Chords for I didn't get the gig.

So I didn't get the gig.
I've got to talk about some stuff today.
Just kind of more important, I guess, life stuff
than necessarily guitar related stuff.
Because quite a few years ago, I got offered a pretty sweet gig
and I ended up going out trying out for it.
And it didn't happen.
So we're going to talk about that.
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So I couldn't talk about this before because there were NDAs involved
and all that stuff, but since enough time has passed,
[C] that stuff doesn't count anymore.
_ [Bb] Back in _ [Gb] 2016, maybe?
[Dbm] 2015?
I'm not [Db] sure.
Fender actually reached out to me, maybe 2017,
about being a Fender Play instructor.
They liked my videos.
And I have a very good relationship with Fender now.
[F] As I did back then, there's never been a bad relationship.
They asked me if I wanted to come try out to be a Fender Play instructor.
And I'm like, wow, _ that's crazy.
I mean, yeah, let's do it.
And basically I would be flying back and forth from California and Ohio
every other [Db] week.
I would fly out there for like three or four days, come back home,
then two weeks would pass, I'd fly back out there,
shoot a bunch of content.
They wanted somebody for more of the rock, like 80s kind of stuff,
and they said that they thought that I was the guy for it.
And I'm like, that's awesome.
Felt really good, was excited about it.
Was not probably mentally prepared or physically prepared
for what was about to go down in that situation
because it was so different.
Like when I'm doing these videos talking to a camera,
it's usually just one camera, maybe two.
[Cm] _ I think now if I had to go audition for this thing,
it would be a completely different thing.
Like [Db] I don't know if I would get the gig or not,
but my confidence in front of the camera and talking
is way different than what it was back then.
So, you know, I go out there, [Eb] they pay for the plane ticket,
all that stuff, nice hotel.
I'm like, man, this is cool.
Go out there, which meets someone who I'm still friends with, Dinesh.
He works over at Gibson now, actually.
Funny enough, I wasn't familiarized with Gibson.
But anyways, go out there, get to the studio,
which right there is the first red flag.
I did not prepare the way I should [F] have.
You know, they gave me a list of songs to learn,
learn the songs.
I knew the stuff, but when I got there, I was so nervous.
I didn't prepare the right way.
Like I said, nowadays, I've been in studios,
been in front of camera rigs, all that kind of stuff.
[Bbm] It would be a different _ _ way of me presenting [Fm] myself in this.
But in that situation, I was terrified.
It was terrifying [Bbm] because it wasn't this.
This is a single camera that I'm talking to.
I'm used to this.
I'm used to two cameras, three cameras.
This was like [Gb] you're in a legit studio
where they could broadcast a [F] TV show.
You have giant overhead cameras.
These gimbal systems [Eb] are in place.
There's a teleprompter, which I had never done before.
So to do all these things,
when you're watching these Fender Play guys,
there's so much more that goes into play
than just sitting there teaching a song.
Hats off to them because that is a wild experience.
So I get there and it's all this new stuff.
They want to mic you up.
They do [Bb] hair and makeup, like [Gb] everything.
It's [Ab] legit like a TV show.
By [Em] this point, like I said, my hands are [Bbm] shaking.
I'm sweating because I'm so nervous.
And everyone in there was so nice.
I was just terrified.
[C] I wasn't ready.
I was way too green [Eb] to be thrown into something like that.
And I did [Bbm] not do as good as I [Db] could have on the audition [Fm] tape.
Now fast forward [Gb] a little bit,
and obviously [Db] I didn't get the gig.
_ [Bb] I was told different things.
They [Db] shelved the 80s program that they were going to do.
Maybe it came out a little bit later.
Maybe they just found someone else.
I don't know.
I know on my part, [Bbm] I didn't do good.
And [Bb] that's okay because what happened [Db] was
even though [Gb] that seemed like such a great opportunity
and I was really [F] excited for it and I wanted to do it,
it led me down a whole different path
to continue to work on YouTube,
build up the YouTube channel,
create this community that we have,
and then I started doing my own courses.
I was like, I can do that stuff.
In a much more [B] comfortable environment.
It's very intense.
And a lot of that stuff.
So like I said, so much [Bbm] respect to the Fender Play instructors
because there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes
that you might not even have a clue.
It's a legit set that you're on.
So one thing it taught me was that
failing is not a bad thing.
I felt bad for myself because I was like,
man, I blew that.
Man, that was not the best version of me.
So that kind of eats you up inside.
But what can you do?
You learn from it.
I've been in similar situations now
and I'm completely comfortable.
I'm just like, oh, okay, cool.
Yeah, we're doing this now.
And at the time though,
I mean that was 2017. _
So six years ago,
I was a lot younger,
way less experienced,
and I don't know, just a good experience
because it taught me a lot.
Sometimes [Gb] you've got to fail.
If everything you do is a success,
and I think this is part of the YouTube issue,
is in videos, [Ab] you typically [Bbm] only see [Bb] people's successes.
[Gb] You constantly see these people succeed.
But there's a lot of like falling on your face,
all this stuff.
So I think that lessons like this is important
[Fm] because what happens is if you just succeeded everything
[Bbm] and you never fail,
_ eventually you're going to fail [Fm] at something.
And [Bbm] if you've spent your whole life [Db] not failing
and all of a sudden you do,
it's going to hit you like a ton of bricks.
That's part of it.
The success is great.
Failing is also great because of what it teaches you.
I know this is all like cliche stuff to say,
but it really is important.
And it taught me a lot.
I was like, you know what?
I want to [D] get way better at talking to the camera.
I want to get [Db] way better at playing guitar.
I want to get way better at teaching.
I want to do all this stuff.
I was like, if ever this situation arises [Bb] again,
[Db] I'm not failing this time.
We got it.
I have this little ritual.
I told my son that this is what I do.
I was like, dude, [Gb] anytime you're getting on stage,
I'm going to [Ebm] record videos,
I'm doing any of this stuff,
you're recording [Fm] for someone,
I literally, because I have a lot of anxiety issues,
as does my dad. _
I [Db] count to three.
It's kind of like a [Gb] self-talk.
You're like, dude, we're doing this.
Count to three, [Db] take a deep breath, and just do it.
[Bb] And that's exactly what I do all the time.
[Bbm] _ Sometimes I still get nervous doing these videos, though.
I'm just like, what am I doing?
Take a deep breath.
_ And I just do it.
So, anyways, hopefully, if that's helpful to [Eb] anybody,
everybody fails.
It's not all just success. _
[Bbm] You can learn a lot from both.
Both things teach you a ton about yourself,
[Eb] and hopefully just make [Bbm] you a better person.
So, [Eb] anyways, guys, I'm going to bounce on out of here.
Hope you all have a great rest of your weekend.
See a bunch of you guys over at the live clinic tomorrow.
I'll link it down below.
And if you want to check out the guitar course while it's here,
50% off, that is also linked down below.
And, yo, I'm going to bounce on out of here.
All right, bye, homies.
Hope you have a good rest of your weekend.
End it, bluesy, rollercoaster of love style?
What?
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