good advice pstring. but the reason im hard on myself is because i know my ability can take me farther than i am at right now...I have all the chord theory i need ( to play folk songs and every grateful dead/phish song, although there are tons of blues chords i havent dived into yet), and i noticed after i bought my cassette tape player ( a few days ago) and started recording, i push myself to go even better, and i really love it.

i sound alright, i think soon i'll be getting alot better...