About Me

First Name	Bill
Last Name	Bailey
Nickname	RenoBill
Why I'm Here	I’m currently 68 years old. My first guitar was an old Hohner that I got as a Christmas present in 1992. It was a complete surprise as I never talked about wanting to learn to play. I didn’t know what to do to learn. At the time, lessons were too expensive. I bought some Mel Bay books; however, that didn’t work too well. I bought several CD “learn to play” courses, but that didn’t work well either. I finally started taking lessons. I did that for about 6 months; however, the instructor was old and he only used old 1930s show tunes for his lessons. While I’ve got nothing against 1930s show tunes, it wasn’t very motivating. I then moved my office, so it was no longer convenient to continue. I did not play for a number of years, and then I started with some other online instructors. About 2000 I was asked to sing in our church choir. The 9:30 AM service had a guitar group with singers. One of the guitar players was a friend, and he knew I had a guitar, so he asked me to come to his house and play, as he had a monthly jam session. I did and I was hooked. Back to the online lessons. I stumbled on Tony while surfing the web and he’s made a great difference in my playing and my motivation to play. Thank you, Tony and the TAC crew. I had discontinued TAC as I had several online lessons going at the same time and I didn’t have the time to continue all of them. After a while I realized that TAC was superior to what I had been doing and I have rejoined.
City	Getting better is important to me because I want to keep my mind active. I also simply love playing the guitar. I love the sound of an acoustic guitar. When I perfect a lick or learn a song (that actually sounds like it should) I get such a wonderful feeling inside. It's a natural high. I want to play for my grandchildren. They're mostly small now, but some of them are intrigued when I play and my greatest dream is to motivate one (or more) of them to learn to play. If I could get good enough to inspire one of them to learn, that would make me the happiest guy on earth.
State	Louisiana
Country	USA

My Guitar Goal

My Guitar Routine

This is How I TAC

I play a little everyday. I have a dedicated music room, although my wife calls it the guest bedroom. I play at 2 PM. Monday through Friday I begin with the TAC challenge of the day. I then have set practice routines that differ slightly from day to day that includes various skills and drills. I play from 15 minutes to an hour, depending on my mood and how long my arthritic hands hold out. On weekends I play whatever I want. My main goal is to have fun.

RenoBill