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"You started too late, your fingers are too stiff to ever play professionally." — 18 months of proving them wrong. I’m 35, and I’m not stopping.
When I picked up the guitar at age 33, my friends laughed. A traditional guitar teacher literally told me during my first trial lesson that after your mid-20s, your neuroplasticity and finger flexibility decline too much to ever master advanced pieces.
Well, this photo is my answer to them. It’s 18 months of practicing through the pain, through the bleeding, and through the frustration of failing barre chords.
Today, I finally played the entire solo of Hotel California flawlessly.
I’m posting this for anyone out there who thinks they are 'too old' to start. Don't listen to the purists or the cynics. If your fingers aren't screaming, you're not trying hard enough. Your age doesn't define your passion, your calluses do.
u/Full_Papaya_7830 — 6 days ago