@bongoman
Dust in the Wind is a nice tune , great lyrics . Pretty standard pick patterns throughout , very folky in style .

@All the guitarists , post up the titles of any tunes you think are a must learn to play , it will give us all a good place to find new material

I think that "Babe im gonna leave you" led zeppelin is a great song to learn if you are getting into fingerpicking .
"Blackbird" by the Beatles is also good for learning to fingerpick

Aye. I'm a flutist and pianist.
I'd love to play the guitar but everytime I try it hurts my fingers like hell :\

Nah, no time. I'm either playing tennis, sleeping, or doing something school related. I play drums a lot, but no time for a band.

@spcmaspif
do you remember the 1st tune you ever learned ?
mine was blowin in the wind : bob dylan

@celeste : wimp!!

I play guitar and drums.

I've played guitar for years. I always had them around, but I've never taken lessons. When I was young, I would pretty much use a guitar as a noisemaker. Wasn't until later that I actually learned songs. I think the first song I learned was Lithium by Nirvana. ha, that was a long time ago.

I have been playing drums for about 5 years now. Main influences are ?uestlove, Stanton Moore, John Bonham, Brain, and Claude Coleman. At least those are the ones I can think of now.

I play drums in a band now. We mostly play rock and reggae. I never get to choose the songs, but I write most of our original stuff.

I wanna learn piano, I practise a lot hoping to learn, but I probably need lots and lots of lessons... BUT! I can play Fur Elise! lol I love it. Anyone feel like teaching me to play piano?

Canon Rock - JerryC.. This is a good song for practicing good scales and advanced guitar techniques(Sweeping and some tapping mainly)

For the love of God - Steve Vai.. This is an even better song for practicing advanced stuff because it uses alot of techniques(Shredding, Whammy Bar control)

Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville

Check out this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO4bmroCQY4

i used to be in a band called counterfit pennies. (yes we spelled it wrong on purpose) we were basically rock / "emo-rock". we were together 6 years and played at the trocadero in philly as well as bamboozle festival 07 in the meadow lands. sadly we broke up because of college. i am now in a band called hopes high. i dunno whats gonna happen in sumemr though because those guys all live up here and im not trying to drive a couple hours for band practice. oh yeah i play drums.

I play electric guitar.
Me and my friend are kicking around the band ideas.
Need a drummer though.

I've written a few things as well, I find writing to be easy.

I can write like crazy , but im never completely happy with the way my songs turn out its like im always too simple or too deep or too metaphorical or too dark etc etc , so most of my songs end up in the bin !

I was in a band for a couple of years but we only did covers , mainly radiohead , I quit because I was in college and working at the same time and I was always fooked !

Ive busked and just done like acoustic sets in bars, which I prefered to do

I played Trombone for 7 Years.

I currently play guitar, and have been playing seriously for about 4 years now. I'm influenced by just about anyone. the main ones are John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Dimebag Darrel (Pantera/Damageplan), Steve Vai, Joe Satriani as well as the bands Megadeth, Early MEtallica, Iced Earth, Ayreon, Rush, Queensryche and Opeth.

I mostly play Metal but i have spent time playing jazz, learning to improve, spent a bit of time learning classical (my teacher ended up quiting..bastard). I've also played in a musical. I played guitar in a highschool production of Grease.

Currently i'm working on a piece for a recital i'm having in December. Progressive Metal tune called "Constant Motion" by Dream Theater. Here's a link from Youtube of the whole song. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=H67gWgDK0WQ) and a link to the Music Video,Which has a minute edited out of it,in case you want to listen to it (http://youtube.com/watch?v=44j6hvBx4fg)

I play guitar and Mandolin in an acoustic 3 piece band.

i love it - we gig most weekends in bars/pubs here in the middle of the UK.

im in two minds whether i will love or be deeply disappointed with guitar hero 3 as a guitarist. I have not played a guitar hero game but am really intrigued by it.

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yeah GH games dont interest me at all , I mean ive never actually played one but id rather spend £30+ on some new strings or a decent case or somethin for my real guitar .

A fella i knew did the madolin soundtrack for a film , i think it was the BFG , I could well be wrong though it was a while ago when i knew him .

So what kind of band do you play in ?

I used to play Trumpet. Now I play lead Guitar in an extreme metal band