Fight the GAS
Key Takeaways
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Are you a musician?
A hobbyist or enthusiast of any kind?
It’s dedicated to not buying any new gear in 2022.
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GAS
It happens so fast.
Not only is this a waste of money, but it’s also a waste of your time.
That’s time you could spend actually making music.
Lifewire / Charlie Sorrel
Why Buy
There’s a joke I’ve read a few times on various forums.
As a joke, it’s more of a confession.
With this level of awareness, why do we keep buying instead of just making music?
Partly because it’s easier.
At some point, your instrument will frustrate you.
Maybe you could’t play that chord progression or melody on your guitar.
You could persevere or go shopping for a new guitar pedal.
On forums, we discuss gear, not technique.
New gear promises to turn us into better musicians with no effort.
In the meantime, there will be that empty feeling only consumerism can fill.
And we are experts at rationalizing our next purchase.
Fight the urge!"
elementary instrumental music teacheraMunchkinElfGraduate saysin the forum.
If this is familiar to you, you may want to join the pledge togo deeper, not wider.
Instead of wasting time, money, and mental bandwidth on acquisition, we create and explore.
