Guitar Kids (Opinion)

Connor Donohue
Entertainment Editor

You see them in the halls all the time. Guitars. It used to be a rarity that playing this musical instrument was a gift, a talent. Now, any regular Joe just thinks that they can play guitar. It’s plainly ridiculous. Being a guitar player for six years, I’m offended that people believe they have the right to just pick up a guitar and write so-called “songs”. It is rather excruciating to hear these people play, especially when they can barely play a C chord. This just makes me feel like a statistic, just another guitar playing “wannabe”. I think a person should earn their right to be called a guitarist. Someone who should have legitimate skills as a musician, but also as a creative artist. No banging on strings and “pouring your heart out” prove to me and the rest of the student body that are not just going with the trend and I will gladly respect you and your art.
If you don’t, your $40 guitar may be smashed to little bits and sent to you by mail, with a note saying how much you don’t deserve and a web cam to watch you cry so I can laugh. Ok, maybe I wouldn’t go that far but I have to make my point somehow right?! I would love to call them musicians if they deserved it, I would love to teach them something if they gave me a reason, and I would love to respect them as creative individuals if they were creative individuals! There is so much potential to some people, but others just need to accept that they are average when it comes to musical talent. I totally mean this in the nicest way possible. maybe they could be an expert in marine biology, maybe they will be amazing political activists, or even exceptional public speakers. by this, I am trying to say that people should showcase actual talent, not just bringing cheap, unturned guitars to show their lack of that.