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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by chiefalchemist on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:52PM (#15726654)
Music tastes run in cycles. If vinyl can make a comeback so might guitars.

That said, anecdotally, kids today don't do adversity; they want instant gratification. Learning to play guitar takes time, lots of it. In the current climate a comeback seems pretty unlikely.

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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by mandelbrotwurst on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:55PM (#15726677)
Eh, get off my lawn with your generalizations about "kids today" =/

Maybe at least provide one of your anecdotes?

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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by chiefalchemist on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:10PM (#15726760)
How about I get off your cloud? ;)
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by surrey-fringe on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:54PM (#15726669)
Yeah, I always associated your generation's music with hard work and discipline. Jimmy Hendrix and The Who and the like.
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by chiefalchemist on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:20PM (#15726813)
My era was more The Clash, Joy Division, and the like :)
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by eroccatlun on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:54PM (#15726668)
Oddly, there are some amazing young guitarists... though obviously, anyone who is already great has likely been at it for 10+ years, so there may be a significant shortage 10 years from now.
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by giantsloth on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:00PM (#15726695)
Guitars (or any musical instrument) are essentially REPLs and therefore do provide instant feedback and often gratification.

Learning to do anything well takes a lot of time, so that statement is true == true. Learning to have fun with something often happens (and in the case of a guitar) quickly.

Lowering the barrier to accessing guitars, mixers, computers and software to get a recording up is the real challenge, because that takes cash.

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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by stcredzero on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:59PM (#15726691)
That said, anecdotally, kids today don't do adversity; they want instant gratification

My experience:

In the 1990's, a kid given the video game "weapons station of a starship" probably starts pressing controls and blowing stuff up.

In 2014, a kid presented with the video game "weapons station of a starship" freezes and meekly waits for instruction from an adult.

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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by Buldak on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:01PM (#15726705)
If we're dealing in stereotypes, guitar playing as an indicator of work ethic seems like an odd choice.
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by chiefalchemist on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:06PM (#15726742)
Work ethic? Nah. That's a different conversation for another day.
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by internetman55 on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:08PM (#15726751)
Kind of disagree. Kids are still learning the piano, violin, etc. In my view learning how to play pop songs on your guitar is sort of an instant gratification approach to music. These days a lot of folks just use rapping or electronic production in that niche.
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Re:Is The Guitar Market Really Dying? by chiefalchemist on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:23PM (#15726827)
Yes. Agree. Some are. But certainly the "is there an app for that?" generation has to be effected by that mindset.

Or maybe I just need new friends? Maybe their kids will be different? :)

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