Strings and screw ups.......

Have you really seen a really old guitar that keeps its old world charms and still has that unusual quality to create some amazing music......
Wel i can say so about my guitar ..... its damm old and a little rusty but it had that usual quality that whenever i take it to my hand it just begs me to be played the way it should be....
Well i am no Jimi Hendrix but i can pull of a few leads and a few rhythms....
So here is what happened......
One afternoon after a day of sleeping in the class ( which is my permanent habit) i came to my room.... al day the sum shone with al its brightness but now there was a light cloud cover that covered the serene blue sky during the day....... wel it was cool by now but i was sweating like hell.... so i cleaned up, had my lunch and just sat down on my bed.... the lights were turned off and i felt too bored to do anything.... i was alone in my room and i knew my roomate wouldn't be back for a long time..... so i saw my old trusted buddy in front of me and picked it up..... AND THE JOURNEY BEGAN...........
I tried as hard as i could to tune the old thing in to the right tune........ and it obeyed me and came to life....... Sometimes i feel that it has a mind of it own and it wil do whatever it wants to do.... no matter how much i try to bring it to submission.....
I was thinking of a playlist in my head and just trying to think of the songs that could comfort me at that point of time...... I chose some light stuff not getting into something heavy rite away ..... i thought i would progressively go into that mood and so wil change the playlist according to that... And so it began...
PINK FLOYD had always been a favourite of mine and i started with the gods themselves..... the song ' wish you were here' put me into the mood i wanted to be in.... a semi floating drug induced state that i longed for so long.... Thats the beauty of this band.... it can put you in the place you want to be.... a place where there are no boundaries, no barriers, no one to hold you back, for the length of the song you are free to be whoever you want to be..... Or you can be just a simple guy who just enjoys gud music,.... wel again my thoughts drowned me.... i reflected on the time when Pink floyd used to do live concerts and i could only imagine how it would have been .... i wasnt there but i wish i was..... The issues that they handled with such delicate words makes you wonder how can anyone really write such songs that last for generations on end.... just listen to them once and surely you wil fall in love..... They can soften your heart and they can start a revolution..... thats how powerful there words are and thats how relevant they are.....
They took a guitar in their hands rather than guns..... and thats how you start a revolution....
My thoughts floated to Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and everyone who started the revolution of rock back in its haydays... I salute them all and i wish i could join them back then......
Anyways my next song was ' stairway to heaven' by Led Zeppelin...... An awesome song with some awesome leads..... and some great lyrics..... I got into the mood.... and my fingers were loose to play the tracks...... again i was in a trance and it didnt really matter who was doing what...all i knew was that i had my guitar and nothing else really mattered.... i blocked out the external world and i totally sunk into the world of music.... and i knew one thing ... i wouldnt get out soon....
What started out as a few minute session ended up being a few hour jam session.... i didnt realise that until i saw that the sun had set and the day had ended,,,...... ...
Anyways my next song was a step higher.... 'Fade to black' by Metallica...... this was another band i respected like anything........ they along with diamondhead and judas priest introduced the world to heavy metal... My favourite genre in the entire rock fraternity..... I could go on al day on this topic and that is not what i am going to do now.... with fade to black and breaking the law i got into the head banging mood..... this was followed up by Iron Maiden with Dream of Mirrors... and a few others..... i ended with a good note a new song by a relatively new band.... On a softer side Three Doors Down with Here Without You.... it reminded me of someone whose name i cant mention....
Then i woke up with a phone call from my mom and decided to end the session there.... as i had to do laundry..... ya sucks doesnt it......
But with this session i regained my lost touch with my passion and i felt a new zeal to carry on with it even to a further extent....
I had touched the guitar after 3 months and it felt like a warm summers breeze.... and i was in heaven.... peaceful and safe......