In which my hand feels like it’s about to fall off, but I can still type.
So I haven’t played guitar regularly since… well, ever. I guess I played a lot when I was about sixteen, for a year or so, but then I got really into voice and sort of stopped.
Today I played my new guitar for a couple of hours. Not in a row, of course, but a few times, each until my left hand started spasming in interesting ways and my fingertips all turned purple. I just put my guitar down and a vein serving my left hand is pumping like mad trying to feed the muscles in my palm and fingers. It feels really odd.
But I wrote a little song. Well, some nice changes, at least, and a lead and maybe a few lyrics. And a bitchin’ vamp.
Christ, my hand hurts. No more typing!
Last night at rehearsal we didn’t do any music. We watched the video (*groan*) and then stayed up talking (and raiding PK’s rather extensive chocolate stash) until twelve thirty. We’ll make music again at Sunday’s practice.
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did anyone comment on your vocals as you had feared?
oh, i miss making music. i must say, i haven’t touched my guitar in ages. but when i do get the urge to play, i play… not very well, but i play until my fingertips turn purple, so much so that a day or two later they’d get calloused.
and i guess, like you, i’m more into the vocal aspect of music than the instrument side.
oh, btw, thanks for visiting my site and leaving me a comment. the music video was truly histerical. i must say the best part for me was the care bear stare.
jjd ~ naw, they said it was fine. little do they know. *smirk*
jake ~ hi! yeah, purple fingertips. care bear stare!