Rbh
Don't sell those guitars in the 70's  ?
Stay analogue?
Tell EVERYONE that Napster will completely destroy the music industry  - for free !
Those PIA analogue synths might triple in value.
I occasionally get stuck with a disco song ringing out of some radio somewhere. As much as I still EyeRoll - damn if ain't nice to hear analogue tracking and real metered time.

Don't sell those guitars in the 70's   Yup by the time it was the early 80 's , I had gone through dozens of what people now consider to be highly prized vintage guitars …Oh well it was nice while it lasted ….
I don't know if I should say this here but I used to practice on the Blonde Super 400 CES w P 90's that Mark Knopfler  plays , it belonged to a buddy of mine back in the day 
 

jimfogle
Buy stock in Fender, Gibson and Yamaha.
 
 

Either that , or buy those top brand name guitars new when you are young , and don't ever sell them until you are way too old to play them anymore .
 
Anyway I better shut up , I'm enjoying what you guys have to say and I don't want to mess up this thread by making cracks and quips .
 
Kenny
 
 

Dear 1990 Dave:
 
Don't sell ANYTHING. Everything you've got is gonna increase in value. Yes, even those lame drum machines.
 

Hi,
 
I had an old friend, psychic that was NY Jewish and Sydney, Australian, and at the same time, I already had a massive collection of music, and he enjoyed the things that I played, and some that he thought were over blown (like Stivell's Celtic Symphony), and some that were awesome (Gismonti's No Caipira) and he said that the only thing I needed was 30 days in the hole with a synthesizer!
 
It never happened, unfortunately, and my love for music and living and dying with it in listening, did not translate into learning, and I was not able to pursue it until a couple of years later I saw a Bass Guitar and I wanted it (the cherry red EB-0 with the pegs backwards), but trying to learn it more and more proved tougher, and when I lived in a house with various musicians one of them got a nice little Korg, but the sounds and play did not click or turn me on. 35 years later I still have not gone to music full time, but I will as soon as work gets cut in half, or I retire, depending on my health. I'm hoping for half time/part time with no benefits.
 
All in all, considering how much music I live through and with, it is astonishing that I never learned more ... but a lot of it had to do with Portugal to Brazil at 9 years old, and parents not being able to afford anything, until we came to America, and by that time, at 15/16, other music's had taken up my mind, and learning music was not a primary desire or concern. But listening to all the new things was ... massive! And my first real chance to learn and grow!

I subscribed to Electronic Musician way back when...but it was a totally different rag then. This was enough to make me aware that: A. I couldn't afford those stacks of gear and keyboards in all of those articles and B. I wouldn't have known how to use it anyway.
 
I wouldn't change a thing. I bought a Korg M-1 and learned basic music composition with the sequencer in it. Later I bought a computer and made them talk to each other.
 
If I had been more financially well off I doubt I would have applied myself as much because I would have been looking more at the big picture instead of how things work at a  basic level. The idea of doing as much as you can with what you have was good for me, although at the time I hated it.
 
 Part of the fun was to try and move along with new developments.
It's all been good.

Rain
Unless you go full out "classic rock". But there's a cheesy aspect to that too. You can't exhibit serious rock star chops unless you mean it as a joke. 
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I would just like to tie you up with Guru Guru and the Acid Mothers! A drummer behind you that will go circles around guitars, is not something that most people can enjoy for very long. (Mani)

If I had a time machine the last thing I'd be thinking about is music production...

"None of these tracks are done yet, so don't put them out yet." Haha. "Keep working on it!"

"Hey 1975 Bapu", I would say, "don't waste your time in those regret threads that show up on your favorite DAWs forum. It's a buzz kill."
 

Moshkito

Rain
Unless you go full out "classic rock". But there's a cheesy aspect to that too. You can't exhibit serious rock star chops unless you mean it as a joke. 
...

I would just like to tie you up with Guru Guru and the Acid Mothers! A drummer behind you that will go circles around guitars, is not something that most people can enjoy for very long. (Mani)

What's that drummer doing?

 

Karyn
If I had a time machine the last thing I'd be thinking about is music production...

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