later. Concert DVD's are filled with raw footage of guitar playing at its best. Talk about a way to get motivated FAST! “Always use your guitar strap” (This one’s tough for me ;) This is another biggie. When first leaming how to play guitar, | never wore my guitar strap. | ended up paying for it later and basical y having to relearn guitar standing up instead of sitting down. Ifyou always play with your guitar strap cn, there will bs no difference to you while playing either sitting or standing. Playing with your guitar strap will also allow you to get (6 the "show-off" level so you can impress all your friends earlier. A lot of people who use guitar straps find that they fall off very easy or tend to drop the guitar. There are many different types cf locking mechanisms out there (| currently have two guitars that use the DiNarzic locking mechanism and it works very well}). Goto your local guitar shop and chesk all of them out and see which one fits you best. “Play with passion (Slash)" Have you ever heard a guitar player who is a great player, but you feel that there is something missing...... THERE'S NO SOUL!!! Scul is the emotion, the love, the purpose behind guitar playing, Listen to that same talented yet boring guitar player and then compare him fo Gun's and Roses guitarist or Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash. Every solo that Slash plays has so much soul, so much emotion, and so much purpose. What | want you to do is Googie "Siash - Godfather theme video" or gat on Napster, ‘Tunes, kazaa, ets. and download it. This video is nuts!! Slash plays with such a great amount of solo that i's amazing, | really don't know how (o explain exactly how ( add soul into your playing, however | will tell you that you will understand if you choose to stick with