Music!

Hi, I'm Mark, I'm a junior at UC right now. I'm involved in the music programs here and they are great. I play the guitar and took up the banjo November of '08 and I have recently been working on the mandolin and harmonica. I've played guitar for about 5 years...maybe 6, I'm not too sure because most of the time I was just messing around. I really started getting serious about it 3 years ago. It wasn't until this summer though that I really started devoting time to knowing my instrument. I started to practice guitar a minimum of 2 hours every day. I started to focus individually on one thing heavily each day and then lightly go over the other material for a little bit. I also decided that if I was going to play my instrument and know it, then I would have to know everything about it all the way from the slight bow in guitar's neck to the wires used to make it play through an amp. So, to fulfill this "passion" I built my own guitar. I spent a lot of time developing a shape that I wanted and what type of woods I would use. Luckily, I'm fortunate to have a dad that works with carpentry enough that he has all the tools needed in my basement. My grandfather, who is also an incredible woodworker and inspiration to me along with my dad, helped me out a tremendous amount, I couldn't thank them enough. I finished that up in September and use it as my main electric guitar, maybe sometime I'll post some pictures of it. I now practice close to 3 hours every day and I'm hoping to possibly major in music or music technology/engineering in college.