Welcome! Seems like you've got a 33 year head start on me; I didn't start playing til I was 46.

Welcome! Hockey and guitar- hmmmm, an interesting conbination!

Welcome, and don't worry too much about the family; they'll come around.

Best Wishes!

Well, I was born in Lake Charles, so I guess we're even! Yes, I hear a lot of people say that Lake Charles is a good place to be from. Just kidding,...

Hi! I got two cats, too, and one of 'em just loves to come up to the music room and sit at my feet while I practice. I like to think she comes to he...

Greetings from Sunny Louisiana as well! I get to Key West once a year. See ya' around the forums.

Hi, welcome to GN. Great to see another Louisiana Cajun Country resident here on the forums! I live over in the Lake Charles area, and I, too, took ...

Sorry to hear things didn't work out last week, Joe. I too have faced the same challenges trying to find people to get together and play with. I liv...

I have singing for Dummies myself. It had all of the basics in it, although I didn't really connect with a lot odf what was in the book until I starte...

I've had good experiences with open mikes. Audiences are generally supportive. The other people there who play are the most supportive. The worst t...

The way I see it, there are two general qualities that need to be mastered in singing. First is pitch- what you would call singing in key, i.e., sing...

more cowbell? :lol:

I know some guys in Lubbock, Texas who do something similar to what it sounds like you want to do. They have a place where people gaet together and p...

I sing in the bass range and have been taking lesons from a couple- the husband is also a bass singer and teaches voice at the local university. I do...