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I am currently on my second year of my N.D Pop at Leeds College of Music and I'm thinking of quitting.

This is because I cannot seem to make any friends at college (maybe because I'm older than most of the people on my course) and most people I talk to are not friends are don't care about me. I also don't think I'm good enough to carry it on.

I see so many younger people who are very talented, some are absolute whizz kids on guitar, and who have been playing a lot less time than me and who have already reached a higher standard than me. I think to myself that they are naturally talented and that's why they pick it up so quickly, and that clearly, I am not, and that's why I'm struggling to improve.

I am currently becoming very depressed in my current ensemble because I just feel like I am working hard and nobody is appreciating it. I've turned up to every practice, I've learnt the songs first and taught them to everyone else, and who gets the credit? The other guitarist, who sits and shreds all day.

When were composing our first composition as a band, who came up with the main riff? Who came up with most of the chord progression? Yes, me. Yet somehow, the other guitar player gets all the credit.

But I also find myself green with envy because of how good he is, and how the rest of the band champions him on. I pretend to be part of it, but deep inside I am really upset and jealous.

I wish I could be as good as him, and he's five years younger than me! I have been trying hard for five years, and my skills aren't as good as his. Fair enough, my chord knowledge, and theory is better, and so is my knowledge of styles and my sight reading, but of course this doesn't make a great guitarist. He just plays so fast and fluently, and he is accomplished at advanced techniques that I can't quite perform with such fidelity as him. I just wish I didn't have big clumsy fingers that are slow.

I've never had any compliments for my guitar playing, nor has anyone ever said anything good about me at college. The only compliments and encouragement I get are from my lovely girlfriend, she has always supported me, but obviously she says that stuff because I'm her boyfriend. I need to really hear these things from someone who isn't a friend or relative.

I just feel like quitting. The idea keeps running through my head and the more I think about it the more it seems logical, but part of me wonders if I'd be making a big mistake? I worked for two years to save up and pay for the course, would I be throwing it away?

I'm thinking about just working the remainder of the year and applying as a mature student for an English course, at least I know I could get a good job with that.

Any help would be appreciated.

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