How old is too old?

i'm almost 19, i started right before my 18th bday.
and i play a lot.
-Daniel

very true, isral ( sp?) , but if that comment was directed at me, i must say that i learn something everytime i pick up the guitar. and my playing, well, practice makes perfect.
i think what you meant was about people who 'practice' but really they are mindlessy playing, which is not the case with myself. i have been working on combinations/patterns, dexterity, learned a few songs, MADE a song ( dont have lyrics yet though), and i believe my practice is very effective. its all on how you look at things.

I'm 25 years old i fell in love with guitar at the age of 12,i have settled down,but aside from my day job playing guitar and writing music is one hobby i am not willing to give up.I will probably be playing till i die.anyway, How old is too old? You are never too old.

what is your day job? i mean really i want to play guitar all day, maybe teach kids from like 3:00 til 6:30, then gig from 7 til midnight every night. something like that...would be nice.

I used to tell my younger friends that you know you are getting old when the music you listened to in high school, is now being played on the classic rock station, sad thing is, when I was driving down the road the other day, I heard the old high school tunes on the "OLDIES" station. Well I'm 43, but on this site my sense of humour reverts back to age 12 for some reason, wanted to play ever since the Beatles came out, all the old farts wouldn't show me a thing because they knew I wanted to play that rock&roll!,, finally met someguys my age that were more or less Folkies, learned open chords from them, and have been self taught ever since. I wish I'd had the resources of today back then, sure would have saved alot of head scratching. I have a friend that is about 70, plays all day, records, writes a ton of songs and gigs whenever he feels like it, so how old is too old?

No such thing as "too old."

There are lots of reasons to stop, but age isn't one of them. Though I doubt I'll be moving my 2x15 cab around a lot when I get advanced in years.

Originally posted by Raskolnikov
...Though I doubt I'll be moving my 2x15 cab around a lot when I get advanced in years.

No worries. By then, we'll all have some kind of wireless setups that go direct to the house PA! :D

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I thought I was the only one!
I'm 22,turning 23 on 11th-that's a hint for anyone who posts b4 then to wish me a happy birthday!:)
I bought the guitar I own in march of 2000,and I feel like I haven't done much,though when I "play" The Eagles' Hotel california,people tend to say:"Hey,that sounds like this California song,uhm,..." at which point I help refresh their memory by saying "Hotel California",and they go "Uh uh!";)
I have ideas about taking this all the way,in terms of a music career.I'm saying 'have ideas' since i want to sound a bit humble.And I'm always thinking like I'm too old to learn the guitar in good time to do the career thing(I happen to believe that learning to play is not an end unto itself,it's ameans to an end).Now I'll stop doubting myself.Not over my age anyway.It looks like it's a normal thing to feel the way I feel.You can't imagine how depressed I felt when daniel told me while we chatted that he started to play last year and he can already play some Nickelback.
I'll go to bed tonight feeling good.Very good.
I love this forum!!!

lol

im convinced i will be something of a musician when im older, and am driving towards it. its the best way to go. and drive veery fast, the past two months out of the 10 i've been playing, have been very rewarding, and now i can improvise pretty good ( hear that guys? im gettin it down), and i overall am alot better. it is a rough road when you rush things and try to force things in, but afterwards you can be as relaxed as you want. ah, the greatness after you learn a toughass song...

IF ITS TOO LOUD YOUR TOO OLD ,
SO I RECKON TURN IT UP IM 32 AND IVE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS 16 AND I TRY AND PRACTICE AS MUCH AS I CAN ITS HARD WHEN YOU HAVE A DAY JOB BUT THATS LIFE ISNT IT.IT DOSNT MATTER IF YOUR NOT THE BEST AS THERE IS ALLWAYS SOMEONE BETTER,IT ISNT A COMPETITION IS IT.AS LONG AS YOUR HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU CAN DO IF NOT PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE,I PLAYED A GIG THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT DOSNT MATTER HOW GOOD YOUR ARE ONCE THEYRE FULL OF PISS(BEER)THEYLL THINK YOUR THE BEST BAND INTHE WORLD.
KEEP ON ROCKIN

Originally posted by otis31
IF ITS TOO LOUD YOUR TOO OLD ,
....THERE IS ALLWAYS SOMEONE BETTER...I PLAYED A GIG THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT DOSNT MATTER HOW GOOD YOUR ARE ONCE THEYRE FULL OF PISS(BEER)THEYLL THINK YOUR THE BEST BAND INTHE WORLD.
KEEP ON ROCKIN

Always.
And even in karaoke,even if you croak how,once people get drunk,you suddenly become_____(fill the blank)

Well, I am 31 years old. You know you are getting old when kids call you 'sir' or 'mister,' or when you are watching television and the music you used to listen to as a kid has just been released on one of those 'K-Tel' compilation CD's. Not getting carded at clubs anymore is also a telltale sign. I don't make my living making music but I really wish that I did and I have flirted with the idea of a music-related career change. However, like everyone else I have bills to pay and music will be my hobby for the time being.

your only to old when you don't try to live!As we all know it takes a few years to grasp the dang thang.after that it is up to you as to how much you put into your own life baby..IKe

Originally posted by kingdavid

Originally posted by otis31
IF ITS TOO LOUD YOUR TOO OLD ,
....THERE IS ALLWAYS SOMEONE BETTER...I PLAYED A GIG THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT DOSNT MATTER HOW GOOD YOUR ARE ONCE THEYRE FULL OF PISS(BEER)THEYLL THINK YOUR THE BEST BAND INTHE WORLD.
KEEP ON ROCKIN

Always.
And even in karaoke,even if you croak how,once people get drunk,you suddenly become_____(fill the blank)

i heard there was a secret chord that david (king)played and he pleased the lord but you dont really care for music do you.halilulah

Cohen?

Otis 31
I dont know about playing for the lord,but at least he used to play the harp for King Saul to ease his nerves.Saul tried to kill him,tho' for a different reason.
D'you think there's an idea somewhere there for a song?Just wondering.

50 last october.Workin' a little harder to reach the next level than I had to at fourteen,but that makes it all the more gratifying when it does happen.Never took the music that seriously-it was as automatic as breathing,seems like...hear it,play it..or a reasonable approximation thereof..saw Josh White live in '68 and it really knocked my socks off.Currently playing in a Kirk Franklin/Tower of Power gospel funk effort and listening to Greg Koch and Jennifer Batten for inspiration...never too old to learn a new trick.

An Old Dog is never to old to learn a new trick, unless the old dog is dead, but even being dead he has mastered the trick " Play Dead"

King David/otis 31
It already is a song, I think the name of the guy who wrote it is (Leonard or Bruce) Cohen. Wainwright rerecorded it and you can hear it in the movie "Shrek"