions comments complaints?

Oh dear. So you're too good for yourself?
Wow that must be a pain in the ass.
Yes, you should start to play as poorly as you can, just smack
the fretboard with a fish or something, that should do the trick.
Now I'm gonna go watch TV and forget that I read this post.

Originally Posted by: mc9mmOh dear. So you're too good for yourself?
Wow that must be a pain in the ass.
Yes, you should start to play as poorly as you can, just smack
the fretboard with a fish or something, that should do the trick.
Now I'm gonna go watch TV and forget that I read this post.

My sentiments exactly. You've obviously put in plenty of time and energy developing your skill, you deserve the recognition.

Don't feel bad for the competition, tell them to get off their arses and start practicing.

If you'd said you were really good cause you sign on to Guitar Tricks, I'd have been way more impressed with this post.

Yeah the same scenario happened with me, someone play "smells like teen spirit" And i played "Satch Boogie" and Evil Eye, which is Yngwie ( though witrh some of mistakes.). PWNED.

Originally Posted by: HammurabiMy sentiments exactly. You've obviously put in plenty of time and energy developing your skill, you deserve the recognition.

Don't feel bad for the competition, tell them to get off their arses and start practicing.

Actually, I was very ironic.
These "Oh man I'm so good, everyone else sucks, what am I gonna do??"-posts...
...no need to be extremely humble, but whats this all about?

Even more so here. If you can play like the solo to "Crazy Train" you are instantly a guitar god here. After people saw "School of Rock" they were like, "That kid lead guitarist was insane!!! He's sooo good!" Then I'll bust some Di Meola or a befuddled version of Vai's Blue Powder...

The reaction is kind of like, "Oh......"

There are a ton of Nirvana heads here..... bla...

I often wonder how nirvana made it out of their garage in the first place.

Originally Posted by: The AceEven more so here. If you can play like the solo to "Crazy Train" you are instantly a guitar god here. After people saw "School of Rock" they were like, "That kid lead guitarist was insane!!! He's sooo good!" Then I'll bust some Di Meola or a befuddled version of Vai's Blue Powder...

The reaction is kind of like, "Oh......"

There are a ton of Nirvana heads here..... bla...

That's not what I meant either.
I don't doubt his talent, just his manners.

Was it a specifically a guitar challenge, or just a general talent show. As the hardcore guitarists we are, we must remind ourselves that not everyone is into our favorite guys. Sometimes it seems that our virtuosos aren't really accessible to the general public, y'know?

At my latest dorm talent show, me and a couple friends wrote a really cheesy pop song, but played out instruments really well. It was the same type of style as most other people played, but with better showmanship and skill. We played what everybody else did, but better.

What kind of answer were you looking for when you posted this thread, other than "You deserve a pat on the back for being so damn good!"? Seriously, this board has to stop the egocentric bull****.

"Oh dear, I have a problem!"
-"What's that?"
"I'm better than everybody else!"
-"Oh dear!"

You wouldn't be on Guitartricks if you were better than everybody ele. Period.
Realize that when you complain to the mods, it won't be because I'm being a dick, but because I'm trying to bring you back to PLANET EARTH.

~Incidents

if you dont like the bull**** then dont read it and dont respond to it..theres plenty of other message boards..
theres nothing but nirvana and nu metal people where I live..I mean I personally wouldnt paly a malmsteen solo for a competition because not everyone is into that stuff..Id probably pull out a feely solo or somthing or some travis picking on some chords...most people tend to like the simple stuff..but not all

Originally Posted by: Incidents HappenWhat kind of answer were you looking for when you posted this thread, other than "You deserve a pat on the back for being so damn good!"? Seriously, this board has to stop the egocentric bull****.

"Oh dear, I have a problem!"
-"What's that?"
"I'm better than everybody else!"
-"Oh dear!"

You wouldn't be on Guitartricks if you were better than everybody ele. Period.
Realize that when you complain to the mods, it won't be because I'm being a dick, but because I'm trying to bring you back to PLANET EARTH.

~Incidents

Your signature is really, really ironic.

thanks for changing the subject

~Incidents

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