We had our third gig last night and it was a lot of fun. We played two one-hour sets, 28 songs. I couldn't have imagined this was possible just one year ago, so that's something else to fire you up.
I highly recommend finding some buddies to jam with, even if you don't plan to perform publicly. You get the added peer pressure of holding up your end of the deal, which to me makes the learning more fun and gives you real objectives. For this last gig I had to learn the solo to It's All Over Now by the Stones in about one day when our lead singer challenged me with it. It's not a particularly complicated solo, but the original version is way too fast for me. But I was able to dumb it down enough to make a passable effort of it during the show. No possible chance I would have tried to do that or advanced as much without the added encouragement and challenge of being part of a team.
