General Music Chat

Thanx sooo much for kickin' in and giving me advice and hope ( BTW, I also came back from carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists before I put out any vids and played a thousand clubs in the last 5 years so I know what it's like beating the odds )


What I've got going on here is most physicians trying to be as honest as possible to me as far as my future is concerned.... They're pretty sure I'm not gonna be able to shred the way I have in the past anymore... ... Just trying to be as honest as possible and not get the hopes up of someone who's complete arm from shoulder to elbow has been completely crushed almost to what crushed ice looks like! It's amazing trying to get my brain to actually move my elbow and shoulder to "flap like a wing" or raise it anywhere near halfway above my head or coordinate itself with the healthy tissue below the elbow (fingers, hand, wrists, forearm, etc,,,)


Gonna be tough replicating: Yngwie, Slash, Zak, Rhoades, etc..)

I LOVE TO WAIL MY ASS OFF ON STAGE..and won't get up there if I can't play like I've been playing!

You arent gonna be able to do it with the current tissue that's been damaged. The pathways that you established for dexterity, etc were probably destroyed due to the crush your limb experienced. . That's as far as the doctors can take it... They wont tell you that you can re-train you fingers, wrist, forearm and re-learn dexterity by creating NEW pathways. ( many scientific variants that could contradict them and land them in a law suit. ) Think of it like this...You are now back to the stage, where as a kid, you had just pick ed up a guitar and hadn't learned yet to play it fluently. However, you still have all the innate knowledge of how... So, I'm thinking, with time you 'll learn how to play again, just need to adapt to the terms of new tissue/healed tissue. So really, all the work you did has to be re-done. But the outcome will be the same, you'll be a shredder someday again. And thank God, you didn't receive a head injury. When you lose the numbers upstairs that's harder to recover.

Kerry, one of the greatest guitarist of all time comes to mind when I think of your arm.

LES PAUL, our favorite guitars namesake, Ive watched some later recordings of him, sure he couldnt shred like you have become accustomed too, but that dude could still get an audience going. He has his arm set so he could hold the guitar and play, later stuff he only played with 2 fingers and was able to still smoke.

You possibly may have to make some major adjustments to your style, I hope not, but you may evolve into a more blues/jazz type player. I dont know, the key is dont give up and use it as motivation to get better and get back playing music.

The bottom line IMO! Give us musicians lemons and we will make Margarita's EVERYTIME Forgetaboutit!

Something to consider down the road is switching from right handed to left handed playing. You probably would catch on pretty quick. Just a thought.

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I know a guy who went through something similar.

He said that you can do whatever you want to still, it just becomes a question of how much pain you can handle in 1 show.

You like it, so I am sure you will suffer in silence like many do.

Let your arm heal and try not to do any perm damage because you rushed it.

:idea: Something to consider down the road is switching from right handed to left handed playing. You probably would catch on pretty quick. Just a thought.

I second this. who knows?

Full rock band on a motorcycle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfi4FTKj ... r_embedded

What the H@LL! I guess those guy's were having a hard time getting a gig! I can hear it now. Bro. since we can't get a gig lets get on your bike and ride around town jamming Yeah thats the ticket!

Sorry Crip no Pun intended!

Yeah they really put the roll in rock & roll!

Damn, I just found out. This sucks.

Crip, you will play again. Better than ever with more soul.

Good luck and strength to you bro.