Here is some Slash history for you. Slash's mom-black and dad-jewish, he was a minority alright and people thought he was a bit of a looser. In college, before he became Slash, he used to sit on the bleachers and watch the games and play guitar for 8 hours straight. People slowly realized how good he was and he used to have these lil mini concerts at those bleacher.
so there you go man
practice away
hope to hear some posts from you soon.
Aaron