Roland, 64 years old from Ventura CA. (805 in da house)
I've always had an interest in learning to play guitar. I've tried several times over the years to learn but always gave up with in a year, usually even with in a few months.
During that time I usually had a cheap acoustic guitar.
I really wanted to learn to play the blues on electric but some how was always taken back to an acoustic by an instructor or the environment im in. On one of my big birthdays a finally got a new Telecaster. I now have 2 electric guitars, Guild Acoustic, a travel guild acoustic and a CBG 3 strings no fretts. I'm now eyeing a resonator.
I moved to where i am currently living 3 years ago. I made friends with a musician here that plays the sax, guitar, and bass. My wife plays the piano and my friend
plays the ukulele. We meet every Tuesday and practice together and they have me now trying to play with them once a month at our club house gatherings. I don't know many songs so I concentrate to learn 2-6 songs to try and get by with them, then they play over 10 more without me.
So I have been working on learning guitar for serious this time for over 4 years. Been all over the internet looking for sites to help and did take Zoom lessons from a guy in Arizona for over a year. I'm determined to not quit this time.
I have 2 big issues, We'll three if you count I can't play well. 1st is I can't keep locked into one thing. I want to play the blues on electric but I need to play acoustic with my group which I have learned to embrace. Going along with the blues path slide guitar interests me. I feel I'm all over the place jumping around to much. 2nd I don't have a meaningful productive practice routine, again jumping around to much. Okay I have more than 2 or 3 big issues. I recently learned I need ear training and my strumming needs a lot of help.
This site looks fantastic compared to other sites I've joined or researched. It has so much that I really don't know where to start and focus in on. Should I learn songs, theory, techniques, courses.
I got a hip replacement this week and am having shoulder surgery in 5 weeks. This will give me plenty of time to really Crack down and dig into this site to hopefully push me over the hump to the next level.
Roland
