Yeah, I'm trying to keep a positive attitude. After all, there are plenty of other musicians to play with, both locally and nationally. I already have a bassist lined up for a band, if it ever gets off the ground, which I've pretty much had since May 2014. Now I've also found a great drummer I want to play with, though I'm not sure if he's up for playing Arena Rock. Vocals could be a bit harder to get the right guy for...

In any case, I'll have to check out some technique lessons here and see if I can find some great speed-building exercises so my speed can come up a few notches... And get a few pointers from Christopher on Music Theory. As far as I know, he's the biggest expert on that area GT has. And in the meantime, I can suplement my practicing with some improvisation over backing tracks and song-writing. Speaking of which, I am currently working on some instrumental stuff, using some of the ideas I've been having in the last few days... It's not very complex, it just sound nice. I can't say for sure how long it's gonna take, since I first need to figure out the tempo, lay down a rocking drum-track, record the riff, figure out the coolest Bass-line to go with the riff and then record the lead-guitar parts in multiple takes and use the best things from the multiple takes... I expect it to take a good deal of time, but if it sounds good, I think that's fine.