Play What You Want To Hear

Wow man, I was so impressed by this Jimmie Vaughan interview, mainly because he goes through the thought process of how he (and how other great blues guitar players like BB, Freddie King, Eric Clapton and Gatemouth Brown) developed their own style.

It’s one thing to learn the guitar, another to be able to play like your heroes and still another to have the confidence and desire to forge your own sound.

Not only do you become a musician and guitar player, but you become an innovator and artist using this approach.

Isn’t it better to leave this earth having shared and created your own sound instead of just imitating others?

How do you develop your own style… Jimmy’s way of describing it is “play what you hear”…now that makes total sense!

I remember hearing BB King talk about how he developed his style of “fills” by trying to come up with the horn (sax) fills he would hear in songs…that became the BB King style of blues playing.

So if you want to or already play guitar, think about what do you want to hear and try to incorporate that into your playing.

Here’s the video: