Friday, March 26, 2010

New Hobby

So I decided to take up a new hobby.  I found a piece of driftwood laying around town, and I grabbed and started whittling on it, and wouldn't you know it, it just happened to come out looking like a guitar.  I think I may have a knack for this.

Actually, I have kind of wanted to try out the guitar, so I decided to give it a try.  I wanted to buy a cheaper one for now because who knows if I would actually enjoy it, so I found one for $35 with pretty good reviews stating it was good for beginners.  It arrived today, and I have been playing for a while today.   It is a lot of fun, even though I am not too good at it, yet.  I actually tuned it myself, without breaking any strings, and learned to play three chords, with mixed results each time I play them.  I can also kind of read music for it and  can kind of play a few Collective Soul songs,  for those in the know, I can play the four note sequence in "You", the top notes of the chords at the beginning of "The World I Know", the opening riff of "Where the River Flows" (kind of), and the very beginning notes of "Gel".  I think that this could be a keeper hobby.