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Standing up! I am shocked. Never do anything standing up that you can't do sitting down. Also, never do anything sitting down that you can't do lying down.

That's really nice. I have an 11 year old son, & I know how difficult it is to get a compliment. He did start learning guitar a few years ago, but we had to stop the lessons because he wouldn't do his practice. I keep offering to teach him myself, but he's not interested now - I wonder if hearing me play actually puts him off! Not that I'm very good, but he tends not to even try to do things that he might fail at & what I do probably sounds very difficult! If that makes any sense!
I do tend to pick up my guitar when he has friends around, though, and have heard them say nice things to him about my playing!
Oh, if I haven't said so before, welcome to Chordie!

Some open mics get a bit noisy/rowdy as the night goes on. If I am playing one of these I try to get there early & get on as soon as possible. Also because I prefer to do slower, quieter songs. It sometimes works out that I get to go on again later, in which case I do something more up tempo.
Also, open mics vary in regard to the atmosphere, mix of people, type of audience etc., so you may have to try a few to find out what suits you best.
Would like to know how you get on!
Cheers!

Have just come across a song with the chord A/B... Would this be an A with a B added? Tried this but it doesn't sound right. Can someone give me the tab?
Cheers!

Thanks guys. Sorry if I posted in the wrong place!
Any more suggestions?

Sorry if this is too simple & obvious, but for the beginners out there - get an electronic tuner! I've always had trouble tuning by ear, so having an electronic tuner made a huge difference to me. Having the guitar always in tune made it much more pleasurable to play & encouraged me to practise more. I also found that I could jam along with CD's/radio/TV & hear the correst chords/key more easily.

Thanks to all of you for the great advice & information. Have looked in a couple of local music shops, but there's not much to choose from, so it may have to be a mail order job!
There is also some good advice on a website called Ukulele Hunt (I think I got this from a Southpaw post). Strange name for a website, I thought, until I saw that there is a local band called Uke Hunt (say it out loud!!!). Oh dear.
ukulelehunt.com is the website (not the band).

Welcome Paul1970 - where are you based? Just thought there might be some other Chordians nearby that you might be able to get together with.

The Jam - not sure if really alt/punk though.

Or, as a lawyer would say, "Where there's a will, there's a relative".

No idea what most of this means, but sounds absolutely spiffing. Hoorah!