Well, I appreciate the aspiring (and perspiring) guitar players who have checked out my blog. I have been busy working on some basic lessons, just getting itno the groove of things so to speak.... Believe it or not I have had lots of fun with the basic rhythm lesson. While I can can play the rhythm for Metallicas "Thru the Never" note for note, sitting down and playing a specific strum pattern is challenging especially when it's me, my acoustic, and a metronome...tick,...tick,...tick,...tick. I have noticed some improvement in my strumming technique though, I guess maybe a new amount of added confidence when approaching a tricky pattern. Eventually I want to get the rhythm down for "Dogs" from Pink Floyd. I guess it always good to set goals. As far as lead stuff goes I am working with the single string scales and just practicing the pentatonics as well. I know lots of scales but the lessons I'm working on now are helping me to understand the theory behind them, something I am sorely lacking. Just because you can run doesn't mean much if you don't know where you're going,  and most likely you'll just keep ending up in the same places, over and over again. Check back soon as I will be posting an audio clip....