Why play a plastic guitar when you can have a real one?
@ 2009/09/08While kids can get instant gratification from grabbing a plastic Strat and fondly imagine they're really playing, they're missing out on the genuine enjoyment that learning to play a real instrument will bring them over the rest of their lives.
The trend toward instant gratification with no effort at all could well mean we run out of real musicians when old fogeys like Wyman and myself finally kick the bucket.
Wyman was speaking at the recording of a charity single at the Abbey Road studios in London and told the BBC: "It encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument."
The trend toward instant gratification with no effort at all could well mean we run out of real musicians when old fogeys like Wyman and myself finally kick the bucket.
Wyman was speaking at the recording of a charity single at the Abbey Road studios in London and told the BBC: "It encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument."
playing real guitar requires more skills, hence the higher learning curve, but the return in effort is worth it.
your comments remind me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Queer-O