Hi Joe

My name is Daniel Caruso I'm from South of Brazil

i like your songs very much

well, i'm a singer and i have a metal band and we are recording a full lenght coming in may.

if you have a minute you can see some songs from our two demos on www.myspace.com/aspermetal.

it will be a pleasure...

God bless your hands heheheh you are not this earth

you are part of our lives...since we are just crazy teens learning how to sing and play...your songs was the best influence for us.

So am I the only person who finds it funny that this site has more than 100,000 members, but a troll is able to come here and take the username "Coldplay" because, well, no one else thought it was one worth having? ;-)

One thing to keep in mind is you'll get what you pay for. So don't spend $1,000 on something that's nicer than you know how to play, obviously, but at the same time you don't want to buy something for $50 that isn't a nice enough instrument to keep you interested.

Since you don't have much experience with music I'd also recommend taking a few lessons at the music store, just to get you going.

Other people here will probably have advice that's completely different, but that's the beauty of this site I guess. ;-)

I really love that DVD and then the "making of" DVD that came with Systematic Chaos...it's really cool to see how MIke Portnoy organizes all the little pieces of the band's sound.

While I have you hear I'll say that I have some Pennsylvania-related questions for you...I'll send you an e-mail sometime later today, if I have some free time...thanks. :-)

So am I the only person who finds it funny that this site has more than 100,000 members, but a troll is able to come here and take the username "Coldplay" because, well, no one else thought it was one worth having? ;-)

Thanks Ibenez and Stu. I guess I'll start looking. I had planned on going acoustic initially partially because I love the sound of acoustic guitars. Well when and if I find one I'll be sure to let ya'll know.

karusian: Ahhhh Daniel-san, first you must learn block! then you can learn punch!

Wax-on wax-off. Paint-da-fence.

Na-a-a-a-a-aa LOOK EYES! ALWAYS LOOK EYES!

Don't know, never been attacked by tree!

either karate do yes, or karate do no.

Austin, Austin, Austin---You make this Cali woman proud with your response to ColdPlay.

Also, I haven't heard of Porcupine Tree. I'll have to look them up.

Cosmic_ape--Thanks for Rosenberg Trio music.

Mr. McKenna--When are you going to ask M. London out for an evening? I'm surprised you haven't gotten together to jam.

Michelle--Something strange has been happening in this forum and it seems to be following you. Silly troll! It should know better than to interrupt Mighty Michelle! She could turn on it with all her guns blazing! Woooooo Hoooooo!!!

Chee101 Tracie--Please speak to me. I have been running into brick walls lately with this stupid disease! The medications don't always work like they're sposed to.

Zenfish--Are you the "real" son of a fish that Joe was talking about???

GoldenGirl2

CommodoreDrake - step into my office.;0)...........I started learning guitar on 28 Dec so it's only been about 8 weeks but maybe this wil be useful to you.

1. Plenty of kind and helpful people on this site who tolerate all the dumb questions I ask and provide helpful info and tips.

2. I got hold of an old acoustic to use and started learning chords from the Dummies Guide to Guitar. It was a pretty bad old guitar but good to see if I was going to continue. Last week I got a 2nd hand Fender acoustic off ebay ($150) which is perfect and lovely to play so now I practice on that. There is usually someone with a guitar you can borrow.

3. I got the Hal Leonard book on ebay and there are also a heap of websites for beginners, e.g. justinguitar.com is a good one. You can get any song up on youtube if you want to hear how it is meant to be played.

4. I spoke with all the people I know who can play guitar and asked them about chords, notes, practice, what order they learnt things in etc. guitar palyers are always keen to talk about it

I try to practice 20-30 mins per day but being a Mum sometimes that don't work.

Oh come on, "Daniel Caruso"? he's obviously the Karate kid!

The problem with guitar these days is competition.Shouldnt it be about composition?I mean if a guitarist could dazzle me with 6 billion notes a minute i,d put him in a circus

Wow lots of great info. Now another question, everyone seems to be talking about acoustic vs. electric, but what about steel guitars. I love the sound of those as well. Probably won't start in that area but it'd be cool to eventually get there.

Looking at the prices ya'll have quoted I'm probably going to have to go with a second hand which is fine. I just don't really have the money to go new. I'm in the process of starting a new business so that tends to suck up quite a bit of my disposable income. Five years at it so far and still not making any type of money... well that's a lie made four hundred in profit this year but that all goes right back in.

So I looked at used online and realized I need to figure out what size I need... so apparently it's first to a music store to see what size I need and then to look for a second hand.

Al McKenna--Why is Ireland so...so...Roman Catholic? Don't they accept freedom of all kinds of religions? I can't figure that out. What does it matter if you visit a priest or a vicar? I don't like the attitude toward diversity and my brother/friend and his lifestyle (why would anyone choose that lifestyle?) I think he and his domestic partner should be able to get married if they want to. He's a great guy and I should know 'cause we met in high school and we were the best of friends. People can be so weird about these things. I mean peoples sex lives are very complex and some people don't want to admit it.