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I am My Guitar
A symbol that best represents myself is my guitar. I have always
wanted to play the guitar since I was thirteen. Ever since I saw the
Rolling Stones in concert. I took lessons the following year, and have
been playing ever since then. Other than the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton
also has influenced me and made me want to play. I never wanted to join a
band, I mainly play by myself, but sometimes I get together with my friends.
They also know how to play the guitar. It’s easy to find people to play
with, know matter where I am at.
I was in Colorado my freshman year, and met some guys who I worked
with, who enjoyed playing, so I would often go over to their house. I have
only taken a year of guitar lessons, but I know how to play very well. I
learn mainly by ear. By listening to other people play and I am able to
pick it up really quickly. I have been taught different songs from my
friends, and I also have a guitar book that I use frequently.
I have never bought a guitar. This past summer I went back to
Colorado and met up with one of my friends. He had told me before I could
use his guitar any time I wanted to, so I called him up and asked if I
could borrow it. He told me I could have it, because he had just bought a
brand knew one. The strings and the pick guard had been taken out, so I
went to a guitar store and they fixed everything for me. I was able to
play it after that. I also have an Ovation guitar, which is a lot
different from the electric guitar I had gotten from my friend. My sister
won the Ovation guitar in a raffle, along with Melissa Efferage concert
tickets. She doesn’t play the guitar, so she gave it to me. Melissa
Efferage plays the same guitar, and it cost over thirteen hundred dollars.
I like to write my own music, once and awhile, usually when I have
a lot of time on my hands.