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This thread has a lot of great comments and food for thought. I think a missing piece is theory. I dabbled around for decades learning new songs and techniques specific to the “interesting” parts of those songs and had fun. But each time I became inconsistent I lost the Song. As I’ve aged and my voice range narrowed, I lost the Song because it was not in a key or range I could now sing. Then I discovered, through TAC, Theory and how it relates to Technique and finally to the Song. Now the songs are easier to learn and make sense, so less memory is required, and the technique fits into whole plan. The song construct and writing songs opened up. (Of course another big part of the equation is that consistent playing and exercises give the strength and flexibility to perform the technique.). So I think the Song is definitely a part of one’s guitar life. It is the application. And the Song leads to the social aspect of a Guitar Experience.