Ok, heres the deal. I've been playing for about a year and 3 months now and everyone says that i have become a decent player, excellent for the time ive been playing. But the thing is im getting bored of the same old crap, ive leaned tons of songs and its taking me no where. The thing is latley ive been interested in blues and jazz but i just cant seem to make any of my own stuff up, everything i do sounds like the same old funky rock stuff. I really really want to be able to make jazz band in school next year, but i dont know where to start and i was wondering if anyone could help me out with this. Im sure im ready for it, i know the regular scales, went through two and a half of those crappy ass mel bay books, i have speed enough to play some of the solos from zeppelin and hendrix, and im a fast learner. Sooooo...... if anyone could give me any suggestions i would really appreciate it, like ive said, i just seem to be in a dead end and i wanna learn this stuff so i can blow everyone away like ive been doing for the past year. Again, any suggestions, email me at Rothster02@hotmail.com