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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Check this dude out: He didn&#039;t start till college, and listen to his clips. Awesome]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Check this dude out: He didn't start till college, and listen to his clips. Awesome!<br><br><a href="http://www.albertcummings.com/albertcummings.html">http://www.albertcummings.com/albertcummings.html</a><br><br>M]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>MattyPretends116</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-old-is-too-old-to-make-it/paged/3/#post-154382</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[.. I think you should start playing some of the songs you have for others to listen and you can get feedback. Maybe record some stuff and put on a website (like myspace.com) and also try the...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[.. I think you should start playing some of the songs you have for others to listen and you can get feedback. Maybe record some stuff and put on a website (like myspace.com) and also try them out at an open mic or two for some crowd reaction...]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>kachman</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[(and i am only 18 8) )Rahul

That won&#039;t last forever buddy. :)

And i don&#039;t want it to.I want to grow up ...REALLY  :P

I&#039;m 43, have been in the same job for 23 years (have 7 more to go befo...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(and i am only 18 8) )<br><br>Rahul

That won't last forever buddy. :)

And i don't want it to.I want to grow up ...REALLY  :P

I'm 43, have been in the same job for 23 years (have 7 more to go before I switch jobs...), and still dont know what I want to do when I grow up, and proably never will.  Dont be in a rush to grow up....thats what I tell my teenager all the time.  <br><br>As far as making it with music, I only started playing recently, and I think I have made it already, cause I love it, regardless weather I ever make any money doing it or not....and surprisingly, its not just a hobby to me....its quite a bit more.  Will I ever consider myself an expert?  Doubt it....like someone else said, I will be a perpetual beginner because learning will never stop for me, and that's the part I am really digging.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>ldavis04</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Started playing 2 1/2 years ago at the age of 50. I&#039;ve played too upwards of about 100 people. I had a gig last Sunday at a nursing home, we played for about 15 residents. It was one of my m...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Started playing 2 1/2 years ago at the age of 50. I've played too upwards of about 100 people. I had a gig last Sunday at a nursing home, we played for about 15 residents. It was one of my most enjoyable moments. I've never made a dime from playing. You can't put a price on the looks on those elderly folks faces, I've made it :!:  :D]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Tim_Madsen</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Great post Nick and now I know I have made it.However, I better keep my day job if I want to eat also...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Great post Nick and now I know I have made it.<br><br>However, I better keep my day job if I want to eat also...]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[And i don&#039;t want it to.I want to grow up
Mother to Son: &quot;What do you want to when you grow up?&quot;Son: &quot;When I grow up, I want to be a guitarist&quot;Mother: &quot;Now, stop being silly, you know you can...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[And i don't want it to.I want to grow up
Mother to Son: "What do you want to when you grow up?"<br>Son: "When I grow up, I want to be a guitarist"<br>Mother: "Now, stop being silly, you know you can't do both"  :lol:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>greybeard</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[(and i am only 18 8) )Rahul

That won&#039;t last forever buddy. :)

And i don&#039;t want it to.I want to grow up ...REALLY  :P]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(and i am only 18 8) )<br><br>Rahul

That won't last forever buddy. :)

And i don't want it to.I want to grow up ...REALLY  :P]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: How old is &#039;too&#039; old to &#039;make it&#039; ?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-old-is-too-old-to-make-it/paged/2/#post-154303</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Your never too old.  The best guitarists(2 of them) i&#039;ve ever seen are both over 40. One guy is an incredible blues guitarist who has been doing it forever and used to do it profressionally ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Your never too old.  The best guitarists(2 of them) i've ever seen are both over 40. One guy is an incredible blues guitarist who has been doing it forever and used to do it profressionally and did some intense touring when he was younger and did really well.  Now hes settled down and holds a nice upper managment job but still plays every weekened somewhere.   THe other is the CEO of a cable company and is wealthy beyond reason(he has hundreds of guitars in a huge house on the lake(not his only house but the only one i've been to)) but he still plays around town all the time with a jazz trio.  The second one was wealthy before he really started taking music seriously but the first one did survive 15 years on only music and could have longer but he finally had a family and settled down.  So I guess the moral could be if you try and put everything you have into a career in music you could be a fantastic sucess or if it just isn't going to happen life is long and you can still be successful in other areas after.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>thectrain</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thank you all for the compliments.  I&#039;ve never been inspirational before. :oops: Glad to be of service.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thank you all for the compliments.  I've never been inspirational before. :oops: <br><br>Glad to be of service.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Nick Torres</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have nothing to add to this discussion, but I want commend Nick on a great, great post.  Thanks.Steve]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have nothing to add to this discussion, but I want commend Nick on a great, great post.  Thanks.<br><br>Steve]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>SteveS</dc:creator>
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