THE WORLD’S WORST GUITARIST !

Hi Folks…

I just found a new goal: Being the World’s worst guitarist.
NO! Do not read it again… it’s what I meant:
THE WORLD’S WORST GUITARIST !

Firts of all, there is no competition. Seriously, everybody in the classical guitar world wants to become the best. As a Youtube junky, any video I’m watching presents the “Leading Guitarist of His/Her Generation”. Sometimes the dudes claiming – or presented, it’s not them writing comments about themselves, are you kidding? they are too busy practicing in their bedroom - are just a few years appart… but they all are the leading guitarists or His/Her generation… so, maybe in the new world a generation is just a few years appart… or months… or those guys do not watch videos on Youtube… I do not know. Leaders are busy you know.

Thus, this morning… seeing there is no future for me with all those leading guitarist of his/her generation… I decided to become the Worst. Find me any competitor now. Do you know anybody who will tell you: I am the Worst?

What is “Leading Guitarist of His/Her Genreration?”

A leading guitarist is a Virtuoso. What is a virtuoso? Someone playing really fast – metronome companies won’t go broke soon… trust me. They can extend their finger in crazy fashion, even when they have little hands and big guitars… They have a terrible life, confined in their bedroom, with a metronome and try to play this Villa Lobos’ Etude faster than anybody… even when the tempo is… Allegro Non-Troppo… meanings not too fast. It has to be… very fast if you are a virtuoso…. and the “Leading Guitarist of His/Her Genreration”.
You also can recognize the virtuosi because they all play the same music pieces… and they compete to be the fastest (I guess the Leading… blahblahblah ranking stuff change every minute and the problem is to update the title of “leading so and so” in real time. Hard to go to your computer if you have to practice the same piece over and over…) So, the best does not mean “Unique”. By the way, when you are unique… you have no competition and cannot be the best. To be the best, you have to take part to the competition and do what others are doing… And then, it’s hard….

You can also recognize the “leading blahblha…” beacause at the concerts – where normal people looking for music are showing up – you see a group of guitarists from the other categories… Not a lot of people though.

How to be the Worst Guitarist in the World?

Well, there is a nuance between the “Worst” and someone who cannot play. It means you have to play the guitar but not enough to be good. Even not a little bit good. But practice from time to time to make sure your keep your status. If you practice too much… you become too good… if you do not practice at all well, you cannot play guitar anymore.

You can see it requires a lot of subtility. Being the Best: you have to play all the time! Stay in your room and practice, practice, practice.

I also can see another advantage to be the worst, it will be good for the best ones, as they can really see how good they are, the ones-on-their-way-to-be-the-best, it will valuate their effort and see there is worts then them… even if they are not the best yet. The ones-who-are-not-in-those-categories-but-who-know will laugh at me. What a joy to provide good time to the folks who are not in the main categories but still struggle to make a living as Classical Guitarist (yeah, it’s specific to classical guitarists… again…)
The people who do not play will just come for the music, like to a normal concert what… They do not really care if you play fast or not… they just want to have a good time… more than that if possible…

Where is the Art?

Now we come to the core of the question missed since the begining… Where is the art? Art is the victim in all that… not just the Art… but the classical guitar concerts…. empty halls… for classical music in general.  Yeah, it’s specific to Classical Guitarists… Rock guys do not have this problem… Jazz and Blues neither… they play music, not practice finger sport. Where would I read: This Classical Guitarist will move your soul, bless your heart with a deep interpreation of this piece… also I would love a piece I do not know! Please… PLEASE!!!! A composer I never heard of… Not something from the Segovia-Barrueco-Russell’s repertoire. I want to discover new music pieces, I want to dream, laugh, cry, I want you move my heart… I want you point at a new world of possibilities… I want to hear a great range of tones… a singing expressive guitar. The Bel Canto!

I want some art! Thank you…
Eddie Van Halen is the best in the world anyway…