Getting my hands back into shape...

I recently found the passion to play my guitar again. It's not like I haven't played it over the past few years... but just... not as much as I did when I first got it. At the age of eight... for my acoustic, that is. And 13 for my electric.

I used to kind of shrug it off, not enjoying playing it because I wasn't very good, I didn't know any songs, and I wasn't taking lessons anymore. But now... I'm taking piano lessons and bass lessons... and I realized that I don't need to take guitar lessons to learn guitar songs. I've had enough experience with guitar to be able to pick up songs on my own.

So I looked up a bunch of tabs on http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ and now I'm working my hands out like never before.

Every night I come home, go down to my basement and practice both bass and guitar. I start out with a few bass scales and warm-ups, then I move to actual songs on the bass.

Once my hand is thoroughly stretched out and warmed-up, I take a short break.

Then it's on to the guitar.

:)

I'll do some scales, play some of my own songs, maybe I'll write a new one while I'm practicing... who knows? :)

Over the past three days I've learned all of these songs on guitar... (and aquired a painfully stretched out left hand... which is now taking a well-earned break)...

~Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne - I just started on this one tonight... and OH MAN... it is FAST. Fun though. :)
~Click, Click, Click, Click by Bishop Allen - I LOVE playing this on my acoustic. :)
~New American Classic by Taking Back Sunday - Beautiful acoustic song.
~This Photograph is Proof by Taking Back Sunday - Love the guitar.
~Time After Time(cover) by Saosin - Nice version of a classic 70s ballad.
~Falling Away With You by Muse - I love this song so much... :)
~Sing For Absolution by Muse - This is actually a re-learned song... I learned it about four years ago when I first got my electric guitar... but I hadn't played it in so long that I had to look up the tabs again.
~Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - A friend taught me this one. Great song. :)

Recently learned on bass:

~On My Own by Saosin - Awesome song.
~Hysteria by Muse - Probably my favorite bass line ever. :D
~Time is Running Out by Muse - Another favorite. :)
~The Distance by Cake - Driving bass line... love it.
~Crooked Teeth by Death Cab For Cutie - Okay... not really RECENT... I learned this about a year ago... but again, I hadn't played it in a while and had to look it up again.
~Summer Skin by Death Cab For Cutie - "

I'm playing guitar again.

And I must admit... I missed it. :)