hey everyone, my name is miraj, i’m 22 and from ny. i’ve been playing guitar for a few years now but only seriously committed to learning (and using the incredible justin guitar lessons) starting summer 2024. my favorite genres are indie, pop, and rock. i’ve been writing since i was 5, so ever since i’ve gotten a bit of a better handle on the guitar, i’ve been trying to create my own music. it’s a big step up from learning chords to creating combinations of my own, so i’m open to collaborate with anyone who’s stronger on the instrumental/musical side of things. i’m excited to produce and publish songs of my own at some point and could use the help!
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Welcome to the community Miraj!
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Thanks Mark! Interesting to see you used to do software design before switching to music, I actually have a background in computer science/software engineering too 
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Hi Miraj,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
good to read your background a bit, I just posted in your beautiful video performance and so I have some more perspective… 
Greetings,Rogier
Welcome to the forum Miraj
Hi Miraj
Welcome to JG, not sure where you are with JG, but I would recommend following the grade1-3 closely. If you want to write music for songs the JG Music course would be well worth doing. But at the same time some of the best songs come from experimenting with sounds from a guitar and what you feel, and want to express.
welcome
Welcome to the JG community, it’s always good to go over the basics just to make sure you’ve not missed anything out that’s important to learning properly. You should go through it reasonably quickly if you’ve been doing the right things from the beginning.
As regards anything you don’t know or understand, just ask, there’s always going to be someone who knows what you want to know!
Have fun, that’s the most important part, enjoy what you’re learning, no pressure, just enjoy it!
Hi Miraj, welcome to the community forum.
Welcome Miraj, your enthusiasm is shining through your words! Now…I see there’s an avoyp already! Well done 
sharing is the best way to learn from eachother and grow…and that’s what this wonderful Community is all about!
Welcome to the community Miraj ! I’m Mathieu and I also have a software engineering background 
In my 20s, I worked as a software engineer in web and mobile dévelopment. And now I’m 32 and I work as a teacher in software development.
Hopefully, you will make good friends here and share your passion of music with us🙂 Making your own song is a pretty cool project !!!
welcome to the community, look forward to hearing more from you
Welcome, Miraj! I’m new here, too. Everyone seems really nice. Good luck!
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Hello Miraj. Writing your own music is a great ambition to have. Good luck with it.
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