Hi from Sweden!
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:51 am
Hello from Sweden
Wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I am 31 years old, live in Stockholm, Sweden. I was plucking a guitar a bit since I was in my early teens, but it wasn't untill my very late 20's that I decided to take up somewhat seriously.
What happened was that it was Christmas eve, and me and mom was fixin' to go to my brother's place to celebrate the holiday (in Sweden, Christmas eve is the big day for some reason), and we were in a store to buy the last stuff for Christmas dinner. It just so happens that this store bought in not only food, but just about anything the could get a good price for in bulk. So you could find all sorts of weird things, anatomy dolls, motorcycle suits (in Sweden in late November), just about anything. That day they had guitars - one of those beginner kits with a cheap Strat copy, an amp, cords, gig bag, picks, that sort of thing. It was really cheap, so I decided to treat myself to one of those sets. That's how it happened that I started playing "for real". It's been three years now.
I'm very much into all sorts of bluesy and rocky sounds, classics like the old delta masters, over the Chicago scene and the 60's and 70's blues rock. For the last few years I've also taken up a little bit of jazz, but that's definately going a bit slower. ;)
Currently, I'm mostly playing along with records and with Band-In-A-Box, although I've was trying for a band (who decided to call it quits after that one time, I wonder if I should get a complex about that ;). Finding beginner-to-immediate friends to play with in a small country like mine is kind of difficult nowadays, unless you want to play heavy metal, it seems.
Anyway, that's my story. I'm hoping to be able to add some not-all-too-stupid questions, and perhaps be able to answer one or two, or provide some insight of questionable quality. ;)
Anyway, thanks to this forum for existing, and see you all around.
Wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I am 31 years old, live in Stockholm, Sweden. I was plucking a guitar a bit since I was in my early teens, but it wasn't untill my very late 20's that I decided to take up somewhat seriously.
What happened was that it was Christmas eve, and me and mom was fixin' to go to my brother's place to celebrate the holiday (in Sweden, Christmas eve is the big day for some reason), and we were in a store to buy the last stuff for Christmas dinner. It just so happens that this store bought in not only food, but just about anything the could get a good price for in bulk. So you could find all sorts of weird things, anatomy dolls, motorcycle suits (in Sweden in late November), just about anything. That day they had guitars - one of those beginner kits with a cheap Strat copy, an amp, cords, gig bag, picks, that sort of thing. It was really cheap, so I decided to treat myself to one of those sets. That's how it happened that I started playing "for real". It's been three years now.
I'm very much into all sorts of bluesy and rocky sounds, classics like the old delta masters, over the Chicago scene and the 60's and 70's blues rock. For the last few years I've also taken up a little bit of jazz, but that's definately going a bit slower. ;)
Currently, I'm mostly playing along with records and with Band-In-A-Box, although I've was trying for a band (who decided to call it quits after that one time, I wonder if I should get a complex about that ;). Finding beginner-to-immediate friends to play with in a small country like mine is kind of difficult nowadays, unless you want to play heavy metal, it seems.
Anyway, that's my story. I'm hoping to be able to add some not-all-too-stupid questions, and perhaps be able to answer one or two, or provide some insight of questionable quality. ;)
Anyway, thanks to this forum for existing, and see you all around.
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