My inspirational moment

By Josh Verghese 8:30 English
Music is a global language, every country can listen to it. You may not understand the words but you can interpret the beat of the music. You can tell if it's a happy, sad, or mad song just by interpreting its tone. Anyone in the world can do that , unless you are deaf. My story was when I heard this song “Pieces” by Sum 41. I liked that song because you can play it on a acoustic and it sounds almost like the original. The song didn’t use any guitar effects and at that time I only had an acoustic guitar. I also like the vocals, not completely the lyrics but the beat of the vocals and the beat of the song.
About a year ½ ago I started guitar again after quitting for sometime because I moved here. I had a guitar teacher in Germany but when I moved here I didn’t have a teacher so I quit. So I spent quite some time not playing guitar instead I played piano. Last year I got tired of being taught piano and quit. So one afternoon I was listening to my Ipod and heard this song I just got. It was called Pieces by Sum 41. I liked it immediately because of its tone. So I looked it up on the Internet and there were videos of Sum 41 played the song on acoustic and piano. It sounded great in both.
The song sort of struck an idea in me that was growing in previous months. I told my self weeks before to start guitar but I never found a great reason to. This song actually gave me a reason not only to start but to continue guitar.
The lyrics also gave me some motivation. The first lines catch your attention. “ I tried to be perfect, but nothing was worth it. I don't’ believe it makes me real. I thought I’d be easy but no one believes me.” The lyrics still sort of confuse me because it doesn’t give a straight meaning of the song. I think it means he lied in his past and is trying to fix it. This reminds me of my past. When I was little I used to lie and then I tried to fix it. I did fix it by the end of 4th grade but in 5th grade people still brought up little jokes about it.
So I looked in guitar stores for this song. I found the CD guitar book which covered all the songs on their album called Chuck. So I taught my self the names of the guitar strings the name of notes and where they were located at. I also reviewed guitar tab which is an easier way to learn songs. So I tried to learn off sheet music but I got a bit lazy and decided to learn by tabs instead.
I got the strumming pattern down and memorized the tab. I spent 2 weeks getting that song perfect. My solo was a bit slow and off but I spent about 3 days focusing on that solo and I got it down. I then tried to learn other songs also. They were harder but I still continue trying to learn the song what ever one it was.
So a year after my inspirational moment I still continue to play the guitar. Now I have an electric guitar so I can play almost whatever song I want to play. I no longer have an excuse to say no to learning a song. Why make an excuse? Music is a gift you receive and present at the same time. You hear your own music and that gives you self satisfaction. If anyone hears your music that will also most likely lighten up their day.