Introduction... by: Mike Rincon

As I begin to delve into what I'm assuming will be a richly rewarding, but at times frustrating experience, I want to thank anyone in advance for reading or remotely keeping up with this blog. With that said,  I'm going to teach myself to learn to play the guitar. At my disposal will be a dvd and instructional book on how to learn to play guitar, my brand new Epiphone guitar, a Fender amplifier and my MAC laptop where I can record any music I create using Apple's music editing software, GarageBand.

This blog is going to explore basic to intermediate guitar playing techniques and chord structures. I'm  also going to be learning proper finger placement and guitar tabs as well.

I've wanted to play guitar for a few years now and have actively been listening to music and writing about it since I was 14. At one point my parents bought me a guitar for Christmas when I was 16 but I sold it to my friend. Now my interest has peaked again and this time I feel serious and more compelled to learn to play the guitar. This time I hope it will be easier to understand and grasp.

I will also be documenting any problems I have along the way and reporting any progress or little nuggets of guitar ideas for songs I come up with and  hopefully my progress will warrant a few listens or two.  I hope by the end of the blogging period I will have at least one song written and recorded. It will probably be instrumental because I don't think my voice is good enough to be heard by anyone but myself. Thank you...