Heh I think 98% of rock-music playing males started because of the chicks. Me too, when I was 15.
Just after a few years, I got totally upset with the music scene in my town, because I was around 23 and really wanted to do music for the music itself, but everyone around me was still acting like 15 - "Look at me, I play GUITAR in a BAND, don't you think I'm cool, babe? *grabs guitar and noodles for 30minutes*" - albeit they had all added vain, unrealistic dreams of "making it big" :/ Everyone suddenly got a "manager", were recording "albums" (used to be demos) and felt real important...
I can't say I am not guilty of this to some extend too, especially when I joined a band who had done an expensive studio recording, trying to get a deal... it sort of blew my mind in a way. But we were so far from being professional enough that the whole bubble bursted on our first major label casting. Even if they had signed us, we would probably have split up after 3 weeks of touring, drugging and some lost teeth...
So that put me off music completely for some years. Slowly getting back into it.
Just after a few years, I got totally upset with the music scene in my town, because I was around 23 and really wanted to do music for the music itself, but everyone around me was still acting like 15 - "Look at me, I play GUITAR in a BAND, don't you think I'm cool, babe? *grabs guitar and noodles for 30minutes*" - albeit they had all added vain, unrealistic dreams of "making it big" :/ Everyone suddenly got a "manager", were recording "albums" (used to be demos) and felt real important...
I can't say I am not guilty of this to some extend too, especially when I joined a band who had done an expensive studio recording, trying to get a deal... it sort of blew my mind in a way. But we were so far from being professional enough that the whole bubble bursted on our first major label casting. Even if they had signed us, we would probably have split up after 3 weeks of touring, drugging and some lost teeth...
So that put me off music completely for some years. Slowly getting back into it.