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Posted by: AuRorA Jan 2 2009, 12:08 AM

to everyone - great site and spirit around here...

about myself...42..male notwithstanding the nickname...fever can do that sometimes LOL (stemmed from The Aurora - possible myth for a mach 6+ plane but who cares )

me and guitar...instrument I had always wanted to play (piano for 8 years when I was very young) but never got round to it...then John Petrucci comes along with the Spirit Carries On at a time I was grieving the loss of loved ones..

notwithstanding the time that has passed...events (and people) in my life have basically kept me away from the instument 80% of the time...so I guess one could say my journey continues from here...though the last time (3 yrs ago) I nearly had the spirit solo down (alas I never managed to get to the 189478231248 bpm 16 note triplets speed) ..

so it's back to basics for a while...I need to get things in playing order again...


btw.. the student medley rocked....


Rock on.

Posted by: Jerry Arcidiacono Jan 2 2009, 12:12 AM

Welcome to GMC man
Scenes from a memory is one of my favourite DT album.

Posted by: enforcer Jan 2 2009, 12:14 AM

Hi there man welcome to GMC!!!

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jan 2 2009, 12:14 AM

QUOTE (Jerry Arcidiacono @ Jan 2 2009, 12:12 AM)

Welcome to GMC man
Scenes from a memory is one of my favourite DT album.

Posted by: Fran Jan 2 2009, 12:27 AM

Welcome mate

Posted by: skennington Jan 2 2009, 12:51 AM

Welcome man, the guitar is certainly a great way to express your feelings and you came to the right place for motivation, that's for sure.

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jan 2 2009, 01:17 AM

Welcome to GMC mate

Posted by: MickeM Jan 2 2009, 01:21 AM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jan 2 2009, 03:50 AM

Welcome to GMC ! Great to have you here and playing more often now!!

Posted by: UncleSkillet Jan 2 2009, 04:04 AM

Welcome aboard mate

Posted by: FrankW Jan 2 2009, 04:37 AM

Welcome. Is the Aurora simply a myth? That kind of stuff interests me, love military aircraft. The capability surely exists to build one, if not fund the program. We've had some real breakthrough aircraft over the years: the XB70 Valkyrie, the SR71, the F117, B2, F22. Who knows? Oh yeah, this is a good guitar-oriented sight also.

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jan 2 2009, 04:54 AM

Welcome to the site!
Interesting you like all the progressive music
DT it's a great band and that album it's one of my favourites.

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jan 2 2009, 05:31 AM

welcome to the site!

Posted by: kahall Jan 2 2009, 05:47 AM

Welcome and Rock on..... yourself.

Posted by: Barenaked Ninja Jan 2 2009, 06:36 AM

Welcome to the boards!

Posted by: Dreamcatcher Jan 2 2009, 04:30 PM

Welcome!!

Posted by: Emir Hot Jan 2 2009, 04:39 PM

Welcome

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 2 2009, 04:58 PM

Hi man! Welcome to GMC! That is a great solo and Petrucci is one of my favourite guitar players. You'll find cool lessons in the style of him and also with speed exercises to manage "the spirit" solo.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jan 2 2009, 05:19 PM

Welcome aboard man!

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Jan 2 2009, 11:47 PM

welcome to the site

Posted by: berko Jan 2 2009, 11:50 PM

Great introduction, welcome to GMC! You'll find many lessons here inspired by Petrucci.

Posted by: AuRorA Jan 4 2009, 02:54 PM

thanks everyone and I forgot to mention that I hail from Rome, Italy...

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Jan 5 2009, 09:37 AM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: AuRorA Dec 21 2010, 03:35 PM

and I'm ...back LOL...

after my first post here a lot of events came along iin my life forcing me to basically place the instrument back on the stand until the other day...

2010 did fly by though that's for sure...AND apart from a whole bunch of things going on business, family, trips, cars...

I now also have a beautiful son named Lucas....who joins his 12 yr old sister....

Rock on everyone

John

Posted by: MickeM Dec 21 2010, 07:42 PM

Longest introduction so far. Welcome back

Posted by: Vaidya Dec 24 2010, 07:40 AM

Hi
Welcome back man.
And congratulations on your baby boy

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Dec 26 2010, 12:38 AM

Welcome back John!