New here, from Sunny California

Hey, welcome to the forum! Posting here is a great way to help us get to know you. Below are a few suggestions to consider mentioning. (Nothing mandatory; please introduce yourself as you see fit!)

Where are you in your guitar journey?

  • How many years have you been playing?
    A: Less than a year, spread out from different stages in my life (giving up but back on the ball)
  • What musical genres are you interested in?
    A: Metal, (Death, Thrash, Power, Symphonic, groove, nu metal, on and on and on) Alt Rock, Classic Rock, Pop, Kpop, Jpop, Dance (Italo Disco, Dance pop, HI-NRG, 80s, 90s) Classical,
    Game music especially Nobuo Uematsu or Dragonball. Film music like Lord of the Rings and Star wars soundtracks. Anime soundtrack stuff. Kdrama OSTs, TV /animation music.
  • Particular things you’re excited to learn / talk about here?
    A: Getting out of a technique practice rut. Finding other people who have issues I went through that I may know the answer to help as well.

How have you gone about learning guitar so far?

  • Self-taught? Regular lessons with a teacher? Both?
    A: Online teacher , ie Art of Guitar, Paul Gilbert, this thing here, Roy Ziv
  • Have you spent much time on technique before finding our stuff?
    A: Yes.
  • What Cracking the Code material have you watched?
    A: EP 1-4, some other random YT ones
  • Can you comfortably play a scale? At roughly what speed?
    A: Can play Am Pentatonic, G Major, A Major, A couple of positions. Not sure of speed
  • Any particular things you find yourself stuck on?
1 Like