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I have been looking for an interface for awhile and have tried several entry level ones and haven't been happy with any of them and I am not gonna bash any of them. I have found the one I will be getting and it is a step up but it can do so much more than the ones I have looked at.

This machine is also portable for your outdoor gigs or take it wherever and you don't need to bring your laptop along , it is a step up in price but I don't think it's one you will be replacing anytime soon either. This unit is in the $ 600 ball park , it is worth taking a look at.

Roland Cakewalk V-Studio 100

http://www.roland.com/products/en/SONAR_V-STUDIO_100/

I didn't understand everything either but I did know what he was talkin about when he mentioned a Git tar and a Banjer

Here's one for the Dancers 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu77tX7uDvc

I use thumbpicks alot and my favorite is Fred Kelly "Slick Pick" it is very short and won't need trimming . Sometimes trimming them ruins the tone also. I played with my thumb for years and converted over to thumbpicks fairly easily it just takes more practice and you have to be accurate with a thumbpick.

There are alot of different thumbpicks out there and one thing besides the length is the angle when it's on your thumb. I have tried nearly every thumbpick made. Everyone has there own favorites.

Butch, Herco also makes a new nylon thumbpick that is really nice they are blue and I think they are 5012 ? 

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Very Good Russell !!

Heya Russ,

I aint heard that one on any of the jukeboxes in my neck of the woods, but you sure know your way around that gittar,

Keep on pickin

Benson,

Them's a couple of good descriptions

Do you have any knowledge or trivia on Hillhippies, I live close to the Bighorn Mountains and we have alot of self proclaimed Hillhippies !

Howdy Ross and Welcome to Chordie,

Here is one I have been using with my grandson.

http://www.storytimesongs.com/guitar.html

Here's another good one
http://kristinhall.org/songbook/Silly.html

Hey Tony,

I hope Russ will come to my rescue, I have no muscial training and I have been wrong on theory alot. Russ has a great way of explaining things.

alot of songs use a  1  4  5 progression and   and  the 6th is the relative minor

1     2    3   4    5    6  7
G    A   B   C   D   E   F              In the Key of G the  1 chord is G   the   4 chord is C      5th  chord is D   

The 6th chord is E so it would become a Em

I would get a copy of the Circle of fifths and it will help you understand progressions and chords.

There are alot of songs that vary from this but the majority of songs follow this pattern.

The 1, 4 , 5 chords with relative minor

G C D  Em      Key of G

A  D  E  F#m    Key of A

C  F   G   Dm    Key of  C

D  A  G    Bm     Key of D

These are the most common progressions you should learn to start with

Thanks Fatstrings,

I can get the guitar pretty good but the vocals aren't working with the condensor. I think alot has to do with my room and Lizzie says "No Foam On the Walls that's where I Draw The Line."

Tops, I was tuned down a half step for "Hello in There"  and I can't remember if I was in standard tuning for Sam Stone ,
I guess it doesn't matter a half step off is better than being a half a bubble off

I played " Hello in There " for years  in the key of D and when I would hear it done with the G Am D7  I thought my way of playing just didn't transpose well. So started playing it the way most folks do and how John does it now. It was hard getting it down after playing it so long in another key. I have played it Capo 1 and Capo 2 and No Capo for awhile now and about a month ago I started tuning down a half step.