[req] Learn to play guitar

[*MO*]

Hi everyone

not sure where to put this

I wanna learn to play guitar. more electric than acoustic.
As some of you might know, I am a musician, and can already play keyboards, and drums, and now feel i have to learn another instrument

Does anyone know where i find tutorials on playing guitar. from scratch.

Thanx

ps: Please move this post if its not appropriate

[WarezRocks]

I can hook ya up... nicely. PM me.

[James55]

Our bass player is like that. He's taken off on keyboards after learning the guitar. Learning guitar basics isnt too hard but to get good its practice,practice,practice. Wish you all the best in your quest. There is some good guitar learning software out there like guitar pro.

[*MO*]

Well, last night i figured I can play air guitar!

I sound pretty good

James. you belong to a band? who are you? what do you play? type of music? fill me in...!

[James55]

Mo I am James55. Moderator here. Ive been playing with a clean and sober group. We do classic rock,blues,just plain old ROCK! Some of what we do- Lynyrd Skynyrd,Nickleback, Metallica,Robert Cray,Eric Clapton,Bob seger, Stevie Ray Vaughn,Rolling stones and just about anything else that comes up. I have a second group now also where we do all original material. I paly the guitar. I have an american made limited edition "none more black " fender strat and a Gibson SG for electrics. I also play 2 acoustic-Electrics. A Takamine and an epiphone. Amps are a 150 watt Line 6 Spider II 212 and a Line 6 HD147 300 watt head with a 4X12 cab. I quit playing for a long time as I was too busy killing myself with dope. I got clean and sober for some years then had a couple strokes from diabetes and found my left arm very stiff and numb. I picked the guitar up again as therapy at first to loosen up my left hand. Someone heard me play and liked what I was doing( Ive been playing about 25 years altogether). When I started again I could barely play 30 minutes before I had to quit. I can now play a few hours at a time. We are going to a music/Campout this weekend where about 150 musicians are gathering at a private ranch for a couple of days. They are erecting an outside stage to play on.

[*MO*]

Wow James. That sounds awesome!

You were speaking of how you played the guitar as theropy!
I can tell you now, that there's no greater stress reliever, than playing music!

In January I took off for a month from doing gigs. Its something I won't do again in a hurry! I was very edgy, and I got ticked off very quick! There's nothing better than getting up on a stage, turning the sound up, and just enjoying the feel of making live music! Even when there's 2 people in the venue, I enjoy myself on my own! I've tried playing in a band before, and I really enjoyed it!
But I also love the freedom playing solo, where I can change the song halfway!

I play 3 keyboards.
1: Roland E-86 = My baby. 10 years old, but still the best sounding keyboard out there.
2: Roland em-50 = My latest keyboard. complete with D-beam, midi playback, and a bass output that kills
3: Yamaha DJX = My smallest and cheapest keyboard of the lot. Alot of people don't like it, and most have not even heard of it because you more likely to find it in a bargain hunting mag than a music store, but still an awesome dance keyboard

Then I also play on a Yamaha DD Virtual Drum Pad. A complete drumset on one small unit! GREAT sound. really cool

I run my sound through a peavy xr-800D powered mixer amplifier, and then bi-amp it with a yamaha amp (Not sure of the model number. Just got it ), and they power 2 Peavy SP4 speakers, still equiped with Black Widow woofers! To me still the best sounding speaker! Even the new peavey's don't compare!

I have 2 Shure SM58 microphones, as well as a Shute SM58 cordless mic.

I play anything from rock, pop, classic, dance, traditional afrikaans, to metal and big band music! Artists include Robbie Williams, Queen, Rolling Stones, Rammstein, Eddie Grant, Green Day, Red Hot Chillie Peppers, to Frank Sinatra, Santana, and Matchbox 20.

So I try to cater for everyone!

I've been playing for 12 years in restaurants, pubs and clubs, and the longest gig I did was 6 hours, non stop. My weekly gigs are 4 hours, non stop.

And thats basically it!

Keep well
./Mo

[*MO*]

WarezRocks? You get my pm?

regards,
Mo

[tubebuoy]

Careful guys. No WAREZ here!


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[James55]

I dont believe any were mentioned unless I missed somthing.