Hello!
My name is Henri and I'm from Finland. That's right, the land where polar bears stroll.
I Work in the field of IT/web dev., and at the moment I pretty much don't have any other hobbies besides playing guitar.
Actually It's a funny thing, when I was younger I played a lot for few years. I was in my school's "music class", and we performed in our school's events and concerts etc. It was fun and playing with friends for a hour in the middle of a long school day was a superb stress reliever. Though I hated the performing part, propably because I wasn't that good after all. We played Stairway to heaven as our last song in our "graduation" concert. I'll never forget that glorious day... it was the day I laid down my guitar. My performance on the stage was horrible, and because of this the stress reliever had become the biggest source if the stress itself... so I decided never to touch the guitar again.
~6 years later, a bit wiser, not a bit smarter (definately lazier...), I picked up my old guitar for some recollection (this was few months ago)... and I've been on that road ever since. And I've had so much fun.
I even bought a new guitar, black Ibanez rg321, and I just love it... but gear doesn't make me any better player so I signed up!
Top bands at the moment: Dream theater, Between the buried and me, Symphony X, Devin Townsend, Sonata Arctica ... but when it comes to playing, everything goes.
So here's my humble introduction thread, I hope you can help me become a better player and I can help you become better ... in something.
Cheers!
-Henkka
*EDIT*
OH I totally forgot something! I have this huge issue while playing ... when I'm playing, I tend to bite my teeth together really hard! It hurts! Any tips for fixing this??