I've been playing 6 years. When I started learning from Chris Brooks I was just playing Silverchair and Soundgarden, but what he was doing and those that influenced that soon became some of my favorite music.

I started hearing albums like Rising Force, Passion and Warfare and Surfing with the alien, you know - the 80s classics I missed out on.

I don't try to play fast all the time, but so far I can play little bits of fast stuff and improvise using some scales, arpeggios and legato stuff. I have a long way to go but I have a great teacher to help me get there.