a new instrument

yesterday after work i went to tom lee and purchased myself a nice little acoustic guitar made by seagull in quebec. solid top, nice finish, decent sound…..

i forgot that every new instrument requires a new round of small muscle development- just fooling around for 20 minutes last night my arms got tired. at least i am starting from a place of understanding music and how it goes together (i bought a beginners book that includes lessons for those who have no grounding in music whatsoever… that seems way more impossible to me….. like having to learn how to string and tune an instrument for the first time? frustrating enough to dissuade you from learning how to play at all.)

so yeah, the summer projects have started. this should take my mind off work and union responsibilities during my off-time. that’s just what i need – new things to absorb my ever-active brain. (cause i just can’t turn it off, i can only divert it to more interesting things).