I am a 23 yo Software Engineering student, finally managed to get enough money to buy a Yamaha C40 and follow my passion.
I love music so much, it is basically magic to me. My goal is to become goooooood and have fun, and play to myself and to friends and family.
I have always been worried that I am not “made for art stuff” since I have always been a STEM guy, been told to focus on what I am good at. But no, I love music and will do it even if I’m bad
at first it was singing, I love singing so much, I tried practicing at home but I kinda plateaued at a mediocre level, because I think it needs feedback and I can’t afford lessons.
Now I was inspired to play guitar by friends and an instagram channel called acoustin2 (oh I hope I can get that good omg), and I instantly fell in love with it.
And I am thrilled to say that maybe art and music IS my thing, I am advancing at a nice pace, I bought my guitar this monday (6 days ago) and now I can play D and A chords and can transition between them around 55 times per minute now (hopefully correctly, mostly). I can follow along the songs without going out of rhythm too much, AND I LEARNED THE SEVEN NATION ARMY RIFF (because it is so very cool, i skipped ahead i know hehe but it’s fun)
I hope I can get to sing while playing because it is so hard right now.
I found out about JustinGuitar through asking chatGPT how I can learn and what resources to follow. And I am so endlessly grateful for Justin and the team here, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing me closer to my passion. I hope one day I am in a position where I can help too.
Nice to meet you, Ghaith! And welcome! I also thought that “I am not made for art” and bought my first guitar at 27. And you don’t need singing lessons, you just need to sing a lot (and I think it is better to do it in a place, where nobody can hear you, so you could you do it without the fear of being laughed at).