Chas maybe your right. Whats the use?
If you cant beat em, Join em! Maybe I take things too serious, I always have been this way in my life. Its just that I feel very seriously about playing music & I'm trying to be a better player & learn as much as I can from players better then me so that maybe one day soon I can try playing for others maybe at Nursing Homes & small parties in my community...you have to start somewhere right? My biggest accomplishment was to ween myself of One Finger chords & play in fingered mode. That took almost 2 years....now I'm more confident & my songs sound more interesting.
I even took Dnj's advice to play blind-folded as much as possible so I would learn to play effortlessly, not look at my hands as much & concentrate more on Audience Eye Contact....it really helps. I'm getting better every day.