Originally Posted by: Papa Rich

...have been playing in earnest with GT for almost three years now and I am amazed at what I can do. I am still a beginner/intermediate depending on the topic but I am making music...found out that I love blues since playing. It's great being able to play songs. But I made sure that I followed the beginner lessons and picked up as much as I could. Only when I throught I knew enough did I start learning songs, and then learning more theory/scales as I needed them.

I have hit many frustrating things as I have progressed. But the trick for me was not only having fun learning songs but having fun learning, period. Don't think of lessons just as a- "I have to go through this stuff or I won't be able to do stuff". Have fun learning....

I loved everything about this post! Thank you so much!

I'm only 50 so I guess I'm one of those "babies" and I have to admit - I'm kind of loving that.