Well, I wouldnt say I wanna be the next Carlos Santana since I really have no aspirations of playing gigs or anything like that...at least I dont yet. But I find when I start to do something be it guitar or anything else, I go at it full throttle and wanna know all there is to know. I guess my goal overall is to be able to play what I want when I want. Since I'm still new to it, I can remember the first day I started and when that amp started ringing....I think thats when I became a slave to this ax slinging culture
I'm just frustrated in trying to find a method that will take me to that level fast. I know this takes time, and I can see progress since day one, but it just seems like I havent really learned anything for like a week now and that's what is frustrating me more than anything. Is it everything catching up and still processing, so I'm struggling to learn anything "new" or I'm just not really trying anything that I havent done already?
I looked at scales today....that just baffled me. I see videos of these guys playing a C major scale and its like, first it doesnt really sound appealing at all, and second how do you remember all those and put the finger motions into it? At least that's from my perspective right now. But then I look at the pentatonic scale(which is just as over my head as the others 5000 or however many there are).
So I'm to the point that I cant read all the notes, have no clue about scales, and chord changes to and from C are driving me up the wall. Then there is the F chord, but that's whole other problem.
I think my next step is going to be setting up a solid practice schedule and see where this week takes me. I like to dedicate at least an hour a day and more when I can, so how long should I work on what?