Welcome to my blog!

I have been playing guitar professionally for a number of years. As I get older I often wonder if I will be able to play my punishing guitar routines or will the dreaded age related joint issues get me!

I have had to re-train my whole approach to the long practice session associated with being a professional guitar player. When your joints are younger eg: teenager, and all you want to do is rock out for 25 hours a day, you don't appear to have any issues, however, over the last 12 months or so I have developed an ache in my index finger knuckle. After a lot of careful monitoring I have discovered that this is purely down to excess tension when I play and not when I practice!

Transfer how you practice to how you play!

Most long term guitar players know that they need to be totally relaxed and have a very soft touch on the fret board...this usually goes out of the window when you play your tracks or are gigging. Try and maintain thjis soft technique all the time and over the years you should be able to play great!

Remember its all about QUALITY NOT QUANTITY.

Regards

Chris (craggstar)
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