Originally Posted by: maggiorJust stay involved and stuff will happen!

I'm not completely sure what you mean, but I'm doing what I can to help myself. I just got home from a triple-gig (or rather, a Blues competition), and two out of three bands were actually very good. During the second band's set, the room had gotten too hot, so I had to take my shirt off, so I was just sitting there in my Aerosmith tour-T-shirt and apparently the singer/rhythm guitarist in the second band noticed that, and when they were done, he thanked everyone for coming, "and especially you in the Aerosmith shirt. They're too cool!" His words directly (translated into English, of course).

Then, after the third band went off-stage and the judges left to decide on a winner, I went out to the bar to get another drink, and guess who was there? The singer/rhythm guitarist from the second band, that's who. So I ordered my drink, and we sat down and talked about all kinds of things, like music and gear and stuff. When I went back into the venue's main room, I sat down right in front of the stage as before I went to get another drink, and that guy asked me if I'd like to sit down at his band's table. I accepted the offer, of course. I'm a musician, so why not sit among other musicians? By the time I left the venue for the night, I'd managed to make at least one new friend, and got hooked on two new bands.

I don't know what is going on, but since I started playing guitar, I've seriously changed mentally. I used to avoid strangers, and had very few friends. Now, I can easily sit down and chat with someone I don't know, and even attempt to befriend other musicians. It's actually quite scary, when I think about it... I'm not as paranoid as I used to be...

I believe that's what you mean by "stay involved"?

On an unrelated note, I got to hear how a real '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp sounds. It sounds much more amazing than my Mustang's simulation of it...