Hi, my name is Steve. I live in Louisiana just outside Baton Rouge toward New Orleans. I cam here to re-learn to play guitar. I played in high school back in the 70's and was a band/music geek. After getting married the first time I never had time to play anymore. The guitars got put in the closet and never touched again.

I moved to Louisiana from Illinois about 14 years ago. I wanted to get back into playing and about 5 years ago bought an acoustic and then an electric and amp when the local Brook Mays music store closed and they had some killer deals on clearance. I played around on them with not much enthusiasm. Then they again got put in the closet and rarely touched.

So here I am again with a renewed interest in playing. I drug the guitars back out and have been practicing almost daily for a couple months. I have noticed marked improvement and I am finally starting to gain a bit of dexterity back in my fingers. I still have a LONG way to go though. I have also came to a spot where I noted I wasn't really advancing any hence my decision to come here for lessons. I have a nice guitar shop around the corner from the house with pretty good instructors but I work rotating shift work as a paramedic so it is almost impossible to schedule regular lessons as I rotate day and night shift.

Hope I can take my playing to the level I desire. I have no desire to be a pro but would love to be able to participate in many of the open night jams we have in the area. I look forward to meeting new folks on here and learning and hopefully someday soon be able to share with others what I have learned.