I posted on here a few months ago that I had started learning how to play guitar and ask for advise. A lot of people told me to get lessons. I have been taking lessons for a couple months now. I am so glad I did. I have learned how to read basic music and play guitar by it. Now, it's still a work in progress. The only regret I have is, that I didn't start earlier.
For any vets with PTSD and can use the VA on here, there is a program you might be interested in. It's called guitar for vets. It's a international program offered through the VA but is not a VA program. You have to be a Vet with a PTSD diagnoses and wanting to learn to play. If you have already been playing for a couple years, you probably want get in. It's a 10 week program that you will have to get a referral from your primary care Dr for. A lot of times you don't have to get a appointment, you can just call and get the referral. Once you get that they will call you for a interview to make sure you qualify and what I mentioned above is all that is required. Then you will be set up with 10 lessons and once you complete the 10 weeks, you will be given a new Gibson guitar, guitar case, tuner just to name a few of the things that will be given to you by Guitar for Vets. It is a awesome program that was started by a guy some years back for one hospital and has grown to nation wide. Like I said it's not a VA program and cost us tax payers nothing because it is a nonprofit org that donates this service to VA hospitals.
I started learning to play at Xmas and haven't put it down. I now understand the obsession with it. The first couple weeks I played every day until my fingers hurt so bad that I couldn't push down the strings any more. It only took almost two weeks for it to go away. Sometime I feel like I'm not improving any. Then I get around someone who is been playing less time than me and think WOW!!! I've came a long way. It seems overwhelming sometimes because it's so much to learn. I just have to keep thinking that no one ever learned over night and that I will never stop learning how to play better. But best advise I ever recieved was from right here in y'all telling me to get lessons. So anyone who is like me and just starting, it's worth getting lessons. Rock on!!
For any vets with PTSD and can use the VA on here, there is a program you might be interested in. It's called guitar for vets. It's a international program offered through the VA but is not a VA program. You have to be a Vet with a PTSD diagnoses and wanting to learn to play. If you have already been playing for a couple years, you probably want get in. It's a 10 week program that you will have to get a referral from your primary care Dr for. A lot of times you don't have to get a appointment, you can just call and get the referral. Once you get that they will call you for a interview to make sure you qualify and what I mentioned above is all that is required. Then you will be set up with 10 lessons and once you complete the 10 weeks, you will be given a new Gibson guitar, guitar case, tuner just to name a few of the things that will be given to you by Guitar for Vets. It is a awesome program that was started by a guy some years back for one hospital and has grown to nation wide. Like I said it's not a VA program and cost us tax payers nothing because it is a nonprofit org that donates this service to VA hospitals.
I started learning to play at Xmas and haven't put it down. I now understand the obsession with it. The first couple weeks I played every day until my fingers hurt so bad that I couldn't push down the strings any more. It only took almost two weeks for it to go away. Sometime I feel like I'm not improving any. Then I get around someone who is been playing less time than me and think WOW!!! I've came a long way. It seems overwhelming sometimes because it's so much to learn. I just have to keep thinking that no one ever learned over night and that I will never stop learning how to play better. But best advise I ever recieved was from right here in y'all telling me to get lessons. So anyone who is like me and just starting, it's worth getting lessons. Rock on!!
