Well I had never really played - a few lessons
as a kid and then an occasional week or two
of learning a song or two. But my fingers would
hurt and I'd lose interest.
In 1992 my brother bought a new Gibson J-45.
He never played it and would lend it to me for
a few weeks at a time when I'd visit. About 3 years
ago he gave it to me. I didn't play it for about
a year, until I started watching YouTube.
I bought a webcam, opened a channel and started
making videos. I had thought to make mostly talk videos
with occasional cover songs, but it turned out to be a lot
easier to play a song then to think of and remember
5 minutes worth of stuff to say. So I played everyday
and learned about 100 songs and made videos of me playing
and singing them.
So it was my brother and YouTube that got me to finally
start playing regularly after wanting to all my life.
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