The most ridiculous thing ever

[MecosKing]

Juskimos right. The issue is not that private people cant play thier favorite songs when they feel like, but rather that, for some reason playing in a muzic store has been deemed a violation of the TM holders right of public performenace, which is an exclusive right held by TM holders in thier own compositions. Like jus said, if hes showin crap at home with his friends its okay because its a private use, but if hes chargin money, or if his theater is too big and seats like, say a hundred people (theres lots of case law regarding specific situations that do or dont constitute 'public performances'), then he hasnt got the right to perform and/or display the composition without a license, which you have to buy.

[MVPSPORTS]

[Dumb Snowman]

But how is anyone making money off of hearing some kid play crazy train in a guitar store?

[MVPSPORTS]

[Dumb Snowman]

[JDLush]

Wasn't it Waynes World that had the sign in the music store reading "No playing Stairway to Heaven allowed"?

I used to always play The Trees by Rush when I tested out a new guitar. A little finger picking in the beginning, then some power chords, then a lead that moved around the higher ends of the neck. Gave me a nice feel for everything, plus not too many people know the song in case I screwed up.

[Dumb Snowman]

Yah, Wayne's World had the "No Stairway" sign. Actually, I hea a lot of guitar stores have that sign up now

I usually just used a bunch of parts of different songs to test a guitar. Start off with finger tapping from Eruption, go to the pick tapping in One, play a load of harmonics with Cemetery Gates (Pantera), and then do some rythym and lead stuff from whatver I've been recently learning.

Then for cleans/slight overdrive channel, I'd play sweet home alabama

I guess now I'll just have to see if I can sweep or something, and if I can, buy the guitar

[Cactus Jack]

[Dumb Snowman]

You have an alverez? Nice, man! That's way better than what I've got... there are lots of videos for electric guitar, but acoustic... hm.

Normally I'd recommend a few tabs, but as I can't do that anymore, I'm not sure. Well if you know chords, I'd say work on lead work. If you like blues at all, I'd highly recommend looking for a blues guitar book. It'll help you with both chord knowledge, and lead guitar work. Other than that, maybe see if you can find a led zeppelin book, maybe Jimmy Page has made one or two videos - not sure. His sort of stuff would be playable on an accoustic, definately.

If you're semi-serious about it, I'd highly recommend a teacher. I've only be playing a little over a year and I can out-play all the people who've been playing for 5-10 years without a teacher around here - All because I had a teacher the whole way who would push my limits a lot quicker than I would have if I had learned by myself.

[JDLush]

i have a couple of hundred tabs if anyone is interested i can zip and email them.

I learned entirely from books and by ear, but my ear isn't the greatest.

CJ, start with stuff you know and grab a couple of easy chord books, say maybe the eagles, or neil young, simple stuff. Work out the rhythms till youre comfortable with them, then move on to some easy tab stuff.

[Dumb Snowman]

[Cactus Jack]

I have a stack of books going back to Eagles, America, Beatles, Chicago. Jimmy Buffet's Songs You Know by Heart has tabs, but I never could figure out how to play them. Would love to learn. The teacher is probably the best idea. If I could get some time.

CJ

[Dumb Snowman]

Yah I would just get a teacher, and tell him more or less, what your goals are. If you aren't looking to be a revolutionary guitarist or anything like that, let him/her know that. One thing a lot of teachers assume, is that their student wants to be great. A lot of guys just wanna learn how to play some of their favorite songs, and leave it at that. If that's the case, let him know. No point on spending 2 hours a day for 6 months learning how to sweep as fast as Steve Vai, if you just wanna jam some eagles every now and then, y'know?

[JDLush]

Flop, here's the list:

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08/04/1999 10:22 PM 26,112 2112 oracle the dream.doc
08/04/1999 10:19 PM 44,544 2112 overture tab.doc
08/04/1999 10:25 PM 33,792 2112 soliloquy.doc
08/04/1999 10:20 PM 28,160 2112 temples of syrinx.doc
04/12/1997 04:07 PM 1,434 AddamsFamily.txt
03/06/1999 06:06 PM 21,130 Alice in Chains - Man IN The Box.txt
02/27/1999 03:34 PM 14,605 Alice in chains - roosteer.txt
07/06/1998 10:16 PM 3,160 Angel Eyes - Jeff Healey.txt
04/12/1997 03:47 PM 3,862 B52s-RockLob.txt
12/09/1999 11:00 PM 6,507 Bad Company - Movin On.txt
12/09/1999 11:01 PM 3,004 Bad Company - Shooting Star.txt
04/12/1997 04:07 PM 1,688 Beavis.txt
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12/09/1999 11:08 PM 4,931 Blue Oyster Cult - Burning For You.txt
04/27/1999 08:45 PM 9,751 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart.txt
04/12/1997 04:07 PM 1,763 BradyBunch.txt
01/21/1998 10:12 PM 13,824 Brown Eyed Girl Bass.doc
09/21/2005 09:56 PM 2,380 Bruce Springsteen - The River.txt
01/18/1999 05:23 PM 3,399 Bryan Adams - Have you ever loved a woman.txt
03/08/1999 11:13 PM 563 Bush - Comedown bass tab.txt
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01/03/1999 10:48 AM 20,971 Candlebox - Far Behind.txt
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12/14/1997 07:59 PM 3,008 Clapton-BellBottom.txt
04/12/1997 03:55 PM 15,987 Clapton-Layla.txt
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07/29/1998 04:50 PM 2,147 dammit_tab_lyrics.txt
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05/03/1999 08:40 PM 4,743 Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise.txt
07/27/1999 05:03 PM 2,412 Eternal Flame.txt
04/12/1997 03:58 PM 5,513 Everclear - Santa Monica.txt
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04/12/1997 03:58 PM 9,447 Extreme-MoreThanWords.txt
08/25/2000 10:38 PM 11,105 faithfully -- tab.txt
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05/03/1999 08:46 PM 4,594 Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues.txt
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08/13/1998 09:42 PM 882 green_day_redundant_tab.txt
05/03/1999 09:01 PM 2,949 Greg Kihn - Breakup Song.txt
05/06/1998 08:53 AM 2,701 Hazy Shade Of Winter.tab
04/06/1999 10:54 PM 14,664 heat of the moment - asia.txt
07/08/1998 09:38 PM 1,286 hey joe bass.txt
07/29/2004 08:41 PM 29,696 high enough - damn yankees.doc
07/06/1998 10:34 PM 16,909 Honky tonk - Stones.txt
07/06/1998 10:05 PM 5,223 Hum - Stars.txt
07/09/1998 09:28 PM 5,624 I can't tell you why - solo.txt
07/09/1998 09:28 PM 2,015 I cant tell you why - chords.txt
03/01/1999 09:22 PM 1,194 I Love You Period - Dan Baird.txt
10/31/1998 12:37 AM 1,723 In The Blood - Better then Ezra.txt
09/21/2005 09:49 PM 6,817 Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark.txt
03/01/1999 08:31 PM 2,656 Jackson Browne - Running on Empty.txt
04/27/1999 08:47 PM 3,759 James Taylor - Sweet Baby James.txt
01/25/2000 09:39 PM 6,731 Jethro Tull - Aqualung.txt
04/12/1997 04:08 PM 815 Jetsons.txt
03/08/1999 11:23 PM 11,058 Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D.txt
05/03/1999 09:24 PM 1,046 Journey - Who's Crying Now.txt
05/03/1999 09:38 PM 2,006 Journey -.txt
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05/03/1999 08:53 PM 6,891 Live - All Over You.txt
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02/09/2005 06:20 PM <DIR> piano tunes
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07/09/1998 09:24 PM 11,135 Tie Your Mother Down.txt
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04/22/1998 08:44 PM 11,993 Tonic - if you could only see.txt
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09/05/1999 09:17 AM 8,714 Van Halen - Finish what you started - tab.txt
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02/09/2005 06:20 PM <DIR> vins tabs
03/18/1998 08:34 PM 24,576 Walkin by myself.doc
04/27/1999 08:50 PM 2,757 Warrant - Heaven.txt
04/27/1999 08:56 PM 17,866 Whitesnake - Love Aint No Stranger.txt
07/06/1998 10:45 PM 17,012 Wild Horses - Stones.txt
08/02/1998 10:59 PM 3,888 wipeout.txt
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[Dumb Snowman]

Ah, nice collection

I got all the songs I need from there already, but thanks for the list!