Thank you all for the advice

[lumsage]

Well I guess there is no miracle potion that make one become a guitar player, I hate to admit it and in a way know what to do but I still think there got to be something easier than practice all the time...its like I know the answer but hope for a different one..Thank you all for the advices...I am going to play 1 to 2 hours a day and play scale in all position on the neck and trying to get faster and faster..hopefully I will start to feel the music ..

[hairbndrckr]

Don't give up man... Feeling is ingrained in all of us. Knowing how to communicate that to the masses is something that will come in time, and a lot of practice. Keep up the practicing, for a wise man once told me that "All good things come in time, and the sweetest things are those that were earned." There is nothing easy about playing the guitar. I mean if I could master the instrument by placing a Mel Bay Instuction book under my pillow and let it seep into my brain by osmosis while I sleep, I would be the fastest, most influencial shredder on the planet. But alas, the only thing I can shred well is Cheddar. It will come in time.

To me, it almost seems like you are looking at practicing as a chore. It don't have to be, so don't make it one.

[Death55]

You need to find someone who can really teach you how to play well and with feeling. I can shred pretty well for 1 years worth of playing but still cant write my own music.
I know Azrael who is a host on this site put the guitar down for a year or something because he wasnt getting any better. He then was introduced to a guitar teacher who made him pick up the guitar again and improved so much and now is a really good guitarist.

[dinell2]

I do a lot of recording on my computer. I find that when I'm trying to write a song, I look for inspirations. Let's say something in the Santana style. I look up some of his songs, read about his gear, what inspired the song, check out some tab. What scales does he use, etc. This will get me in the groove to venture out and come up with something on my own and good. Also... I'll try out some of his signature licks and turn them into my own. This will help your practise evolve and not get stagnet. Get into the heads of your favorite players. This help you learn song structure, genre structure, arrangements and favorite riffs and licks. So don't get discouraged. I get GUITAR ONE MAGAZINE each month. This helps out too...

[spanky10940]

that's usually how it goes with new players - it takes a while to kind of "get it" but the light bulb will start to go on and some things will start to make sense to you. I've been a hobby guitarist for years and have stopped, started, practiced, open mic'd ... you name it...

I've learned this in my time

1) practice in inevitable - don't make it a chore.. but do make it!
Now I have a 1a thanks to someones sig
"Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes permanant, perfect practice makes perfect" (just LOVE that saying, thanks to whomevers' sig this is)

2) Find other people to play with. It will open up your eyes to a lot of things and you'll find yourself trying things you may NEVER have considered even listening to.

3) if you're not doing this for a living, don't torture yourself. Do what you can, when you can. If you force it, you'll hate it, and the results.

lastly - remember why you wanted to play in first place... go put on that old album, go see a live show, or just jam out to some stuff you have on the ole' victrola...

It's the passion for what you do (in whatever you do) that makes someone really take notice...