Playing Golf and Playing Guitar
It is probably no surprise that a lot of analogies between music and golf have been coming to mind lately. Well, a few more sprung up whilst reading this article. In particular the lines about scoring better than 80, ‚Äú If You Shoot Over 80 You’re the kind of person the major club manufacturers love. […]
It is probably no surprise that a lot of analogies between music and golf have been coming to mind lately. Well, a few more sprung up whilst reading this article. In particular the lines about scoring better than 80,
“ If You Shoot Over 80
You’re the kind of person the major club manufacturers love. You think that you can “buy your game” so every opportunity you get to try the latest and greatest clubs you take it because you don’t think that your swing is the problem. So you buy that new driver and for a while you hit it great. A few weeks later that great new club isn’t so great anymore and it’s back to your old game. This leaves you scratching your head because you thought you had it and now it’s gone. At some point in your golf career you probably have taken 1 – 3 lessons and you always try every golf tip you hear about. Because of these constant changes in both your swing and your clubs you never really have the opportunity to get used to anything so you are left in a state of limbo always thinking that the elusive 70’s are just around the corner. ‚Äú
and the follow up,
‚ÄúIn order to break 80, you have to admit that it’s not the clubs‚Äù
Unlike golf, there is no scoring system in music. However, there is still a qualitative line between good and bad performance. I wonder how often in music GAS (Gear Aquisition Syndrome) is fueled by a realisation of inadequate performance and a matching lack of desire to address the underlying playing issues that create that inadequacy.
