Hey Joe,

I am a high schooler from Westchester County, NY. I started playing guitar a year and a half and have started a band with my buddy, a bassist currently looking for a singer and a drummer. As silly as it sounds, I am pretty much the best guitarist with just my knowledge of reading music and my fluid soloing skills like legato, sweeping, tapping, and string skipping. I am very shy and I wanna try to connect with the audience. Do you have any suggestions?

Also I am a totally gear freak. I own some stuff and my mom says i earned through hard work and practice. I realized that gear in guitarland is expensive and I am wondering if you went through the same thing when you were playing early on.