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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:39 am
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Location: Hilo, Hawai'i
Bump for newer members! :D

Age? 17
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Yes - Senior in Home School
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - drove jr. dragsters for 5 years, haven't got my liscense yet, tho.
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope
When's your birthday? March 15
Favorite genre's of music? Ska, Reggae, Alternative, Punk
Any siblings? 4, One deceased.
Are you in a band? nope.
Favorite time of year? in Oregon? Summer...
Favorite food? eh, it's all good
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? drag racing, woudn't mind trying other things
Do you have a job, if so what? Phone sales, Packaging
Favorite Band? too many, but probably Sublime, or Pepper, etc

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 2
How many hours do you play per week? 8-12
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? combo
Lefty or righty? lefty, but I play righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: pretty good
Sweep-picking? haven't tried it
Tapping? not for my genre's
Shredding? see above...
Singing while playing chords? haven't tried
Singing while playing lead? haven't tried
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking:
Badfish - Sublime, Amber - 311, Sitting on the Curb - Pepper
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? 10 mins - hour, maybe.
About how many full songs have you written? 0
Are they at or below your skill level? see above
Do you write solos or record them improvised? impro

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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:04 pm
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Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:47 am
Posts: 490
Location: South Carolina
Age? 17
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Junior
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - yes
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope
When's your birthday? September 11
Favorite genre's of music? Psychedelic Rock
Any siblings? 2
Are you in a band? yes
Favorite time of year? fall
Favorite food? Boston Cream Pie
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? golf
Do you have a job, if so what? ebay
Favorite Band? Cream

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 1.5
How many hours do you play per week? 10
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? electric
Lefty or righty? right
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: average
Sweep-picking? below average
Tapping? horrible
Shredding? who want's to shred? not me
Singing while playing chords? couldn't to save my life
Singing while playing lead? if I can't play chords and sing, what do you think?
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: I don't play popular songs
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? 20 mins
About how many full songs have you written? 2
Are they at or below your skill level? at
Do you write solos or record them improvised? write


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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:15 pm
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Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:02 am
Posts: 427
Location: WV
semi-personal: don't answer any if you're uncomfortable

Age? 32
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? College Grad (WVU)
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - Yep
Single or taken or married, etc.? Divorced & Taken
Have any kids? Yes, one son almost 2 years old
When's your birthday? May
Favorite genre's of music? Rock, blues
Any siblings? 1 Brother
Are you in a band? Nope
Favorite time of year? fall
Favorite food? seafood
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? Golf
Do you have a job, if so what? Therapist
Favorite Band? SRV, Bon Jovi

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 17
How many hours do you play per week? 5-6
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? electric
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing? Good
Sweep-picking? 10 years ago that was fun, not into it now
Tapping? See previous response
Shredding? Whats the point?
Singing while playing chords? Dont sing
Singing while playing lead? Again, see previous
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; Three Blind Mice; and, umm.. Ironman
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? not long
About how many full songs have you written? several
Are they at or below your skill level? Below, I dont like living up to my potential - then people expect too much ;) LOL
Do you write solos or record them improvised? Depends

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Post subject: Re: Get to know your fellow users
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:50 pm
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Location: The Netherlands
citizenerased wrote:
just a little survey, everyone fill it out to get a better idea of what everyone is like

semi-personal: don't answer any if you're uncomfortable

Age? 50
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? no
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - no
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope
When's your birthday? dec 20Favorite genre's of music? blues (most forms of it)
Any siblings? nope
Are you in a band? yes
Favorite time of year? summer
Favorite food? fish
Country you reside in? holland
Favorite sport? snooker
Do you have a job, if so what? yesFavorite Band? jimi hendrix

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 34
How many hours do you play per week? 40
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? both
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the followe, i wan to thoughing:
Blues / Melodic playing: decent
Sweep-picking? nope
Tapping? nope
Shredding? nope
Singing while playing chords? nope
Singing while playing lead? nope
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: ... wind cries mary/hey joe/red house - hendrix...
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? depends on the solo
About how many full songs have you written? none
Are they at or below your skill level? at my level
Do you write solos or record them improvised? improvised


i just randomly got these, so you can just copy it and out your answers in


these are not my surveys to clarify that


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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:34 pm
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Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:03 pm
Posts: 732
Location: Oregon
Nitro1320 wrote:


Favorite time of year? in Oregon? Summer...


assuming its not raining!! Hey! Its great to have another Oregonian!!

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:25 am
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Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:46 am
Posts: 394
Location: New Jersey
OK here goes:

Age? 55
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? no
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - yes
Single or taken or married, etc.? married
Have any kids? two sons
When's your birthday? April 13 Favorite genre's of music? Christian contemporary
Any siblings? nope
Are you in a band? sort of -
Favorite time of year? summer
Favorite food? chinese
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? baseball
Do you have a job, if so what? yes Music Director Favorite Band? too many

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 40
How many hours do you play per week? 20
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? both
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: fair
Sweep-picking? working on it
Tapping? working on it
Shredding? not too good
Singing while playing chords? good
Singing while playing lead? good
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: ...
too many
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? depends on the solo
About how many full songs have you written? 5 or 6
Are they at or below your skill level? at my level
Do you write solos or record them improvised? improvised

And there I am! :D


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:02 am
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Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:39 pm
Posts: 453
semi-personal: don't answer any if you're uncomfortable

Age? under 20 older than 13
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? yes
Do you drive?- no
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope - don't want any either
When's your birthday? 2/15
Favorite genre's of music? most forms of rock especially some harder stuff, some blues and country, alternative, some acoustic rock
Any siblings? 1
Are you in a band? unfortunately no
Favorite time of year? fall i guess
Favorite food? depends on what sounds good
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? none
Do you have a job, if so what? nope
Favorite Band? ican't choose but i like foo fighters, rchp, nirvana and led zeppelin...

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? about 4 months
How many hours do you play per week? my mom thinks too many
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? mainly electric but i sometimes pull out my acoustic
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: pretty good for my experience
Sweep-picking? nope
Tapping? only a little
Shredding? not anytime soon but you never know i get interested
Singing while playing chords? i'm not a very good singer imo but i can with chords
Singing while playing lead? yikes! havent even tried and i don't think i will for a while
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: ... ummm.. stairway, heart shaped box, stadium arcadium. i don't play that many popular songs though i guess.
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? depends on the solo
About how many full songs have you written? 5+
Are they at or below your skill level? some are about at others are beneath because i wrote some when i first started and i mainly focus on melody and how it sounds rather that skill
Do you write solos or record them improvised? i guess both i take ideas and written solos and i change them a little to fit my liking


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:08 am
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Joined: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:40 am
Posts: 61
semi-personal: don't answer any if you're uncomfortable

Age? 14
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Yes - 9th
Are you male or female? female
Do you drive? - nope but ill have my permit soon
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope
When's your birthday? Dec
Favorite genre's of music? Classic Rock, Rap, Country
Any siblings? yes
Are you in a band? nope
Favorite time of year? summer
Favorite food? italian
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? softball
Do you have a job, if so what? idont got 1
Favorite Band? Lynyrd Skynyrd

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? not even 1 yet
How many hours do you play per week? 6 maybe
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? as of rite now acoustic
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: nvr tried
Sweep-picking? nevr tried
Tapping? nevr tried
Shredding? nevr tried
Singing while playing chords? somewhat
Singing while playing lead? nope
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: cant play any yet
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? cant do any
About how many full songs have you written? none
Are they at or below your skill level?
Do you write solos or record them improvised?

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:23 am
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Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:54 am
Posts: 221
Location: Sacramento, CA
Age? 19
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Sophomore in college
Are you male or female? Male
Do you drive? - Yeah
Single or taken or married, etc.? Single
Have any kids? Nah
When's your birthday? May 8th
Favorite genre's of music? Rock and Blues
Any siblings? Yeah, 1 brother
Are you in a band? Yeah
Favorite time of year? Fall/Winter
Favorite food? Don't make me choose
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? Football, Baseball, Racing, Skateboarding
Do you have a job, if so what? I'm looking
Favorite Band? Red Hot Chili Peppers/ John Frusciante

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 3 or 4
How many hours do you play per week? Usually 6-8
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? Both
Lefty or righty? I'm left handed but I play righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: Blues=Ok Melodic=Never really tried
Sweep-picking? Nope
Tapping? Nope
Shredding? Nope
Singing while playing chords? I can't sing at all
Singing while playing lead? Look at above statement
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: Julia Dream- Pink Floyd; House of the Rising Sun- The Animals; Killing In The Name(bass)- Rage Against The Machine
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? I don't play solos, strictly rhythm
About how many full songs have you written? A couple
Are they at or below your skill level? Honestly I haven't a clue
Do you write solos or record them improvised? I only write lyrics, my friend writes the music to all our songs


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:39 am
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Location: Hilo, Hawai'i
Kingman 44 wrote:
assuming its not raining!! Hey! Its great to have another Oregonian!!


Yup, exactly! It's not TOO bad down here in Grants Pass, just way too cold/wet in winter.

what parts are you from?

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:28 pm
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Posts: 171
Location: Bluesville, USA
Age? 53

In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Not.

Are you male or female? Male

Do you drive? - Yes

Single or taken or married, etc.? Married

Have any kids? A son and a daughter. My son and his wife have two sons and my daughter and her husband are expecting their first child, a son.

When's your birthday? May 5th

Favorite genre's of music? Contemporary Christian, Rock and Blues

Any siblings? 3 brothers, 3 sisters

Are you in a band? Not at the moment, my job doesn't allow the time. But I played professionally for 5 years and semi-pro for 10. Now its the occasional solo or sub gig.

Favorite time of year? Summer / Fall

Favorite food? That's a mood thing.

Country you reside in? USA

Favorite sport? Never cared much for sports of any kind.

Do you have a job, if so what? Lead Operations Tech for a chemical plant

Favorite Band / Artist? Changes constantly. This week might be Third Day, The Beatles or Doobie Bros., next week might be Steven Curtis Chapman, Tommy Emmanuel or Stevie Ray Vaughn.


Guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 36 seriously. I actually got my first guitar 6 years prior to that.

How many hours do you play per week? It varies. It could be 3 hours one week and maybe 20 the next.

Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? Both. As well as bass.

Lefty or righty? Right

How good are you at the following:

Blues / Melodic playing: Very good (excuse me for blowing my own horn).

Sweep-picking? Very good.

Fingerpicking? Very good.

Tappin? Not very good at all.

Shredding? Only if I have to.

Singing while playing chords? Very good although my singing isn't anything to write home about.

Singing while playing lead? It depends on the song.

Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: Good Love Is On The Way - John Mayer; Crossroads - Cream; Just about anything by SRV.

How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? A couple of hours.

About how many full songs have you written? About 30.

Are they at or below your skill level? They're usually at or above. I'm always pushing.

Do you write solos or record them improvised? I usually record as I improvise, then take the best parts to make a solo that usually stays pretty much the same from then on.


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:46 pm
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Location: Oregon
Nitro1320 wrote:
Kingman 44 wrote:
assuming its not raining!! Hey! Its great to have another Oregonian!!


Yup, exactly! It's not TOO bad down here in Grants Pass, just way too cold/wet in winter.

what parts are you from?


I'm from the Valley down in McMinnville.

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:00 pm
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Location: Oregon
What the hey, I'll update mine:

semi-personal: don't answer any if you're uncomfortable

Age? 14
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Yes - 9th grade (freshman at high school)
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - nope
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope
When's your birthday? August 19
Favorite genre's of music? Classic Rock, folk, blues
Any siblings? yep, hes 24
Are you in a band? kinda, In choir, looking for band
Favorite time of year? fall
Favorite food? 3 cheese chicken penne (pasta)
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? football (not really a sports person)
Do you have a job, if so what? coffee shop musician
Favorite Band? Eric Clapton I suppose too hard to choose. Dylan, Harrison should also be on there.

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? 3-3.5
How many hours do you play per week? 6 maybe
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? both
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: blues I am fairly good
Sweep-picking? fairly good
Tapping? nope, never got into EVH
Shredding? good lord no
Singing while playing chords? very good
Singing while playing lead? pretty good (I consider that like a call and answer)
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking:
Crossroads-Clapton, Sweet Home Chicago, Stray Cat Strut-Brian Setzer (note for note) also Why Me? by Dilbert McClinton (check it out)
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? depends on the solo
About how many full songs have you written? 7 going on 9
Are they at or below your skill level? not really
Do you write solos or record them improvised? improvise, if you work too hard on a solo you mess up

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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:31 pm
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Posts: 28
Age? 14
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? Yes - 9th grade
Are you male or female? male
Do you drive? - Not yet
Single or taken or married, etc.? single
Have any kids? nope
When's your birthday? May 13
Favorite genre's of music? Alt rock,grunge
Any siblings? 17 year old brother
Are you in a band? No, but I wanna be in one!
Favorite time of year? Winter
Favorite food? Mac and cheese
Country you reside in? USA
Favorite sport? I dont play any, but watching football is ok, i guess
Do you have a job? No
Favorite Band? Nirvana

guitarist portion:

How many years have you been playing guitar? like 3
How many hours do you play per week? Maybe like 5
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? Electric
Lefty or righty? righty
How good are you at the following:
Blues / Melodic playing: Eh
Sweep-picking? eh
Tapping? meh, not really either
Shredding? eh
Singing while playing chords? somewhat
Singing while playing lead? I want to learn
Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: Smells like teen spirit (who cant play that?), Come as you are, some of Purple Haze
How long does it take you to master and memorize a guitar solo? depends on the solo
About how many full songs have you written? Some
Are they at or below your skill level? a bit below since i try and sing as well
Do you write solos or record them improvised? Never wrote a solo yet


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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:01 pm
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Joined: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:16 am
Posts: 633
Location: Scotland
Age? 18
In school or not - if so what grade/year of college? No; Uni - second year of Architecture.
Are you male or female? Male
Do you drive? Test is coming up
Single or taken or married, etc.? single :(
Have any kids? No.
When's your birthday? March 28
Favorite genre's of music? Blues, Rock, Jazz.
Any siblings? 1
Are you in a band? No.
Favorite time of year? Winter.
Favorite food? Um...Pizza :D
Country you reside in? Scotland
Favorite sport? Swimming, Mountain biking.
Do you have a job, if so what? Fulltime moochy student.
Favorite Band? Can never pinpoint but right now I love QOTSA, Zep (always a fave) and Tom Waits.


Bassist portion:

How many years have you been playing bass? 1 Year 10 Months
How many hours do you play per week? Too many.
Predominantly acoustic, electric, or some combo of the two? Combo.
Lefty or righty? Righty.

How good are you at the following:

Blues / Melodic playing: Not bad.
Sweep-picking? On Bass...?
Tapping? Meh.
Shredding? ...anyone who shreds on bass should be shot. Y'know same goes for guitar :evil:
Singing while playing chords? RUBBISH
Singing while playing lead? See above.

Name three popular songs that you can play without even thinking: Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding, Ramble On - Led Zep.

How long does it take you to master and memorize a bass solo?
It depends.

About how many full songs have you written?
0
Are they at or below your skill level? See Above.
Do you write solos or record them improvised? Improv baby!


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