When I first picked up a guitar in1994 I was able to figure out the riff for "Just what I needed" (the cars)... it was only one note on the E string and it was fun for a few weeks. This was the extent of my "Natural" abilities on the guitar... I decided to go get lessons and learn the basics and then furthered myself by studying Jazz/Classical theory/technique while in college which I apply to my own music quite a bit today. Writing a song has always come fairly easy to me (after I learned to play other peoples songs)... I would say I have a raw talent when it comes to music/songwriting but thankfully the stuff I am writing today makes the stuff I wrote in 1994 sound very amateur.
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