AIR GUITAR

There is hope for individuals who believe that they possess countless talents from which they can tap into. These individuals do not worry much about the existing state of any economy they find themselves in mainly because they are well convinced that they can survive in any economy due to the skills they possess. We all agree to the fact that every country no matter its economic state requires a desirable amount of skilled citizenry to steer its growth .

Many of us however believe that we are talentless. It is common to hear people both the educated and uneducated make such an unguarded but realistic presumption. This can largely be attributed to a few reasons I gathered per the little research I embarked on, mostly by observation. 

The first faction of the individuals who find themselves in the talentless group live with that assumption because they are trying to fit into a talent they do not actually possess. The second faction also desire to possess a trending talent whereas the remaining faction, which is by far the most treacherous of all include people who are well convinced that they were born with no talent or skill.

If you happen to fall into any of these factions, I have a few questions I would want to ask you.  

1.  What are you good at?
2.  Better still what do you do with little or no guidance?
3.  Which skill do you exhibit when you are all alone in your closet?

If you have answers to these questions then there you have it, a talent awaiting your discovery. However if you answer in the negative to any of the above questions, I still have a few more I will want to ask you.

What do you do only to please a lover? Do you share a dance with him/her? Do you sing for him/her? Or do you write poems to appease your soul when he/she leaves you broken-hearted?

If your answers to these questions are in the positive then there you have it, a talent also awaiting your discovery. However if your answer is still in the negative, then I have one last question for you, of which I am confident your answer will be a big YES!

Can you play an Air Guitar? YES YOU CAN! What then is an Air Guitar? 

An Air Guitar is simply a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play an imaginary rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar. Playing an air guitar usually consists of exaggerated strumming and picking motions and is often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching.

There you have it, a talent you easily possess and have no knowledge of. We play our Air Guitar mostly during Church Service or when we find ourselves listening to a song we actually enjoy and love to listen to. One might be tempted to ask, where will a talent like this one take me? How can I build on a talent like this very one?

My answer is simple; you are sitting on a Gold Mine. Kereel “Your Daddy” Blumenkrants, a Russian Air Guitarist was crowned the first-ever Russian Air Guitar World Champion in Oulu, Finland on Friday, 28th August 2015, at the 20th Anniversary of the event. This is obviously not a new talent to the world but has stayed so long its championship has attained the age of 20.

This is a little reminder to the talentless group and to all NOT to take any skill or talent we possess for granted. Let us build on any little skill we possess and God willing you might be the first to take a championship in a talent everyone regards as nothing.

My best regards.
Atsu Dogbey of the Dogbey League