I quit my corporate job and took my 18 years of Volunteer Firefighting and moved to Nashville to be a paid firefighter at the age of 40. (I should have moved here sooner). Now I love country music and have decided to learn to play guitar. (I did have an electric when i was 15, but i wasn't serious then- I think my dad bought it at a Sam Ash store around 1981.)

My 12 y/o Daughter wantsto play also. I bought 2 acoustics and some picks and books(extra strings and a tuner).  I am 2 days into it here at SAMI and I like what I have been able to learn so far. It is alot more fun than the method book.

I really liked the Intro to" iron man" lesson.

my fingertips feel raw and reading music seems impossible, but I can already see that this is going to be a great stress reliever, and a more productive hobby than XBOX 360.

Now if I could just get my daughter to practice more...