Comments on: Guitar – how can i convice my parents?

By: mink_fink@yahoo.com

mink_fink@yahoo.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:16:59 +0000

"I didnt stop taking them cause i never practiced – i just didnt really like my teacher, because he was asking me to learn half of a Nirvana song by a week."

You poor baby! My guitar teacher made me spend weeks learning a whole bunch of folk garbage (and we are not talking "cool" folk garbage) before he'd even consent to showing me the chords to a simple rock song, much less a GOOD rock song. YOU try suffering through weeks of "Michael Row The Boat Ashore"!

If you were my kid I would'nt buy you a guitar either. God forbid your next teacher tells you to learn something off of the first Ramones album by the end of the day!
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By: "Negative Creep"

"Negative Creep" — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:02:59 +0000

BEGGING!

But its goign to take time, My brother begged for more than 3 years to get his first guitar. Now im at the same position,——begging for a drum set!
Good Luck.
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By: A day to remember

A day to remember — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:45:59 +0000

work then get money then buy a crappy guitair play like all the time and that should covince your parents thats what i did took me some time but now im 14 and i have an ok drum set like about 600 bucks and i got really good at drums now so try it
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By: ~India~

~*India*~ — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:16:59 +0000

So you never practiced…thats now going to help the situation. If you are willing to teach yourself, tell them that and show them that you have responsability and your able to take time and practice…do research and stuff like that and then when you have done more independant ask them again…explaining how you are able to teach yourself
Good Luck
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self taugh acoustic guitartist <3

By: Yaara S

Yaara S — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:38:59 +0000

tell them you're really talent and you can become a great guitarist.
you can say its better then computer and TV
show them you can play beautiful songs on the acoustic guitar (show them songs from the 70's like hotel california) and if they going to like it they will buy an electric guitar
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By: Silver* Rose Wolf

Silver* Rose Wolf — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:01:59 +0000

Take Ian Anderson's advice :~ "If, like my daughter, you are taken by the urge to try a musical instrument, whether by inclination or demand, beg, steal or borrow the object of your tentative affection. Don't, for goodness' sake actually buy one or worse, let your parents buy it for you: (Then you really are going to have to have to play the damn thing, whatever it is)."
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By: future fate

future fate — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:43:59 +0000

Buy it yourself! I got a busboy job and worked a whole Summer to buy my first bass and amp.
If you pay for it yourself then you will appreciate it – otherwise it'll just collect dust.
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By: Morgan

Morgan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:18:59 +0000

my mom was so against getting me a guitar so i told her i was going to buy it myself....once she seen i was serious about it she finally got me one.
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By: Yea I'm bullet proof!

Yea I'm bullet proof! — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:09:59 +0000

wow the exact same thing happened to me! weird…but you should take lessons from a different place with a new teacher, or teach your self like I do. Use http://www.ultimate-guitar.com
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By: From A 7o X

From A 7o X — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:46:59 +0000

Well I've never taken a lesson and I taught myself how to play guitar over the past year. I got my first electric this past Christmas and because I played my acoustic nearly everyday last year, my parents got me the electric. Just try to practice without the electric and show them that you're willing to teach yourself.
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