bored !!!! i need something new

I underwent a similar thing a few months ago and mentioned it here aswell.

My problem was that I was playing the usual easy G,D,C songs that all of us start on, I just got bored of the material I was playing although I never got bored of actually playing.

I sort of underwent a transition from playing the "usual" beginner songs and started listening to the radio and and dug out some of my old LP's.   All the enthusiasm just came back immediately as I started playing songs I actually liked and also chart songs that my kids liked.  Nothing gets me motivated more that playing Lady GaGa - Pokerface and seeing my 6 year old daughter rush into the room and start dancing and singing!  Don't forget some of best dance/pop/techno songs wre written on a guitar and sound fantastic stripped down. 

I don't know if your playing barre chords but these are the key to progressing, chords like Bm, F, Fm, Gm are a pain to learn but well worth the effort.   

Keep aty it and mix it up.

Ry

i play everything i can from classical to hard rock , surf music etc. even video game theme songs i can play barre chords no problem im just having a shortage of songs i know of (it wasn't too long i out grew rap as im only 18) the funny thing is is that after i first posted this topic i thought of miserlou by dick dale aka pulp fiction theme song and i learned that which was fun gave me a headache from playing it over and over again and i learned that song and girl you'll be a woman soon by surge overkill (i think thats his name) but still i am bored once again ....

HI james,why dont you try some jimi hendrix,eric clapton,stevie ray vauan.

Hi James and Welcome Aboard!

  Take a look over at the public books section on the right margin of the Chordie Homepage....  I check that out regularly and find some gems among other's collections.  Mostly stuff that I'd forgotten about over the years.  Revisiting the old standards usually sweeps a few cobwebs out of the memory and leads onward to new material.  Along with trying new stuff by current artists, there is a bunch of music out there, just waiting to be learned.

Have fun and hang in there!

Take Care;
Doug

All the above suggestions are great, and I would emphasize finger picking. There are a lot of different picking styles. I have never gotten used to a pick, I prefer the feel of the strings. Different picking techniques can add zest to a worn-out song, by changing the way yopu think of the song. You can change the tempo, go from 4/4 time to 3/4 time.

     Also, do you compose? Try coming up with your own unique chord patterns and then see if you can combine several into a fresh new song. And while you are at it, try different ways to play an old chord: I use a lot of D variations:  xx0232, x40230, x30030, x20030, x10030   the left-most number for each group represents the left-most or bass sttring and the right most number of each group represents the high E string. The numbers are the frets you play (x = muted, do not play).

I remember that point also !

I started to learn how to finger pick, now i love trying different songs this way.
Wlbaye from the forum here has some good  easy tips on youtube.

Old Doll.

yea i justfound a bunch of scales i hopethey help me compose some sweet licks of my own

There are millions of songs to be played more than one way. When i start getting bored with my material i find more even if i've never heard them and i play them the way i want them to sound as in my time and strum pattern. Alot of good advise from everyone else also.  As Zurf stated playing along with the TV works. My lead and play by ear skills started improving when i started doing this a few months ago.

Start fingerpicking. its something different and it sounds great.  The first one i learned was Land Slide by Fleetwood Mac.