It’s Never Too Late To Change The Rest Of Your Life

In today's livestream I recount a childhood story that set me on my path to musical success.

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[TheSpydersBand]

I always wanted to play guitar, be in a band, and gig. But I let life get in the way. I finally took guitar up in earnest when I was 65, started a band at 67, and began gigging in a few months before I turned 68. I’ll be 72 in May and I’m still at it and still learning. It’s never too late…IF you start now. Carpe Diem!

[ibassnote]

At 24 I got my first doublebass. I decided I was going to learn how to play it and be a musician for a living. At 55 I played Carnegie Hall, both sold out, twice in the last six months. Slow and steady never relenting until your goal. The morning after selling out Carnegie Hall I got up, got my coffee and started practicing…

[sapsfm]

Absolutely! I’m 56 and I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up!

[jonsilver]

Rick this is a perfect video for me... I am a recovering heroin addict.. im not afraid to speak of this. I was lost and when getting sober a rediscovered my musical love and passion for becoming a virtuoso guitarist.
I have a wrist injury as well but I recently purchased your beato pack and it has TRULY GIVEN ME NEW PURPOSE IN LIFE AGAIN!!!
I MAKE GREAT MONEY AS A BARTENDER BUT NOW THAT I HAVE ALL OF THIS AMAZING INFORMATION GIVEN TO ME IN YOUR PACKAGE I HAVE PURSHASED A HUGE GUITAR SET UP(THE ONE OF MY DREAMS) AND I AM NOW RE ATTEMPTING TO START BACK UP MY BAND THAT WENT ON HIATUS BECAUSE OF COVID...ITS NEVER TOO LATE AND I HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF ME.. WITH ALL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THEORY TO GO THEOUGH MY TIME IS FILLED AND MY PASSION IS BACK... MUSIC HAS CURED ME OF MY DRUG ADDICTION AND YOU ARE A BIG REASON I GOT BACK INTO IT....THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE, MARRIAGE AND MY ABILITY TO BE A GREAT FATHER

[curtisprincemusic]

I always say, “There’s no such thing as failure, there’s only giving up.”

[micheletotton]

Nice one Rick. A former top South African golfer, Gary Player, used to say 'the more I practice the luckier I get'!

[FishMonger]

Amen! I had a father who reinvented his career more times than I can count. And he provided us with so much.

[david]

I got mine in 4th grade too 1971. Same patch I still have it!! It was hard. I had to train. Pull ups was the hardest part that I had to work at.

[alanwaterworth]

"life gets in the way" of a lot of the things we love doing, for a lot of people. It´s not an excuse, just a fact. We get bogged down, tied up in the need to make a living, to pay bills, family commitments, etc etc, that we forget to do the things we love, and are good at.
For me, I started playing guitar when I was 7. "guitar" was, according to my mum, the first word I ever said, not "mum or dad". They got me a little ukelele when I was about 3 or 4 years old, and my uncle, who played guitar, restrung it as I´m left handed. But then, having noone to learn from, I didn´t start playing until I went to primary school, where they had guitar lessons after school. Mom bought me a classical guitar, and I started, by played right handed just because that´s how it was strung. I was obsessed, and learned everything the teacher could show me, a song a week for him, and was also learning other tunes by ear, so he got my mum into school and recommended I go for classical lessons at a higher level. I did, but found it boring, as it was beginner level, and I was way beyond that. I wanted to play rock music anyway, so got a Squire strat copy and a little amp. But then my dad would yell at me to stop playing that bloody racket when he was watching tv, and sometimes would even turn the power off in the entire house to shut me up. I went to high school, but they didn´t have any guitar teacher, but I kept playing. I was also in the school athletics squad, and started cycling as a way to explore the countryside and get away from home. I kinda stop playing in my late teens, as girls and partying became a thing. I went back to college and did a photography course because that was something I was also interested in. I broke my hand in a bar fight, which has limited the range that I can spread my fingers in my left hand. In my late 20s, I became friends with guy who was a metalhead, and we went to a guitar show. I´d bought an acoustic steel string sometime before that, and went to the Marshall stand, and bought a Marshall AS50r acoustic amp. At the show, Jim Marshall himself was there on another stand, along with Burt Weedon, signing posters, so I took the amp and got Jim to sign it. I´m actually sitting looking at that amp and guitar now. Also at the same show was a fingerstyle guitarist from Ireland, Eric Roche, (who sadly passed at the age of 36 from cancer) who was demoing Lowden guitars, playing in open tuning and using the guitar as a percussion instrument. I was blown away. I started learning open tunings and still alternative style of playing.
In the intervening 25+ years, I´ve travelled extensively, worked with photography, worked different jobs, left my home country, started a new life from literally nothing, learned a new language and currently waiting for my citizenship of my adoptive country to come through. I still do bits and pieces of photography and have worked some bands here. Some of my photos have been used as artwork in the local irish bar, and a couple of pics won an award in the US. I still play guitar from time to time, but my living situation has almost always been that it annoys who ever I´m living with when I´m practicing. But it´s still there, and I will occasionally play when I´m alone. I guess if you´re playing music, or doing anything creative, it helps to be around people who are also creative.
The main thing is that, irrespective of whether you are "successful" or not (financially) with music, or anything creative, is that you keep doing what you love. There are always other means to make a living, but doing what you love and enjoy is in itself its own success.

[ottovangogh]

"Luck is where preparation
meets opportunity."
- Love it!

[sophomorehat]

I've been working for minimum wage since I was 18. Last year, I decided to go to university, and I'm halfway through my first year now. I'll be 35 by the time I graduate, which seems old to me, but it'll be worth it.

[jacksonking]

Took up the piano 2 years ago at the age of 68. Didn’t know anything about the piano. I practice everyday for at least 30 min. I love it. I can now reach my dream of playing a few songs or improvise when I sit down at the piano and can play for my family and friends at family get-togethers which was always a dream of mine. I just want to have people enjoy being together. I also am a retired university professor, which was the most impossible dream I could have ever imagined. If you love something just do it and see what happens. Keep images in your mind of what you want.

[batman]

I got the bundle Rick. Looking forward to it!

[BBStudioProductions]

I’ll be very surprised if you even see this comment, but I wanted to thank you for your very inspiring words, and for sharing with us your very personal journey into music. The world is a better place with people like you in it.

[daymoonfarm]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm 68 years old and have been struggling with what to do with my life. I was a writer for many years, but those days are over. I've been lost and just drifting for a couple of years now.
You're right. It's not time to give up. It's time to get up and move on.

[baharam]

Thank you Rick for this: "If you work hard at things {RIGHT?} - if you really put in the time, YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL at ANYTHING."

[Robmm]

Same story Rick! Zero pull ups in 1972, got a Sears weight set, 10 pull ups in '73 and 15 in '74. Am 65 now, can and do regularly knock off 10.

[alcondragon]

Take this to the bank, I'm 61 with lung disease, 6 hern discs, had throat cancer and lost everything in a fire in November, my guitars, amps, recording equipment cloths, everything, including my babies- my 4 dogs,
I'm living in a van. Life just seemed over, but it's not! I've gone back to working out 6 days a week, quit most of meds they give except the basics.... It hurts but Never, Ever give up.
God bless you Rick Beating and everyone else.

[UltimateTechHub]

I reinvented my life about 3 years ago. Rick is 100 percent correct. It's never too late.

[shivadasa]

“No problem comes without a gift in its hands.” -Richard Bach