belleswell
Active member
I just joined here and this is my first post. I thought about putting it in the introduction thread, but hardly anybody reads them on other forums.
I was just going to lurk here, but after seeing a thread on guitars, and then another thread for fishing, I had to join.
I have quite a few hobbies. At the top of the list is playing guitar. I started playing in '64, took lessons for few years, and that led to gigging with a band. I gave up playing top 40 crap in the early 80s and got a real job as an electrician. I retired three years ago, moved north in Michigan to
a home I bought after retiring. It has a pond, some acreage, and I fell in love with the place when I stumbled onto the Zillow listing for the home. It had everything we ever wanted in a country home.
So among other hobbies of fishing, wildlife photography, and gardening, my number one been, and hopefully always will be, playing guitar. I started playing after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, and have have a long list of artists and bands that have shaped my style of playing over the years. Satriani has been one of my larger influences in the last 30 years. I've attached a youtube vid of a cover I did of him. I took lessons for 3 years and have been self taught ever since.
Most of what I play and record, I'm never truly happy with as I can hear every mistake I've made, and all
of the things I could have done better or differently on a recording. I'm my own worst critic.
I usually describe anything I record in to two categories. 1. It sucks. or, 2. It sucks a less. I know that it doesn't suck, but for someone who has played for 55 years, it should be much better.
I have way too much gear, but at the same time, not enough.
Living in Michigan, I never thought I would see the day, but I'm now very happy about the recent legislation. It is a step in the right direction imo.
J
Limit of JS Guitars on the Cory Laura
At my youtube page, this is my only music vid, although I also have some short vids
of some wildlife that visit our pond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6UK7ofXiw
I was just going to lurk here, but after seeing a thread on guitars, and then another thread for fishing, I had to join.
I have quite a few hobbies. At the top of the list is playing guitar. I started playing in '64, took lessons for few years, and that led to gigging with a band. I gave up playing top 40 crap in the early 80s and got a real job as an electrician. I retired three years ago, moved north in Michigan to
a home I bought after retiring. It has a pond, some acreage, and I fell in love with the place when I stumbled onto the Zillow listing for the home. It had everything we ever wanted in a country home.
So among other hobbies of fishing, wildlife photography, and gardening, my number one been, and hopefully always will be, playing guitar. I started playing after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, and have have a long list of artists and bands that have shaped my style of playing over the years. Satriani has been one of my larger influences in the last 30 years. I've attached a youtube vid of a cover I did of him. I took lessons for 3 years and have been self taught ever since.
Most of what I play and record, I'm never truly happy with as I can hear every mistake I've made, and all
of the things I could have done better or differently on a recording. I'm my own worst critic.
I usually describe anything I record in to two categories. 1. It sucks. or, 2. It sucks a less. I know that it doesn't suck, but for someone who has played for 55 years, it should be much better.
I have way too much gear, but at the same time, not enough.
Living in Michigan, I never thought I would see the day, but I'm now very happy about the recent legislation. It is a step in the right direction imo.
J
Limit of JS Guitars on the Cory Laura
At my youtube page, this is my only music vid, although I also have some short vids
of some wildlife that visit our pond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6UK7ofXiw
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