Jack of all Trades, master of some?
Posted in General Blogging on August 8th, 2008 by AstOk, most of my life I have been living with this notion that I have to choose something, ONE thing, and be really REALLY good at it to make it through life successfully. Even now I still have to agree with the 20th century mathematician, Hardy, that if you are good at something, don’t fight it but, rather, choose to excel in it. Furthermore, if you are good at nothing, choose something and become proficient. There is a lot of value in those words. So, when I was a kid, I discovered that I was good at playing guitar. I took my guitar playing to the farthest level I had the time and patience for. I think it is worthwhile to say that I am respectably good at playing guitar. I am far from excellent and I will never be as good at Yngwie, Jimi or Eddie, but I can play better than any of your run-of-the-mill chord strummers. I can even break out a good pentatonic-based blues-influenced solo here and there. Specialization. Neato. Read more »
