As a guitar player, unless you can also play a keyboard to one degree or another, midi is more of a chore. BUT......

The cool thing is, it's really not that difficult to understand and with a great DAW, it is fairly straightforward and simple to use.

As guitar player myself and with a little bit of keyboard experience, I use it to play piano parts and bass lines mostly when there's something particular I want that the Real Tracks are not capable of delivering.

I can set up a synth, assign a sample, and play the parts in on my 61 key keyboard. Playback is all internal and the only hardware you need is some sort of midi controller such as a cheap Casio keyboard. Everything else is in the box.

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www.herbhartley.com
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You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.