Playing Guitar in Relation with Dishwashing

The iWorship Singles concert was really a success, and an eye-opener for me as a musician. I played an acoustic guitar and quite frankly, it felt different. It is an eye opener for me since I've always been a electric guitar guy, and my hands aren't that strong anymore to maintain my grip on chords, most especially on the barred ones.

I can still remember my high school years when I played acoustic guitar all the time. That time was when I was playing guitar for the daily morning mass. There were many occasions where I have to play loud and hard; people at the back can barely hear my guitar, not to mention that I was playing in a rather big-sized church. Also, I can't afford an electric guitar when I was a high school student so I practiced heavily on an acoustic guitar, which is more often than not, borrowed from my friends as I was not able to buy even a modest acoustic guitar before. I practiced all day, everything that I listened to, I'd play on the acoustic guitar. I learned my first song on an acoustic guitar, and played it from start to finish. I completed my first guitar solo on a guitar and it was really fun. I practiced heavily; whenever I get the chance, I'll play the guitar. Practicing heavily also became an excuse for me to skip dish-washing - I reasoned to my mom that I don't want the skin at the tip of my fingers lose their resistance against the strings ( a combination of cold water and detergent soap used in dish-washing during that time was, for me, the most dangerous concoction known to man), so I don't want to wash dishes. I even reasoned out that my hands should rest after every practice, so I made to a point to always practice before meals, so I can skip the dish-washing.

There were other crazy things that I did in the name of guitar playing. The whole point is that one has to be really interested and enthusiastic about learning guitar. Like any other field of interest, you need to have clear goals. From that point on, you can move forward. With patience, perseverance, a little bit of sacrifice, focus and determination, one can truly be the guitarist he or she aspires most.