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Posted by: drummingguitarist06 Apr 4 2007, 03:11 AM

Hello to everyone at GMC!

My name is Chris...I am an 18-year old small town musician in the US. I have been drumming for 6 and a half years, and playing guitar for 3 and half years, although with guitar...it was more on and off, since I was in a band and was a drummer. I've done a few recordings, played with a few bands (drums and guitar, mostly lead) and wrote a few songs, but now, I've decided to finally get serious...and seriously checked out this site before joining. I LOVE IT!

At age 11 or 12, I started drumming for the first time in the school band. Increasingly, I began to love guitar, it was so great. Then my grandfather gave me one of his 1999 Epiphone Custom acoustics, which I played my first G, C, and Em chords on. I learned everything I knew on this guitar, before a friend of mine used her big butt and sat on it, broke the headstock . I then bought a Fender DG acoustic electric with a small Crate practice amp ever since. Now, I wish to purchase an electric, but alas, I have no money .

My playing style is HEAVILY influenced by the blues: BB King...Muddy Waters...Eric Clapton...and so forth. But being a musician, I listen to EVERYTHING...and have achieved a variety of styles, but mostly blues, rock, metal, funk, etc.

I have recently started into the progressive/neoclassical genre, and I am amazed and astounded by what you guitarists/instructors can do on this site. It's so amazing how fast people like Malmsteen and Petrucci can play. I love it.

Well, that's my story. I'm going to start shredding some serious metal-blues. Peace everyone!

-->Chris D.<--

Here is just a short list of guitarists/bands I am influenced by:

Atreyu
A7X
Breaking Benjamin
Brian Kahanek
Children of Bodom
Dream Theater
The Eagles
Eric Clapton
Godsmack
Guns N' Roses
Hinder
Iron Maiden
John Mayer
Journey
Kansas
'ol Skynyrd
Megadeth
Metallica
Nickelback
Nightwish
Carlos Santana
Shinedown
Slipknot
Staind
Styx
Ted Nugent
Theory of a Deadman
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Van Halen


Guitarists include:
B.B. King
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dave Mustaine
John Petrucci
John McLaughlin
Frank Zappa
Eddie Van Halen
Jimi Hendrix
Muddy Waters
Carlos Santana
Eric Clapton
Pete Townshend
Chuck Berry
Jeff Beck
Robert Fripp
Steve Vai
Dave Murray
Joe Satriani
John Mayer
Kirk Hammet
James Hetfield
Corey Taylor
Alexi Laiho
Yngwie Malmsteen
Aaron Lewis

AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHERS! WOO! This was just a list off the top of my head.

Posted by: Robin Apr 4 2007, 11:32 PM

QUOTE (drummingguitarist06 @ Apr 4 2007, 02:11 AM)

Posted by: drummingguitarist06 Apr 5 2007, 12:48 AM

QUOTE (Robin @ Apr 4 2007, 05:32 PM)

Awwh! That would have pissed me off

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Robin Apr 5 2007, 01:50 AM

ah great