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New Guy From Down Under, sorry for length of the post, I'm just happy to be here...

CycoKilla View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 09:20 AM
Feb 12 2008, 09:20 AM	GMC:er Posts: 48 Joined: 11-February 08 From: Newcastle, Australia	Hi everyone. I'm from Newcastle, Australia & I've been playing for about 18 yrs. I say "playing" but I really mean I've been bashing my hands against guitars & occasionally a nice sound would come out. I've never had any lessons & I really regret that I didn't have any scholarly instruction when I started playing. I have always loved guitars & always wanted to be a guitar "maestro", however I was lacking in the necessary discipline to practice properly. I picked up bits & pieces from here & there & attempted to learn songs from bands that I love. What would always seem to happen though was that I would be able to learn a few licks & the basic rhythm of a song, then I would hit a "tricky" bit & that's where I would leave it. I would continue to practice the bits I knew, but never attempt the hard stuff again. Obviously now I have a large repertoire of half songs & random licks. Not how I wanted to end up. After almost 2 decades of playing I am tired of being embarassed when someone asks what songs I know & I have to answer, "well, I know the first half of The Four Horsemen & most of Jump in the Fire a little bit of Battery & most of For Whom The Bell Tolls." (I like Metallica by the way. LOL.) Imagine my delight when I saw a clip on Youtube of Kris Dahl playing like greased lightning & obviously really enjoying himself. I found the website & have been lurking here for a month or 2. I must say the one thing above all else that has convinced me to subscribe is the strongly evident personality & honest enjoyment with playing displayed by Kris Dahl. Thank you in advance, Kris, for pointing me down the road to satisfying & fun guitar playing. The lessons & everything else about the site also seem excellent & I am very much looking forward to "unlearning" all the bad techniques & habits I have accumulated over the years. To this end I am starting at the very basics & learning all the pent boxes again from the beginner lessons. It's kinda frustrating to go back to stuff I think I know, but I can already see that I have much to learn over. Wish me luck, guys. And thanks for having me. Cyco You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear: Epiphone Les Paul Standard Limited Edition Birds-Eye Maple Epiphone PR350 - 12 String Acoustic Ibanez "EX" series Marshall JCM800 50W Lead Combo Line 6 Toneport UX2

Siggum View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 09:32 AM
Feb 12 2008, 09:32 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.228 Joined: 3-January 08 From: Denmark	Great intro! Welcome and good luck with your playing You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing

botoxfox View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 09:53 AM
Feb 12 2008, 09:53 AM	GMC:er Posts: 2.570 Joined: 20-February 07	Welcome You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Try this fun little "game"!

Chris Evans View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 10:39 AM
Feb 12 2008, 10:39 AM	Learning Tone Guru - Community Coordinator & Moderator Posts: 6.319 Joined: 24-September 07 From: Sittingbourne, UK	Good luck! welcome You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Show us what part of the world you live in and get yourself ON THE GMC:er Location MAP

OrganisedConfusi... OrganisedConfusion View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 10:41 AM
Feb 12 2008, 10:41 AM	GMC:er Posts: 5.635 Joined: 29-November 07 From: Nottingham, UK	Welcome to GMC mate You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear Guitars:- Caparison Horus Snowcloud, Parker Nitefly M, Parker Nitefly SA, Gibson SG, Parker P10e, 40 Year Old Spanish Acoustic Amps:- Framus Ruby Riot 2x12" stack

Crazyfret View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 10:52 AM
Feb 12 2008, 10:52 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 468 Joined: 26-November 07 From: Marple	G'day mate, Welcome to GMC. Having read your blog you remind me of myself with the half learned songs and bits of riffs. I'm sure you'll improve your ability there are loads of stuff on here to learn. Wish you all the best You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order." Eric Morecambe

Nemanja Filipovi... Nemanja Filipovic View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 10:59 AM
Feb 12 2008, 10:59 AM	Singing Instructor Posts: 3.391 Joined: 23-January 08	Welcome to GMC You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my video lessons and instructor board! Participate im my new Crazy Blues Collaboration

Gabriel Leopardi View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 12:27 PM
Feb 12 2008, 12:27 PM	Instructor Posts: 36.043 Joined: 3-March 07 From: Argentina	Hello man!! Welcome to GMC! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons Do you need a Guitar Plan? Join Gab's Army Check my band:Cirse Check my soundcloud:Soundcloud Please subscribe to my:Youtube Channel

Gen View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 12:29 PM
Feb 12 2008, 12:29 PM	GMC:er Posts: 541 Joined: 8-May 07 From: Geneva, Switzerland	Welcome You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Fact is, nothing in the world bores me more than gear...If I played thru your rig, I would still sound like me. Van Halen would sound like Van Halen. Brian May...etc. Very early in my career I decided to focus on creating music and not being a guitar tech. Being a good guitar tech is a very different and extremely difficult job, so why not leave it to a pro?" Marty Friedman - Guitars: ESP LTD viper-500, a fake strat and an acoustic guitar( dont know the brand) Amp: Randall RX20R Effects: Boss mt 2 distortion pedal, Line 6 pod floor plus

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 12:44 PM
Feb 12 2008, 12:44 PM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	Welcome to the GMC family man. Keep rockin! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

Twibeard View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 02:33 PM
Feb 12 2008, 02:33 PM	GMC:er Posts: 322 Joined: 16-October 07 From: Norway	Welcome mate You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitar: Ibanez RG370DXCE my backup is a Fender Strat. Amps: Marshall MG and Line6 Spider III 75W combo (preferred) Recording stuff: Cubase SX3, Logic emagic, Novation ReMote SL, M-Audio Pro Synth experiance: Roland, MoTu, Native Instrument, Spectrasonics and Steinberg Main VST's: Kontakt2, FM8, Bass station, Ezdrummer, MoTu EI, Atmosphere, Crystall

Jerry Arcidiacon... Jerry Arcidiacono View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 02:35 PM
Feb 12 2008, 02:35 PM	Instructor Posts: 3.220 Joined: 2-August 07 From: Turin, Italy	Welcome to GMC! Nice avatar You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage \| Washburn N2 \| Washburn WI67Pro \| Washburn WG-587 \| Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) \| Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) \| Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) \| Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) \| Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck \| Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 \| Overloud TH1 \| Mackie Onyx 400F \| EZdrummer \| Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board!

Pavel View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 03:04 PM
Feb 12 2008, 03:04 PM	Instructor Posts: 3.764 Joined: 8-January 07 From: Rijeka, Croatia	Welcome! The practicing pays off eventually so practice hard and being a "maestro" is not an impossible thing to achieve You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board!

Bogdan Radovic View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 04:48 PM
Feb 12 2008, 04:48 PM	Bass & Beginner Instructor Posts: 15.614 Joined: 30-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	Welcome to GMC man ! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net Check out my lessons and my instructor board. Check out my beginner guitar lessons course! ; Take a bass course now!

Toni Suominen View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 08:40 PM
Feb 12 2008, 08:40 PM	Instructor Posts: 3.038 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Rauma, Finland	Great introduction man, welcome to GMC! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Gear: -PRS Custom 22 -Edwards Les Paul -PodXT -Ibanez Acoustic Check out my lessons and my instructor profile! My Youtube channel My Last.FM

Hisham Al-Sanea View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 11:35 PM
Feb 12 2008, 11:35 PM	Instructor Posts: 4.085 Joined: 19-October 07 From: middle east / lebanon	you welcome You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- email me *my video lessons* *instructor board*

Muris Varajic View Member Profile	Feb 13 2008, 01:54 AM
Feb 13 2008, 01:54 AM	Instructor Posts: 15.459 Joined: 22-June 07 From: Sarajevo,Bosnia	I started with the same Metallica tunes just like you,welcome to GMC!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Youtube MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?"

Tuubsu View Member Profile	Feb 13 2008, 09:24 AM
Feb 13 2008, 09:24 AM	GMC:er Posts: 795 Joined: 28-August 07 From: Lappeenranta, Finland	Theres no going wrong when gmc is instructing you, Welcome! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Anyone can learn to play fast, like anyone can learn to type quickly. But not everyone can write a book. - Yngwie J. Malmsteen Idols: Jason Becker (ex-Cacophony, ex-David Lee Roth, Solo) Marty Friedman (ex-Cacophony, ex-Megadeth, Solo) Niccolo Paganini (Solo) Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen....Duh!) Frederic Chopin (Solo)

visi0n View Member Profile	Feb 13 2008, 10:45 AM
Feb 13 2008, 10:45 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 571 Joined: 12-September 07 From: The Netherlands	Great Welcome to GMC .. enjoy your stay here .. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

Juan M. Valero View Member Profile	Feb 15 2008, 08:34 AM
Feb 15 2008, 08:34 AM	Instructor Posts: 4.270 Joined: 6-August 07 From: Girona - Spain	Welcome to GMC !! feel free to ask any question You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Visit : www.myspace.com/juanmvalero Video lessons ; Instructor board ; Recording lessons

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