So, I have been oh-so feebly attempting to learn to play guitar. I have an entire eight hours of playing experience under my belt and am shockingly (try not to let your jaw drop too fast) truly and fantastically not good at it. It more closely resembles twangy noise that one might hear as a raccoon tries to mate with a banjo that badly needs to be tuned. But hey, you have to start somewhere, right? Oh my poor roommates...
Moving past the undeniably creepy raccoon/banjo analogy. My point is this: though I have become quite good at butchering the chords for "Familiar Taste of Poison" by Halestorm and "Comatose" by Skillet (both wondrously fantastic songs by great bands, in my opinion), I may have actually found a song I can less-epically fail. (Gasp!)
Some of you may know the song I am referring to with a glance at the following picture, though I doubt the majority of the population will be familiar with the reference.
To anyone who just scrolled down and exclaimed something resembling "The Guild!" or "I love that song!", you are awesome. Thank you for being so awesome.
And if you haven't watched The Guild, or have indeed watched it and consider it lame, I tell you this: Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee! That's right, foo'. You've been Shakespeare'd.
Anyway, the song "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar" is a recent obsession of mine in the YouTube category. Though it's pretty awesome if you listen to it without having watched The Guild (which is the web series that inspired the song, if you don't already know that) it lacks a sense of familiarity that only adds to its awesomeness if you know who Zaboo, Clara, Tink, Vork, Bladezz, and Codex are.
So geek it up, people. Get familiar with this stuff.
Right, right...there was a point to all this. The song "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar" is fairly easy to play, depending on where you look for the chords online. I happened to find a really easy version that sounds quite good, and I have been playing around with it a lot. In fact, I do believe my tally of guitar-playing hours is now up to ten!
It figures that the one song I'm actually able to play is a song about a guild of gamers and the romantic qualities of an online avatar. All in jest, of course, but still...that must be a sign. And I like it.
Game on.
Hey Sarah. I think it's cool that you are learning the guitar. It's so... portable. I was supposed to learn the piano when I was about 9 years old, but I was too young to make the connection between practice and playing well. i eventually gave up because it was hell on my back carrying that thing around the place. Then I learned to play guitar when I was 12 and suddenly I became popular (well, I became popular after I'd learned, not while I was learning). So I think you're onto a good thing. Plus it's a good test of which of your roommates really love you...
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