Ello, fellow musician! I've been playing guitar, piano, and violin on and off since I was 9. Same with singing. The only thing I've done consistently is write poetry, stories, and lyrics. My desktop is absolutely covered in text files, same with my phone, from songs and random tidbits I write.
I think its very interesting that you're bringing Hip-Hop to guitar. I am not a fan of Hip-Hop, only enjoying select pieces of the more old-school variety, but I've seen many attempts at making Classical variants of popular music - which I very much enjoy. I think the piano, violin, and cello are very adaptable instruments that can do a hell of a lot more than is advertised. The guitar, especially electric guitar with its maelstrom of effects, follows the same logic. My roommate is a guitarist for some indie/glam rock band called Starbolt 9. They used to perform under a different name I can't remember but they play all over the country. I've only ever gone to one show, about two weeks ago in Philadelphia. I don't like glam rock much and I !@#$ing hate indie rock but these guys were AWESOME live. Really got my musical juices flowing and spurned me to get back to playing guitar :-) I'm left-handed and don't have freakishly large hands with long alien fingers and thus have a bit of trouble in that department ;-) I'm more comfortable on the piano, honestly.
Do you ever upload your compositions and adaptations to youtube or some such?
