Hello, i’m Alessandro from Italy, 24 yrs.
I’m learning guitar since 1 year ago, when i discovered Justin on youtube, in search for some knowledge. And under the guitar related things, that was simply the best thing that ever happened, i’m really grateful that such a person exist in the world.
My journey with music, however, started some time ago. I played drums when i was 10 years old, but my parents didn’t want to have a drum set in the house, even if i was going to musical school. Eventually, after one year playing with a real drum set once a week and by percussing my pillows on the bed pretending they were Charleston’s, i returned after the summer pause in the musical school just to found out that i wasn’t be able to do nothing of the things that i learned in that year, because in that 3 months playing on the bed with pillows just wasn’t a good substitute of real drums. I was so deluded and sad that after 3 or 4 lessons, i abandoned everything.
Despite being a kid who loved (and loves lol) hard rock, grunge, punk, indie and a lot of other things, i fell in love with rap and i did beats, songs and so on, with other people and alone.
In February of the last year, one of my friend asked me to accompany him to a guitar store. He bought a Squier stratocaster classic vibe, and i was excited in seeing guitars everywhere.
Then, i just knew that i wanted to fulfill one of my childhood dream, playing an instrument and making music in general.
He teached me the Smoke on the water riff (lol), but i wasn’t able to afford a guitar.
Mid-september in that year, i finally bought a guitar, and not so many time later i found out Justin. If it wasn’t for him, today i will not be able to strum a single D chord.
Now, i have an electric guitar, a modest Squier affinity Stratocaster that i love no matter what, a much gooder Fender Newporter acoustic made out of solid wood, and a classical cheap guitar that my grandpa gifted me, knowing that i was starting to play, and a Boss Katana amplifier.
Sometimes i think that i’m just wasting important time, expecially at my age.
But the fact is that i just can’t stay away from music.
I decided to be a part of the community also as a step of my graduation from the second grade of the beginner course. I am currently in the consolidation phase.
I’ve chosen to put out here the 10 songs that will be the degree to pass finally on Grade 3.
Eventually, i want to participate in an open mic event hosted by the community, sadly i’m really struggling to play with other people in real life, which is one of the thing that i want the most. I know 2 people that are really good and are in bands, but i didn’t have fortune in organizing something with them.
If you read till now, thank you!
