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I remember hearing some kid(Steve Vai’s progeny?) had leukimia, and he literally played his guitar out of his disease!!(amazing!) From his hospital room. Something McLaghlin, I believe.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – All the councelling that was forced on me didn’t help me as much as the day I walked into a music store and bought my first guitar. That guitar became an outlet. It helped to get my head back together again. Four years and three guitars later, I’m still improving mentally and musically. It’s the feel good story of the year…( had to stick that in, I was starting to bum myself out, gotta keep yer sense of ha! ha! ). Anybody else have similar experiences that led you to our instrument of choice? actually, yes. i was a pretty serious soccer player since i was 4 years old. i used to play on at least one team every summer and i was considering some scholarship offers to play for division I colleges. that all ended last year when i had to have ankle surgery and i’ll never play again. i was going out of my mind with frustration and boredom. i was seriously getting depressed until i picked up a guitar. now (3 weeks later) i play it all the time, and i’m doing much better. i suck pretty badly, but its such a great release and when i actually play something right i get the same rush as playing soccer in front of a huge crowd. i love it nate
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I remember hearing some kid(Steve Vai’s progeny?) had leukimia, and he literally played his guitar out of his disease!!(amazing!) From his hospital room. Something McLaghlin, I believe.
Well this is new on me (that he was sick), but I think you mean Thomas McLaughlin , aka McRocklin, to avoid association with John, alleged "Granddaddy of shred "! Was Thomas ill? He supported Ozzy at about 10 years old, and could widdle for England then… and was in the Video for "The Audience is Listening", by "That nice Steve Vai"! (Apparently, according to a mate of mine, he didn’t develop taste later on,to go with the chops… shame)
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Greetings from the Far East of Canada! A lot has been said about the healing powers of music, especially, for me the guitar. I’m a soldier in the Canadian Army. Four years ago I was diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder stemming from my tour of duty in the Former Yugoslavia. All the councelling that was forced on me didn’t help me as much as the day I walked into a music store and bought my first guitar. That guitar became an outlet. It helped to get my head back together again. Four years and three guitars later, I’m still improving mentally and musically. It’s the feel good story of the year…( had to stick that in, I was starting to bum myself out, gotta keep yer sense of ha! ha! ). Anybody else have similar experiences that led you to our instrument of choice? Rich
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All the councelling that was forced on me didn’t help me as much as the day I walked into a music store and bought my first guitar. That guitar became an outlet. It helped to get my head back together again. Four years and three guitars later, I’m still improving mentally and musically. It’s the feel good story of the year…( had to stick that in, I was starting to bum myself out, gotta keep yer sense of ha! ha! ). Anybody else have similar experiences that led you to our instrument of choice?
actually, yes. i was a pretty serious soccer player since i was 4 years old. i used to play on at least one team every summer and i was considering some scholarship offers to play for division I colleges. that all ended last year when i had to have ankle surgery and i’ll never play again. i was going out of my mind with frustration and boredom. i was seriously getting depressed until i picked up a guitar. now (3 weeks later) i play it all the time, and i’m doing much better. i suck pretty badly, but its such a great release and when i actually play something right i get the same rush as playing soccer in front of a huge crowd. i love it nate
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