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Hi Zurf!
Welcome to chordie. Hope you have fun and I look forward to more posts from you. Even if it is about nothing, it's still nice to hear from everyone.

"Not to touch the earth" by the doors is a very trippy song with or without outside help. My old band had a song I'd written called "Paradise". I think I may have posted it in the songwriting. Anyway, Sometimes, (again with or without) when we would perform it on stage, I would get completely lost in the song. Sometimes, The song would go over 9 minutes because I would forget I was on stage and the music would go on until I came back and sang the last verse.
As far as drugs go... If you did them and quit, you are smart. If you never did them you are brilliant. If you are still doing them, I hope you wise up before you end up like me realizing you are not on stage, you're in biology class or driving down the highway. Once you do them (at least the ones I did) you never think the same again and thats not always a groovy tuned in thing.
Thanx to James for allowing the thread to continue and thanx to everyone for your mature approach to a risky subject.

Hey guys and gals,
Will you help me brainstorm for ideas for the follow up for this one? I have a couple of ideas but having trouble taking off with it.

It's easy to get to America...Turn left at Greenland.

People ask this question quite often. I think you should take lessons if you can. Use them to expand what you are able to do with your style. One of my best mates is 51 years old and has a real passion for playing but no longer has a passion for being a musician. I can see the frustration on his face when I'm playing something that his basic I IV V open chord with maybe a change in the middle eight won't cover. He wants to play along but not badly enough to invest a few months in learnning barr chords (not as hard as they are made out to be) and a few different strum patterns and chord progressions. Basicly if you are willing to learn and then integrate it into your style I'd say go for!

They were the first chords I found out even existed so I really didn't have anything to compare it to. I thought open chordes were a pain. After having to only make a couple of shapes and then simply make them on different spots olang the neck, all those akward shapes that seemed to eighther strech my hands or cramp them seemed like such a drag to master. All those open strings ringing out. Control and perscision seemed impossible for a while. I'm glad I learnned them though and you will be too when you master your white whale.
But in keeping with the spirit of your wife, " I had such a tuff time learnning them too, But you'll get it, Tiger Man!"
Good luck mate!

You could go to www.guitarpartsusa.com and get a kit to build your own.

I'm with Roger. Sounds like a good plan.
ROGER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't really matter to me. Moving them might help break the habit of posting off topic in other forums.

that's all that music is. Manipulating notes (there are only a few) in a way that realises what is in you. Very well put, jerome.

I think you are doing well. If you want to play by sight (which I equate to painting by  ear) then you have to practice and learn even if it takes longer. If it isn't that important to you then keep doing what works for you. if you like your guitar on the left knee then play that way same if you like it on your right. It doesn't matter if you lay it on the floor and play it with your toes. Do whatever is best for you and try everything even after you decide on something. In fact the great Segovia who bassically evented classical guitar playing did so to free the guitar and players from the box that "serious" musicians had put them in. Naturaly we built a new Segovia shaped box and tried to lock classical players in that. the point is that it is your guitar, your body, your mind it all belongs to you so realy you can do whatever you want with any of it. My advice is to try everything, keep what you like and disgard the rest.