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Well the about me section sucks so i figure id write a blog to elaborate on my musical history.
Present Situation: Bum

So it starts when im 18, i get my first guitar, a pretty much wrecked Encore strat copy but, im way into the idea of playing so i clean it up and voila, just like brand new.. (except for the buzzy pickups and intonation, but hell i didnt care back then!) and from that day until this every day has been a mostly consistent diddley diddley diddley diddley dooo which irritates my dad no end.

Anyway so, after i hit 19 i wanted a step up from my lame guitar, so my dad bought me a brand new ibanez rg370dx (sweet intermediate guitar, and begginer, heck with new pickups it would be pro for the value) but after.. a diddley diddley incident my father decided to get into a guitar fight with me which left him some nasty bruises and me with a completely smashed (rockstar style) ibanez rg370dx.

So back to the encore (bless its heart), i had managed to scrounge off of the college 360 quid for a new marshall amp which for its price is also a nice combo amp (nothing compared to a stack of course but for the price its a nice 100w)
So here i am, 2 and a half years into my playing. What have i accomplished? well some tips im going to be letting you guys know in the future (one being, pissed off parents will smash your guitar :D) and a bagful of licks.
The first song i ever learnt was malmsteens Evil Eye, not all of it of course, only the most promident parts but, it pushed my playing one step up and well lets say i can shred like a fiend these days. I shortly after learnt arpeggios from hell and fire and ice (forgotten it now though besides, i never could play it up to speed, man what a riff!)
i went back to college to study music for 2 years which i didnt succesfully complete (really not the kind of stuff i wanted to do) but heck, now im working on a few things so for your benefit, (mostly mine but :P) heres the list:
Drive, Get a job
Get guitar lessons and pass my grade 8 exam
Buy state of the art equipment
Go to guitar X academy.
Become a teacher/Part time rock musician
Hopefully make it big in the future (hah! right)
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And thats the story till now.

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