Ten thousand hours?

I read on slashdot that it takes about 10,000 hours to get really good at something. Because I really would like to get good at guitar that means that at my current pace it will take me about 25 years to get really good at guitar. By that time I might be getting physical problems playing so that is not such a great prospect.

I hope that I can increase my playing time (What am I doing writing right now? Good question!) over time and I guess I have to make sure I stay healthy. Yes, that means that I may need to cut back on the pop and sweets but it's worth it.

So what am I doing right now? I'm practicing "Day Tripper" and "And your bird can sing" from The Beatles. The latter is pretty hard but it's good exercise and I hope I will be able to get it down in a decent manner.

My arm is doing pretty good. I still feel it when I play for longer periods but not as bad as before and it does not cause me to skip practises to recover so I can't complain.

I tried out a tube amp which I borrowed from my guitar teacher. It's a Traynor YCV20WR and it sounds great. For now I think I will stick with my Vox DA20CL because I like the effects and I don't really need the blast of sound the Traynor gives me. If I ever get good enough to go on stage I'd love to play through it though.

Now back to practice to fill those 10,000 hours ....