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Collected Item: “Guitar helps me decompress”

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Guitar helps me decompress

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

It is a video that I filmed on my phone.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

During quarantine I was very stressed because of all the uncertainty. Playing guitar really helps me to de-stress so I learned the intro to Nothing Else Matters during quarantine. During quarantine I found it hard to stay busy. There was little to do since I couldn't leave the house so I decided to take advantage of quarantine to learn some new things. I feel that this is something lots of people did during quarantine. It was a great time to use to learn new things because there was nothing to do. I also learned many other songs but this one is the one that I always play when I am feeling stressed. It’s lots of fun to play but also very calming.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#guitar,#Metallica,#theblackalbum#nexgenacademy,#newtechnetwork

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Chris Worley, song by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich

Give this story a date.

2020-08-01
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