Hello To My Gmc Family

Hi, my name is Matt and i joined GMC around... I'm not sure maybe 5 or 6 months ago. Over this period of time, I've kind of lurked in the shadows here at GMC. I can honestly say i was hardly bringing out my guitar except maybe once or twice a week . I'm not a very good guitarist and i can never seem to develop a work ethic to really build on my guitar playing. I've been watching all of the videos here religiously, every day when i get home from school. I get on the forums quite a bit too, but i never really post anything. So, now that I've been here for half a year, i believe its time to really start improving. I have about 10 more days of school left (and I'll be out of 8th grade moving on towards High School). When summer starts, I'll have a lot more time on my hands to spend on GMC. (By the way, i play Select soccer here in the States and I'm usually out of town every weekend). I'm really just sending this post to ask for some support on how to start up playing guitar, and how to really develop that hunger to hold a guitar every waking minute of every day. Any help would be appreciated. As a side not, a couple of my interests include: Neoclassical Guitar, Metal Guitar, Shred Guitar, Soccer, Video Games, Photoshop, and Programming ( me and my friend are working on a new AIM client ). Once again, hey to all you friends who I've never really talked to! I plan to change this soon!

-Matt

Avantasia

Avantasia is a Symphonic-Power Metal collaboration of many varying artists. Avantasia was formed by a German songwriter/performer known as Tobias Sammet. Some of you may know him as Frontman and Lead Singer of Edguy. I purchased "The Metal Opera Pt. II" (released 2003) about a year ago, and i instantly fell in love with the awesome sound. Two nights ago, i decided to check online and see how Avantasia is doing. I learned that they released a new album titled "the Scarecrow" in January. Tobias has done it again, fusing metal with melodic and symphonic tones that make my head bob everytime i listen to my iPod. Even Alice Cooper showed up in this album XD I know Avantasia isnt very popular at all, but i recommend everyone here at GMC to check them out.

EDIT:
Link, as requested: The Final Sacrifice

check them out on itunes as well