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I bought an electric guitar. Make me better.
A week ago I played Guitar Hero for the first time, a couple rounds before mahjong with the office asians. I was pretty [censored] amazing, beating up on two poor saps who were dumb enough to play on hard while I played easy. Many comments were made about my ability to play Guitar Hero well at the easiest level.
I said to myself: You should go to Fry's and buy this game. But why would I want to be great at Guitar Hero when I could pay more to be terrible at guitar? So Saturday morning I went out and resurrected my lifelong dream of learning an instrument and fulfilled my weeks-long dream of maybe getting a guitar. Having bought the epiphone les paul special ii rowland microcube amp guitar cable strap gig bag picks and stand, I then took the time to decide whether buying it was a good idea: Pros: - I have almost no music playing experience or ability, thus no bad habits. - My singing has been described as "tone deaf", allowing me to focus solely on guitar. - I tend to pursue new hobbies for a couple weeks and then abandon them, so I have few competing interests. Cons: - Ned does not fear the guitar. He may eat it. - The guitar will not plug into an Xbox 360. - I have not named my guitar, and thus cannot start a band that I also haven't named with musician friends I don't have except for the drummer. The pros win by roughly a light year, but the last six days have made clear that playing guitar is not as easy as failing to hook up with girls I like from my office. I have a lesson scheduled for Monday, but in the meantime, OOT guitar guys, please instruct me on: 1. Good first songs to aim at. Please note that my metal meter stops at GNR. 2. Good sites/books for music theory. 3. Good sites/books for exercises. 4. Whatever. |
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