Dreaming music and guitars??!! :)

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:35 am

Does anyone else do what the thread title says?

The other night I woke up thinking about the next guitar on my hit list after I dream of it, it was vivid too, the smell of the wood the tone etc! I dropped off with the look of it in my mind and slept well...

Also in the day, especially when socialising, I can't ever get what I am currently working on out of my head, whether it be a composition or a piece I am currently practising!! LOL

It is great in situations that are boring. You just go into your mind and begin practising scales and stuff!

Matt

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:42 pm

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:35 pm

i have only ever had one dream about guitars that i remember.

I bought a Jeff Beck custom guitar. It was white with a tortoiseshell scratchplate and it had a zero fret... (obviously not factory speck LMAO)

but you had to actualy fret the zero fret to play open strings

I remember thinking "why have i spent £800 on this crazy tool?"

Rob

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:04 pm

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demon · Post by **demon** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:06 pm

great video Alex. i truly loved it. what a shame it only had 27 views!

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:19 pm

demon · Post by **demon** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:35 pm

actually i am a happy person.

AC/DC TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and about the guitar dreaming, i only drempt about guitars the day before i got my first one.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:45 pm

xx123456

demon · Post by **demon** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:50 pm

anyways my only dream about guitars was the day before i got my first guitar. all i drempt of was PDVs falling from the sky. i ended up getting a fender starcaster which is basically the wal mart version of a strat but thats fine cuzz i got a dean CHF now!

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:06 pm

xx123456

wareagle · Post by **wareagle** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:08 pm

demon · Post by **demon** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:13 pm

why dont we just edit them ourselfs?
no need to make it a bigger deal then it is.
im done editing mine.
your turn

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:55 pm

rice_pudding wrote:i have only ever had one dream about guitars that i remember.

I bought a Jeff Beck custom guitar. It was white with a tortoiseshell scratchplate and it had a zero fret... (obviously not factory speck LMAO)
but you had to actualy fret the zero fret to play open strings I remember thinking "why have i spent £800 on this crazy tool?"

Rob

What is funny with 'GAS' as many call it, is it is cured once the guitar or amp is aquired but a few months later the old feelings of yearning for your next piece of gear occur.

I find on a very serious note, that so much practice can be achieved away from the guitar. It is one of those myths that is has to be a strenous physical work out to achieve success,

often on a long plane or train journey without access to a guitar I have looked through a score and imagined the passages in my head, and the feeling of my fingers fretting the new shapes. When I have then tried these sections in actuality, often they are then possible.

By dreaming I meant also day dreaming, and I suppose what many call positive visualisation, except it is not a conscious choice. The pieces and practice go on all day long and into the night even when I am doing other activities. In the words of Viscount de Valmont "It is beyond my control!"

Matt

demon · Post by **demon** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:58 pm

you really like guitar, dont you??
thats pretty cool that you can just think of something and dream of it and then play it.

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:12 pm

It's not just guitar you can do it with, it works with many things that use muscle memory. Also, it isn't as easy as a quick dream, and then hey presto! a brand new piece comes out the guitar

The useful thing about practising away from the instrument, is that you can get things in order first fingering wise. What happens often with practising, is people instead of going through the piece the first time trying to get everything correct, rush through, and their musicle memory remembers all the mistakes, so then you have the pain of having not only learn the piece , but also to weed out the mistakes.

Trust Cpt Matt, and try practising scales and exercises in the your minds eye and then try them on the guitar in actuality later on.

Demon, knowing you, you will try it and then say you tried it and what a load of rubbish it hasn't worked!

Matt