Playing Guitar On Opiates..

Any guitar players in here? or anybody that plays any instrument? do you guys think that any opiates effect your playing? i myself play guitar and although sometimes i space right out, im still able to come up with new stuff that i otherwise would probly not come up with in a sober state of mind. some people like to smoke some weed and get creative that way. but im not really a big smoker and usually just become paranoid, where as when im buzzin from some oxy im totally chill and also become very creative.... so ya..just outta curiosity, i'd like to here from everyone here

 

After smoking and picking up the guitar i become ten times as good and creative. Opiates not as much but it feels awesome.

 

they can do good things to your playing if its recreational. sweet child o' mine was created on opiates for the most part if i remember slash's book correctly, and other countless classics too.

 

I would definitely say opiates and marijuana influence my music better than any other drugs. I play guitar, piano, but the drums are my strong point. I played in a Misfits cover band when I lived in North Carolina and I would normally shoot H before shows and I could drum way past the point of my hands bleeding. I was much better, ha.


-NICU

 

^ lol, i feel marijuana and psychedelics make me more creative than opiates. as well as dissociatives, but thats just me.

 

i dont play guitar, but i sure like listening to music after taking opiates.

edit: im sorry i made such a worthless post, i dont know what im doing right now.

 

i find its just because im relaxed and flow better

 

Everything I take makes me temporarily perceive music in a different way, and sometimes portions of this new perception stays with me.

Opiates don't usually get me all too creative musically, but when they do I'll write something different than with weed. I wrote something weird on guitar once while on some oxy, but I've forgotten it now.

Snooze, how long have you been playing?

 

yo euphorial, about 5 years now. i play every single day.i can never get enough. what about you man?

 

also, have any of you guys heard of the band Black Tide? i think they came outta florida. there a thrash metal group. and there all really young too. i think the lead singer is only 15

 

I've been playing for something over 7 years. I used to play a LOT more, though, because I majored in classical guitar performance for a year and a half. I still play nearly every day, and I sure as hell do something musical every day (compose, play piano, sing, guitar, listen to music for hours).

Music is the greatest fucking thing, ever

 

I didn't realize there were this many musicians on here! I play drums, guitar, and piano and drums are my main thing. Something about opiates and just a little herb makes the music and rhythm flow and you feel it down in your soul. I haven't played a show without at least a couple pills for a loooong time! It's in the blood, I guess.

 

Anybody here big on songwriting? Not just on their instrument, but using GarageBand/Logic/Reason/DP and such?

 

nah man, not really. i'll sometimes come up with a tune, but nothin too serious to where i'd make note of it for further reference

 

Please read this! If you care about love and true art and your own soul.

You guys make me so sad. You all sound like me ten years ago. I was a guitar player/singer in band that got destroyed because i used a few oxy's here and there, some extra adderal to wake up, maybe some xanax or kpins or whatever to perform better and write a little more relaxed. Also at the time i had just finished college for art history and business and had gotten a few certifications in recording and design. Studied in Europe for two years (London/Italy), and worked for 2nd largest finance firm in the planet. Honestly i thought this was only possible because of the drugs

It was awesome for about 2 years and one day i woke up and realized i started feeling a real disconnection from myself. But i always felt more free from what i used to be (in retrospect i wasn't so bad to begin with.) But i thought it was all about love and art and experience. I'm guessing some of you can relate with that.

Anyway, time went by, and i learned the hard way that drugs (namely opiates) aren't something you just walk away from. I also live in NJ where once you open your eyes, you realize heroin is as low a $4 a bag and can be snorted. Plus i got great at playing the doctor game because we all know oxycontin isn't the cheapest way to feel good. Also, by the time i began shooting, oxy's are just as strong and harder to kick. If you have an addiction to oxycodone you're no better off then the worst homeless dopehead you've seen in the worst ghetto or in the celebrity world. I actually had an easier time quitting dope. and i promise you XANAX is a motherf*ckr to get off. So then at some point all that "love" and "art" transformed into a psychopathic gangster who had to feed a $300 a day dope habit. Or play doctors and eat about 1500 mg. Now after some serious arrests and lots of close calls (thank god for street smarts) a went to rehab 3 times last year and am finally what i can say is much closer to a true artist and musician, but my innocence is destroyed, i have 415 numbers in my phone from those times and we all were normal kids from upper middle class areas with the best of intentions. I AM ONE OF ABOUT FOUR THAT IS NOT IN JAIL, DIDN'T OD, AND WASN'T SHOT OR KILLED OR SPEND MORE THAN A FEW DAYS IN A PSYCH WARD. I don't know if you will turn from nice caring art kid to crazy gun carrying heroin fiend gangster. But this took a long time to happen and NONE OF YOU CAN CONTROL drugs like that. In my rehabilitation I've met many well known musicians and artist and they will all say the same thing.

I don't wish this fate on my worst enemy, because on top of turning into the very thing people like you seem to despise, your chances are less than one in 400 to tell the story. So head my warning and PLEASE take care of yourselves and get out while you can! now i know what love for my people really is about, and spending a few minutes typing this is more love than the most passionate kiss from your free spirited/compassionate girl/guy who has the highest hopes. I've seen everyone i grew up with do the same thing with the same intentions and turn into what i became with much less luck.

I also PROMISE you, you will write better guitar riffs and lyrics, paint and design better and your feelings are more sincere without that garbage, because it's just a really good lie. It's easy for anything to sound good with that many neurotransmitters pumping into your brain. I know i might sound like a guy who who took it too far is preaching things that you just know you don't have to worry about. PLEASE trust me and walk away while you can because i don't know you but i know you mean well and i love you all. And so does your family and true friends.

Keeping making art because this world needs it right now more than ever but it don't fool yourself. Unless you really thing your a god than you have maybe a speck of power compared to the drugs that we are talking about. Try the old school method of practicing your art or skill. Take in experience like a sponge, life is amazing and beautiful. Chemicals are deception and nothing more. Go and set the world on fire with your passion and your talent. Trust me, those things will disappear and you will be a "could have been", so go and just "be". Love and peace to you all ....

 

hey man, i appreciate the fact that you took the time to share your life experience with opiates, but just because someone uses opiates, does not mean that they will mess up there life. i myself am prescribed oxycontin and endocet for back pain, although i will admit that i take a much higher dose from time to time to enjoy a nice high. and it just so happens that im a guitar player and my drug use does affect my playing. most of the time positively.i was just wondering if there were any other musicians in here that use there opiates as a somewhat inspirational aspect to there playing. i totally agree that opiates can take over someone's life. but i think for that to happen, the user has to already be iresponsable to begin with. some people can control there drug use and some people can't. unfortunatly for you, you were one of the ones who couldn't..

 

Thank you for the passionate reply AOT... it's nice to hear from people who have (unfortunately) learned the hard way from experience.

I have recently learned that I cannot predict the future, and that NOBODY (not even kil0 ) can truthfully claim that they are a fully responsible drug user. I would like to also claim that I "understand the consequences of my habits," but even that would be a lie.

Hell, I'm even getting more drunk as I write this p). I must say that I admire your efforts to warn artists/musicians like myself who have drug habits. Unfortunately, barely anything besides my own willpower can ever make me stop entirely. I highly appreciate the knowledge/experience that you have shared, and will surely keep your thoughts in mind if I ever get into/near serious trouble.

In emphasis of my previous statement: Music is the greatest fucking thing, ever. I would hate for drugs to get in the way of my passions.

 

I play classical too, but Im not trained and cant read music.
And I only know a handful of Bach lute/cello suites, and a few spanish songs, Albeniz, Tarrega, etc. all by ear. Still struggle with the tremelo but then again I've been slacking big time (understandable, considering my nylon string has been 'borrowed' for about 6 months now).
Latley I've been strictly analog with Korg and here and there messing with fruity loops (yea yea I know lol).

 

yes thank you for that art of tragedy. you speak the truth. one of my biggest motivators is i don't wanna be another "could've been"

oh by the way i play guitar been playing for 12ish years and drums for 2

 

While i do appreciate the story and i feel for you man but you cant really label chemicals as "deception"..You cant just lump all chemicals that alter your counciousness into the same category because you abused the worst of them. Well yea opiates are deceiving because they just make you feel good, but lsd, weed, things like that are much different, greatly increase creativity and are safe when used right. NOT TO BASH YOU but most people are smart enough not to get into heroine to help them with thier art. Especially those who arent in a band.