The music theory phraseology escapes me Strat. My guitar teacher gave up on me because I wanted to play things that were too difficult for me. He asked me to come in and show him what I learned on my own through learning by ear. I gave him a demonstration and I think he was disappointedly impressed. He had no comments to make at all. He was a great guitar player but I don't think he had much of a gift as a teacher. Anyway, with the exception of the basic chords and power chords, everything I learned was by listening to it bit by bit scores of times from a cassette tape and copying it. Stan taught me the rhythm part to High Flier, a UFO song. It was good. Had I heard the solo, I'd have learned that on my own. It doesn't sound too difficult to play if you can practice it enough to remember it all. Practice it enough and it becomes yours like anything you practice on the guitar.

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It's a really beautiful song, isn't it Strat? The guitars are very nice but the vocals are beautiful too.

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It's a really beautiful song, isn't it Strat? The guitars are very nice but the vocals are beautiful too.

Yes it is, great song, not one that
I actually recall, the big hits I remember
that got tons of air play were Livin' Lovin,
and Too Hot To Handle.
I just now listened to High Flyer,
and would say the E minor scale works
perfectly with it. Their Guitar Players
were excellent.
I didn't understand scales and theory
until I'd been playing for decades,
then when I started getting into
theory, I never learned enough
''...to hurt me'' as the old quote
goes.

I'm not sure why BG doesn't use advertising. All we ever had was C-Blast who fell into disrepute for his flashing which was a ripoff of his previous employer and which he didn't have the knowledge to address certain issues on...at least that's how the story went. Yeah, I believe BG is putting his own money into keeping this forum afloat. He should ask for donations. I would pay to keep in contact with my friends here. There was another forum we all met on that went defunct in about 2009. BG was a member and started this site since he's in the biz. There might be a couple more but Hub is a member who was here from the old site. BG too. Kruz is here sometimes. There may be a few more. I'm pretty old but not all the way back to 2006. I started posting on the old, now gone site in 08. Somehow, someone got ahold of me when this site started up and I was very happy to come over. Grn14 was another member from the start but we believe him to be deceased at this point. Monty was his name. I spoke to him on the phone several times. It's fun to look at the old threads sometimes and see the posts of the old members who inspired me. There have been lots of good people.

Hi guys. Tried banner ads long ago. Didn't do a thing.

I'm happy to keep the forum going, especially because of all of the tremendous resources that members (esp Rook) have uploaded here. And Hub... Whaddya say about Hub. He has changed a lot. I think this is the only forum he wasn't banned from in the early days (?). Used to be you could barely understand him. Always helpful though. Fun to see all those old names posted...

You guys stay safe! -bg

Hi BG! Thanks for the comment and thanks for everything.

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You guys stay safe! -bg

Thanks BG!
Mark me as one that is also very appreciative of
being able to access this site, I've learned much
here from many past and current threads.

He has changed a lot. I think this is the only forum he wasn't banned from in the early days (?). Used to be you could barely understand him. Always helpful though. Fun to see all those old names posted...

Yeah, BG, crashed the first year 14 schooling myself on FI. Was banned because I just rattled on being thrown into hospice, woke up with a concussion and had to let that heal for a few years or so. Would laugh it up hear and there and all of a sudden the thrill was gone.

Probably the best time I had was answering ROOK's rooky type questions. We could have written novice type Q&A book for the learned discussions. Kruz with his broken wire tracing, clowning with Grn. Bad and his badmouthing, and hagrid's comments. Those were the days.

Time went too fast. Was like yes tear day... sniffles.

* Last updated by: Hub on 12/3/2025 @ 11:30 PM *

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Probably the best time I had was answering ROOK's rooky type questions.

I still have lots of rookie type questions. Obviously the answers were important, I learned to translate Hubbish pretty well.

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Hubbishit speak LOL

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