Introduce Yourselves

I'll drop in now and then but I have been doing 60 hr work weeks and don't really get on to much anymore but.....thanks for the welcome back!

Hi. I'm new here. Not much action for rock/metal guitarists on the main site. Aw well.

I'm writing a song at the moment =D

theres quite alot of rock/metal guitarists here actually

Alot of metal guitarists

Yep a lot and we all like a good ole song no matter the genre.

hi learnin guitar 4m 6mnth. good lessons over here.

Name- Marc
Age- 17
Family- ..My ma, thats it haha
Pets- None..
Music- Necrophagist, Raein, Despised Icon, Combichrisr, Frank Turner, Death, Drumcorps, Alexisonfire, Atari Teenage Riot, Queens of the stone age, Cannibal Corpse, Obscura, Alec Empire, Korn, Damien Rice, Thrice, Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge...etc...

IRELAND don't think we've had an Irishman before.

Welcome Marc. I also love Metal.

good to see someone else who likes thrice, dillinger and alexisonfire. i dont really know anyone else who does.

Another Necrophagist fan!!!! Hoorah!

Welcome aboard people.

i m vince jones and i have a fro

also been playing for 1 yr and i play yngwie malmsteen and paul gilbert mainly

Hi. . . Marguerite(Margi for short) here
I'm 18, from South Africa, finishing school this year (Cambridge HIGCSE - wikipedia it :P)
Been playing for a year and 5 months now. Taught myself for about 9months and now I have lessons 2x a month. I play a Yamaha FG700MS, love it to bits! Currently struggling with 7th chords on 5th root barre, and practicing some easy Beatles stuff.

HI Margi,
Welcome to town! Sounds like you are taking your practice very seriously.
Ok, you're gonna make us work for this..............

The Higher International General Certificate of Secondary Education (HIGCSE) is a certification offered by Cambridge University for various subjects. It is designed for Southern Africa and offered by many public, private and home-schooling organisations.

It is considered to be equivalent to matric in most countries, but is generally of higher standard and can be used to enter into some universities around the world, including Cambridge University. A student can go on to study a subject on A2 after acquiring an HIGCSE qualification in that subject (a small bridging course is required in some cases).
So what will you study at UNI?
What do 18yr olds listen to musicly in South Africa?
Stick around I think you will find some of our more advanced players very helpful here. (I've been playing for about the same amount of time as you).
Phip
(the class clown)

*blinks and stares blankly at phips post*

Ah he proably just copied pasted an extract from Wikipedia I'm guessing :P

Welcome Margi!

welcome Margi. I like this site, soon you will too.

Aye, welcome Margi. Enjoy your stay and flood us with questions.

yeah, or we will get bored. and you will get phipped

and no one enjoys that lol

Thank you guys! I'm really looking forward to my time here, it looks like a great place to learn and make friends.

To answer Phip's questions:

1. I'm studying Political Sciences next year, if all goes well. Most people can't understand this, as I'm an artsy person (painting etc.) and would have studied that, but economically it isn't possible. (Artists are suffering because of the recession, and the market in SA is limited.)

2. There are a few types of music in South Africa, and most people listen to the popular mainstream stuff from overseas, e.g Lady Gaga, Boy Bands etc. But that isn't my kind of music.

There is a fast growing alternative scene in English and Afrikaans (my home language). Some of these bands are amazing. A few established names are:
- The Parlotones*
- Seether (originally Saron Gas)
- Fokofpolisiekar
- Aking*
- Foto na Dans
- The Dirty Skirts
- Crash Car Burn
* My favorites, check them out if you have the time.

We also like international alternative/rock/heavy metal. I can't really name them all, I think most of the established overseas bands/groups have fans down here. I myself like Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Fall Out Boy etc. Sorry I'm lame when naming music that I like: In general, rock, melodic rock, folk-rock and little bit of metal. NO silly pop/rapping/rnb or house music.

oh dear! seems no one can escape!

NO way I remember one Eminem song followed me on a Europe/Mexico/Canada trip. It was torture.

Willkommen zum Forum Margi (Welcome to the forum Margi).

greetings from knox-vegas TN

my name is still Carl Snow

I've been playing professionally since 1981 (or was that '82?)

For 'a living' I teach folks how to play guitar ... and (Hopefully) warn them it aint a money-making machine, its wood 'n' wire and its got heart but you'll have to support yer 'live habit' another way lol(esp these daze)

I am also a Mastering Engineer by trade (which is both a blessing and a curse;~)

Welcome Carl.
I have a feeling your brain is gonna get picked over pretty good regarding mastering! Stick around until we suck all the knowledge out of you!!!! LOL
Good to have you aboard.
Phip

Cool a pro on the forum.
Welcome!

*IKES!!!*

naw, thats fine (so long as folks realize hw s l o w i type, LOL)
i may be doin' some brain pickin' of my own, Phip ;~)

good ta meet ya!
(wonderful Avatar btw; i'll NEVER forget where i was..when..ugh)
but that's sad+bad way to end a post
soooo

Mastering Tip #1
no headphones - no exceptions (s-waves live on/in air)

Damn!

FOR SALE: One slightly used pair of headphones. Make reasonable offer.
Low mileage. Only used on Sundays.
LOL
Phip

hey, everyone. i'm seethefnords. (fnord is from principia discordia, a pretty crazy book i once read) i'm just starting out on the guitar, but I like pretty musically complex stuff, and I want to blend together several different styles eventually to make a unique sound. i like listening to frank zappa and anything musically complex and unusual. any suggestions for what to listen to?

sure seethefnords
welcome to the forums. quite unussual, n cool forums

theres led zeppelin, of course, hendrix, gogol bordello is a russian punk band, thtey have a quite interesting sound.. also theres portishead, plastilina mosh is a very good rock-techno band, Genitallica is a good rock-folk mexican band

a good composer is juan luis guerra. thats latin music. also tool is a great band, pretty dark. classical music is almost always complex.

System of a down also has this uniqe sound

Good to see a Kings of Leon fan...

@seethefnords
Listen to The Libertines as well.

ROfFl !

SO, Phip; any recommendations re: wheres a good thread/place/etc to 'begin here' (nice riff/theory/etc discussions) for popping in./out between students ?
+ wheres a good thread/place/etc to lay back and yap about bands/planks and the rest, when i aint teaching ?

any suggestions?

Thanks y'all ... and welcome Margi !


Cs

I just lay back and yap on mostly all threads because I can't teach to save my life lol.

Carl,
Well, for starters you could just browse through some of the existing threads and see if there is anything you'd like to comment on or add to.
Then there is the "pictures of yourself thread" I like to lurk in the shadows there and pounce on unsuspecting members and "phip" them! Look that one over and you'll get the idea.
Many members have submitted short clips and videos of themselves playing, so they are interesting.
Poke around and if you feel motivated start a new thread.
Questions of all types regarding technique and theory are always welcome and never frowned upon. No question is too simple or too complex (so far) for our advanced members (including our moderators, a great bunch of musicians).
Phip
P.S. During my spare time I answer questions about releationships, home surgical proceedures, the origins of the universe and the meaning of life, stuff like that, so I'm here for ya buddy! LOL

Cool, new guys sign in faster than I can react :P. Welcome to town Carl. Good to have more exprienced dudes here to answer my nonstop nonsenseless questions xD. Enjoy your stay m8.

Empirism

Oh yeah, I haven't introduced myself yet! Haven't looked into this forum before ^^

My name is Max, I am 17 and i come from Germany, but I've been recently been moving around to a lot of places, for example i have been living in England for 2 years. I finished school last year and traveled a lot after that, so i got around quite a bit. I even was in Kazakhstan for 2 weeks, and i also lived in Russia for 3 months, haha. i wanted to join Uni this year, but now my plans of Uni have all been postponed due to the army in Germany. It is still compulsory for every man to go to the army for nine months. So i will start that in 2 weeks.
I play guitar for 2 years now and I have a wide variety of musical taste. I listen to music such as: Erik Mongrain, Justin King, over to Kings of Leon, Good shoes, Fratellis, gogol bordello and even The Fall of Troy, A7X, Metallica, so pretty much everything. If its got a good beat to it and it gets my feet tapping then i dont care what genre of music it is really! ha. I can play alright, but my theory is still improvable, so thats why I am here, and looking for some food for my musical brain ^^

Max

Wow we are getting new members coming in like wildfire all of a sudden! Welcome everyone. I'm sure you'l enjoy it around here, I know I have. If you ever want to ask a question about anything there is to know about guitar, I know this is the place.

I'll tell you now though, there are plenty of questions where I'm likely to lurk and just keep quiet until someone else comes along, because I'm usually clueless myself! Often more clueless then whoever's asking is it turns out. But do so, the other members know a lot. Pluck their brains out!

@ Heather,
Awwwww That's a cute little chick in your avatar! Are those sticks of dynamite strapped to it's chest? Is that how you make a feather pillow? LOL

No! No Phip! It's meant to be cute, it's a mean little warrior chick wearing...a belt...or so I was originally daft enough to think. lmao, opps. Ah well I may as well keep it for now.

I DO love a chick in uniform lol.