Comments on: Poll: are great guitarists born or made? http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/ Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: manounerockeuse http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12648 manounerockeuse Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:16:31 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12648 I vote effort! :bunny: :guitar: :woohoo: :banana: I vote effort! :bunny: :guitar: :woohoo: :banana:

]]> By: DaveShred http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12477 DaveShred Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:38:36 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12477 Weel I think that some kind of people can have certain easyness for playing some instruments, or maybe it can be that for all of us music is our passion we can have the patience to sit and practice for some hours (although it's a little tought...).. Keep practicing, there's no trick!! just keep motivated and do it! Weel I think that some kind of people can have certain easyness for playing some instruments, or maybe it can be that for all of us music is our passion we can have the patience to sit and practice for some hours (although it’s a little tought…).. Keep practicing, there’s no trick!! just keep motivated and do it!

]]> By: laurie monk http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12448 laurie monk Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:40:16 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12448 I think it's a mix of talent and hard work. Some times the talent makes the hard work seem easy...but when I look at players like Allan Holdsworth and Shawn Lane...they just have something else...an "x" factor. :guitar: :guitar: I think it’s a mix of talent and hard work. Some times the talent makes the hard work seem easy…but when I look at players like Allan Holdsworth and Shawn Lane…they just have something else…an “x” factor. :guitar: :guitar:

]]> By: Andy Gavin http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12419 Andy Gavin Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:53:15 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12419 I believe it's down to hard work. ..however... I think some people have an aptitude for learning things involving co-ordination and listening. I think they can achieve greatness without (much) guidance. Others don't have that aptitude. But with a good teacher AND the desire and hard work, they can also achieve it. The crucial factor is not JUST the teacher, it's the student being willing to accept what the teacher says and follow their guidance... Because amazingly, some don't... :roll: I believe it’s down to hard work.

..however…

I think some people have an aptitude for learning things involving co-ordination and listening. I think they can achieve greatness without (much) guidance.

Others don’t have that aptitude. But with a good teacher AND the desire and hard work, they can also achieve it. The crucial factor is not JUST the teacher, it’s the student being willing to accept what the teacher says and follow their guidance… Because amazingly, some don’t… :roll:

]]> By: Hugo http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12416 Hugo Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:45:44 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12416 (My comment got cut in half :neutral: ) "If you believe you can, you will. If you believe you can’t, you won’t. " - Tom Hess (My comment got cut in half :neutral: )

“If you believe you can, you will. If you believe you can’t, you won’t. ”
- Tom Hess

]]> By: Hugo http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12415 Hugo Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:42:38 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12415 I'm a quote "collector" and i have several that suit this topic :banana: Here they are... Talent may or may not exist, talent without desire and endless amounts of hard work is meaningless. That said, I don`t really believe in talent much. Why? Because anything can be accomplished by anyone. - Marty Friedman "Talent has a lot to do with how much someone actually loves that which they want to achieve. In my phraseology ‘to have a talent’ basically means “being naturally in tune with something” – but there are ways to increase talent by becoming more in tune.”" - Uli Jon Roth "I do not have any talent at all - you can beat me with hard work." - Kristofer Dahl @ guitarmasterclass.net "if you think that talent, intelligence, etc. are fixed qualities that you are born with and can’t do anything about, you spend most of your time trying to look smart/talented rather than trying to learn." - Lori Linstruth I’m a quote “collector” and i have several that suit this topic :banana:
Here they are…

Talent may or may not exist, talent without desire and endless amounts of hard work is meaningless. That said, I don`t really believe in talent much. Why? Because anything can be accomplished by anyone.
- Marty Friedman

“Talent has a lot to do with how much someone actually loves that which they want to achieve. In my phraseology ‘to have a talent’ basically means “being naturally in tune with something” – but there are ways to increase talent by becoming more in tune.””
- Uli Jon Roth

“I do not have any talent at all – you can beat me with hard work.”
- Kristofer Dahl @ guitarmasterclass.net

“if you think that talent, intelligence, etc. are fixed qualities that you are born with and can’t do anything about, you spend most of your time trying to look smart/talented rather than trying to learn.”
- Lori Linstruth

]]> By: Hugo http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12414 Hugo Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:35:56 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12414 Just for the record and also answering to JT... I had a friend who didn't have any sense of tempo, but he started playing guitar. No one could play with him, he had his own rhythm and everyone tried to follow his since he couldn't follow others, but he also didn't had a constant rhythm...he really didn't had a sense of rhythm or tempo...it was just that awful! But he really liked music and want to pursue a musical career...Well he got into a Music Conservatory. In only one year he could maintain any kind of tempo or rhythm! Further more, he outpaced everyone else being rhythm, tempo, theory, etc. That is what teachers and schools exist for! Also ... Michael Jordan, the best basketball player that ever existed, was rejected the first time he attended is school basketball team exams. He was just that bad...but he worked every single day for about an year. Next year he got to the same tests and became part of the school basketball team...and the rest is history! Steve Vai have said several times he isn't a born talent, he had to work every day for about 10 to 12 hours. Albert Einstein worked at a patent office, science was his hobby...go figure! Just for the record and also answering to JT…

I had a friend who didn’t have any sense of tempo, but he started playing guitar. No one could play with him, he had his own rhythm and everyone tried to follow his since he couldn’t follow others, but he also didn’t had a constant rhythm…he really didn’t had a sense of rhythm or tempo…it was just that awful! But he really liked music and want to pursue a musical career…Well he got into a Music Conservatory. In only one year he could maintain any kind of tempo or rhythm! Further more, he outpaced everyone else being rhythm, tempo, theory, etc.
That is what teachers and schools exist for!

Also …

Michael Jordan, the best basketball player that ever existed, was rejected the first time he attended is school basketball team exams. He was just that bad…but he worked every single day for about an year. Next year he got to the same tests and became part of the school basketball team…and the rest is history!
Steve Vai have said several times he isn’t a born talent, he had to work every day for about 10 to 12 hours.
Albert Einstein worked at a patent office, science was his hobby…go figure!

]]> By: JT http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12413 JT Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:33:15 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12413 Hard work is required but I think there has to be at least some natural talent as well. I know people who can't maintain a tempo when simply tapping a table with their finger. From that standpoint it would be very hard to become a musician, in my opinion. Hard work is required but I think there has to be at least some natural talent as well. I know people who can’t maintain a tempo when simply tapping a table with their finger. From that standpoint it would be very hard to become a musician, in my opinion.

]]> By: Lorinator http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12410 Lorinator Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:43:57 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12410 Mr. Joe, I suppose that "talent" could cover what you mean by God-given talent. Maybe? Mr. Joe, I suppose that “talent” could cover what you mean by God-given talent. Maybe?

]]> By: Kristof http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/comment-page-1/#comment-12402 Kristof Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:24:01 +0000 http://lorinator.feminoise.com/poll-are-great-guitarists-born-or-made/#comment-12402 Anyone with devotion and application can become a very good if not excellent guitar player althought the person with the talent can become a lot better with THE SAME amount of exercise. A talent without practice is soon outgrown by a less talented person who practices on a regular basis. It's like that in every field, not just with guitarists. Anyone with devotion and application can become a very good if not excellent guitar player althought the person with the talent can become a lot better with THE SAME amount of exercise.

A talent without practice is soon outgrown by a less talented person who practices on a regular basis. It’s like that in every field, not just with guitarists.

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