Hopefully I won't get flamed for this, but it always
seems that the worst musicians are also the people that
want to subject the entire world to whatever noise they
can make.
Look at any musical instrument store: there's always 3
or 4 guitarists (the worst of all breeds!!) 'trying
out' some guitar... which they have no intention of
buying.. because they don't have any money, because
they don't have a job, because they think they're going
to be a rock star.
I play guitar in addition to a few other instruments,
but I've decided that I'm not going to be one of those
people who forces my music on the unwilling... which
would be my wife 90% of the time, and neighbours the
rest of the time.
I use headphones for writing, and just amplify when I
want to check out the final sound before doing any
tweaking before mastering. It's always nice to see how
much my wife likes my tracks when they're done, and of
course, she's never heard it before: It's fresh, and
she gives me an honest first listen. As opposed to
hating the track because she's listened to me play
every variation of every part using every sound I can
muster for the last 6 hours.
Cheers, all. Thanks for tolerating my little rant
I
envy your tolerant neighbours (but