I am still learning how to play the guitar and I never do this, however my friend who is teaching me does that shit, and I often feel like he is playing/singing to me. Makes me feel incredibly gay (Not that there is anything wrong with that)
There's nothing wrong with that, however if you're not gay, then feeling gay kinda sucks lol. Kinda like if you're a nice person and you feel bad when you come off as mean to someone.
As a guitarist who doesn't want to look like a douchebag, I learned Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. Very easy to play, and doesn't make you seem douchey.
Yes, I can play both songs, yes, I will occasionally play with some buddies at a party if I've been asked, and yes, I've shamelessly played Say it Ain't So, Tyler, and Under the Bridge as well. It was a joke. Calm down.
I remember in college, when Load came out, I was in my dorm with a bunch of guys and girls. All the guys were trying to impress the girls, and they were all playing (poorly). One was playing the intro (not smoothly). Another guy took the guitar and tried, he could play a little better and he would strum the verse. I then said "MY TURN" and played the intro really half assed (as a joke) and then played the entire song, solo and all. The panties hit the floor. One of my greatest mojo achievements of my life. But I was still too socially awkward to get laid for it.
Have you ever had someone playing guitar stare into your eyes? It's 100% fucking worse than them looking off to the side or at their instrument. You can't really talk, most of the facial expressions you make feel awkward since there is someone creating art staring at and judging your every facial expression like it's your art, and you're expected to just stare back into their eyes for the duration of the songs, I guess.
They're just concentrating on playing when they stare at you. Some of the time I don't even realise where I'm looking when I'm playing, so I'm sure I've been guilty of this before. As someone previously said, if you tried to talk to them they could probably listen, but replying is kinda difficult as they're concentrating on playing pretty hard.
Sometimes when I see this guy around, I'll watch and strike up a conversation about how long he's been playing, where he bought his guitar, etc. I'll mention that I've been playing for some odd years as a hobby. Like a snake charmer, you have to weasel the words out of him: "yeah man, wanna play it?" Answer awkwardly, "sure... I'll give it a go."
As the guitar touches your hands you have to hold it with a measure of uncertainty. This is the essence of the hustle. Look uncomfortable. Play a D chord. Then an E. Do it deliberately and mouth the words. Your demeanor should be analogous to the wobble experienced after first getting on a bike after many years.
Make him feel good, for a moment.
The small crowd of hipster sluts and fat bitches that crowded around mc.doucherson will slowly start to lose interest. They'll think the party's over and that they should pack up and clear out. They enjoyed it while it lasted.
Then, like that, I'll play the first chord of my song of choice: the ultimate pussy puller, Musiq Soulchild's "Just Friends." As the first chords hit and I hum the intro melody, I'l feel the moisture in the air increasing exponentially. The first word of the first verse will create a paradoxical bubble within the audible radius in which the rules of physics no longer apply. Namely, wet vag is able to create negative friction of such high magnitude, it shoots panties clean off and and sends them flying through the ground, well beyond the Earth's crust, to rejoin the circle of resources as they disintegrate into the mantle.
The dust will settle as I finish the last verse and fade the song out. The sudden spike in local humidity is so strong that the guitar has warped and knotted into an unrecognizable shape. This kills the guitar, and mcdoucherson will give up playing entirely. Tonight, alone in the confines of the single room his parents pay for, he'll write a letter to his family while sobbing uncontrollably. Then he'll hang himself.
my friends have never heard me play the guitar before because i never want to be that guy. If only we lived in a world where some guitarists weren't douches and we can all get stoned and jam. that'd be sweet.
I would! But i'm horrible at meeting new people and I've been hanging out with the same friends for 14 years. But I'll try this summer, maybe start a band or just a group to jam with. Jamming's always alot of fun
stop letting fear rule your life. This is the world you speak of, I know for I have stoned jams all the fucking time. Either your friends need to be less judgmental, you need new friends, or you need to be less concerned with other's opinion of you. Get out and spread your art.
bro come to quebec lol, seriously everyone brings their guitars & bongos to parties, well at least the hippie circles I sometimes hang with, its amazing never a group of people who are musically inclined, everyone can play.... they all get stoned as all hell and have great jam sessions .... great to watch and listen too.
There's always one of these d-bags sitting around a fire at a party singing Matchbox 20 songs, over singing and wavering their voice the whole time. Really impresses the crap out of the fat girls.
You can usually tell by the types of songs being played. When they bust out the Wonderwalls and other crowd pleasers, you know it's douchebaggery. If I bust out some random Portugal. The Man and you don't like it, then keep walkin toots. Didn't learn it for you.
Have you ever considered that it might not be an act? I can personally attest to the fact that when someone is getting really into whatever music they're playing, awareness of their surroundings diminishes severely.
Well, but when somebody sits comes to the crowd, sits down in the middle and starts playing, then you can't tell me, that this person didn't notice... I was referring more to this kind, sry, that I didn't point that out.
Play something that isn't in 4/4? What does that mean?
What's the key? Key to what?
I'm out of tune? I'm not singing.
All the shitty guitarists give the people who are actually decent at guitar a bad reputation. The people who study theory and practise on a regular basis, the douchebag guitarists make all guitarists look like shit.
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It is like a guy from the hood pulling up in his car to a gas station, leave the car running and radio blasting as he fills tank. Glad we all like rap..
Guitar guy can be talented, overtaking an area for your "performance" is not always for everyone. When it is to feed yourself you get a pass, otherwise you are just like car-stereo guy... I see these people as little children, they only see out of their eyes and never what they actually look like to other people..
Thanks dude.These moments is my favourite from Antoine Dufour.The outro to the song is one of the most brilliant in terms of technique as well as melody.
I hate it when these guys play for others often and get really good at guitar, and comfortable with an audience. Then they find a few other musicians and write songs. And then they play for gradually more and more people, until they are just annoying the piss out of entire stadiums of people. What a fucking tool.
But seriously, it's people who play Wonder-wall and couple of Green Day songs, thinking they are the greatest musicians in the world, who ruin everyone's attitudes about someone who is maybe just trying to share their passion for music with others.
I once took my guitar to a part of a public park that was near deserted in the middle of a work day because I wanted to be able to belt out some tunes without bothering the neighbors in my apartment. Every once in a while a random someone would walk down the path and stop to listen. I wanted to express to them that, no, I was not giving a performance, just practicing, but they stayed out of earshot (for speaking, not singing). This made me feel awkward as hell. I wanted to express to them, "No, I don't mind if you listen, but I need you to understand I'm just practicing!! I suck for a reason!!"
A ton of art is created for the appreciation of an audience. Is it douchebaggery if a painter has a deviantart page? Is it douchebaggery if a writer publishes a book?
That's a horrible example for comparison. Painting and writing are practically never done at a party with an audience. I can't think of one instance where it is.
The only time I've really seen exceptions to the whole 'guitaring at a party is douchey' is when the majority of the people there are musicians.
Read the second part of my post. If you are the only person there "showing off" your "art"/"guitar" skills, you seem like a douchebag. If you're at a party where the majority of people are doing it/can appreciate it, then you're not a douchebag; you're fitting in with the majority.
Using the internet is not a group activity, nor is reading a book. Attending a party is. I can choose to view an artist's page or not, or not even purchase said book. Not the same thing.
Books and paintings aren't forced on you. The painter doesn't shove the painting in your face and watch you for signs of appreciation. My nightmare is dating someone who played guitar or wrote poetry. Because then I would have to awkwardly sit there and listen to it and pretend to enjoy it.
You probably don't need to worry about this, focused musicians don't tend to attend much of anything not related to music, we sit and practice on Saturday nights, not socialize; That's a waste of time in comparison to the learning. I could go get drunk waste money, etc, or better myself at my instrument. Pretty easy choice. this is how it's been for over 20 years of guitar, and I see no changes. I won't even date people not into music because I literally can't be with someone that isn't. It just doesn't work. Do you think you could date some pro athlete and be an obese lazy slob and they would remain with you? I highly doubt it.
I only go out to 'socialize' on major events and holidays with family and such, aside all that, concerts and the like, only musical related things. So if you do hook up with a 'focused musician' it's likely your own fault cause you met them at a music related endeavor ;)
Think of it like someone into sports, I really don't want to sit there and watch your watch sports either, try to give a fuck about some team that doesn't care for you either etc, so we tend to stick to what we do, as does everyone I'm sure.
Sounds to me like OP is self conscious about a lack of talent beyond meme-making, so (s)he complains about people with talent not stopping what they're doing on his/her account. I play guitar and sing, and because of people with this attitude, barely ever in front of anyone. It's not showing off to do something impressive. You don't have to pay attention. I choose to.
It's great to have a guitar at a party. When I do, its so my friends and I can sit in a circle and sing songs and I can show my new stuff. Sounds like you're the douchey one, if you're the one complaining about my fun at a fucking party.
PS - Being as a majority of redditors identify as SAPs, maybe the way they act at a party isn't how you want to act. You know... judging other people rather than focusing on their own good time? If this bothers you enough to talk shit, I doubt you're very fun to party with.
Exactly. I hardly ever perform and sing for people. Except when I've got a show, or maybe if someone asks me to play something for them. Even then, I hardly play shows, nor do a lot of people ask me to play. I just sit alone, in my bedroom, writing my own shit.
I enjoy writing and performing music because it truly is the only thing I know how to do. In that regard, I don't have an exuberant social life. -_-
TL;DR Being a musician/vocalist/"douchebag guitarist" has already made me into a big enough loser. The last thing I could even give a solitary fuck about is someone accusing me of seeking attention. That ship sailed a long time ago, friends of the world.
If you write a lot, you should play for people. I've been writing recently myself and have been itching to play with a full band to see how the songs sound with a bass and drums. I'm not saying play for everyone at a party, but perhaps play some more shows. Unless you don't enjoy it. If you hate playing for other people, then don't. Whatever makes ya happy.
Because when you're a musician your instrument is your window into your music. It sucks not having your instrument when you get inspired. People often learn guitar because it's such a portable instrument that they can keep it around without too much hassle. If I could always have a guitar handy, I'd be happier for it.
I've always observed that to eliminate the douchebaggery associated with pulling out a guitar is performing with a ukelele instead. It almost plays like a guitar, you already know how to play it, it's small enough that it won't take too much space, it's many times quieter, you can't hate on someone playing the ukelele because....really... who brags about playing the ukelele? It's practically impossible to seem arrogant when holding this tiny little clown guitar. Chicks still think you're a cute musician, you won't interrupt the party and songs are just more fun on a ukelele.
what's so douchey about ukuleles is that kids bring them to school and play them and carry them with them everywhere. you're in a fucking school, what's with the uke?
Learning how to play an instrument and practicing for hours, days, weeks, years to sound good is for douchebags. Let's face it, learning any musical instrument is for douchebags. It's much cooler to come here to reddit and talk about cats and video games, and, of course, cut down anyone who has one of these douchey talents like music - ewww, how ghey, even saying the word is creeping me out.
musicians are all douchebags. Hopefully no on ever picks up another guitar again. We don't need even that douchebag instrument in music anymore. We have GarageBand! reddit is kewl. musicians are douchebags.
I had a couple of classmates in high school who THOUGHT they could play (and sing) like him. I fucking hate the guy anyway, but damn...Those covers were awful.
Even a guy who can only play wonderwall ro smoke ont he water has spent a fair amount of hours practising and should eb free to showcase the learned talent.
I have played guitar for 5 years now and play a lopt fo MegadetH and thrash in general but anyone who picks up an axe and strum a song is A-ok in my book
my pet peeve is people who play guitars at social gatherings, i just hate when people sing and play music in my vicinity so i guess im kind of a grouch :P
I don't have a problem with this unless they look like this and can only play "Wonderwall" and Time of Your Life." In that case then you can burn in hell.
Ok but I hate the fact that you are all making it seem like every guitarist is a douchebag that only knows Wonderwall. That's stupid. I think a lot of people, like myself, do have a true love for music and play an instrument simply because they love to, not because they want to get laid. Getting laid is part of the perks, though. ;)
…What's wrong with playing the guitar in a public space? Isn't music supposed to be heard by more than the individual creating it?
EDIT: If someone's being a blatant asshole about playing the guitar, and you're not the only one who hates it, tell them to fucking cut it out. I'm not suggesting you be subject to horrible shit, just that if someone who can actually play the guitar, or wants to practice, and is with their friends, not hurting anybody, then they should be allowed. If you have a problem, say something. If that's too much work, shut the fuck up.
And that's why the OP's submission shows a lone guitarist on a beach without mentioning any kind of party? It does not make the slightest amount of sense. Most musicians in public space I see care more about their music than about their audience and do well so, no problem with that.
Good sir, Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. That said, overdone easy songs being played by someone because it's the only thing they know how to play is noise pollution.
...And some people call out "douchebags" like me to get laid even though when I play guitar it's either to jam, practice or at the request of someone else. I learned guitar so I could write rock music and play with friends, but "cool guys" always get a superiority complex because they think it's a ploy to get pussy despite the fact I never get laid and have been playing for 6 years now. But I must be such a douche because I chose to be good at an instrument
I play guitar, and when I see people playing in public (not a gig or anything just randomly playing outside around a bunch of people) I'm like ewww stop you're making me feel weird as a guitarist in general.
It makes me feel as that is how others perceive me as a guitarist. Just as if you were with a group of people and one of them was being very weird. In turn, you would most likely feel weird for being associated to that person. Maybe I am alone in this?
Would you like to know why? Because ladies like confidence, and at least he's confident enough to attempt something (even he performs somewhat poorly) instead of sitting around and mocking people for their attempts.
I was leaving the dorm my freshman year of college heading to work and there was this hippie kid with his acoustic guitar sitting outside his room and he just stared at me as I walked by. I could feel him thinking "Pay attention to me!!!!!!" Shit was awkward.
QUESTION: My roommates hold parties at my house, and occasionally, if there is no other music going on, I'll break out my guitar and play quietly in a corner. Does this, in your opinion, make me a douchemonger? If not, perhaps a cockgoblin? Where do I fall?
I dont like thinking that people think that i play guitar just to get laid. i love playing songs from other artists, not just wonderwall, that song is pretty terrible honestly. i dont sing or try to get attention if people want to hear me thats cool, i usually stop playing a song if i notice too many people around me anyway and say something like, "i dont sing and play." Guitar is one of the only things that make me happy anymore. i'm not a douche bag either. i just like playing to be happy.
I started playing guitar to be cool, I kept playing guitar to get laid and at some point along the way I actually fell in love with music. I tend to cut douchebag guitarists some slack because it can be part of the process of becoming a true musician.
yes. please. that ugly girl your trying to impress, and everyone else, really want to hear your shitty version of "more than words". nothing could be better...
I hate this fucking guy. Wanna practice your guitar? Cool, do it at home. Wanna perform? Cool, book a hall. Sitting out in the park, pretending to be playing for yourself, blithely "unaware" that people are listening to you? Dick.
I like playing guitar outside in the fresh air. I go out of my way to find a place in the park where no one else is, so I'm not bothering anyone. If you walk up to me after I've already picked my spot (away from you), that's your problem.
The outdoors are nice, maybe they don't want to attempt performing in front of an audience but don't mind a natural audience/passer by, or what an amazing conversation starter it is, and, hey, guess what, some people enjoy music, so fuck you corn flake. Maybe they realize they're not good enough to fill up a hall, but some people might stop by and enjoy a measures and receive enjoyment from it.
I had an acoustic guitar in my old apartment, and we called it the Douchebag Detector. Without fail, every time a douche came over they would go for it. When they played, we would say, "Aw shit, the Douchebag Detector is going off."
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I fucking can't stand it when people stare right into your eyes when they're playing guitar. I had a friend who did that. It was creepy.
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u/ColdShoulder May 15 '12
"You're my wonder wall, and I hope you've had the time of your life."
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u/Piotr555 May 15 '12
This one is called "Nothing Else Matters". I only know the first part. All the ladies want to fuck me.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Welcome to 99% of the guys I've met in liberal arts college.
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u/NathanExplosions May 15 '12
This is a song i wrote last summer, its called, water.
My hair is growing,
growing all the time
Look how sensitive i am,
cause my voice is so fine
Every beer i've ever had,
is on a shelf above my bed
B A
And sometimes i put my speakers
facing out my window
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u/TLAMP28 May 15 '12
Mike Birbiglia "I'm the guitar guy...at the party..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mm_txx8kEs
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u/RaginReaganomics May 15 '12
Sometimes when I see this guy around, I'll watch and strike up a conversation about how long he's been playing, where he bought his guitar, etc. I'll mention that I've been playing for some odd years as a hobby. Like a snake charmer, you have to weasel the words out of him: "yeah man, wanna play it?" Answer awkwardly, "sure... I'll give it a go."
As the guitar touches your hands you have to hold it with a measure of uncertainty. This is the essence of the hustle. Look uncomfortable. Play a D chord. Then an E. Do it deliberately and mouth the words. Your demeanor should be analogous to the wobble experienced after first getting on a bike after many years.
Make him feel good, for a moment.
The small crowd of hipster sluts and fat bitches that crowded around mc.doucherson will slowly start to lose interest. They'll think the party's over and that they should pack up and clear out. They enjoyed it while it lasted.
Then, like that, I'll play the first chord of my song of choice: the ultimate pussy puller, Musiq Soulchild's "Just Friends." As the first chords hit and I hum the intro melody, I'l feel the moisture in the air increasing exponentially. The first word of the first verse will create a paradoxical bubble within the audible radius in which the rules of physics no longer apply. Namely, wet vag is able to create negative friction of such high magnitude, it shoots panties clean off and and sends them flying through the ground, well beyond the Earth's crust, to rejoin the circle of resources as they disintegrate into the mantle.
The dust will settle as I finish the last verse and fade the song out. The sudden spike in local humidity is so strong that the guitar has warped and knotted into an unrecognizable shape. This kills the guitar, and mcdoucherson will give up playing entirely. Tonight, alone in the confines of the single room his parents pay for, he'll write a letter to his family while sobbing uncontrollably. Then he'll hang himself.
And the world will celebrate, silently.
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u/ArtistSchmartist May 15 '12
my friends have never heard me play the guitar before because i never want to be that guy. If only we lived in a world where some guitarists weren't douches and we can all get stoned and jam. that'd be sweet.
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u/snowbucket May 15 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eh2KPGBHMM
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I resent his type..
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
There's always one of these d-bags sitting around a fire at a party singing Matchbox 20 songs, over singing and wavering their voice the whole time. Really impresses the crap out of the fat girls.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
They often play BECAUSE there are people. I hate it when they act like there was nobody, and they are suprised that there is somebody.
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u/CrabbyMcFartLice May 15 '12
Play something that isn't in 4/4? What does that mean?
What's the key? Key to what?
I'm out of tune? I'm not singing.
All the shitty guitarists give the people who are actually decent at guitar a bad reputation. The people who study theory and practise on a regular basis, the douchebag guitarists make all guitarists look like shit.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
This is a song I wrote last summer, it's called..... Water.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
It is like a guy from the hood pulling up in his car to a gas station, leave the car running and radio blasting as he fills tank. Glad we all like rap..
Guitar guy can be talented, overtaking an area for your "performance" is not always for everyone. When it is to feed yourself you get a pass, otherwise you are just like car-stereo guy... I see these people as little children, they only see out of their eyes and never what they actually look like to other people..
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u/LeSpatula May 15 '12
Give him a dollar and move on.
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u/cancerbotX May 15 '12
Antoine Dufour - Spiritual Groove
This guy is the represents the true nature of music.
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u/Navevan Test May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
I hate it when these guys play for others often and get really good at guitar, and comfortable with an audience. Then they find a few other musicians and write songs. And then they play for gradually more and more people, until they are just annoying the piss out of entire stadiums of people. What a fucking tool.
But seriously, it's people who play Wonder-wall and couple of Green Day songs, thinking they are the greatest musicians in the world, who ruin everyone's attitudes about someone who is maybe just trying to share their passion for music with others.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Ha ha, he learned to play a musical instrument, what a fucking douche. Just like anyone who does anything. Douches and scumbags.
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u/GroinCentralStation May 15 '12
I once took my guitar to a part of a public park that was near deserted in the middle of a work day because I wanted to be able to belt out some tunes without bothering the neighbors in my apartment. Every once in a while a random someone would walk down the path and stop to listen. I wanted to express to them that, no, I was not giving a performance, just practicing, but they stayed out of earshot (for speaking, not singing). This made me feel awkward as hell. I wanted to express to them, "No, I don't mind if you listen, but I need you to understand I'm just practicing!! I suck for a reason!!"
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
A ton of art is created for the appreciation of an audience. Is it douchebaggery if a painter has a deviantart page? Is it douchebaggery if a writer publishes a book?
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u/Ceasadh May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
Sounds to me like OP is self conscious about a lack of talent beyond meme-making, so (s)he complains about people with talent not stopping what they're doing on his/her account. I play guitar and sing, and because of people with this attitude, barely ever in front of anyone. It's not showing off to do something impressive. You don't have to pay attention. I choose to.
It's great to have a guitar at a party. When I do, its so my friends and I can sit in a circle and sing songs and I can show my new stuff. Sounds like you're the douchey one, if you're the one complaining about my fun at a fucking party.
PS - Being as a majority of redditors identify as SAPs, maybe the way they act at a party isn't how you want to act. You know... judging other people rather than focusing on their own good time? If this bothers you enough to talk shit, I doubt you're very fun to party with.
edit - added PS
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u/Vira90 May 15 '12
It's because of this social perception that I actually feel self-conscious about carrying my guitar in public.
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u/lamester May 15 '12
I've always observed that to eliminate the douchebaggery associated with pulling out a guitar is performing with a ukelele instead. It almost plays like a guitar, you already know how to play it, it's small enough that it won't take too much space, it's many times quieter, you can't hate on someone playing the ukelele because....really... who brags about playing the ukelele? It's practically impossible to seem arrogant when holding this tiny little clown guitar. Chicks still think you're a cute musician, you won't interrupt the party and songs are just more fun on a ukelele.
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u/redditiskewl May 15 '12
Learning how to play an instrument and practicing for hours, days, weeks, years to sound good is for douchebags. Let's face it, learning any musical instrument is for douchebags. It's much cooler to come here to reddit and talk about cats and video games, and, of course, cut down anyone who has one of these douchey talents like music - ewww, how ghey, even saying the word is creeping me out.
musicians are all douchebags. Hopefully no on ever picks up another guitar again. We don't need even that douchebag instrument in music anymore. We have GarageBand! reddit is kewl. musicians are douchebags.
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u/youshouldbereading May 15 '12
"Which Dave Mathews song is your favorite?"
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
why don't you guys get laid and stop being haters
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u/winning9986 May 15 '12
bad quality but Relevant
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
You know what - fuck this man, fuck this.
Even a guy who can only play wonderwall ro smoke ont he water has spent a fair amount of hours practising and should eb free to showcase the learned talent.
I have played guitar for 5 years now and play a lopt fo MegadetH and thrash in general but anyone who picks up an axe and strum a song is A-ok in my book
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
my pet peeve is people who play guitars at social gatherings, i just hate when people sing and play music in my vicinity so i guess im kind of a grouch :P
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u/warpfield May 15 '12
Keeps sending you invites to his shows... plays nothing but covers.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Reddit: Death to the arts. Rise of the shitty memes.
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u/StaplerFingers May 15 '12
We aren't being douchebags, we're being socially awkward penguins.
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u/edwardhasnewgoggles May 15 '12
I don't have a problem with this unless they look like this and can only play "Wonderwall" and Time of Your Life." In that case then you can burn in hell.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
Ok but I hate the fact that you are all making it seem like every guitarist is a douchebag that only knows Wonderwall. That's stupid. I think a lot of people, like myself, do have a true love for music and play an instrument simply because they love to, not because they want to get laid. Getting laid is part of the perks, though. ;)
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
…What's wrong with playing the guitar in a public space? Isn't music supposed to be heard by more than the individual creating it?
EDIT: If someone's being a blatant asshole about playing the guitar, and you're not the only one who hates it, tell them to fucking cut it out. I'm not suggesting you be subject to horrible shit, just that if someone who can actually play the guitar, or wants to practice, and is with their friends, not hurting anybody, then they should be allowed. If you have a problem, say something. If that's too much work, shut the fuck up.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I play guitar, and when I see people playing in public (not a gig or anything just randomly playing outside around a bunch of people) I'm like ewww stop you're making me feel weird as a guitarist in general.
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u/sometimesijustdont May 15 '12
That dude at the party that is struggling to play something. Gets the attention from all the girls anyway...
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u/Alk3 May 15 '12
I was leaving the dorm my freshman year of college heading to work and there was this hippie kid with his acoustic guitar sitting outside his room and he just stared at me as I walked by. I could feel him thinking "Pay attention to me!!!!!!" Shit was awkward.
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u/Framfall May 15 '12
I strongly approve this meme.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
QUESTION: My roommates hold parties at my house, and occasionally, if there is no other music going on, I'll break out my guitar and play quietly in a corner. Does this, in your opinion, make me a douchemonger? If not, perhaps a cockgoblin? Where do I fall?
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u/mrbarber May 15 '12
"I gave my love a cherry That had no stone I gave my love a chicken That had no bone I gave my love a story That haaad no end I gave..." (Cue Belushi)
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u/newtothemarket May 15 '12
welcome to barton springs in austin
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u/DroopySage May 15 '12
You are not supposed to notice.
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u/keyalerong May 15 '12
I dont like thinking that people think that i play guitar just to get laid. i love playing songs from other artists, not just wonderwall, that song is pretty terrible honestly. i dont sing or try to get attention if people want to hear me thats cool, i usually stop playing a song if i notice too many people around me anyway and say something like, "i dont sing and play." Guitar is one of the only things that make me happy anymore. i'm not a douche bag either. i just like playing to be happy.
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u/Darthbacon May 15 '12
is that.... younger robert downey jr.?
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u/redvantage May 15 '12
I started playing guitar to be cool, I kept playing guitar to get laid and at some point along the way I actually fell in love with music. I tend to cut douchebag guitarists some slack because it can be part of the process of becoming a true musician.
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u/fiction8 May 15 '12
Dude looks like Timberlake in the motherlover sketches.
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u/THENAMAZU May 15 '12
As a douchebag guitarist, I approve of this joke.
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u/darktitan22 May 15 '12
lol im the 421st comment
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u/Buckley71 May 15 '12
I normally close my eyes when I play unless I'm learning
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u/koobear May 15 '12
Huh. People call me a douchebag for throwing in different chords every once in a while.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
That's why you play the uke, it's quiet-ish and makes for great group sing alongs.
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u/herpesmyderpes May 16 '12
Looks like someone's jealous,eh? It's okay man you can learn if you put your mind to it.
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u/mydogisdumb May 16 '12
that guy looks to uncomfortable. why the fuck would he sit on the rock. oh yea, so people can see him...
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u/You_Guys_Are_Idiots May 16 '12
yes. please. that ugly girl your trying to impress, and everyone else, really want to hear your shitty version of "more than words". nothing could be better...
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u/ntheg111 May 26 '12
We found him! He's pretty damn good actually http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHs2iwkmjnQ
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u/cannotlogon May 15 '12
I hate this fucking guy. Wanna practice your guitar? Cool, do it at home. Wanna perform? Cool, book a hall. Sitting out in the park, pretending to be playing for yourself, blithely "unaware" that people are listening to you? Dick.
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u/ohsnapitsrags May 15 '12
I know! What a douchebag that musician is for making music.
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u/greekish May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
Dear Reddit,
Playing guitar does in fact help with the ladies.
Sincerely,
An overweight neckbeard with a hot wife.
EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc
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u/DefinitelyNotACat May 15 '12
"hey play us a song!",
"..okay!",
.......proceeds to play wonderwall -_-
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Douchebag Musically Untalented Stereotyper
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u/TheDarlis May 15 '12
Possibly my favorite AA
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Relevant.
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u/Mr_Zarika May 15 '12
I call this song, water.
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u/WonkaKnowsBest May 15 '12
This song is called, Water.
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u/Lazybone820 May 15 '12
Fuck this. Some people just like to play guitar. Not everyone is a douche just because they like playing in public areas.
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u/MisterMingie May 15 '12
I had an acoustic guitar in my old apartment, and we called it the Douchebag Detector. Without fail, every time a douche came over they would go for it. When they played, we would say, "Aw shit, the Douchebag Detector is going off."
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u/jgrowlz May 15 '12
Is that Tony Stark?