TAG! 7 Things About Me
Truth In Shredding tagged me… Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
Share seven facts about yourself in the post – some random, some weird.
Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.
1. I almost got into a fight with Kerry King. It was at a record company party for Machine Head, who Slayer were touring with at the time. I met Kerry at the buffet and the first thing I said was “Dude, I used to play ‘Dead Skin Mask’ in my band in high school.” He said “Yeah, I bet you didn’t play it right though.” I said “Um, I could show you how to play it, mate.” As these words left my lips, my whole life flashed before my eyes. I was mortified. Somehow I made it out alive.
2. I once recorded a shred cover of ‘Hey Mickey.’ Listen!
3. I’ve had an uncommonly large number of things fall on my head, mainly during childhood, the worst of which was a wooden ‘Anzac Avenue’ sign my dad made for my school.
4. Though I tell people I started my journalism career at age 18 writing for BMA Magazine, Canberra in early 1997, the truth is that my first published work was a poem about a fictional fishing competition, which was printed in the Bermagui Big Game Anglers Club newsletter about 10 years before that.
5. I started my music career by singing to the next-door neighbours’ duck, Waddle, over the fence. Waddle was a very attentive listener until a dog made him into dinner.
6. I can’t whistle.
7. I made my first electric guitar by stuffing a cheap microphone into my acoustic guitar, and blu-tacking backgammon pieces to the front to look like volume and tone controls. I was 7.
I’m tagging Japan Guitar Journies, Six String Lounge, My Life With Guitar, Axebay Used Guitar Blog, Tonepedia, Kuztunes and Tonefreq.
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I write for Gibson.com, Australian Guitar, Australian Musician, Mixdown Magazine (including my instructional column, 'Unleash Your Inner Rock God,' which has been running since 2007), guitarworld.com, Tone Deaf, Beat and The Brag. I started I Heart Guitar in 2008. I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old, and I've been writing for magazines since I was 18 (I'm 33 now). I've also worked as a guitar teacher (up to 50 students a week) and a setup tech. I live in Melbourne, Australia. You can check out my guitar playing at Reverbnation or on YouTube.
You can email me at iheartguitarblog@gmail.com
I'm 27 and couldn't whistle either, until about 2 years ago. I was overseas with my brother, walking around Machu Piccu and decided I needed to learn to whistle… I just started blowing, trying my cheeks with different amounts of air and my toungue in different positions. Sure I'd tried before, but this time I didn't give up after 2 mins. Eventually I got it. I'm still not the best whistler, but I can get a semblance of a tune out. I dunno if it'll work for you, but initially I had better luck if my cheeks had a small amount of air in them… Keep trying and you'll get it eventually.