Jason B

I started to put this under the previous thread of the same name, but figured I'd just start a new one. It looks like it's been a while since anyone posted on this course... I'm working on it in conjunction with L&M main course. I'm on Lesson 3 in the blues course and Lesson 17 on the main course. I've had to go back over some of the theory in the main course and I'm reviewing some of the lessons as I'm practicing the 3 Note Scales. I'm relatively new to this site... it took me a while to find this after the other forums went away. I don't typically post on forums, but I really want to engage with others going through these courses to help hold myself accountable and work through some challenges as they arise. I've been working consistently on the main L&M course for about 13 months and the blues course for about 4 months. It's slow going sometimes, but slow progress is still progress, right? Anyone else working on the blues course? Or am I in the wrong place?

I am learning guitar as a means to express myself, my feeling and emotions, through music. When I first picked up a guitar many years ago, I just wanted to repeat songs that I liked...that only lasted a very short time. I decided that I wasn't musically inclined and quit because I couldn't play like Eddie Van Halen after a couple weeks of trying. Now as an adult, I love to see musicians play with passion and feeling. The desire to translate my feelings and passion into music is what drives me. I've been using the L&M Guitar course for a year now and supplementing with the Blues Guitar course. I appreciate the music theory that Steve provides in the courses...I am a "Why?" type of person...I have to understand the scales and the layout of the guitar to understand why each note is used in each instance. With the instruction I am beginning to build a foundation from which I can develop my personal style of playing. Through this I hope to be able to express myself through music, in addition to being able to play songs that I enjoy.