Question about playing blues guitar?

I’ve been playing guitar for about 10 years , and have tried a few times to learn blues, but every time I get into 12-bar blues and certain progressions/scales, it justs starts to sound exactly like type of parts guys in music stores play to impress people shopping for strings … Mean while if I listen to Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Robert Johnson etc… It sounds completely different even though it’s the same style, I’ve noticed blues is very good at telling the listener whether you are full of sh*t or not. I really want to work blues in my songs but not if it’s obvious I’m forcing it, any hints?

Man, I gotta tell you the only way to do it is to think less and feel more.

I know that sounds stupid, but it really is it. And it is also not easy if you are too caught up in your head.

I think it makes it easier if you know a song. Don’t play a lick of solos, but play the song. Know the words, understand the feeling the person is singing about. If you start simple, you can always add.

In music stores, people are playing musical masturbation to try to impress someone. In REAL music, less is more. (in just about any style).

Good music is less about playing the notes and more about playing the spaces between the notes.

BC-013 • Beginners Guitar Lesson – 12 Bar Blues Variations

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