Well I keep my nails as short as possible, I cook for a living so they have to be short anyways. I was kind of wondering if this problem indicated I h...

Thanks for the greeting Wes, but . . . "As I wrote earlier, I have been playing over 35 years. I am willing to bet that is far longer than your presen...

Thank you bally, those vids are pretty helpful :-)

I do have to say one thing . . .When in school, I played in the band-trumpet, coronet and occasionally bugle. I never thought about it at the time, bu...

, try this site, it may helpJack That one is much better, easier to follow along with. Timing is still going to take me a while I think. 8)

I'm not sure that it's a phobia. Using the metronome forces you to keep an even tempo. You may be varying your foot tempo unconsciously so that you ...

That aside, I tried using a metronome today. It actually messed up my rhythm! Is that normal to start? :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: I still can't u...

Gahhhhh! Today was the type of day that made me give up many years ago. Everything I could do yesterday, I couldnt today. Oh well, maybe it will be be...

I tried Horse With No Name today . . . it actually went pretty good :o And I think I learned a couple things-1) Strumming on the upstroke makes sense...

I actually have taken a swipe at a couple songs/riffs, Smoke On The Water being one of them. After I discovered how difficult it was to play only two ...