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when i was 13 years old i was automatically invited to the worst evening of school history, parents evening. parents evening is what i hated most and i dont mean about the parents but about the evening. me my dad and my mum entered the school premises and picked up the most horrifying book, my report book. my school was divided into different sections related to each subject. my dad was interested in the music section but my mum didnt seem to bothered but we still went to have a looksee. in the section had all the different music teachers, my teacher was eager to see my parents. she was sitting by her desk and the meeting seemed like a never ending interview. this was when it all started about guitar, see, my dad wanted me to learn a musical instrument. I hated rock and how much i hated guitar i dont know but it was beyond all insruments. i wanted to play violin or piano but no..... my dad loved rock music but didnt have the opportunity to learn guitar so he really wanted me to learn guitar and he looked so upset when i denied his help. see now this is when all my problems escalate. i dont like guitar but my dad wants me to play guitar so how was i going to handle the situation? this was the answer........ i shrugged my shoulders infront of my dad and he agreed to have me put down for guitar. my dad was pleased with my stupid decision. so i was entitled to start guitar lessons at my school for next week. believe me i hated guitar and having lessons for it. my parents bought me an acoustic guitar to help me practice. i hated that acoustic guitar, it was huge, the strings were thick and hard to press down and i couldnt even play a decent chord. so i thought 'fuck it' i cant be bothered with this shit. 1 year i spent wasting my time attending my guitar lessons and i hadnt laid one hand ' or finger' on my guitar while it was gathering dust. my dad found out though and he was mad. i mean mad. he kept shouting at me reapeating the same words all the time 'playing guitar will help you' but in my head i was sayin who cares a billion times which eventually turned into a song. after that something strange was happening.....

i was however getting these guitar lessons free from my school and it was during the guitar lessons that something odd was happening. it was so odd that to my teacher he found that my guitar skills have improved and it was a phenomenal and spectacular talent that i had in me. he knew that my guitar skills were improving some how but it couldnt be because i hardly played on my guitar and he rarely gave me guita homework. could this mean that i have a talent for guitar.......

actually it was only me out of my friends that hated rock but played guitar. i was more into hiphop and rnb back then. sometimes playing guitar really got my nerves and there was nothin that motivated me into being interested with my only instrument. but there was one thing that i liked to have, an electric guitar. i asked my dad if i could have an electric guitar but he kept asking if im good at the acoustic and so i lied. i lied to him saying that i was good at the acoustic guitar and so he bought me a brand new yamaha ERG 121 with amplifier. the amplfier was tiny and cute, i could carry it any where with me. i mean the spectacular sound it produced and not to mention the sweet distortion.

i told my guitar teacher that i got a brand new electric guitar he was glad because it will help me so much on my guitar practice. this guitar was remarkable it had the softest strings you could ever imagine and the sound was quality.

A couple of years later,

i could play chords fluently and ive started to learn soloing. i improved so much that i was put into my school's jazz band which consisted some of my friends playing different instruments. this was a huge achievement to me. now day after day i spend at least 15 mins on my guitar.

now.

i am 15 going on 16 in november and i quitted my guitar lessons. the reason for this is because i dont feel the need to be tought anything on guitar. from now and on i teach my self nearly everyday and at least half an hour. ive become so good that i can play spectacular solos such as the solo performed by the legendary guitarist jimmy page from stairway to heaven. now my interests are rock but mostly old rock not the new bands. the old bands like led zeppelin, guns and roses, deep purple, thin lizzy, jimi hendrix, def leppard, Nirvana, red hot chilli peppers and loads more. me and my friends have formed up a band called Hexline dappa and it rocks. we are progressing through life as normal rockers and hopefully no interferance will come. i hope all you young talented guitarists keep getting all the practice you need and may the force of rock be with you.

IM A CHANGED PERSON!!!!!!!!!ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!