Poor Kid
As what has become the highlight of my week, I went to my guitar lesson today, and upon entering the shop a little kid was finishing up his lesson while his mom looked on. This kid was maybe 8, or 9, and was having some trouble. Sounded like it was his first lesson. About a minute after I showed up they packed it in and my teacher talked to his mom. He said he'd feel bad taking her money every week when the kid just couldn't get it quite yet. His mom said that he was hoping to start to learn to play the saxophone in band this year, which would put the kid in 4th grade, which was when you could join the band when I went to school. The kid would start the sax and come January maybe go back to try his hand at the guitar again. Poor kid, he seemed so down and heartbroken. They left and my teacher said something to the effect that right there was proof he's an honest guy. I just said I'm glad I didn't hear the same after my first lesson. I guess some people can just pick it up quickly and others can't. Granted at 9 maybe it was a little too early, but then again I walk in there and there are 10 year olds who sound 10 times better than me. Hopefully the kid can pick up some musical skills and go back in a few months and learn to play.
Anyway, had a decent lesson and this week I'm learning the blues. Just the basic twelve bar blues in E, along with the pentatonic scale in E, which is the basis for any type of lead playing. Most of what I've done so far is just chord based, which is more for rhythm guitar playing, which is cool too. That should keep me busy for the week, along with messing around with everything else I do on my own. I'm still working on "Daughters" by John Mayer and was actually going to bring it into my lesson this week, but held off when I saw the 12 bar blues thing, as I've heard thats something worth learning. I finally got down pat the Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon", which is the theme song to the excellent show Rescue Me on FX. Its really not hard, it just sounds dumb on an acoustic, but oh well. I also downloaded for $4.50 the music to Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails, which also looks somewhat simple to play. So we shall see. Between all that and everything I've already learned and what I have on my plate this week, it should keep me sufficiently occupied.