Thanks, Lisa! And I've enjoyed your GF series so far. Headed back to your GF2 soon.

I guess that sometimes I question what my goals can or should be. One is that I'm not dead set on a specific style. As I mentioned, I like Southern rock, classic rock, a variety of jam bands, alt-country, etc.

Secondly, I guess you could say I'm not well calibrated to understand exactly what is reasonable and possible. It might be analagous to a novice golfer saying, "I just want to go out there, have fun, and birdie every hole." Well that isn't exactly an appropriate goal at this stage. And neither is, "I just want to have fun and shoot under 200." Well, if that is your goal you won't be having fun.

I think this kind of relates to my question about Backwater and how it seems advanced with only a level 2 difficulty.

I suspect that this second issue will take care of itself over time as I learn what techniques make what sounds and as skills are demystified. For example, until fairly recently, the idea of improvising a lead was completely out of reach. Now I have an idea of what it is, and it isn't so confusing.