It happens all to often to me. You play the same thing over and over again and then I get bored of it so i start to look for new riffs to own at but nothing seems interesting and i have no desire to complete an entire song. I just picked up my KISS book and there are some pretty awesome tunes in there but they all have insane solo's so I'm not really into it.

Help anybody? Please?

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Every day, and then I here someone play a new lick or two and I'm back in business.
----Danny,

Yep, it happens to all of us. One thing that helps, but may not be that practical, is having an upcoming gig. I don't gig that often, so when I do, it tends to keep me focused and interested. Truth is, sometimes you just have to walk away from it for a while. When that happens to me, I often try to focus on playing something completely different than what I've been working on. I play a little mandolin, and that's a great way to change your musical mindset for awhile. Try grabbing your acoustic, if you have one, and playing some old folky stuff, teach yourself to fingerpick, play slide.

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One thing I do is goto alot of jam sessions lots of guys playing alot longer than me and always will to teach a new lick

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Sounds like a rut--just have to either try new stuff, take a break, or try a different instrument.
Even small changes like play an acoustic instead of an electric or vice versa--try an open tuning or something like that can help.

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It wasn't Willy-Nilly, it was at crows.

Ways to get through the plateaus we all hit:

Try an alternate tuning.

If you already play an alternate tuning (or more), try to play a song you normally play in 440/standard in Open G (or vice-versa).

If you use a lot of effects, plug directly into your amp and play with none at all.

If you play with no effects, buy or borrow a couple and go crazy with them.

Try to play slide.

Try to play without a pick (if you use one) or with a pick (if you don't).

Write a song...it doesn't matter how simple, silly or stupid it is--just keep writing. You said you like KISS--steal the rhythm line from a three-chord rocker and make your own lyrics or add a bridge or play it "upside down" (i.e., if the riff goes up in pitch, you go down--or vice-versa).
--BTW, You might think your song isn't any good, but you'd be surprised how others might respond to it.
A song I wrote when I was 20 years old--a simple little 50's semi-rockabilly/Chuck Berry-style ditty that I never thought much of--is a show-stopper in our gigs to this day; people will dance to it, people request it, and people like it...and I wrote it in ten minutes to facilitate a newly mastered riff I had stolen from Keef.
The first time my drummer heard it (ten years after I wrote it), he thought it was an obscure old rock & roll tune he had never heard, and when he found out I wrote it, thought it was one of the best songs I ever wrote...and I'm still baffled, because I think it's just a silly little song.
WRITE A SONG!

....and finally, listen (via YouTube, a live performance, whatever) a band that isn't normally your taste...if you like rock, listen to a pop band, if you like country, listen to some jazz. At worst, you'll waste a couple of hours of your life...at best, you might find something new that you like.

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Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Dude that is great advice!! i think might try that song idea or maybe bust out my effects pedal Thanks all!!!

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Let us know how it turns out...

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

+1
----Danny,

+1 ... and try jazz too.
Trust me, there will be no plateau, just a constant learning curve that will make molehills out of your percieved mountains when you go back to rock 'n roll.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

I usually go to Ultimate Guitar and start learning something I wouldnt normally care to. Most recently More than words by extreme(ly lame).

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I bet you feel like I felt about a week ago. I set it down and picked it up again tonight and its all back.

When I feel like I'm not inspired, or feeling bored with my playing, I like to watch live performances of great guitarists; that usually gets me fired up to jam again, and gives me good ideas.

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Skirt So Plain took my idea, lol, I was going to suggest a good DVD, or anything with Billy Gibbons - there is something about his style that motivates me to new levels of playing - everytime I seen him live, I feel like I leave a better guitar player - dont know what it is, other than the fact he is friggin awesome!! lol - Check out some Joe Bonamassa stuff on YOU TUBE, I like to do that as well - Screamin's idea of writing a song is another bit of great advice!! Good luck with it bro, but yes, I believe we all lose inspiration at some point

+1 on Bonamassa! This clip right here is the cream of the crop IMO... http://youtu.be/46UFXQVSnKs

I also can't help but picking up a guitar after listening to Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

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