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Posted by: chrisgau Jan 18 2009, 01:32 PM

Hello all,

my name is Christian Gau from a small village called Gruendau-Lieblos in Germany near Frankfurt. I am 40 years old, got a wife and two kids and work as an investment banker in Frankfurt.

I am in drumming for nearly three years now. I have been with a professional teacher for all this time. Probably a year ago I had the idea of enhancing my musical skills by starting to play guitar. Actually guitar playing has been a dream of mine since I was a teenager and started to dig into music like Dire Straits, Saga, Bruce Springsteen etc. However, I never had the discipline to really get into it. Today, the discipline is there but the time is missing. I started with a guitar teacher just like I did for drumming, but it became more and more painful to get to my lessons in time.

So... what I want to do yow here in this community is to find out whether online lessons - which I can take whenver I got time - will work out better for me.

Gear so far:
E-Guitar Cort Hiram Bullock Signature; Strat shape with two Humbuckers and a single coil in the middle
Western Guitar: Cort EVL A6 BKS (small western guitar with E-Guitar like feeling)
Amp Engl Screamer Combo and a Roland Micro Cube

Thanks in advance fo everybody helping me. See you then.

Regards,
Christian

Posted by: Mandos Jan 18 2009, 01:36 PM

Welcome to GMC Christian.

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jan 18 2009, 01:53 PM

Welcome to GMC mate!

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jan 18 2009, 01:56 PM

Welcome to GMC Christian , I really enjoyed your introduction

Posted by: David Wallimann Jan 18 2009, 02:06 PM

Welcome Christian!

Posted by: purple hayes Jan 18 2009, 03:15 PM

Willkommen!

/two years of high school German and that's almost all I remember.

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jan 18 2009, 03:39 PM

Hello Christian and welcome to GMC!

Glad to hear you're fan of Dire Straits,
here are 2 lessons I did covering Knopfler's style, check them out.

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/mark-knopfler-style-lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-guitar/mark-knopfler-style-lesson2/

Posted by: audiopaal Jan 18 2009, 03:52 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: skennington Jan 18 2009, 03:53 PM

Welcome Christian, you will find a lot of members here who are very skilled without any formal training. GMC is a great place to start, or sharpen the skills of a 20yr vet. Just ask lot's of questions as the forum is the brain behind the lessons. Good luck man and enjoy!

Cheer's!

Posted by: makusla Jan 18 2009, 03:55 PM

Welcome to GMC!Enjoy

Posted by: berko Jan 18 2009, 04:07 PM

I'm glad to see your here, Wilkommen

You have found the perfect place to expand your musical horizon. You don't have to trouble organizing lessons with a teacher, GMC will teach you everything you need and you can even practice in the night (like me...)

Anyway. Great amps you have there! And Dire Straits rocks for sure.

Welcome again to GMC

Posted by: enforcer Jan 18 2009, 04:13 PM

Welcome Christian, I'm sure you'll love GMC

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 18 2009, 07:52 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jan 18 2009, 10:10 PM

Welcome to GMC man !

Posted by: Raxly Jan 18 2009, 11:40 PM

Welcome to GMC mate

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Jan 18 2009, 11:41 PM

welcome to the site

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jan 19 2009, 02:57 AM

Welcome to GMC mate!!
Be free to ask any questions

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jan 19 2009, 12:12 PM

welcome to the site man!

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Jan 19 2009, 12:38 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: playaxeman Jan 19 2009, 03:47 PM

Hi Christian

Welcome

You will find lots of good lessons here on GMC!!

Enjoy

Posted by: Piotr Kaczor Jan 19 2009, 03:57 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Toni Suominen Jan 19 2009, 09:48 PM

Hello Christian and welcome!

Posted by: Trond Vold Jan 20 2009, 03:33 AM

Welcome!

Posted by: Nazgul Jan 20 2009, 07:40 PM

Welcome here!