I'm a musician and a writer, and most people label me as a hippie (I'm against labeling in most senses). I use musician and writer loosely, and many people can back that statement up.
I will not answer sex questions. So don't even ask. I will, however, answer questions about relationships (at a PG level), writing, music, and my opinions on pop culture and the like. Now then, for the fair warning stuff:
-I am a classic rock fan. There's not much "modern" music that I like, although I do enjoy some modern rock bands. However, I'm not a huge rap fan. Or country. Really I'm just a rock fan, though I'll "try" to be open minded.
-I'm very much into humor and trying to be funny. I love watching comedies, stand up, and writing funny fluff. I'm also sarcastic, so that's just a heads up for any responses I make.
-I play guitar and I'm a songwriter. So if you ask questions about music and poetry/songs, I'll most likely answer from the guitarist/singer's standpoint (i.e. you ask about music, I'll answer in how the guitar is, and how the lyrics/singing is. I might be able to critique the other instruments, but no promises are made).
-One final thing, I'm not "l337," and I can't read internet lingo too well (I can read some, but it's not a cake-walk). I'll try to understand and answer, but once again no promises are made.
-Don't get snippy at me. You're the one online asking someone advice, so just be glad I'm not being a jerk. Because I can, and if you get snippy I will.
-Rate me if you wish, but it's seriously not required. I'm happy to help you (if I do infact help).
Other than those little points, I'm happy to answer the questions you have. Enjoy!
Peace Out,
Guitar Dude
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Can I hear one of your songs/poems?
-Johanna (twistedsister17) (link)
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Well, there are a number of my poems at www.fictionpress.com/~guitardude. I would suggest going there first if you really want to see some of my poems. On the page, if you look right underneath the name of the poem/story, it'll give a quick little description of it.
As for hearing it... I don't actually have any recording devices, so it's not possible for me to record a song and put it on a website so other people can hear it. But the website has a number of my poems, so that'll work (I have no idea why you'd actually want to read my rubbish anyway).
-Guitar Dude-
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I guess it was a stroke of luck that I found your advice page. This is jokerzgrl (Victoria) and I have come to ask you some questions about the instrument we know as the guitar. Someone was supposed to teach me how to play, but they said that about three months ago, so now, I'm going to teach myself, If I get good enough at the guitar, I'll try my hand at the drums. But do you have any pointers for a novice guitar player? Any books, websites, do's and don'ts, the usual?
Mad Love,
Victoria (link)
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Hrmm, well that depends on what you want to learn. Do you wish to learn rhythm guitar, or lead? Or both?
First off, I would suggest getting a good chord/scale book (there are a bunch floating around, pick one that has both chords and scales). This will help with both rhythm and lead. Also, it helps if the book has a CD with "jam tracks." These will help you learn strumming patterns and timing for soloing.
The best thing I can say is to go to a bookstore and look for a book teaching how to play guitar. Flip through a few pages, and see which one you're most comfortable reading.
Also, learning other songs helps you learn how to play. Places like www.mxtabs.net and www.ultimate-guitar.com have a wide selection of tabs and a few articles on how to play and techniques.
Finally, I would warn that it will take a while to learn songs that you really want to learn, and that you should start with simple songs with easy solos and easy chords. I would suggest Bob Dylan, because he uses about three of four chords per song. Any folk songs would work as well.
I hope this helps, and good luck with your guitar playing!
-Guitar Dude
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I don't even know how to put this into words. Me and my friend Sam were talking, and she's all...Hey, can you help my friend out? He needs to upload something onto that website you're into. I'm like...okay sure. And so we get to talking and we both REALLY like poetry and such. It's weird. And anyway a week later...we're still talking. Alot. He's asked me to call him 3 times. And I did. And we can talk about anything. He lives about 3 minutes away from me, and goes to a different highschool. I'm almost 16, and he'll be 17 next week. I can't decide how to go about knowing if he likes me because he's never really seen me. I mean, only in pictures. But he acts like it. And I just wondered what your opinion would be if you were in this situation from his perspective. (link)
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Hrmm, well, if I were in his position I would want to meet you in person. However, not being a mind-reader, I wouldn't know if that is where he stands.
From what I've heard, you both have quite a bit in common, so a meeting would probably be the best thing to do. Seeing as you live three minutes away from him, I think it would be good to designate a meeting place, and set up a time to meet him.
Unfortunately, the safety issue comes into play. Do you really know who he is? Have you ever seen him before?
To eliminate (some) of the threat, I would suggest planning to have some friends of yours go as well. It's much safer in a group than to be alone.
And finally, I would strongly suggest to remain yourself the entire time. It's easier to act differently to make someone happy than most people suspect. Having your friends along will help keep you yourself.
By the way, I'm sure that the final piece of advice sounds like the biggest cliche this side of Woody Allen, but it's true and it works.
I hope this helps!
-Guitar Dude-
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i'm 15 and a guy....just to get that out of the way...well i have a question, obviously. i used to have this one great friend we were best friends thru elementry school and a bit of middle school but then i moved and changed schools, we still tried to hang out, even tried to form a band (not a good idea when trying to hold on to a reletivly long distance relationship) and that then fell apart and we havn't talked in ages but i still wanna hang out but it would be kinda odd just to out of the blue call him up and ask him if he wants to go to a show or sumhow pull a cruel joke on him like ask him for advice in his advice colomn that actually directly affects him but he doesn't know it.....disregard that last bit, what should i do?
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Haha, dude, how did you find me? Wait, scratch that, I know how you found me.
Anyways, giving the person large sums of money in an unmarked briefcase would be good (it would also be good if it was in twentys). That's always a good icebreaker.
And if this isn't the person I think it is *coughJasoncough*, then I'm sorry for the strange answer and just talk to the dude you're talking about.
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Ok, My names Mike and I was wondering, I'm a very random person and will do anything to get a laugh from anyone. So. I do alot of random stupid things just to get a luagh, but sometimes the things I do make people think I'm just a retard. So, I'm wondering if anyone thinks that people like me are funny and great to have aound? And what I mean by people like me is, people with no care of what people think and will is unhibited and will act wild and crazy just for kicks. (link)
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Hah, well I'm one of those people, and from what I understand we're fun people to hang around, because there's always a surprise coming. Others enjoy random actions and humor, and as long as you don't feel bad doing it, then it ought to be fine and people will want you around.
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me and my bf were talking last night and he kept saying i hate my brother i wish aron was my bro (thats his cousin) and he kept saying it and saying it and like i hate him i wish he wasnt my brother and i said im glad your bro is your bro and he said why do you always stick up for him? and i said cuz.. i have my reasons and he said he hated his bro more and more and kept going on and i got really mad b-cuz i love my brother and my brother is dead so out of that i said at least your bro didnt fricken die... was saying that totally wrong? i mean he kept going on and on and i wanted my point across and i've never told him it b4 but now he knows and after i said that it was a loooooong silence but then we hung up and he called back and said... i love you... and then we got off the phone with that (link)
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Well, I believe that it was perfectly alright to say that in this situation. However, in other situations, I'm not quite sure that it would be appropriate.
You're boyfriend needed to know that he was lucky to have a brother. What you said "grounded" his ego and his circle logic (I only use this term because I do not know if he had a strong backing to the statement "I hate my brother"). And when I say grounding, I mean it in the sense that he now realized that it could be worse.
Still, I find it odd that he didn't know that your brother had died. I mean, I would think that your boyfriend might have known for that your brother died, but that's off subject.
I think that it was perfectly justified to say what you said. It seemed like he was getting angry at nothing, which is never good. However, I wouldn't use that as an answer to many conversations, but in this conversation, it's fine.
(By the way, I think it's really sweet that he called back. That was probably the best thing he could've said, since it's rather hard to apologize in that situation.)
I hope this helps!
-Guitar Dude-
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If anyone knows a really good place to publish poems, let me know. also, if anyone has been published let me know, i would love to read them.
xo_always-Kerri (link)
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Well, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "publish," because you can upload a poem on various sites for others to critique and comment on. I would say that www.fictionpress.com is a great place to publish poems/songs under a pen name.
If you want to check out what it's like, click on my link called "A Collection of My Writings." It has a lot of my songs/poems on there.
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As the question says. :) Not to toot my own horn or anything like that, but I consider myself a good writer, as do my teachers. Essays, articles, parodies and reports get consistently excellent marks. However, I've desired to write creative stories, specifically fanfiction, for a long time, but I'm having trouble writing anything. Last time I've written fanfic was at 14; now I'm 17, and I'm afraid I've lost any spontaneity and skill I might've had. I don't believe imagination to be the problem, but I have trouble writing them out onto paper/computer, and I also have the problem of being too self-critical, so I'm constantly editing and deleting things (which doesn't do much for progress!). Does anybody have any suggestions to help? (link)
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Well, what I would suggest is to take a piece of paper/document on the computer and write ideas that come to you. After you get a good list going, stop. A few days later, look at the list, and pick out a topic/idea/etc. that you like. Then, write it out. Doesn't matter if it's horrible or if it's award-winning, just write it out. After that, stop. A few days later, go back to it, and try to make it better. Don't delete it or anything, just try to make it a better story in any ways you think you can. Do that a few times, and eventually you'll have a story.
If that fails, go back to the list and pick something else. And if that fails, walk around with a notepad and write down various ideas you come up with when looking at things. Eventually, you'll find a very good idea that you can work with.
If you're doing fan-fiction, pick your favorite part/episode/scene from whatever you're writing a fan-fiction about. Embellish on it, play with the idea, see how that works.
One final idea is to do what I call a "paragraph story." What you do is condense any idea you have to a standard paragraph (between 3 and 8 sentences). This helps weed out any extra parts that you might not like later on. After you've condensed it, take out another sheet of paper/document and from that paragraph write a story. Add anything you want to the story, it's just a starting point.
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Hey iM really sorry about that , it was late and I really didnt know what I was doing , SORRY !!! , but I really hardly know any one on here , I was just wondering , sorry forgive me???
Jenipher WB (link)
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Haha, it's fine. Quite alright, and sorry if I sounded mean.
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hey if any1 knows some really funny jokes than tell them to me!!! I am a struggling comic person!!!
thanx,
comedy person (link)
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Ok, in the small town of Tripan Falls, there was an old wise man, the local wise man for the town. He was dying, and was in the hospital for a very long time. Eventually, the family of the old wise man called in the local priest to give the old man a blessing.
The priest stepped right next to the man's bed, and began to recite bible passages. Suddenly, the old wise man's eyes widened, and he started motioning for a piece of paper and a pen, pulling at the priest's jacket. The priest nodded, and handed the old wise man a piece of paper and a pen. The old wise man quickly scribbled something on the paper, and immediately died. The priest took the paper, folded it up, and placed it in his jacket pocket, feeling that it was not right to read it at the moment.
A few days later, at the funeral, the priest was delivering a eulogy to the congregation. At the end of his eulogy, he realized that he was wearing the exact same jacket as when the old wise man died. He reached into his pocket and, sure enough, the piece of paper the old wise man wrote on was there.
"Ladies and gentlemen," the priest said, "I have the final words of our departed friend here, and I believe that it would be fitting to read them now. Perhaps it is his final piece of wisdom, which we can all take in and learn from."
The priest smiled at the congregation, and unfolded the piece of paper. Into the microphone, he read, "Hey, you're standing on my air tube."
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ANY GOOD BAND NAME IDEAS? (link)
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Alternative, eh? Well, funky names are pretty cool. I would suggest The Fried Weasels. Another pretty cool name is Epic, though that might be taken by some random band. But Jimi covers, hrmm, how about Electric Experience? Or something along those lines, I don't know. It's rather hard to come up with cover band names for other people, just pick your favorite song and play with the name a bit.
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coke or pepsi? (link)
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Silly silly silly, you can't snort Pepsi...
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does anybody know where i can get my poems published? for free?
i've already been published by poetry.com, and american poets society, but i'm looking for some new places... got any ideas? (link)
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I would suggest www.fictionpress.com, because it has a very detailed system of sorting your works. You can pick genres for your poetry and submit it under a pen name. It even allows you to give it a rating (i.e. G, PG, PG-13, etc.) to your works. Other writers/readers will be able to comment on your works, though reviews are not guaranteed.
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