Re: Going backwards
Been there, done that. Sometimes, I find when I'm in that space, it's time to focus on technique -- timing, picking, etc. -- or else to learn a new tune, perhaps in a different style, e.g, old time instead of blues. It's frustrating, but so far I haven't stayed in a slump permanently.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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