Music Post I

Just finished watching The Fast And the Furious, which despite being a terrible movie, holds some sort of mystical sway over me. Maybe it's because I first saw it in high school, and its simplistic plot and fast cars held the same appeal that American Graffiti held for generations previous. Whatever the reason, I cannot help but connect the characters' feelings in the movie when they get a new, faster, more masculine car, to when I got my new guitar and multi-effect pedal.

The reason is this: all of a sudden, I found myself capable of sounds that heretofore were only dreams. No matter how technical my skills, having a new guitar, with lowered frets and a polished mahogany fretboard, and an effects pedal that could just as easily simulate The Police or Metallica, or some awesome combination of the two that was completely (in my own mind at least) wholly original, makes me a more versatile musician.

I reckon the point is this: no matter your hobby, whether it's street racing or RPGing or musicing or whatever, not only are there movies that invigorate that hobby (for devoting some time on the silver screen to said hobby makes it legitimate, for better or for worse), but more importantly there are those small moments where you obtain a rare set of dice, or a sought-after engine part, or a legendary guitar, where you say to yourself, "This piece of equipment will undoubtedly make me more respected in my hobby, more renowned, more proficient, and ultimately more attractive to the ladies."
Don't lie. You're in it for the ladies.