http://www.learningguitaratlast.com It's never too late to learn (hopefully...)! Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:19:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry, I decided to learn off-line so haven't been updating this blog and will not be doing so. I needed to do something which wasn't connected to the net and the guitar is going to be that thing. Still learning on my own, slowly but surely, and still loving it! http://www.learningguitaratlast.com/2007/12/18/still-learning/ Damn. We live in a thin walled appartment building, and while practicing for the last half hour I've noticed that the neighbours on the other side of the wall have turned up their stereo louder than ever, obviously to drown me out. Fair enough, I'd want to drown me out ... http://www.learningguitaratlast.com/2007/11/03/annoying-the-neighbours/ So, having decided to ditch the teacher for now (and wait until I know a few chords that I can switch between before finding another one), I have been working out how to carry on teaching myself. The 'Guitar for Dummies' book is pretty good, and the DVD is on ... http://www.learningguitaratlast.com/2007/10/29/too-many-resources-total-confusion/ If I was being shipped off to a desert island tomorrow and had to choose a handful of music to take with me to inspire my guitar learning, then a quick flick through my iTunes library has come up with this lot: Mary Gauthier, Smiths, Radiohead, Turin Breaks, Snow Patrol, Simon ... http://www.learningguitaratlast.com/2007/10/29/hey-teacher-my-guitar-desert-island-disks/ Will it all sound better next week? http://www.learningguitaratlast.com/2007/10/25/learning-guitar%e2%80%a6-first-days-practice%e2%80%a6-has-to-get-better/ 1. Is there a good biography of a great singer-song writer which might help me learn more about the craft? 2. Mary Gauthier took up guitar at the same age as me, 35, how inspiring is that? 3. Is there another podcast as good as All Songs Considered for finding new music? 4. ... http://www.learningguitaratlast.com/2007/10/25/3-guitar-related-questions/