*Steven Dean Arts*

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..I started to learn guitar at the age of 11 and eventually figured out how to tune it at the age of 12. Finally realising the severe limitations of playing what I fondly imagined to be Clapton-like solos on one or two strings, I purchased a copy of Bert Weedon's famed 'Play in a day' guitar tutor to remedy the problem. Bert's book was then abandoned after my mastering of the tuning section as I failed to attach the same importance to reading music from the outset as Bert. Like hundreds of other budding guitarists in those heady times, I just wanted someone to tell me how to play the guitar; not how to read a lot of daunting-looking crotchets and the like. The first half of the more modern (for the time) 'Dan Morgan's Guitar Book' showed me how to play 'Bobby Shaftoe' and similar ditties using rudimentry chords, but I was soon up to the introduction to his 'how to read music' second section; which stated in quite sarcastic fashion that one MUST now learn to read music and that unless one were equal to the genius that was the non-reading strummer Wes Montgomery, who must have been a big idol of Dan's, you would get absolutely nowhere at all - and if you were indeed such a genius you wouldn't be needing lessons from Dan - so knuckle down and get learning!! After absorbing Dan's sound technical advice, I then placed his book alongside Bert's in the bin. Self-taught from then on, I played my first gig as a lead guitarist at 15 in a purely instrumental lead/bass/drums trio; appearing at the legendary Stonehenge festival a few years later with veteran Scots bassist Ronnie Thain and drummer Mick Martindill, known collectively as Technoflash - a sort of prototype Motorhead. A temporary switch at 22 to bass after failing to a find a suitable bassist for a particularly ambitious band led to me loving the instrument and staying on it's 4 strings for the next 30 years. Although I always kept my hand in guitar-wise, I finally changed back to lead 18 months ago. Watch this space. I also like to paint in an abstract fashion hence the coming about of the twenty-six pictures now featured in my pics galleries. Also, entrance to my ARTS WEBSITE can be found opposite 'general' in my 'Steve's interests' column. I do have a view to selling one or two; should anybody feel an urge to hang one on their wall/s. I'm currently writing music reviews and general stuff for the 'Local Edition' and www.stokesounds.co.uk - have a peruse... A long time inhabitant of Stoke-on-Trent, I moved up to the West Midlands from London nearly 20 years ago. I used to think that not that much happened around here, but since I began reviewing bands, I've found things happening all over the place! More later... .. ..Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy.COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor!!!
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