What makes you…well…YOU!

A saying from Osho, which i’ve twisted a bit:

The desire to be unique is one of the most common desires in all

A bit ironic 😀

@billmeedog 5199 wrote:

Well RobertM20,

I think that “NO-two-people” experience the same accumulation of life-experiences. I think that this (as well as genetics) can explain the huge differences between any two people.

One question I’ve often pondered is the possible correlation between “talent” and “IQ?” I know that on the surface, this might seem like a silly question. However, I have noticed that a lot of the really good musicians I know tend to be pretty darn intelligent! Has anyone else noticed this? I’m sure there are exceptions, and I’m certainly NOT excluding hard work from the talent recipe! Hard work and repetition is essential in my opinion, but I wonder if IQ might “separate the men from the boys” so to speak!

Again, hard work and a passion for music is essential in my opinion. I mean, if it were only about IQ, then the highest concentration of “burning musicians” would be found at a MENSA conference!!! (MENSA is the international, non-profit society for those with high-IQ – at or above the 98th percentile of a given IQ-test.)

I would love to know the average IQ of some of the top-rated musicians!

One thing I remember hearing about IQ is that one’s IQ doesn’t really change throughout one’s lifetime! Interesting, huh?!? I think I believe this theory too, because I took an IQ test in 11th-grade (when I was 16-years old), and scored within one point of my tested IQ score from when I was in 1st-grade (6-years old!) Imagine that!

Hey Robert, did I change the subject on your thread? I didn’t mean to! I think it’s somewhat related. Maybe it speaks to what a scatterbrain I can be sometimes!!!
Maybe that’s what makes me different from the next guy!

SORRY!!!

~Bill Meehan~

Interesting thoughts you are having, and I find myself having much of the same thoughts you are having. ( I don´t recognise IQ tests as a good way to messure intelligens, though).
In my experience as well, the majority of the really good players I have come across is humble, often intelligent persons. One of the best examples of this is metheny. If you have read interviews with him or checked out his site – you will understand that this is a really intelligent person, who has reflected on many big questions.. and I think thats maybe the key..when you are dwelving into music and doing so with the intention of learning as much on the subject as possible, I think that eventually you have to reflect on many big issues that also can relate to life on many levels. I often finding myself being able to understand and relate to many different people in different fields because of the thoughts and reflections I have had to do during years of guitar playing/learning music.

@RobertM20 5194 wrote:

I don’t care for ANY sports and that includes: playing, watching or talking about them.

I can go from acting like a child to being completely calm and docile in no time flat.

I am not a religious person in any way. (I’m more agnostic than anything)

I am quick to pick up on tunes in a live setting. In other words, I am usually able to pick up the structure of a song that I have NEVER heard before and play my way through the piece as it is written. Like on the fly learning. Many people have heard this and can vouch for this ability.

Sorry to dissapoint you, but those are all me as well.

I have a dirty great scar across my stomach from when I had an operation when I was 5 weeks old (The anaesthetist screwed up big time and gave me 10 times too much anaesthetic, they weren’t sure if I’d live. Good times)

I smashed my face off a brick wall (unitentionally, might I add) when I was 6 and broke my nose.

I like insanely high action on my guitars (Tom can vouch for this)

@billmeedog 5331 wrote:

Hey Lyle,

I’ve always had a fear of needing an operation and then having the anasthesiologist screw-up never to return (alive) from the surgery! Now you’ve confirmed the possibility of my worst fears! I AM sorry that you had to endure this though! Maybe subconsciously, you have an extra appreciation for life (having almost lost it) so that you live every day as if it were your last (something that most of us could learn from. I know that I could improve on this!) You’ve certainly found a passion for music at a young age, and you have excellent feel, aptitude, ability, and as Richard Lundmark would say” (insert Swedish accent here (lol!) “You’ve got your groove-on bro!” I should also add that you (Lyle) display a very impressive mature and humble attitude about yourself and your peers, and THAT my friend will go a long way in your career towards other great musicians wanting to collaborate with you! Sure, most people would love to be able to play as well as Yngwie (perhaps with a bit more diversity though!) However, no one wants to be known as a jerk! That’s why I say Lyle, keep working hard like you have, and stay grounded and humble like you’ve been so far, and musicians, producers, other bands, A&R execs., etc will ALL want you to be included!

BTW, the high action you noted helps to explain your EXCELLENT TONE! Everyone knows that higher-action increases sustain (as there is that much more room for maximum vibration energy near the adjacent frets!) That’s great that you’re used to that already Lyle! Plus that’ll make playing slide WAY EASIER on your main guitars without having to set-up a “special” guitar just for slide (unless you want the separate slide guitar to be in an “open-tuning,” but that’s a whole different topic!)

BTW bro, you never told me if you transcribed that Gilbert tune you played by ear, or if you got a transcription elsewhere? My guess is that you did it yourself. Am I correct?

~Bill Meehan~

Cheers mate. BTW, I did reply to your question but you must have missed it. I did play it by ear, that’s how I do everything, and I didn’t make any notes.

Nice game 😛
– I learned to read by myself when I was 1, the first word i learnt to recognize was “panna” (italian for “cream”), then I learnt to write at 3 (and i skipped the 1st class of the elementary school going straight to the second)
– I have a spot on the left arm that looks like a coffee grain
– I speak english, french and spanish ’cause i just can’t stand without saying anything
– I love Jesus ’cause I think he was hippy and communist
– All the guys I date are handsome and bastard (not for my choice)
– I never skip a meal even when I’m not hungry
– When in carnival i made a Lara Croft costume I was identical
– I started loving music at 12 ’cause everybody was telling me I had the same hat as Linda Perry
– I only put black varnish on nails
– I am not vegetarian but i hate to eat cute animals as rabbit, lamb and horse (yes, I know, it’s hypocrite!)
– I am racist toward people who wear furs
– In the past I have been interested in magic and occultism (i was a witch! ahaha)
– I am a lyric student but a rock singer at the same time and I sing both Puccini and Guns ‘n Roses
– Many say I am the only girl with whom they can discuss about guitars and not feel like speaking greek
– I have had hair of every colour (including violet, fuxia and blue) but now they’re brown
– I hate beauty contests and I’d never go into one
– I have an armour full of high-heeled shoes which i neraly never wear (always have sneakers)
– I think I’m the only woman who does NOT pay attention to diet.

@billmeedog 5661 wrote:

Hi there Angelica, 🙂

Best of luck here with your guitar studies! 😉

I just wanted to comment on a couple of your self-observations (see above.)

First of all, I think the your disdain for beauty contests bodes well for your fellow Italian woman who do enter beauty contests, because your absence gives them a fighting chance to actually win! 😮

Hey… thank you :rolleyes:

@billmeedog 5661 wrote:

Secondly, I think your comment about woman paying attention to diet should be qualified to state: “I think I’m the only THIN woman who does not pay attention to diet!” Know what I mean?!? (lol!) :p

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

Yeah you are right, perhaps if i become fat, i will 😀

@billmeedog 5661 wrote:

Again best of luck here at IG! This site is great! 😎

Thank you. hope to manage how to deal with my guitar soon! there is a love/hate relationship right now!