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What do you mean?  Recording them?  Copywriting them?

The only way to end the fear of sing and performing in front of people is to do it as much as possible.  You may screw up because you are nervous but don't stop playing.  Your family will always support you so play in front of them.

I am very poor so I use a free program called Audacity.  Just google that.  I have it on my laptop and play into the little built in mic on the computer.  The software is very basic so it is very easy to edit, copy/paste, and so on.  I have a windows computer (can't afford a good enough mac) but I believe there is a mac version of audacity.  Make sure to fool around with the mic levels so you have as little back ground noise and buzz as possible.  I suppose this is obvious but I feel I might as well mention it.  If you are overdubbing you should use headphones so that the first track does not come out of the speakers and go back into the mic.  Of course having the sound go back in creates a cool reverb effect (tiny delay).  There are many add ons which are also free.

I have been writing and recording music for about 2 years.  I have many compositions.  I just haven't had the time to upload any to the net.

The guys who have the harder time are the ones who start on electric and then move to acoustic.  Acoustic guitars require more strength to press down the strings and the necks are usually wider.  It is usually much more difficult to play fast on acoustic because of this.  Don't freak out if stuff that sounded good on acoustic sounds like crap on electric- they are almost completely different instruments.

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Er, if i understand the question,

Im guessing you're looking for a guitar to buy?

If it's your first guitar, i'd reccommend a lower end guitar, such as Squier or lower-end Epiphone.

If you're more experienced, buy something like a Les Paul Custom or Fender Stratocaster.
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If you really think music is something you are going to stick with you should skip the lower-end and get something good.  American Fender Strats and Teles go for about $1,000 new and are the golden standard.  If you stick with guitar you will eventually need to upgrade to something like this anyways.  A Gibson that is comparable to the $1,000 fender probably costs twice as much.

The first three notes of a bar chord:

G major chord

0

0

2

5

5

3

G power chord

X <X = mute/don't play

X

X < no 2

5

5

3

I'm not the greatest teacher but just try to keep your picking hand's palm rested lightly on the strings but not too hard so that you cannot hear the notes.

For me the title of the song comes last.  It usually is a while before after the song has been finished until I can come up with a good title.