Yeowch
Trying to learn a bit of bluegrass style on the guitar has caused me to skin the topmost knuckle of my strumming pointer finger.
I remember coming to the realization one day listening to Nickel Creek that there are no drums in bluegrass. The guitar strings are so thick they do the percussion themselves. The finger is not supposed to be a drumstick, however. I need a thicker pick.
Also just discovered Taylor Swift’s accent is completely fake, as she is actually from Pennsylvania.
I thought about this for a while and decided that, as it is a performing art, taking on an accent is no great offense to music. I take on an embarrassingly bad Welsh accent when I attempt David Gray’s “The Light.” Given my anatomical issues with rolling R’s and relatively clumsy treatment of vowels, it’s a doomed but very fun activity.