Play in front of people as much as u can . sister. brother. mom. the beach.on the buss. take an acoustic to school once and a while and play something easy during lunch break. Remember there are a lot of people that can't even hold a guitar and play even 1 note. The odds are that most of the people that u play for will proably be wishing that they could play something on the guitar too. Not everyone is your musical peer. SO rock till u drop. :)