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As Much As I Ever Could by City and Colour, and To Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan's version) is always fun to play

I agree dino, I was just curious how this might affect chordie if it went through. I def think they need to focus on the economy right now though for sure. Its interesting how politics work, whenever someone gains popularity by talking about the economy wveryone jumps on the bandwagon, then when that person isn't a threat anymore its back to the old run around. Anyway not to rant but this bill is exactly the kind of thing we cant afford to mess with right now, but maybe thats the plan? To sneak it past us while we're all concerned with bigger issues?

Its all about which notes can be played over which chords, knowing scales and understanding the patterns in music. I have to know a song really well to break loose at all, but someone with a rly honed understanding of  it could probly freestyle over anything they wanted to.

Well without having any idea what sort of music you like.... Can you make an "E" chord? There's a Kings of Leon song called "ragoo" that sounds way more impressive than it is because you just slide the E chord up to 5th fre, 4th fret and back and it sounds pretty cool even though basically you haven't changed chord shapes at all! You should also check out some super simple tabs (like "Come as you are" by Nirvana) and start impressing your buddies As for chords, there's a plethora of 3 chord songs out there. If you like Johnny Cash, they make great beginner songs because it becomes super easy to add in that bass bounce, which adds alot to the song. Check out "Walk The Line". I wish I knew what kind of music you were into, I probably could think of something else...

Welcome to chordie! I think you'll be surprised how much you'll grow as a player if you spend enough time on here!

I've come to accept that working with children is my "calling". Being the very oldest out of four (with a 2 year, 7 year and 16 year gap) I was kind of catapulted in that direction, but have come to find it really inspiring and satisfying. I teach an afterschool class as my paid job, and am the "Assistant Children's Director" at my church (fancy title for a volunteer position lol). Recently I've found myself in charge of taking care of a boy diagnosed with high functioning autism, in a seperate class on sunday mornings. I've kind of fallen in love with the kid over the past couple of weeks and am looking forward to the learning experience. "Kid Stuff" keeps me pretty busy because I'm dedicated to coming up with cool and exciting activities for them, but I find time for guitar and a couple of other hobbies now and then

I'm pretty artistic in general, but drawing seems to be my niche'.  I have a thing for sharpies, fine point pens, and prismacolor art markers. I'm also really interested in collage work, but can't seem to get around to working on anything substantial, despite  huge collection of clippings and scrap materials. I flip flop between cutesy characters, illustration-esque pieces about fairies owls mysterious women etc., and abstract line work. I guess I'm pretty good at art, but I suffer from crippling self criticism and the completion of a piece is usually accompanied by a momentary high, then complete deflation of self confidence. I'm learning how to get past that!

I also collect "vynyl art toys", namely DUNNY's,  which is a really cool new medium. (You can check out kidrobot.com to get an idea.) What happens is they make one "blank" white figurine, then send it to different artists to "customize" (paint, scribble on, add clay things to etc.). They come up with some nifty stuff!

I love to read, so you can add book collecting to the list. I like to write too, but again the self criticism comes in and have always been embarassed to let anyone read anything I've written. (I'm such a silly one sometimes! Oy!)

I also have a thing for animated films, photo taking, hamsters, poetry, and hanging out on Chordie.com!

Permission to adopt "life is a terminal illness" into my catch phrase cache? Nice one!

Zurf, my parents "made" me take piano, but I dropped it around middle school. Worst decision ever. They should have forced me to finish because now even though I love guitar, I'd chop my left arm off for the chance to have 8 years of music theory back. I always try to encouragw kids when their parents want them to take, it really does apply to everything.

Walking with a ghost- The White Stripes, they also have a song called "Little Ghost" I think, and you gotta love the"Nightmare before Christmas" songs lol

completely forgot that one! and humbles my last name! for real!

I think the kind of thing people are talking about here is the opposite of our materialist problem: people are finding value based on experiences instead of monetary worth. I think the problem with the world is we always want sometuing new so we can throw all the old stuff away. Being setimental about a guitars, cheap or expensive, old or new, is pretty much opposite to society's "make it newer make it more expensive" artitude.

Wish I lived close enough! This sounds like it would be lots of fun, I hope you have a good turn out.