Re: Best newsgroup

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:11:01 -0400
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.beginner
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"Dreams5" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message .
>
> I agree, this is a great place..... Too bad it is called "beginners" as it
> may scare away other accomplished guitarists who may have a lot to add,
and
> learn here.
> Paula
I don't think too many accomplished guitarists get scared away by the word
beginner. A good many of the people on alt.guitar, rec.music.makers.guitar,
rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic and several other guitar related newsgroups
also post here.
It is a pretty cool newsgroup, even for those of us who have been playing
for many years. I find there's always something new to learn. I'm also
impressed at how willing the experienced players are at giving advice to
beginners. I think some people are just born to be teachers.
I'm also a fiddler, so I spend a lot of time in
rec.music.makers.bowed-strings. Great group of people over there, too.
And some of the kindest people in the entire world, some of my very favorite
people on the Internet, post at alt.music.lightfoot. There are some great
guitarists in that group. They even have a Paltalk guitar chat on Tuesday
evenings, where they use voice chat to play guitar to one another. It's
pretty fun. Mostly acoustic style music, although I do remember one time a
visitor came in and did an electrified Hendrix style version of The Wreck Of
The Edmund Fitzgerald, not something I'm dying to hear again! If any of you
would like to come visit guitar chat, e-mail me privately and I'll give you
directions how to get there.
Cathy
http://www.cathycowette.com