About Me

First Name	Michael
Nickname	Michael_Green
Why I'm Here	I’ve wanted to play the guitar ever since I was a kid. Everyone in my family is musically talented. My dad is a musician, a band director, and even gives guitar lessons now. He taught me how to play the clarinet and the trombone. But, I wanted to be a rock star. I asked my dad one day to teach me how to play the guitar. All he did was hand me his old acoustic guitar and a book. He said “here, learn this book and I will have another one for you”. The book had Mary had a little lamb, and Twinkle Twinkle little Star, and not what I was looking for. The strings were so hard to fret I gave up pretty quickly. When I got into high school, I ended up buying myself an electric guitar and attempted to learn on my own. I was even in a band in high school but, never really knew what I was doing. In the early 90s I moved down to Florida with a buddy of mine and we started a band and tried really hard but that broke up and I really couldn’t play with anyone else because I really didn’t know what I was doing. I tried to play every now and then and record some stuff but, it always became too much of a task and I just couldn’t manage. One day I just had enough. I new that if I could just learn what is going on with this fretboard then maybe I could actually have some fun with this. At my age “Rock Star” is out of the question. So I found Fretboard Wizard and along with it TAC. Now I have fun playing every day. The progress is real. And my brother, who has a professional recording studio in his house is helping me set up a studio of my own. I want to learn as much as I can and help other people learn and discover how awesome and fun the guitar really is.
City	New Braunfels
State	TX
Country	United States

My Guitar Goal

What I'm Focused On Now

My goal is to upload at leas 6 videos in the next 90 days. I video my practice sessions as something I can look back on and it shows real progress. Sometimes during the daily challenge I go off and end up playing something I was not expecting. It helps me to remember that song or lick I played more by seeing it and not just hearing it. I need to break out of my box and start socializing by posting more videos.

My Guitar Routine

This is How I TAC

I will play no less then 5 times a week. If time allows 6 or 7 times but the sky is the limit. I usually play my guitar after work and after my shower but, before supper. I have a small recording studio that I set up in a small room in my house. The studio is a work in progress. After my shower when I get home from work around 7:00 P. m. I walk down the hallway and into the studio. Log on the TAC and do the daily challenge. I usually end up playing a bunch of other songs or licks and noodle around to the point that I forget what time it is. That is why I don’t eat supper until after my practice. My stomach lets me know when it is time to stop. Funny story. One time when I was stepping out of the shower I hear a pop and felt a massive pain in my left knee. I hit the floor. I knew that I had torn the meniscus in my left knee because this has happened before. I crawled into my closet and grabbed one of my crutches and wobbled down the hall to my studio and had a really good practice session that day. After that I laughed at myself and said “I may be crazy but, nothing is going to keep me from this guitar”.

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