coreyjdavidson
12-21-2008, 09:24 AM
Hi folks,
I joined the site about a month ago and have been going through the Fundamentals videos since then.
To make a long story short...
I first bought a guitar in late 1994 as a teen (a candy apple red Kramer, I believe) which I ended up trading to a friend for a Samick bass...took bass lessons for about 5 months, got discouraged (by a teacher who only taught what he liked...and stole the tapes his students would bring in to have him transcribe our favourite songs). I didn’t play for the next 4 years.
I Picked up an Epiphone in late 1999 shortly after I found out my mom had terminal cancer. Recording "bedroom demos" and playing guitar while I looked after my Mom with my Father until she passed away in 2002 was just about the only reason I survived those years. I ended up buying 3 Rickenbackers during this time (Peter Buck is my guitar hero, R.E.M. my favourite band), which I had to sell a few years later due to financial reasons (getting back into the workforce after many years and heading back to school to finish my undergraduate degree).
I didn't really play guitar from 2004 onwards (I started learning piano from my girlfriend, but gave up). Finally, after many years of thinking that I could just teach myself music (and getting myself to a Peter Buck/Neil Young level technically), I got the itch to play again, and finally swallowed my pride and found a private teacher. I love the guys I just mentioned, but I am bored with my current skill level and want to eventually work myself up to playing some Clapton, becoming a proficient 12 string player, etc. I've been taking lessons for 2 months now, as well as using this website to augment my learning and I have only become more interested in learning things "properly". I think I am finally at an age (29) where I have the patience to stick with the long hours of scales and barre chords to get things down cleanly.
I'm learning again on a Tak acoustic (fingerstyle) and am finally able to sit back, relax and enjoy the learning process. I guess the third time is the charm for me in regards to finally learning my instrument properly.
The videos have been great and I am really enjoying the site.
Best to all,
Corey
I joined the site about a month ago and have been going through the Fundamentals videos since then.
To make a long story short...
I first bought a guitar in late 1994 as a teen (a candy apple red Kramer, I believe) which I ended up trading to a friend for a Samick bass...took bass lessons for about 5 months, got discouraged (by a teacher who only taught what he liked...and stole the tapes his students would bring in to have him transcribe our favourite songs). I didn’t play for the next 4 years.
I Picked up an Epiphone in late 1999 shortly after I found out my mom had terminal cancer. Recording "bedroom demos" and playing guitar while I looked after my Mom with my Father until she passed away in 2002 was just about the only reason I survived those years. I ended up buying 3 Rickenbackers during this time (Peter Buck is my guitar hero, R.E.M. my favourite band), which I had to sell a few years later due to financial reasons (getting back into the workforce after many years and heading back to school to finish my undergraduate degree).
I didn't really play guitar from 2004 onwards (I started learning piano from my girlfriend, but gave up). Finally, after many years of thinking that I could just teach myself music (and getting myself to a Peter Buck/Neil Young level technically), I got the itch to play again, and finally swallowed my pride and found a private teacher. I love the guys I just mentioned, but I am bored with my current skill level and want to eventually work myself up to playing some Clapton, becoming a proficient 12 string player, etc. I've been taking lessons for 2 months now, as well as using this website to augment my learning and I have only become more interested in learning things "properly". I think I am finally at an age (29) where I have the patience to stick with the long hours of scales and barre chords to get things down cleanly.
I'm learning again on a Tak acoustic (fingerstyle) and am finally able to sit back, relax and enjoy the learning process. I guess the third time is the charm for me in regards to finally learning my instrument properly.
The videos have been great and I am really enjoying the site.
Best to all,
Corey