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I say give when you have the extra to give and the great provider will see that it is returned ten fold. Now expecting to get something for free. If you can't afford it and it is offered take it for what it is worth but if you can afford it pay for what you want or need because if you don't it is concidered stealing. Thats just my thoughts on the whole matter and the basic way of an honest person.
Steve, I knew I smelled a spamrat
Nice try guy, but not true. You have poor judgement and a bad sense of smell. I have not once posted SPAM. You are the one posting links to sites that ask for donations and money making sites, not me 
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One will never have succes by tooting ones' own horn without solid proof of said tooting. No one will ever recruit paying customers by giving A-G and octave numbering for free, and then request money for additional tutelage. Kids are learning this stuff in public schools at age 5 or 6!!! 'Ya get where I'm comin' from?
If I remeber correctly, my lessons had some solid backing from other chordie members who found the KIDS stuff valuable . That comment sounds like you are degrading anyone who does not know the basics.
I am sure that some of the chorde members who backed me up with comments hurt some feelings, but there is an insterest.
Get your stuff together, play some gigs, get your face and name out there where you live. You'll get students, they'll come to you, they'll tell their friends, and they'll tell their friends, etc......
Trust me I have played MANY gigs in clubs for about 15 years. The band I was in was the most poplular band in the local area and we recorded two CD's. So to sum things up, I have been doing this stuff for most of my life and have seen quite a bit.
I have also been teaching guitar for many years and still teach to this day. I even have a young student that is legaly blind and I had to switch my way of teaching to help her.
Her mother is very gratefull for doing that.
Again, I expected some negative comments and accept them because they are your opinion which is valid. I don't want to argue, just understand peoples opinions. We could throw stones all day (this wouldn't happen if we were face to face) behind the internet walls, but that will get us nowhere.
I will not post anymore post like this, only free lessons and help when I can. It is not worth the hassle (which started from day one). This is a waste of time and energy arguing back and forth. I have learned where most of you are coming from and good with that.
Thanks
Steve
Lessons, help and criticism on Chordie isn't given for free - it's given for love. That would be love of the guitar.
Saying that it's for free feels like it's being cheapened, given a value and stuck on a shelf - the cheap shelf.
There's no point in sitting like Canute, ordering the waves to turn back. Access to information without payment is what the internet is about. That in itself has created huge markets for guitars, strings, cd's, instruction videos, capos, tuners, recorders, gig bags etc.
Also how many more guitar teachers are now teaching because of the market built by the songs and lessons given for love? Maybe we should criticise the guitar teachers who don't want to put the effort into building their own teaching businesses - going fishing without bait.
How many of us would never have picked up a guitar or gone back to it if we had not been able to get our hands on songs to play. The old systems of sheet music and so on restricted the development of that market.
Nicely siad 
If you don't do it for love, then don't do it at all.
I will use my time an energy on things like lessons and not opininated topics like this. Things can get very messy fast.
Thanks for your comments
Steve
You can please some of the people some of the time but ,you can not please all of the people all of the time.
I will use my time an energy on things like lessons and not opininated topics like this. Things can get very messy fast.
Thanks for your comments
Steve
you started the opininated thread
But this is not a dig at you Steve. I think it was a good thread to start with just sort of went a bit to one side and became a bit personal.
You were talking about getting things free in general then it turned out all to be about chordie and freebies and other sites and spam and urinated posts, so much urinated posts that i I have not read them all, it got a bit boring after a few and some were just too long for me to try keep consentration to remember what was said to who and when and why to where to I know I am blabbing now
I still like freebies and I still like giving advice,lessons,and anything esle free.
I see myself as a bit of a socialist but really I want to be a communist and live in a real communist country but sadly none exist so folk will still try to gain power from the means of more money.
Only reason anyone wants money other than to live off because all governments have forced everyone in the world apart from those lucky few in isolated islands or jungles is because they want power or think they need something they dont.
So now I am thinking freebies are not so good. Next time someone wants to know how to do a Bm the easy way I will tell them after they have traded me something like a couple of carrots or a blanket ahh the good old days I have never seen.
KEn
you started the opininated thread
I did ask for it, and I got it . I actually enjoyed the comments, but things did get out of hand. I like to hear other peoples opinions.
I have just come to the conclusion it is not worth the pain it causes.
I just want to help when I can and leave it at that.
If I were after money, I could put multiple products together and promote them on youtube, myspace, facebook, twitter, word of mouth etc. This could be considered FREE advertisement, but all these pages already have embeded ads so the bottom line is nothing is 100% FREE.
I am DONE with the FREE subject!
There are more important things to concentrate on like PLAYING GUITAR and helping others when possible for um....free 
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One thing is for sure, there has been a lot more "noise" here at the forums since I have been posting here at chordie.
Thanks for all your honest opinions,
Steve
Steve I wouldn't take all the credit we all have our turns at making noise
Trust me I have played MANY gigs in clubs for about 15 years. The band I was in was the most poplular band in the local area and we recorded two CD's. So to sum things up, I have been doing this stuff for most of my life and have seen quite a bit.
I have a few friends giggin' locally( west coast Florida) that graduated and/or attended Berklee. What was/is the name of your group and is possible to hear a snippet or two from your CD's? Who knows man, it's a small world and we may actually have some mutual friends.
The band that I played in was called "Dreams".
I will post something when I find the CD, it has been years since I listened to the tunes .
I want to truly thank you all for putting up with me.
The internet is a crazy place and a very difficult way to communicate since we are all behind the "internet walls" if you know what I mean.
Most things posted would not be said in person.
Thanks once more for all your patience.
Steve
FREE FREE FREE
I am free, I am so free you could call me a music slut.
I play in pubs and ask for no money. I played on the street and a beer garden at the balloch folk festival for free. I even cheered a good folk band in the pub for free
I think one of them told me they would give me a tenner for cheering but I dont it for free
ken
Yeah, Upyerkilt. You play for free at all the pubs and get free beer. That is my kind of compensation. Will play for beer.
FREE FREE FREE
I am free, I am so free you could call me a music slut.
I play in pubs and ask for no money. I played on the street and a beer garden at the balloch folk festival for free. I even cheered a good folk band in the pub for free
I think one of them told me they would give me a tenner for cheering but I dont it for freeken
That's funny, dont care who you are.
I personally like things for free especially because I work so hard. I dont understand what the beef is?
How about takin what you can, when you can, when you want, if you want, because it's free then i'ts for me. This could be the chorus to a tune Anybody in?
Steve
That's funny, dont care who you are.
I personally like things for free especially because I work so hard. I dont understand what the beef is?
Where's the beef?
selso wrote:That's funny, dont care who you are.
I personally like things for free especially because I work so hard. I dont understand what the beef is?
Where's the beef?
thats my point? frees good unless you take advantage
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