I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm surrounded by great guitar players.
I practice on the acoustic guitar a little bit, but I think I have reached the peak of my talent.
Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.
Great guitar players are a dime a dozen. It is sometimes your very limitations as players that set you apart from the crowd.
I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.
One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar style. There's something in my guitar style that they totally can latch onto and learn quickly, and then go from there to your Yngwie Malmsteens or your Steve Vais or whatever.
I didn't start to collect records and listen to guitar players properly until I went to art school, when I'd already been playing for five years. So my style was already formed, and that's why I think it's so unique.
Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.
I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that, that's a pretty good thing for me.
Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.