Ep. 27: Talking Guitars! Mistakes, Taking Risks & Picks Again!
A simple setting… a guitar… and a DEEP message hidden inside it.
From the quiet of the cabin, Andrew moves from talking guitars into something far more fundamental: the nature of mistakes, risk, creativity, and growth. He challenges the very idea that mistakes even exist — suggesting instead that what we call “errors” are often the doorway to discovery, expression, and advancement.
Through music, recording, and life experience, he shows how growth requires risk, experimentation, and the willingness to surprise yourself. From the discipline of practice to the unpredictability of creation, this message points to a larger truth: Life rewards those who extend themselves… who push beyond repetition… and who have the courage to act on insight when it appears.
A grounded, practical, and philosophical reflection on creativity, risk, and becoming something more.
(01:12) Morning reflections and the “garden of guitars”
(02:19) Are there really mistakes in life?
(03:25) Accidents, surprises, and creativity
(03:43) Risk and extending your potential
(05:43) Repetition vs growth in music and life
(07:05) Attitude as the lens of reality
(08:55) Playing beyond muscle memory
(09:41) Loss, rebuilding, and relationship to instruments
(11:11) Letting go of perfection and status
(13:35) Tools, instruments, and expression
(16:26) Creativity vs productivity in recording
(17:42) Space, time, and refinement in art
(24:45) First takes vs repetition and mastery
(26:05) Creativity, altered states, and breakthroughs
(29:03) The mind as a problem-solving system
(29:50) Insight, courage, and acting on ideas
(30:23) Risk, grit, and what life rewards
Song: Twisted World - andrew reed & the liberation
Album: As a Bird of the Air… (Trilogy I Album 1)
Social Media Links
Official Website: www.AndrewReedMusic.com
Facebook: @andrewreedandtheliberation
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Instagram: @AndrewReedMusic
Youtube Channel: @andrewreedtheliberation
MVI Phone #: (828) 698-5885
Watch out for the next message, every two weeks on Fridays @ 7:01am (EST)!
“Each song demands a guitar that likes that song.”