{"id":167,"date":"2016-01-31T14:16:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T14:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/?p=167"},"modified":"2016-02-08T00:37:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T00:37:54","slug":"learning-the-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/31\/learning-the-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-content style_External_458_348\">\n<div class=\"style_1\">\n<h2 class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><strong>Steve Qualifies\u00a0<\/strong>in Electric Guitar skills<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-314\" src=\"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Steve-for-website-2012-filtered-1-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steve for website 2012-filtered\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Steve-for-website-2012-filtered-1-269x300.jpg 269w, http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Steve-for-website-2012-filtered-1.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><span class=\"style_4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/post1-300x225.png\" alt=\"post1\" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><strong><span class=\"style_4\">In Ja<\/span>nuary<\/strong> I sat down with Steve after his lesson with me to find out more about his background.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">Here are some words from the interview:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_4\"><br \/>\n<strong>What is your favourite style of Music?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">Blues, I\u2019ve always listened to Blues since \u201968, John Mayall, Alexis Korner, too many to name.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_4\"><strong>What got you into the Guitar in the first place?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">I\u2019ve always wanted to play Guitar like Peter Green, Martin Barre (Tull), Rory Gallagher, but never got around to it until last year.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_4\"><strong>What is next for you now?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">The next grade and hopefully pass a good grade<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_4\"><strong>What do you get out of playing the Guitar?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">Satisfaction and pleasure it keeps you thinking and listening to Music in a different way.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_4\"><strong>Do you see yourself performing to an audience one day?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style_4\">Don\u2019t know, not for a while.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\"><span class=\"style_4\">Many thanks to Steve for his hard work and time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id4\" class=\"style_SkipStroke_4 shape-with-text\">\n<div class=\"text-content style_External_458_20\">\n<div class=\"style_1\">\n<p class=\"Date\"><em>Sunday, 7 August 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tinyText\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Qualifies\u00a0in Electric Guitar skills In January I sat down with Steve after his lesson with me to find out more about his background. Here are some words from the interview: What is your favourite style of Music? Blues, I\u2019ve always listened to Blues since \u201968, John Mayall, Alexis Korner, too many to name. 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